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Greater Atlanta Area

Portfolio Management responsibilities of key corporate initiative programs with annual budgets of +$100M, the two largest program initiatives conducted via SAFe AGILE within the corporation. Responsible for analysis, forecasting and reporting of spend. Analyzing spend patterns for improved forecasting as well as 3rd Party Vendor management. Conduct monthly reporting to AVP level audience and client sponsors.

Oversight of several corporate initiative multi-year program budgets (>$50M). Includes review/analysis of all project estimates relative to spend through entire SDLC. Responsible for analysis and reporting of spend including project actuals and estimate to complete (ETC) - analyzing spend patterns for improved forecasting. Involved in portfolio management and allocation of funds based on corporate priorities. * Key team member for functional requirements of new ETC reporting application and process improvement team which decreased forecasting effort by 50% * Developed Excel model for forecast of $60M Program (annual spend). Model later used for Business Case study for cost saving options in program release schedule and size. * Tools - AT&T PRISM, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Access, ABT/NIKU/Clarity Workbench

Manage client relationship for IT Delivery organization. Solely responsiblefor meeting schedule, budget, and deliverables for several WEB based apps used for capacity planning of BellSouth Voice Messaging Products and Network Link components. Perform weekly analysis of financial actuals versus budgeted, hold client communication meetings and manage/track issues log. * Developed Excel worksheets for financial tracking. * Developed Excel worksheets for labor charge report analysis.

Senior Software QA ManagerManage scheduling and estimation of software certification testing for large client/server application used by BellSouth for Local Number Portability (LNP). Supervised staff of twelve test engineers and reported to the Quality Assurance Director. Reviewed specification documents for testing requirements. Determined testing strategy, test matrices, and wrote test procedure documentation, as well as test reports. Designed and developed test utilities (UNIX scripts). * Developed script utilities for data collection for test scenarios and for file content parsing and manipulation. * Responsible for BellSouth Corporate Inter-Operability Testing of Y2K requirements for LNP.* Represented BellSouth for (NPAC) Number Portability Administration Center required industry testing. * LNP SME for Georgia Third Party Testing. Monitored LNP systems during live testing and analyzed functional and performance test results.

Accomplished scheduling, budgeting, and estimating software and system testing of all Access System products including RAS (Remote Access Server), Analog, ADSL and Cable modem products. Managed staff of eight junior and senior engineers, reporting to the Director of Corporate Engineering. Contributed in both product development and project status meetings as well as reviewed Functional Specifications for integration requirements and system test configurations. Determined testing strategy and test matrices, wrote test documentation, as well as designed and developed testing suites. * Modified the ISO 9000 Product Development Plan to include product test methodologies and specify test preparation requirements. * Established test document requirements for corporate wide use to follow IEEE guidelines for test plans and specifications. * Orchestrated integration of automated testing tools to increase testing efficiency.

Managed scheduling, budgeting, and estimating software integration and system testing of wireless communications products. Supervised staff of four engineers and two technicians, reporting to the Software Manager. Reviewed Functional Specifications for integration requirements and system configurations. Determined testing strategy, test matrices, wrote documentation, as well as designed and Developed testing software. * Developed processes via flowcharts and procedures to explain steps required of software developers for product release including archival and software package documentation. * Developed multiple test programs for semi-automated testing which decreased test execution times by 40% and established repeatability of reported results. * Co-established required set of system level integration tests for engineering to successfully complete prior to starting software certification process.

Performed hardware design and debugging of new factory test equipment. Repaired factory test equipment which maintained production line capacity. Designed and developed HP BASIC calibration and diagnostic software. * Designed and integrated $2 Million HIL (Hardware In the Loop) Test Facility with 68020 based VME test panels. Upgraded and modified embedded real-time firmware (ASM and C) for three different VME based GPIB test panels for the test facility. * Wrote device drivers for a new communication card resulting in 10x speed improvement of test execution.

Designed, built, and tested the downconverter section of a 4.2 GHz receiver. Performed duties as a Test Engineer on a classified project for satellite communications.

Mba

Activities and Societies: Member, Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering