Greg Couture
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executive Summary:
Executive manager with hands-on experience leading research & development,
systems integration and solution deployments within the Telecommunications
and IT Industries. Proven track record of converting business strategies
and technological challenges into profitable solutions directly benefiting
my customers and my employer
Experience:
Fine Point Technologies Inc., nEW YORK, ny
2002 - 2010
Vice President of Operations & Development
Customer experience management, support automation and remote device
management solutions for broadband and mobile service providers. Defined
all technology strategies with direct responsibility for research and
development, quality assurance, product management, pre-sales, project
management, professional services, support procurement, LAN/WAN networking
and managing technology throughout multiple offices globally
. Hands on management of software development life cycle and product
roadmaps for a portfolio of solutions and services generating over $6
million in revenue annually. Deployments include Verizon, Verizon
Wireless, Telmex, Telefonica, Hawaiian Telcom, Cavalier Telephone, and
Vonage.
. Executed all technical and operational aspects of a formal OEM
agreement with Telcordia Technologies, Inc to increase product sales
by 100% by expanding and strengthening distribution for all Fine Point
solutions globally.
. Conducted all technical due diligence for Fine Point's most recent
acquisitions Q Inc. and Pervenio both mobile device management
solutions.
. Generated $5 million in revenue by executing low level code reviews to
support legal actions against three major tier 1 global
telecommunication service providers for software piracy.
. Led teams of 50 plus people to develop, QA & deploy leading edge
support automation and remote device management solutions focused on
the subscriber experience within the mobile and broadband markets.
. Developed customer specific business cases, return on investment
financial models, market research and competitive benchmarking,
tracked key market indicators and analyzed subscriber trends to ensure
solution deployments would reduce existing costs by 25% to 40%.
. Managed P&L for all research and product development, sales support,
product integration and deployment, with an average budget of $1
million.
QUARTET SERVICE CORPORATION, NEW YORK, NY
2001- 2002
Account Executive & Project Manager
IT solutions and services for small to mid-size businesses,
responsibilities included: Sales, pre-sales engineer, project management,
account management; support and billing conflict resolution. Worked
directly as project manager and technician after closing accounts,
architecting, installing, supporting and repairing client networks
. Secured $25,000 in new recurring revenue each month to ensure each
Network Operation Center (NOC) was profitable
. Project managed the installation of NOCs throughout SL Green property
portfolio in New York City to optimize efficiency while keeping the
upfront investment manageable.
. Restored telecommunications services in Manhattan during October and
November of 2001.
Digisoft Computers Inc., New York, NY
2000 - 2001
Director of Operations & Client Services
Automated call center solutions for all industries, responsibilities
included: Account manager for 300+ active clients, pre-sales engineer,
solution design, project management, CTI integration and support.
. Streamlined pre-sales to customer deployment process directly
increasing customer satisfaction and product revenue by 100%.
. Generated over $1 million in revenue through customer referrals and
direct sales.
. Project managed the real time conversation and live cut over for NY
Presbyterian Hospital form a Novel DOS based inbound/outbound call
center to a Windows NT environment. The project was planned and
executed in less than one week, without bringing down the call
center at anytime.
Nidera Inc. Stamford, CT
1999 - 2000
Logistics and Accounts Payable
Managed/tracked physical commodity receipts/delivery; pricing of basis
trades against futures; Recorded liquidated transactions in position
management system, and the associated P&L in accounting; Daily confirmation
of futures and options transactions with CBOT; Supported and monitored
overall commodities position report totaling over $20 million daily.
Education: BA Political Science (1999)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Computer Skills:
Software: Windows 2003/2000/NT Server, Windows workstations
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and supported applications eg. MS Project. MS-
DOS. Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4/5, Fedora Core 3/4/5. Ubuntu, GNOME, and
Macintosh 8/9/10.x. MS Exchange Server 5.5/2000/2003/2007, Sendmail. ODBC
compliant databases eg. MySQL, Access, SQL Advanced & Enterprise Servers.
Iron Mountain, CVS, Veritas Backup Exec, CA ArcServe. TAPI & TSAPI.
Salesforce, Microsoft CRM, SharePoint and Remedy. Norton Antivirus, Zone
Alarm and many other software based firewalls and anti spyware eg. MS
AntiSpyware. CanIT spam filter. VNC, Remote Desktop, SSH clients eg. Putty,
SSL Explorer, Symantec PCAnywhere, iLinc, & WebEx
Hardware: Switches, Routers, Hubs, Access Concentrators, BRAS, DSLAMs,
CPE, ONTs, OLTs, Nortel and Avaya PBX systems. WatchGuard and Cisco
Firewalls. SUN, Dell, HP/Compaq 1U/2U/4U servers and Intel, SUN and
Motorola ATCA platforms. SAN servers eg. Buffalo. OC3 and DS3 interfaces.
Dialogic ISA and PCI cards
Networking: OSI and DOD Networking Models; Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay,
Fiber & Token Ring; PPP, DSL, PON (A/B/E/G), TDMA (GSM), GPRS, EDGE, CDMA,
CDMA2000, LTE, WiMAX, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, OSPF, MPLS, IPSec, PPTP, HTTP, SNMP,
TELNET, WINS, DNS, DHCP, MIME, POP3, SMTP, FTP, RTP, RTCP, IMS, IGMP, RTSP,
SIP, MGCP, SGCP, SDP, SSL, & TLS, CHAP & PAP. CWMP (TR-069) & OMA DM
Development Languages: Extensive experience managing and monitoring Windows
and Linux development in C, C+, C#, Borland Delphi, XML. SOAP, PHP, Perl,
CGI and ASP. Proven software development life cycle for user space and
kernel development. Third party installers eg. InstallShield, Wise, as
well as Red Hat Package Managers (RPM)