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Ericsson –
Elmhurst, IL
Project Manage/Construction - North
Central Region: Oct 2011 – December 2014
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Manage
Scheduling all work for both Switch Ops and Field Ops for Carrier Add
Installation
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Manage
Existing Sites, New Build, Special Events sites
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Manage Construction
of Microwave sites, High Voltage Sites
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Walk sites and
work closely with ComEd engineers to determine where meter
will be installed
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Closeouts of
Sites (Photos, Documentation, Permits, Zoning etc.)
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Ensure that
all jobs are maintained in a project tracking system with complete accuracy
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Manage
Equipment tracking and resolving problems with Equipment delivery and order
discrepancies
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Manage
General contractors and Various Equipment (Lucent ,Motorola, Nortel,Samsung
and NSN)
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Manage
deployment meetings with other managers and team members to review the
status of
each job and implement changes as
necessary to ensure timely project completion
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Working
with Landlords and Site Acquisition Vendors to secure permission for site
work
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Working
with other Departments to resolve issues related to Carrier Installation
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submit ASRW or Inquiries to the LECs and resolving LECs
Jeopardies
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Required
to meet daily deadlines and Monthly Targets required by Ericsson
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Hardware-
Ordering and Installation
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Escalate
issues if revenue needs to be adjusted on a job
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Mange
Financial True Up (make sure all change orders sent /received), share
project performance
Close
Out Package to Customer, record date
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Work with
Tower Owners (ATC, SBA, and Crown Castle etc.)
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Reconciles
Revenue and Cost
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Mange
Change orders
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Mange
Material POs and Customer POs
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Build
Equipment
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Liaison to
clients and vendors
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Manage GSM,UMTS and LTE, DAS Projects
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Mange
Construction- Working with General Contractors (Conduit, Cable, Antenna,
BTS Cabinets)
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Manage Weekly Conference call and meeting with Field
Ops, RF General Contractors and Switch
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Manage
Cabinet Swaps at Cell Site.
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Review and
approve GC bids for construction and Process PO
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Develop
a complete understanding of the scope of work, deliverables, timelines
& quality
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Coordinate
and follow-up of installations from install to completion
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Coordinate
with several different LECs the delivery of new circuits and the
construction needed between Demarc and Cell site equipment
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Work
Closely with area Managers and Directors
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Make sure
all area team members are following MOP to reach target dates
ATT
– Handover Park, IL
Project Manager: April 2009 – May 2011
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Manage cell sites across National Market
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Manage GSM,UMTS and LTE, DAS Projects
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Manage
Scheduling all work for both Switch Ops and Field Ops for Carrier Add
Installation
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Manage
Equipment tracking and resolving problems with Equipment delivery and order
discrepancies
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Manage
General contractors and Various Equipment (Lucent ,Motorola Nortel,
NV
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Working
with Landlords and Site Acquisition Vendors to secure permission for site
work
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Working
with other Departments to resolve issues related to Carrier Installation
ie, problems with T1 Orders, Scheduling issues, Field Ops roadblocks
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Required
to meet daily deadlines and Monthly Targets required by Ericsson
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Hardware-
Ordering and Installation
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Mange
Construction- Working with General Contractors (Conduit, Cable, Antenna,
BTS Cabinets)
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Manage Weekly Conference call and meeting with Field
Ops, RF General Contractors and Switch
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Manage
Cabinet Swaps at Cell Site.
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Review and
approve GC bids for construction and Process PO
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Review
final punch list
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Build
Equipment
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Coordinate
and follow-up of installations from install to completion
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Coordinate
with several different LECs the delivery of new circuits and the
construction needed between Demarc and Cell site equipment
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Work
Closely with area Managers and Directors
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Make sure
all area team members are following MOP to reach target dates
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Responsible for all aspects of assigned project/projects
for or with the Network organization delivering the project
Within the
identified timeframe and at or below budget
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Single
Point of contact on end to end management of assigned (large,/multiple)
projects, completing projects within allotted timeline and budget.
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Clarifies
and develop project scope, detailed work plans, schedules, objectives,
estimates coordinates activities of the project team, identifying resources
and implementation strategy.
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Conducts
project status meetings, project reporting, and is responsible for project
tracking and analysis, including project interdependencies
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Collaborates
across multiple functions to ensure adherences to quality standards,
internal processes, and reviews project deliverables. To drive to required
project results
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Identifies,
recommends and takes action to drive the analysis, solutions resolution to
all issues/roadblocks in a timely fashion.
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Provides
overall direction and technical or analytical guidance to project and
program teams that typically span multiple organizations, markets and
outside suppliers/vendors
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Provide
technical and analytical guidance to project team. Recommends and takes action
to direct the analysis and solutions of problems
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Ensure
that critical path dates are base lined and managed effectively to ensure
quality execution and deployment of programs and projects
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Submitted
E911, T1, DS3 and Trunk orders to approved ILEC/CLEC Vendors.
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Created
CTS, IWOS tickets to appropriate organizations
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Identified
opportunities to improve processes and streamline work for the overall team
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Participant
in weekly conference calls detailing status and resolving issues
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Provided
exceptional training to fellow peers.
