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BS Engineering & MBA Passion & Goals: Leverage knowledge across multiple industries, finance, and network. Additional projects, Cybersecurity:Zscaler, enhanced cybersecurity, premise based firewall, Palo Alto, CSPs, etc. Capacity: Detailed and high level understanding of wireless and wireline networks with additional strengths in market share and capital. (Note: Engineers love metrics i.e. capacity and utilization). Skills/Knowledge+: Engineering: Data, translations, routing, switch code: anything, anywhereFinance: Capital allocation and expense coupled with costs process improvementsForce load: Management of OSP: efficiencies of best practices and automationMaterials forecasting network equipment: leveraging supply chain and inventoryProduct Support: Finance capital investment and revenue analysis with a focus on switched ethernet and SDN: detailed modeling for end to end compliance. Knowledge of OSI layers and applications for multiple product sets and industry support. Industry groups: Network standards, open standards, and protocols.Member of various groups: 3gpp, MEF, IEEE, etc. Compliance: Regulatory compliance - FCC & State supportEngineering Network: Testing experience: spectrum analyzers, t-berd, various meters, comparators, oscilloscopes, api driven testing, etc. Additional skills and background: programmed pneumatic controllers with custom language and laser research testing with end-to-end completion.

Listed skills include Project Management, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, and 30 others.

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  Finance Specialist

  At&T

  Feb 1991 - Nov 2021 - Texas

  12/2015 - 10/2021AT&T Finance-Technology & Ops & Capital Management, Dallas, TXLead Financial AnalystResponsible for AT&T Switched Ethernet and AT&T Dedicated Ethernet unit investments within AT&T Business Unit.03/2003 – 12/2015AT&T Operations, Hoffman Estates, IL USASr. Strategic Pricing ManagerStrategic Pricing for Optical and Ethernet services across 22 States & OEW Global support.Focus: Market Share review of Ethernet and Pricing Actions optimizing revenue.Systems Knowledge: Many .... 04/2001 - 04/2003 AT&T // AIT (SBC-MSI), Hoffman Estates, IL USANetwork Operations Manager • Responsible for Capital ($xM) and Expense ($yM) Budgets for Construction and Engineering* Broadband build, costs, forecasts, etc. by DA, WC for the Midwest Region 11/2000 - 04/2001 AT&T // SBC Telecom, Dallas, TX USAAssociate Director Strategic AlliancesNegotiations, Contract and Financial Analysis:- Nationwide Strategic Planning for Fiber Deployment.- Contract Negotiations with Dark Fiber and Transport Providers.- Financial Analysis for Provider Services, NPV and Commitments.- Regulations: FCC Compliance Issues. 05/1998 - 11/2000 SBC Wireless, Dallas, TX USARegional Manager Network DevelopmentProvided Network support to AT&T Wireless Markets for new equipment and projects. Contract, Financial and Strategic Responsibilities:- Strategic Planning for Network Equipment- RFQ Vendor Analysis (Technical and Financial Analysis)- Vendor Selection (Analyzing hardware, operating systems, interfaces, software applications, programming development analysis, data bases, redundancy) - Business Analysis (cost, revenue, growth, strategy)02/1991 - 05/1998 CellularONE- Chicago, Schaumburg, IL USANetwork Integration and Projects Supervisor- Developing, organizing and implementing plans for current and future Switching/ Product features- Developing requirements for vendors on new features and signaling