Stuart Thomas Email & Phone Number

National

National

Bristol

Working within and applying Prince 2 Methodologies.Project & Contract Management responsibilities for numerous of Data/Voice/Structured cabling projects covering the South of England.Supervising multi-skilled engineers and sub-contractor teams across a number of sites.Evaluation & award of Sub-Contract quotes.Responsible for Progress, Management , Budget and O&M reports.Customer facing role, requiring face to face meetings with customersResponsible for the… Show more Working within and applying Prince 2 Methodologies.Project & Contract Management responsibilities for numerous of Data/Voice/Structured cabling projects covering the South of England.Supervising multi-skilled engineers and sub-contractor teams across a number of sites.Evaluation & award of Sub-Contract quotes.Responsible for Progress, Management , Budget and O&M reports.Customer facing role, requiring face to face meetings with customersResponsible for the timely delivery of stores and equipment to sites. Show less

Complete responsibility for the operational running of a fully digitalized nationwide communications network for both fixed line, VSAT & radio systems.Managing a department of 28 staff allocated to Operations & Support functions.Responsibility for three purpose built Regional Control Centers (RCC) containing individual Element Management Systems & Helpdesk functions supporting fixed line data & Voice services across 250+ sites. Secure Mobile Radio users were also support via the three… Show more Complete responsibility for the operational running of a fully digitalized nationwide communications network for both fixed line, VSAT & radio systems.Managing a department of 28 staff allocated to Operations & Support functions.Responsibility for three purpose built Regional Control Centers (RCC) containing individual Element Management Systems & Helpdesk functions supporting fixed line data & Voice services across 250+ sites. Secure Mobile Radio users were also support via the three RCC'sResponsible for all moves/changes/additions & deletions to the Network, this was controlled via Remedy Helpdesk & Asset Management software.To monitor and implement Network design changes and upgrades to increase the capacity and resilience of the network utilizing Technical support and Network Configuration Control staff under my supervision.To produce monthly operational reports and technical reports for senior management when required. To draft, evaluate and update network operations procedures and test schedulesAttended senior level customer meetings to discuss issues and Network configuration changes.Maintained a high level of On The Job Training for National Guard.Responsible for the set-up and operation of Cultural events hosted by the Saudi Royal Family and attended by visiting dignitaries. Show less

Overall responsibility for all implementation team activities within the Central Region, including the continual relocation of staff, equipment and vehicles to meet ever-changing installation targets & priorities.Close liaison with the Central Design office for issue relating to the project.Overall responsibility for the timely Service delivery of three Regional Control Centres and bringing into service of existing 24 hour manned helpdesks, Call Centres and Network Management… Show more Overall responsibility for all implementation team activities within the Central Region, including the continual relocation of staff, equipment and vehicles to meet ever-changing installation targets & priorities.Close liaison with the Central Design office for issue relating to the project.Overall responsibility for the timely Service delivery of three Regional Control Centres and bringing into service of existing 24 hour manned helpdesks, Call Centres and Network Management Centres.Managed a team of 24 staff Design responsibility for the installation of two fully resilient MD110 PABX Systems, including UPS & Back-up facilities.Reported directly to the Program Manager for all technical issues and attended a weekly brief with all project managers, Civils engineers, senior customer representatives and Marconi Middle East management.Overall responsibility for all technical aspects during the commissioning of a Kingdom wide Digital Network composing of various elements including: Outside Plant (Primary/Secondary & Tertiary), Uninterrupted Power Supplies, Cryptographic equipment, PABX (MD110, Meridian & Sopho) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, Digital Microwave, Secure Mobile Radio, VSAT, Element Management Systems and Regional Control Centres.Provided Technical Support for the Service Delivery of approximately 15,000 fixed lines and 1,800 Secure mobile radios across three regions. Show less

Overall responsibility for the major upgrade of MD110 PABX Hardware & Software in both Thames Valley and Corporate headquarters in London, including the implementation of a global VPN to link all foreign offices via BT Concert Services.Managed a team of ten operational staff for the day-to-day running of all telephony services including all moves and changes, faults both internal and external, mobile upgrades utilizing a number of supplier management tools.Reduced fixed line &… Show more Overall responsibility for the major upgrade of MD110 PABX Hardware & Software in both Thames Valley and Corporate headquarters in London, including the implementation of a global VPN to link all foreign offices via BT Concert Services.Managed a team of ten operational staff for the day-to-day running of all telephony services including all moves and changes, faults both internal and external, mobile upgrades utilizing a number of supplier management tools.Reduced fixed line & mobile telephony costs by £250,000 per year by introducing least cost routing, call barring, by renegotiating contracts and where necessary by re-tendering services.Project Managed a future technologies project to investigate the business requirement for such technologies as Computer Telephony Integration, Biometric Security Devices, Helpdesk Solutions, Unified Messaging, improved Alarm Management and PDA integration into the telephony network.Project Manager for the creation of one directory for the BG Group using multiple directory sources.Project Manager for the implementation of an internal mobile phone network for internal coverage and capacity.Project Manager for the implementation of new billing and call logging software.Responsible for an operational budget of £1.5 million and a capital projects budget of £0.5 million. Show less

Responsible for numerous customer sites covering the South West, responsibilities included fault response & rectification, System Upgrades, System Audits, Moves & Changes.

Responsible, in a supervisory capacity, for all aspects of operational telephony service both Internal & External elements.Responsible for the production of monthly Telephony reports and ad-hoc incident reports.Managed all aspects of new works services including survey, implementation and commissioning.

Responsibilities included the following:Faultfinding and maintenance of Underground & Overhead cable networks.Systems & Fault control.Cabling jointing including Fibre Optic cable.Terminating & testing on numerous types of frame.Survey, planning and costing work.PABX maintenance, including moves, changes and fault findingVehicle installations of mobile communications systems (Ptarmigan)

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