Richard Marez

Mobile 214-736-6028

rick_marez@yahoo.com

 

PROFILE

 

Senior Telecommunications Professional experienced in all phases of Resource/Project Management, Vendor Qualification, Vendor Management,  Project Planning, Project Scheduling, Project Reporting, IT/Telecom Network Implementation, Network Integration, and Commissioning of IT/Telecom, ISP and OSP Fiber Optic Networks. Construction scheduling for AT&T’s Ethernet To The Cell Site, (ETTCS), Fiber To The Cell Site (FTTCS), AT&T 4-Wire Modernization Project, and Managed AT&T TURF Vendors for the deployment of Ericsson LTE, Alcatel-Lucent UMTS RAN infrastructure. Extensive experience in negotiating contracts and Resource Managing of various vendors for EF&I, Site Surveys, Billing of Material, PO processes, RFI, RFP, RFQ, SOW, and the SLA process of vendor equipment and services. Project Managed the installation of vendor equipment that include Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireless Soft Switch, Nortel DMS Switching Systems, Tellabs Titan 5500, Marconi Fiber Optic Equipment, ADTRAN Optical Equipment, Ericsson LTE Equipment, Fujitsu Flash-Wave Equipment, AT&T Mobility infrastructure LTE/UMTS equipment deployment, and PolyCom Video Conferencing Equipment. Experienced International Business Development, Department Director, Manager, Resource Manager Project Manager and Third Level Support Engineer with the ability to provide thought leadership related to telecom solutions and technical direction to vendors regarding the deployment of IT/Telecom equipment requirements and Network Construction.

 

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EXPERIENCE

 

Sr. IT/Telecom Project Manager – Entergy Corporation, Little Rock, AR

January 2015 – Present

·               Project Manage the 4-Wire Modernization project. The replacement of legacy AT&T 4-Wire technology that is discontinued and is currently being used for SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) at 800 Entergy Substations Facilities and replace this technology with a new broadband Fiber Solution, RF Microwave Solution or Leased Service to provide IP Interface to SCADA.

·               Project Manage the construction of 75 Substation Communication Towers and associated Microwave equipment.

·               Request for Proposal, Request for Quote for construction of 75 Substation Telecommunication Towers.

·               Perform Tower Notification processes required for FCC Licensing of new RF Microwave Systems.

·               Vendor Management of selected Tower Construction Companies for the deployment of new Substation Communication Towers required for Connectivity to Entergy’s IT/Telecommunication Network.

·               Manage the deployment of Fiber Optic Networks and associated equipment required for connectivity to 800 Entergy Substations Facilities and Entergy SCADA system.

·               Define Scope of Work, Project Plan, Project Schedule, Develop Project Work Orders and Track financial weekly and monthly budget actuals.

·               Conduct weekly 4-Wire Modernization Project Status meeting with internal and external stakeholder.

·               Perform weekly Project Status Meeting with C Level Management Team.

 

Sr. Service Delivery Project Manager – PEG Bandwidth, The Colony, TX

June 2014 – November 2014

·               Cross-functional Sr. Project Manager focused specifically on service delivery to drive the acceptance, growth, and provisioning of service within PEG’s Fiber Optic Network (Fiber to the Cell Site).

·               Project Manage Ethernet, wavelength, High Cap services from contractual sale through construction to service turn up to achieve customer commitment dates.

·               Conduct Market and project based meetings in support of weekly forecasting.

·               Track major service delivery milestones such as Design Completion, Fiber Service Provider Agreements, OSP Permitting, Aerial pole attachment & Make-ready, Leasing, NTPs, and work with the individuals in each market to ensure these tasks are completed consistent with the forecast.

·               Facilitate and conduct internal and external customer service delivery of FTTCS meetings.

·               Create regional Project tracking mechanism to provide real time analysis of resources and project status.

·               Provide timely Project updates to internal and external customers.

·               Conduct trend analysis of projects to identify road blocks and areas of opportunity for improvement.

 

OSP Project Manager – GXT Generation Next Telecommunication, Richardson, TX

January 2014 – June 2014

·               Project Manager, Engineer and Inspect OSP Fiber Optic operations required for the installation of Long-Hall Backbone for Time Warner Telecom, ATT, and CenturyLink.

·               Plan and prepare drawings for construction of new, and removal or rearrangement of existing, overhead or underground Fiber Optic cable, and conduits to obtain optimum and economical utilization of communications facilities

·               Manage and utilizes an extensive network of providers in order to provide turnkey a solutions for overall OSP Network Installation, Integration, and Commissioning.

