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Managed business, administrative, operational and financial aspects of four multi-state locations, establishing budget controls and financial analysis.

Forecasted annual equipment sales of $450 million for the Verizon and Alltel accounts. Supported the CDMA platform operations teams in reporting and financial analysis.• Recognized as Alltel communications supplier of the year in 2008 and 2009 as a result of negotiating and managing equipment pricing, shipments, and the product quality.• Maintained and ensured accuracy of factory forecasting to sales of $450 million through leadership of the monthly sales team software releases and reviews and weekly factory meetings, enabling management to prioritize customer shipments accordingly.• Monitored, tracked, and reported shipments weekly, monthly, and quarterly to account teams, supply chain, and purchasing, through database reporting which allowed the end user to schedule equipment arrivals, and installations.• Mitigated risk of monthly revenues by providing weekly financial projections and generating shipment reports to senior management so that they could review changes in potential sales and mitigate risk as necessary. • Coordinated with Product Management to ensure all product updates were properly planned and implemented. Updated customer price files based on changes in equipment configurations, ensuring accurate pricing, and that margins were recalculated accordingly.

Reviewed and maintained capital equipment and departmental budgets for 17 departments related to engineering software releases.• Generated capital and operating budgets of $150 million for software engineering. Met with release and department managers on an ongoing basis set forth by annual budgets’ approval schedule. Returned unused budget dollars of roughly $15M to $20M for future system releases.• Created internal order tracking for costs of capital projects and operating expenses and budgets including categories pertinent to engineering, management, and customer needs. Created a spreadsheet which enabled these groups to review daily purchases and capital expenditures.• Supported Software System Release Division’s, capital and expense related ordering and capital plan for quarterly forecasts. Reviewed and approved purchase requisitions based in dollar and unit totals. Reduced order input cycle time by checking order accuracy and ultimately eliminated errors.• Performed transaction tasks of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and for purchase orders. Reconciled purchase orders to invoices for validation of charges and created journal entries for invalid charges.• Produced monthly capital expenditure reports for the division, utilizing reports provided by capital accounting, identifying variances to budget of appropriated capital equipment line items and costs.

Project managed software system releases from inception to general release for milestone deliverables and cost.• Generated and developed capital budgets and metrics and directed and coordinated work activities of project teams so that project deliverables were met. • Ensured projects were on plan by holding monthly reviews of variances to plan with finance and senior management. Accountability was placed on all levels of engineering spend, resulting in software projects completed ahead of schedule and below budget by approximately 10% to 12%.• Managed vendor relationships, through contract negotiations and review of product quality resulting in six sigma quality cycle time. Negotiated discounts for late shipments and higher quantity discounts with Sun Microsystems, a preferred vendor, by consolidating purchase agreements from a division level of $300K to a sector level of approximately $1.1M.• Provided lab availabilities for testing purposes, by scheduling lab usage, and verified testing was on target for completion dates.

Reviewed monthly budgetary charges for 52 departments. Produced monthly financial reports, analyzed variances, participated in monthly financial reviews.

Negotiated and reviewed emerging markets contracts with Russia, India, and African customers. Worked closely with financial institutions on letters of credit, negotiated equipment and payment methods.

Maintained the State of Florida Specialized Mobile Radio accounts receivables and contracts.