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Restored
and updated Granite paths for data integrity
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Resolved
billing issues with various vendors and tracked these problems through
closure
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Performed
research on circuits for possible disconnects and/or grooming
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Coordinated
test and acceptance of Circuits upon receipt of DLR’s
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Attended
and productively participated in User Acceptance Training for Granite Works
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Maintained
working relationships with telecom vendors, (ILEC/CLEC)
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Manage equipment in Granite and Build equipment in
Granite
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Manage
financial tracking for savings
T-Mobile
– Chicago, IL
Project Manager: Telco Facilitator/Engineer (Contractor)
September 2005 – April 2009
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Build Segment and Path in Granite
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Verify equipment in Granite and Build equipment in
Granite
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CFA
assignments and circuit path information for cell sites Granite database
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Create trouble tickets and contact the LEC (ATT, ATT
Long Haul, Verizon, TDS and Century Tel etc)
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Manage GSM,UMTS and LTE, DAS Projects
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Manage AAV Project (Ethernet)
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Manage
ASRWs, ASRs and Disconnect orders to the LECs
(Verizon, ATT,TDS and Century Tel
etc.)
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Track FOC (Firm Order Confirmation) until T1s are
installed
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Escalated
orders with various ILEC's and department
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Walk sites and
work closely with ComEd engineers to determine where
meter will be installed
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Managed
cutovers, escalations and moves, adds, changes
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Create Work Orders in Homer System and Cramer System
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Manage Milestone Report Daily
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Request site walks with LECs and Provide Construction
Drawings on site walk
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Make sure conduit is ran to LEC Aerial Pole, Ped or
Manhole for Telco
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Make sure T1s are install and tested (T-Bird)
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Manage cell sites in the state of Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana
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Make sure power (Com Ed) is install at cell site
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Make sure BTS (Base Transceiver Station) and UMTS
(Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) are install
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Made
decisions based on policies & procedures
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Mapping
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Weekly meeting with LECs (ATT, ATT Long Haul, Verizon,
Century Tel) etc.
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Weekly meeting with Construction, RF, PM, SAC, Switch,
OPS, Leasing Dept
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Manage New Raw Lane sites, Collocation, and Roof Top
Sites, Small Cell and existing sites.
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Build High Voltage Sites (Positron and Flash Wave)
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Manage Bid Walks and A&E Walks
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Make sure all building permits and leases are approved
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Manage T1s and work with multiple department to get the
work completed
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Research
circuits for circuit term renewal
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Built
strong relationships with the LECs Managers
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Update
Multiple Systems Daily
SBC – Rosemont, IL
Network
Services Manager (Contractor),
August 2004 – July 2005 (Contractor Ended)
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Processing and managing the Frame/ATM
billing
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Monitoring work queue
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Disconnected Circuit (ATM/Frame/PVC)
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Install Circuits (ATM/Frame/PVC)
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Build Equipment in Granite Verify Equipment in
Granite
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Built Segments and Paths in Granite
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Generate monthly reports
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Tracking to closure of all report issues
including those requiring MetaSolv involvement
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Dispute any billing or outage disputes that may
arise
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Track all Trouble Tickets in MetaSolv
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Credit Disputes
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Point of contact for Project Manager as
it relates to ordering the ATM/Frame products in MetaSolv
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Verify that money has been credited to customer
accounts
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Managing escalations
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Ensure customer satisfaction and
services level objectives are met or exceeded
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End to End service establishment
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Interface daily with the sales department
to go over customer contract and pricing
Allegiance Telecom/XO
-Lombard, Illinois
Switch Network Engineer/Provisioner, December 1998-April 2004.
¨ Designed switch, voice and data circuits in
TBS/Metasolv
¨ Responsible for building network and collocation
facilities needed for voice and data circuits in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Configured designs to Lucent 5ESS switches,
digital cross connect systems and router facilities in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Engineered Network DS3’s, T1’s and trunks to ILEC
point of interface used for voice and data networks in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Interfaced daily with several internal departments
to manage network traffic
¨ Project managed network migrations, hot cuts and
network optimization in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Proactively tracked, researched and resolved
issues related to ILEC orders
¨ Responsible for engineering to the Alcatel DACs
(LMC and SMC) in TBS/Metsolv
¨ Interfaced with internal departments such as
Translations, Operations and Network Planners
¨ Processed LECs ASR’s for initial trunks and T1s as
well as augments in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Project managed eight switches in six cities
(Dallas, Houston, Austin , St. Louis, San Antonio and Ft. Worth)
¨ Served as liaison to ILEC for circuit
installations.
¨ Processed LSRs, and ASRs to facilitate unbundled
Loop Orders using TBS/Metasolv
¨ Ensured firm order confirmations were received in
a timely manner and update TBS/Metasolv
¨ Monitored work queues for new, disconnect and
existing orders in TBS/Metasolv
¨ Responsible for escalating to all levels of
management in order to meet corporate goals
¨ Provided leadership to department in absence of
management
¨ Created, maintained and updated reports using
Excel
MFS/WorldCom-
Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois
Project
Manager, January 1997- July 1998.
¨ Provisioned Customer orders using dedicated T1
service.
¨ Prepared and gathered all information needed to
enter orders in database
¨ Project Manage Premier Accounts (AT&T, Sprint,
MCI)
¨ Insured prompt receipt of ILEC Firm Order
Confirmation
¨ Interacted with Operations,
Engineering, Sales and Customer Support to resolve order issues
¨ Provided correspondence and updates on all
customer orders
¨ Successfully trained new employees for LEC
Coordination
Sprint/Centel
- Des Plaines, Illinois
Marketing Representative, December 1990 -October 1997.
¨ Entered data information for all orders.
¨ Entered new, disconnect and reconfigure orders
¨ Responsible for providing updates on order status
¨ Interfaced with field technicians and Engineers to
insure proper installation of the equipment.
¨ Responsible for organizing and sorting all
correspondence regarding customer orders
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Type proposal and handled customer
invoice and billing issues
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