·               Preform design work for Long-Haul backbone, last mile interconnect, and metropolitan area builds.

·               Experienced and Highly skilled in all phases of network construction including Project management, permitting, engineering, construction management, resource management and inspection of OSP Fiber Optic Networks.  

 

Senior Resource/Project Manager – Mycom Communication - AT&T Turf Vendor Project Manager Syracuse, NY

October 2013 – January 2014

·               Resource/Project Managed large, complex, LTE/UMTS equipment installations worked independently and escalated appropriately to Mycom as well as AT&T Management, successfully managing across organizational boundaries.

·               Complete ownership of a AT&T Turf Vendor projects. Reached out to various teams for project status, project issues and resolved project issues.

·               Project reporting and Resource Management with respect to AT&T Turf Vendors.

·               Extensive Field Management project reporting, Resource Management, Budgetary Development and Delivery.

·               Maintained CASPR database updating pay-point milestones as they are successfully completed.

·               Maintained constant communication and interact successfully with AT&T Project Managers, Mycom upper management and direct reports.

 

 

Project Manager – AT&T NP&E-Global Engineering Support ETTCS Dallas, TX

April 2013 – October 2013

·               Manage the installation of Ethernet to the Cell Site for 700 plus sites, including vendor management.

Ensured all issues encountered during deployment and installations were resolved in a timely manner.

·               Responsible for Resource Managing, Defining Scope, Managing Timelines, Manage Critical Milestones throughout the project, as well as monitoring capital controls to ensure on-time delivery of network infrastructure to support AT&T Mobility ETTCS (Ethernet to the Cell Site) program.

·               Manage projects from initiation through delivery. Coordinate activities and develop precise project plans for the installation of ATT&T Mobility ETTCS infrastructure. 

·               Obtain Customer Concurrence throughout the project by developing project status reports, perform project analysis, and directly communicate this information with AT&T Account Teams.

·               Utilized ASE, CASPR, CANOPI, ROME, GRETA-WFA/TIRKS for the implementation of AT&T Mobility ETTCS infrastructure.

 

Project Manager – ADTRAN Professional Services

July 2011 – February 2012

·               Project Manage external partners in the execution of tasks that include the vendor selection process (RFP, RFQ) required for the implementation of ADTRAN’s National Fiber Optic Access Initiative (FAI) project.

·               Developed, and maintained EF&I standard project management deliverables for the successful installation of ADTRAN and Fujitsu Fiber Optic equipment. Total Access-5000, TA-3000, OPTI-6100, Flash Wave-4100 systems.

·               Project responsibilities include, Resource Managing, Project planning, Project scheduling, and resolution to issues encountered throughout the lifecycle of the FAI project by maintaining action log, meeting minutes, risks assessment, contingencies plan’s  and all the budget constraints associated with equipment installation for ADTRAN’s FAI project.

·               Resource Manage and Contract Negotiations for full EF&I with vendors that included Goodman Networks, Mastec, TSI and Outsource.

·               Communicate project status to various stakeholders within the ADTRAN’s Professional Services organization.

 

LTE Senior Technical Lead – Ericsson, Plano, TX

October 2010 – July 2011

·               Hands-on installation, implementations, and commissioning of Ericsson’s LTE (Long Term Evolution) equipment. Ericsson’s Digital Units for LTE, Global Positioning System Timing Module, Control Modules CM, Channel Elements Modules, RRUL radio and RRUS radio installation.

·               Work closely with Ericsson’s RF Engineering on RF Radio configurations that maximize cell coverage and increase cell site efficiency.

 

Manager Customer Lab Support / Project Manager - Alcatel-Lucent Plano, TX

September 2005 – July 2009

·               Managed a team of 9 engineers with varied disciplines to provide Customer Lab Support which includes all facets required for Deployment and Integration of T-Mobile’s lab and field trials related to GSM, UMTS 3G and UMA technology.

·               Assist Regional Support Center’s on-site team in Defining Customer Acceptance Testing Plans and Strategies.

·               Act as liaison to Alcatel’s Research and Development for software and hardware issues, providing data and troubleshooting information on an as-needed basis.

·               Drive and support activities relative to UMTS and UMA deployment of T-Mobile facilities.

·               Integrated SS7 phase improvements to T-Mobile in their 3G Lab.

