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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Sustainable Energy Management Consultants Focused on Energy Strategies and Solutions in partnership with https://omniplanetsolutions.com/With the increasing demand for communication services and the urgent need for sustainable practices, our expertise ensures that communication companies can meet their energy requirements while minimizing their environmental impact. We offer with our partner networks a range of innovative solutions to enhance energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and drive sustainability across the communication sector.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Comcast is the country’s largest provider of cable services and the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world. The company delivers digital services, provides faster Internet and clearer broadband phone service, and develops and delivers innovative programming.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Recruited as consultant to develop long-range plan for 1,600 mission-critical sites in Comcast footprint. Promoted to permanent senior management position as Executive Director after three months of critical infrastructure consultancy. Progressed to new VP role to develop data center long-term strategy and manage data center operations. ♦ Data Center Expansion ➣ Drove successful site evaluation, solutions planning, and execution strategy for five-year data center expansion and improvement initiatives. Implemented Basis of Design program through evaluation of existing sites to define standardized and universally comprehensive criteria for future data center builds. ♦ Critical Infrastructure ➣ Defined full framework for national critical infrastructure program; provided strategic, efficient solutions for successful execution. ♦ Team Development ➣ Identified resources, defined job family, developed role descriptions, and established training curriculum to support 2018 launch of Comcast’s internal engineering team. ♦ Risk Management ➣ Led piloting and development of quick-alert national monitoring and alarm program to reduce instances of downtime and increase visibility of site health.♦ Vendor Relations ➣ Served as key point of contact and overall program lead for implementation, relationship development, and communication management of virtual engineering teams.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Initially joining Comcast as a Critical Infrastructure Consultant in April of 2017, drove efforts to establish the framework for a five-year national data center expansion and improvement initiative. Areas of concentration included but were not limited to site evaluation, solutions planning, team development, and leadership in the area of critical infrastructure. ♦ Oversaw Data Center Expansion Strategies ➣ including the implementation of a Basis of Design program for standardization and comprehensive criteria development for future builds♦ Led Team Development ➣ identifying resources, defining roles & job family, and establishing the training curriculum to support the 2018 launch of Comcast’s internal engineering team ♦ Led Risk Management Program ➣providing leadership in the piloting & development of a quick-alert national monitoring and alarm program — to reduce instances of down-time and increase visibility of site health

Stamford, Ct, Us

Time Warner Cable, Inc. was an American national cable television company operating in 28 states with 31 operating divisions. Time Warner was acquired by Charter Communications in May 2016.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Promoted to new role to focus on reducing power-related outages at 1,120 critical locations. Managed 220-member team, $300M operating budget, and annual capital budget ranging from $175M to $250M.♦ Outage Reduction ➣ Significantly impacted customer service by reducing power-related outages 25%.♦ Critical Infrastructure ➣ Led Community of ONE: Operational Network Excellence, setting standards and direction for company's critical infrastructure.♦ Data Center Strategy ➣ Developed strategy to move to two main national data centers to help position TWC for future growth through more managed hosting and cloud computing services; led building of two 175,000-sq.-ft. Tier 3 centers, one in the East and one in the West (project budgets of $125M).♦ Data Center Builds ➣ Led building of five new regional data centers with $50M budget.♦ Internal Consulting ➣ Directed internal team tasked with developing and sharing critical infrastructure standards.♦ Vendor Management ➣ Ensured multiple vendors performed to service-level agreements and TWC expectations.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Promoted to build new data centers in Denver and New York City and take on expanded responsibilities.♦ Data Center Build & Migration ➣ Successfully developed and executed strategies for building/migrating two live data centers.♦ Data Center Operations ➣ Provided 24/7 support for all mission-critical services; managed groups across multiple locations.♦ Disaster Recovery ➣Created effective disaster recovery plans for mission-critical systems that supported Roadrunner high-speed internet services for 6M customers.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Managed Herndon, Virginia national data center; expanded responsibility to management of additional centers.♦ Completed migration of national data center to new, 25,000-sq.-ft. center with no service interruption.♦ Provided mission-critical support to multiple data centers, including vital infrastructure, network, and systems providing services to TWC customers.

Information Networks was a consulting company focusing on technology projects for the public and private sector. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Brought on as the Senior Consultant responsible for the development of partnerships and sales in the commercial and public sector, with a particular focus on expansion in the public sector under 8A designation. Completed several consulting engagements. Served as key member of four-person team in six-month Information Networks/ITIL Project, developing overall IT strategy for D.C. government, using ITIL best practices. Managed 15-member consulting team that focused on network installation and support projects for telecommunication companies.

Network Access Solutions was a telecommunications, DSL provider focused on business class service.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Recruited by CFO and CIO of telecom startup providing high-speed internet services, using DSL technology. Improved system availability 20% by migrating critical IT systems to new data center. Hired and organized 50-member team within six months of hire; built new IT organization that supported building and running all IT systems. Created and executed short- and long-term strategy, including using co-location to meet immediate needs and building new, 10,000-sq.-ft. Tier 3 center to meet long-term plans.

Earlier positions with Cable & Wireless include Senior Manager of System Services, Mainframe Systems Programmer, and Systems Analyst/Programmer.

Master Of Science, Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science, Information Systems

Scte-Tuck Executive Leadership Program