SALVATORE W. MELORO

211 Belfry Dr.

Felton, DE 19943

  (609) 578-8074

          smeloro@comcast.net

                                                                                 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

§         15 years as a highly skilled Project Management with each project well over $4M budget

§         Detailed Specs including RIF,RFP,SOW, Kick Off Meeting, Project Plan, Deployment and Migration.

§         Enterprise Project Management experience working with the design and deployment of Server Infrastructure.

§         Working with Avaya Aura (PBXACD-IVR) and other products

§         Granite, IWOS, CTS, SharePoint, Workbench, SLDC, Primavera v6.1

§         Wireless technologies packet core experience UTMS,SS7,GGSN, SGSN, PDSN, HA, SGW, PGW, MME, IMS, VHF/UHF Radio Communications, UTMS, CDMA, EVDO, HRPD, LTE, GSM, Service Quality Management (SQM), 3GPP and 3GPP2 technologies, IP Multimedia Systems (IMS), SIP,MIP, Data Roaming, Mobile-IP, Service Delivery Platform (SDP).

§         Wireless applications: WAP-BREW-MMS-FEMTO-Data Roaming 1x & EVDO

§         Switches: Starnet ; Huawei; Motorola; Alcatel Lucent; Ericsson; Nortel, Starnet    

§         Experience with multiple technologies / platforms, including Sun Solaris, Windows NT / 2000/2003, Oracle, Firewalls Firefly, Cisco CSS & F5 Load Balancers, and Network Infrastructure Cabling Cat5-Cat6-Fiber.

§         Data Communications T-1,D 3,Gig E, SONET and all other types of data communications and their redundancy.

§         Data circuit ordering/provisioning/tracking and instillation.

§         Experience with Layer 1, 2 and 3 Service Delivery Processes & OSSs.

§         Solid working knowledge of current Internet technologies, including TCP/IP IPv4 IPv6,MPLS, HTTP/S, FTP, DNS Firewalls and other security tools, and browser-based applications.

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Telecommunication Project Manager

·         Track and validate, for migration, project financial information, including monitoring all project spending against the master contract(s), reporting on project budget versus actuals regularly, assisting the State of Maryland with budgetary forecasts, and supporting requests for project financial status as needed. 

·         Develop /update deployment/migration plans for each agency migration from their legacy radio system to the State’s new Motorola P25 700 MHz radio system. 

·         Responsible for migration schedule management and schedule reporting on behalf of the State Maryland with the migration of agencies from their legacy radio system to the State’s new Motorola P25 700 MHz radio system supporting first responders and public service personnel.

·         Assist in ensuring compliance with the State’s contract terms and conditions.

·         Apply knowledge of the PMBOK standards and methodologies to work products, Interface with Maryland DoIT project management, procurement and financial staff personnel and other State Agency personnel as required in the management of the overall State Radio System contract.

·         Develop and implement project controls standards and procedures and monitor compliance.

·         Ensure that all planning and scheduling activities, such as schedule development and project reporting, comply with State requirements.

·         Prepare monthly updating of costs and resources, schedules, and perform schedule management versus the baseline for migration activities.

·         Prepare required State documentation RFP,RFI, Sole Sourcing documentation for the  projects

Sr. Telecommunication Project Manager

 

·         Edge to Edge Program Telecommunications Manager working on the migration of Wilmington Trust Wealth Management and M&T Bank.

·         Working with Business Partners (DTCC-Bloomberg) and other market data connectivity to insure seamless migration to one platform

·         Developing and implementing data circuit migrations for both North America and Europe office, providing internet connectivity, workstation network connectivity via Cisco IP Telephony

·         Deployment/Testing/Upgrading and implementation of 6000 Cisco IP Phones across North America and Europe with upgraded services NICE recording/ Voice Mail/IP Communicator

·         Working with other M&T and Wilmington Trust groups on a coronate effort for the M&T ONE migration to one platform one system

·         Upgrading data circuits to support applications  migration traffic and monitoring bandwidth requirements for threshold levels for possible upgrades

·         Review/plan/integration new tower build-outs tack Planned Design’s Local permits, Structural Analysis, NEPA studies, KVA Power requirements installations, Testing – Validation and production turn-up

·         Replacement/Upgrade of a Nortel 81c PBX to a new Avaya CM 1000 PBX supporting  over 7000 campus and remote users

·         Upgraded the e911 CAD system along with upgrading the MDC (Mobile Data Computers) for all public safety /local government vehicles.