·               Drive and supported T-Mobile Lab Deployment and Integration.

 

Switch Test Engineer, T-Mobile/Networks, Los Angeles, CA

December 2004 – March 2005

·               Responsible for operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting multiple areas within the T-Mobile Switch Center.

·               Including interconnect & acceptance of T1s & T3s, defining trunk and routing, SS7 signaling, and maintaining/troubleshooting of AXE Ericsson MSC/BSC maintenance activities, alarm reporting, and Trouble

Ticket reporting.

 

Switch Test Engineer, AT&T Wireless/Teksystems, Richardson, TX

July 2004 – September 2004

·               Provides Technical Support for Nortel GSM, Nortel MSC, Ericsson BSC and Alcatel 1601 DACS systems. Duties included Alcatel DAC maintenance, configurations of DACS cross connects, Ericsson Switch Maintenance on 12 BSC 501 switching systems to include system troubleshooting and daily system integrity checks.

 

T-Mobile/Comms Resources, Dallas, TX

September 2003 – March 2004

·               Project Manage the day-to-day installation of new T1 Abis circuits of T-Mobile’s Nortel GSM MSC, BSC and  BTS facilities, Periodic Maintenance activities and system Sweeps. Ensuring Network Optimization and the decrease of Network Derogation.

 

Director New Technology and Technical Support, VarTec Telecom Dallas, TX

December 1999 – March 2002

·               Directed multiple multi-million dollar projects to enhance the legacy Vartec network. These projects included the installation of SPM modules for 10 DMS Switching Systems at a cost of 9.5 million. The installation of Titan 5500 cross connect equipment cost 4 million. The installation of one of the largest Fiber Optic rings in Mexico utilizing Marconi fiber equipment at a cost of 6.7 million. The development/deployment of Vartec’s Intelligence Network Platform at a cost of 17 million dollars. During life cycle of these projects I was responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, and tracking capital construction. These projects were completed within budget, and on time.

·               Authorizes and tracked all work performed by the functional groups, and was the primary interface with Vartec’s Transmission Engineering, IT Network Construction, Transmission Planning, IT Technical Facilities Management, and other functional groups as required to define and implement capital construction projects. 

·               Performed periodic Power Point presentations and reports to the Senior Vice President of Operations, CEO, CTO and stakeholders concerning the status of assigned projects and responded to project jeopardizes by developing contingence plans and strategies to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

·               Developed a Third Level Support team by recruiting 8 highly experienced technical engineers with varied disciplines and qualifications  required to support all applicable network Software and Hardware upgrades, Switching System certification that included Process and Procedure documentations for IT/Telecom Network standardization.

·               Directed Resources for the design and installation of a multi service IT Intelligent Network Platform. Project content involved switch and digital cross connect installation, the installation of new local carrier network optical systems utilizing Fujitsu Flash 4600 optical aggregators, the integrations of both TDM legacy DMS switching systems as well as Varaz VoIP Soft Switch system, IP routing, Video Streaming utilizing PolyCom systems, the introduction of new Least Cost Routing, and Call Profitability techniques and set guidelines and standards.

·               Negotiated and executed successful contracts and technical proposals with major companies such as EDS, Nortel, Tellabs and Fujitsu and Marconi. That included SOW’s, SLA’s, and RFI/RFQ/RFP for EF&I. The process included Resource Qualification for the installation of Fujitsu Flash 4600 Optical Aggregators, Tellabs Titan 5500 Digital Cross Connect Equipment, EDS Intelligent Network Platform, Nortel DMS Switching Systems, Nortel DMS SPM.  

 

Third Level Support - Switch Maintenance Engineer IV – MFS/MCI WorldCom Dallas, Texas

May 1995 – December 1999

 

Third Level Support Engineer III, MCI Telecommunications Richardson, Texas

February 1992 - May 1995

 

Network Management Center Technical Engineer, MCI Telecommunications Richardson, Texas

April – 1989 – January 1991

 

IT Supervisor II, MCI Telecommunications Richardson, Texas

August 1987 – April 1989

 

Switch Technician III, MCI  Ft. Worth, Texas

February 1983 – August 1987

 

MILITARY HISTORY   UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1979 - 1983

 

Computer Maintenance Specialist, 712 ASOC/602 TACC Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Texas

April 1979 - February 1983

 

Education

Bachelor’s Degree – Computer Science Community College of The United States Air Force