Demetrios T. Latisis

18097 E Maplewood Dr

Aurora CO 80016

303-646-7123

dlatisis@gmail.com

 

Overview

Telecommunications professional with expertise in: OSP Long Haul Management, ISP Operations Management, Project and Program Management. Proven leadership in: network operations management, business development, project and program management, network mergers, and financial management.

 

Key Expertise:

 

·  Managing and Mentoring

·  Business Process Re-engineering

·  Strong Project Management/Implementation Skills

·  Strong Customer Focus and Relationship Skills

·  Strategic technical and financial Planning

·  Forecasting, budgeting, and cost control

·  Proven negotiating skills

 

Professional Experience:

 

Zayo Group                                                                                                                 October 2012 - Present

ISP Engineer - Western Region

 

A global provider of bandwidth infrastructure services including dark fiber, wavelengths, Ethernet, IP services, SONET, carrier-neutral colocation and technical services. Our network footprint stretches over 76,770 route miles, providing fiber-based connectivity between major data centers, carrier PoP’s, enterprise buildings and more.

·   Managed all new construction sites for new POPs (point of presence), ILA (Inline amplifier) hut, and hubs.  Including ongoing management of municipalities, engineering and design partnerships.

·   Successfully managed a 20-state region autonomously and brought several months worth of back-logged projects to close.

·   Mentor for new engineering team members. 

·   VDC power system maintenance and new system deployment

·   Developing and maintaining construction budget information

·   Managing Inside plant construction including validating on-going expenses and supervising all construction activities.

·   Managing an RFP process for all contractor work

·   Managing material purchasing for projects. 

·   POP/Colocation/Data Center Facilities

·   Cell sites and remote shelters

 

 

 

Forethought.net                                                                                                   August 2011 – October 2012

Operations Manager / Project manager

 

Locally owned and operated IT and communications service provider, offering a portfolio of enterprise-level cloud-computing, Internet, voice and data solutions.

·  Project Manager: Managed multiple and ongoing Telecommunications projects.

·  Construction Manager:  Central Office builds.

·  Project Supervisor: Technical Lead on project team to reengineer operations business process.

·  Oversaw all major projects (Central Office build-outs) controlled budgets, equipment purchasing, engineering DC power plants. Work with Functional Managers to ensure resources are available and assigned to the team.

·  Proactively manage project risks and develop risk mitigation plans to resolve conditions adversely affecting on-time performance, profitability and/or customer satisfaction

 

Independent Telecommunications Consultant                                          

August 2009 – 2011

·  Establish a project plan to migrate and integrate the two networks.

·  Manage all due diligence for company acquisition of network.

 

ICG Communications/Level 3 Communications                             September 1998 – August 2009

Operations Manager

 

International provider of fiber-based communications services, Internet Protocol (IP) services, metro and long haul transport, content and video delivery, data and voice services.

·  OSP Long Haul Manager: Management of 11 OSP Long Haul techs. Building cell towers and fiber hubs.

·  Manager, Colorado Field Operations: Managed 15 Inside Plant techs with 375 sites, 4 Central offices, 1 gateway, 3 hubs. Details included all equipment builds. Managing $40M projects.

·  Warehouse Manager: Managed reengineering Supply Chain and Warehouse Management processes and procedures. Shipping and Receiving, Inventory Control, Assets Selling, and re-engineering business process (purchasing, inventory, receiving, and shipping).

·  Demolitions Manager: Restoring Central Office sites to original specification.

·  Program Manager: Oversaw all major projects (Central Office build outs) controlled 14 million dollar budgets, equipment purchasing, engineering DC power plants.

·  Project Manager: Managed multiple and ongoing Telecommunications projects ranging from $10k to $700k.

·  Construction  Manager:  Central Office builds.

·  Project Coordinator Supervisor: Technical Lead on project team that re-engineered operations business process for ICG-Fiber Optic. Technologies. Team consisted of CEO, COO, CFO, and Area Vice Presidents and me. Re-engineering, of business process decreased overhead and EBIDA by thirty percent (30%) and had a positive effect on all revenue streams, and a decrease in projects overruns. Increased efficiency of all sales processes from qualifying customers to tracking incentives and quotas.

·  Project Coordinator: Manage a team of contractors to install and wire out 15,000 United States postal offices.

 

 

 

 

Education

Red Rocks Community College, (Associates Degree - Applied Science)

University of Colorado – Denver undergraduate degree in Biology 

George Washington University – PMI

 

Skills:

SalesForce, Siterra , Network Flow, Intrado, Alcatel, Lucent, EVDO, LTE, EBH, E911