·         Review/plan/integration new tower build-outs tack Planned Design’s Local permits, Structural Analysis, NEPA studies, KVA Power requirements installations, Testing – Validation and production turn-up

·         Sign-off of all Implementation/Pre/Post/Disaster Testing plans

 

 

 

Sr. Telecommunication Project Manager

·         Edge to Edge Program Management on upgrading Wideband Microwave transmission to Narrowband Microwave transmission as per FCC guidelines

·         Review/plan/integration new tower build-outs tack Planned Design’s Local permits, Structural Analysis, NEPA studies, KVA Power requirements installations, Testing – Validation and production turn-up

·         Planned/Deployed/Tested Deployment of Avaya Aura Commutations server, System Manager, Conferring, Contact Center and Session Manager applications to support over 6000 users in both a campus and remote environment 

·         Upgraded the e911 CAD system along with upgrading the MDC (Mobile Data Computers) for all public safety /local government vehicles.

·         Replacement/Upgrade of a Nortel 81c PBX to a new Avaya CM 1000 PBX supporting over 7000 campus and remote users

·         Planning/Scheduling/Deployment nationwide for over 6000+ new IP Telephone

·         Instillation of Avaya Aura Contact Center and Avaya Experience Portal planning/install and training for over 6000 campus and remote users

·         Various vendors Request for Information, Request for Purchase and Grant applications submittals

·         Conduct daily/weekly status review meetings to insure projects are on-time and on-budget

·         Secure scope information for each night for all production network activity

·         Submission of Remedy tickets for each implementation for the after-hours implantation or testing

·         Insure and review the MOPs (Method of Procedures) that are required for the nightly implementation activity to insure production readiness

·         Schedule /Participate in daily/weekly/monthly meeting with Sr. Management for project details overview

·         Setup/participate in nightly conference call bridges taking the project manager roll in the coordination of pre/post checks 

·         Conduct Project(s) and keep track of events/timelines using MS Project Server

·         Escalate as necessary to secure appropriate support groups

·         Provide the summary report for each night

·         Provide next day support and management and project closeout reviews

·         Procure Department of Homeland Security UASI Grant funding for projects, monitor funding expenses, prepare for audit trails, and prepare all reporting to sr. mgmt. and DHS

·         Worked on producing RFP,RFI, RFQ process, part of RFP,RFI, RFQ vendor selection process

 

 

Sr. Project Manager

 

·         Engage the design teams (RNC, ATM, MPC, 911, etc.) to resolve data circuit issues

·         Conduct Rehome/Rebalance activity for all T-1 data circuits for ALU/ Ericson markets

·         Secure scope information for each night (# of Node B’s, Source/Target RNC’s, etc.)

·         Submission of CTS(Remedy) tickets for each location and RNC for support during the nightly Rehome/Rebalance

·         Insure and review the MOPs that are required for the nightly Rehome/Rebalance activity

·         Schedule /Participate in daily/weekly/monthly meeting with Sr. Management for project details overview

·         Schedule nightly Rehome/Rebalance activity with all groups

·         Setup/participate in nightly conference call bridges taking the project manager roll in the coordination of pre/post checks 

·         Conduct Rehome/Rebalance and keep track of events/timelines

·         Escalate as necessary to secure appropriate support (Design, ATS, MPC, CAT,etc.) groups

·         Provide the Rehome/Rebalance summary report for each night

·         Provide daily circuit design reports to CAT management

 

Sr. IPv6 Project Manager

 

·         Developed presentations to Charter Sr. management team on the overview and deployment of IPv6 addressing in the production network

·         Developed detailed project documentation that was updated and archived and review with each of the IPv6 transition teams.

·         Headed up the build out of an IPv6 test lab, completed the design work, built out the equipment bill of materials, acquired the proper rouses needed

·         Engage Charter Engineering/ Information Technology / Telephony /Video /Customer Care on the design and deployment of IPv6 Addressing space.

·         Conduct daily / weekly project team meeting to gather information on the IPv6 transition 

·         Created a (5) phased approach to the certification/validation and implementation of IPv6

·         Discovered all DOCSIS devices that require dual stack and IPv6 certification and validation

·         Review DOCSIS information with other communications vendors during bi-weekly meetings to insure Charter’s direction toward IPv6 would meet industry standards

·         Worked with the many engineering group to insure HSD bandwidth allocations would not exceed current set thresholds

·         Schedule /Participate in daily/weekly/monthly meeting with Sr. Management for project details overview

·         Worked with multiple vendors for OS/IOS/firmware Dual Stack / IPv6 certification and validation

·         Engage engineering

 

Sr. Telecom Project Manager

 

§         Deliver design and development projects on time, on budget.

