RICARDO C. WILLIAMS
Ricardocwilliams@yahoo.com
(646) 371-6854
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
TaosSan Francisco
Technical Project
Manager - (Smart Grid /Smart energy) June 2015 - Present
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Partnered with major utilities and municipalities
to upgrade and implement Smart Grid/Energy
Infrastructure initiatives.
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Command the technical respect of engineers
(NetEng, SysEng, and Data Base Operation.) by running effective project plans
on compressed timelines managing multiple and competing
cross-functional projects and resources simultaneously.
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Extensively worked assigned utility ad-hoc
requests to completion by establishing project scope and schedules, joint
roles and responsibilities, managing mutual commitments.
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Provide change management oversight for impacting
activities to Production, Disaster Recovery, DeV, and Test environments.
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Identify risks and clearly communicate them to
project stakeholders, define problem solving and risk mitigation strategies,
and facilitate conflict resolution through the full project cycle.
Bank of America Los Ángeles
Technical Project
Manager - (Consultant) August 2014 – July 2015
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Provided project management oversight and owned
implementation and milestone deliverables by executing corporate real estate
funded initiatives such as new site-branch openings also divestitures.
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Executed and controlled technology engineering
VOIP, LAN/WAN statement of work along with the LOB / Real-estate construction
projects. I.e. HVAC replacement.
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Applied best practices to coordinate the
purchase, Logistics and service delivery of Routers, Switches voice and data
infrastructure components. Server, Lab-Tops, Desktops, printers and
audio visual equipment
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Engaged third party vendors to stage and deploy
the appropriate devices and proper firmware by owning the activities across
the project, understanding vendor specific SLA and deliverables.
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Performed complex research and data gathering
analysis, Managed the technology budget, Change management process,
forecasting and mitigate scope creep.
COACH
New York
Implementation
Engineer - (Retail Consultant)
February 2012 –
August 2014
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Directly manage and supervised a team of CCNA and
CCNP engineers along with third party vendors and field logistics, supporting
multi-vendor / multi-service provider upgrades and augments.
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Served as the single point of contact for 700
retail locations managing SLA within various LEC/CLEC IXC/Cable Operators and
Collocation Providers to provide the needed bandwidth i.e. Pots line,
TDM services, Ethernet, Fiber, and sonnet circuits.
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Issued retail correspondence, created internal
and external tickets, and work orders i.e. ASR,DLR, CFA/LOA. Enabling new
configuration of routers, switches access points Wi-Fi, voice gateways and
the associate port channel assignments.
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Accountable for the technical validity of the
solution, develop site specific configurations and run-books expediting
internal and externally as need be.
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Installed and managed redundant CradlePoint 4G/3G
failover network. Installed wireless controllers, access points and range
extenders/amplifier.
Lightower Fiber
Networks
New York
Service Delivery
Manager
Feb 2010 – January 2012
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Provisioned/Engineered the installation of
10mbps, 20mbs, 50mbps, 100mbps, 1G various voice & data connections i.e.
Pots lines,T1/Ds1, Ds3, - SONT Rings, OC3 - OC192, Cabinets, Riser Cabling,
Patch Panels Bulkhead, power and space within the customer’s environment or
data center.
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Provided senior leadership a detailed
understanding of each project from a sale, and technical prospective using
various tools and network diagrams in order to serve as an advocate for the
prospective deal.
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Conduct monthly Vendor Operational Performance
meetings focusing on Service Delivery to determine root cause and develop
action plans to improve delivery and customer support with various ILECs,
CLECs and IXCs to meet SLA agreements.
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Chaired weekly revenue meetings with internal departments
discussing project status installed, pending, delayed.
Google Inc. YouTube San Francisco
Telecommunications
Project Manager, (Consultant) August 2008 – Feb 2010
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Responsible for call-center carrier provisioning
by managing the implementation of voice and Data circuits i.e. PRI/DID’s and
ITFN within a corporate world wide segmented campus.
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Managed installation of cross connects and NNI
connections between our networks and other ILECS/ IXC/Data centers and Collocation
providers. Issued ASRs and work orders for X-connects at speeds of 10G, T1,
DS3, FE and above.
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Submitted international and domestic pricing to
various suppliers and carriers in efforts to secure firm and budgetary
bandwidth pricing along with the subsequent equipment requirements. (I.e.
Routers, switches, patch panels, and the associated cabling etc.)
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Work closely with Legal, Telecom Expense
Management and Billing teams, to ensure the overall successful accounting,
documentation and implementation of the desired product offering.
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Established and managed project plans and
timelines.
Citigroup, Network
Implementation
New York
Sr. Network
Provisioner
July 2004 – August 2008
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Rolled out and reengineered infrastructure from
ATM/FR network to a Point-Point T1 facility based infrastructure.
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Oversaw the interaction between designers,
engineers and technicians to implement new network & construction
projects.
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Directly responsible for managing the service
delivery and ongoing trouble supporting of two venders. (Broadwing/Level3
& Verizon Business) totaling 3,000 retail sites and or branches.
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Decommissioned 3,000 retail sites and or branches
supporting (AT&T & MCI WorldCom)
EDUCATION
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Avtech Technical Institute:
6-6-03 Cisco Network Associate (CCNA)
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Essex County College:
9-1-03
Associates Degree Communication