§         Create and track project plans, project scope, detailed project plans, production readiness assessments for all network infrastructure hardware and software.

§         Preformed PM function for Network Infrastructure upgrades/rollouts for data center, cabling, rack and stack of equipment and data center environmental.

§         Ordered/Installed/Tracked data circuits from various vendors Level 3- Verizon- Qwest provided FOC dates and details to management.

§         Worked with various clients On Star- Syniverse – Microsoft and VeriSign to provide direct connect to Verizon Wireless for application access.

§         Deployed CDMA1x  EDVO data roaming, CDMA Push to Talk, 2g to 3g wireless networks nationwide  

§         Worked with engineering group on the IPv4 to IPv6 rollout & deployment

§         IPv4 to IPv6 Migration/ Identified Legacy Host/ Planned migration path/ Planned tested regions/ Deployed VPv6 DHCP server to selected area’s/Released IPv6 into production

§         Developed and planned the relocation /additional data centers this included (data communications, open systems, mid-range and mainframe systems).

§         Clarify and communicate project objectives and success criteria to the team and upper management. - Preformed the function as a Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity project

§         Manage multiple elements (software, kits, training materials, documentation, etc.) that come together to launch a new product.

§         Manage customer, third-party partner and vendor relationships (Cisco-IBM-HP, ECT) as necessary to insure all network problems were resolved.

§         Worked with AAA Billing/Mediation systems

§         Track and communicate project status, issues, risks and decisions to senior management.

§         Managed and tracked project history using Remedy (Change Management) system to insure project tracking/ resolution.

§         Provided Sr. management with a weekly status report and review on the projects progress

§         Project plans were tracked and updated via Primavera using the web client v6.1 

 

Sr. Technical Infrastructure Project Manager / Disaster Recovery Project Manager / Business Continuity SME                    

§         Worked with COMDISCO clients on Disaster Recovery such as (PNC Bank, PFPC, American Skandia and Fleet Securities) with Mainframe-AS/400 and Open systems.

§         Developed and implement and maintained corporate business continuity and disaster recovery and emergency plans for COMDISCO clients.

§         Performed business impact analysis and network assessment for all groups and departments.

§         Interfaced with all departments and divisions on (planning, testing and all disaster recovery procedures). -Met with upper management on a daily basis to insure proper plans and budgets were up to date and onetime.

§         Maintained and updated disaster recovery plans, and network designs were up to date.

§         Developed and implement and maintained SAN/NAS storage for both disaster recovery and external storage for disaster recovery using EMC hardware-Brocade fabric switches and Veritas software.

 

Network / Disaster Recovery Manager / Business Continuity Project Manager

§         Worked with disaster recovery vendor to produce a disaster recovery plan for all locations in North America and all network platforms.

§         Planned and managed the successful redesign and implementation of the entire physical network and infrastructure of the entire global network.

§         Designed, implemented and maintained 53 network servers running NT and NetWare, as well as budget development, vendor analysis and recommendation.

§         Migrated existing Novell NetWare converting to Microsoft NT operating environment.

§         Migrated Noteworks email system to Microsoft Exchange v5.5.

§         Designed and implemented Local Area Network and Wide Area Network to support the global infrastructure.

 

Network Lead / Disaster Recovery                                               

§         Maintained daily production/batch operations for (6) IBM AS/400 system and (2) 3090 IBM Mainframes.

§         Managed a staff of (3) technical personal reported to me on production issues and recovery scenario.

§         Designed and implemented Local Area Network and Wide Area Network to support the global infrastructure.

§         Designed, implemented and maintained 53 network servers running NT and NetWare, as well as budget development, vendor analysis and recommendation.

§         Maintained all of the global disaster recovery procurers and manuals, along with working with different business units on a BCP plan.

 

 

EDUCATION:

§         Ashwood University BS Computer Science

§         North Eastern Director of DREA

§         EMC SNA Tiger SRDF Training

§         Certification in Project Management in Primavera P6 Web Access Rel 6 Ed 1 PRV

§         Certified Disaster Recovery Planner

§         Certified Business Continuity Planner

§         DREA (Disaster Recovery Emergency Association) North East Regional Director