Maria J. Cobos, PMP, MSc.

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Experienced Telecom/IT Project Manager with a background in Information Science and 11+ years of experience growing revenue and quality of service in the largest South America Telecommunications Companies. Master in Telecommunications from University of Pittsburgh, United States, 2016 and PMP certified Project Manager. Demonstrated skills in network data engineering and wireless and wired broadband technologies. Well-versed in cloud computing and big data technologies. Highly experienced in leading planning and implementation of large projects, ensuring their on-time, on-budget, and on-target delivery. Decided to challenge myself, seeking an American forward-thinking company that can utilize my extensive technical and leadership expertise, and strong project engagement skills to create together more opportunities for growth.

CORE COMPETENCIES

UMTS LTE VOIP Data Networks Cisco Microsoft Project Java Linux Matlab Hadoop R Python Project Management Leadership Quality Assurance Strategic Planning Time Management Cost Management Languages: English, Spanish

EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

CORPORACIÓN NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES (CNT), Ecuador Oct2011-Jul2018

Implementation Project Manager (Technical Role)

Responsible for implementation of complex integrated telecommunications services. Work with multiple vendors as Ericsson, Nokia, Alu, Cisco and Huawei to deploy mobile and data projects in the largest IP Network. Work with project design leads in defining, estimating, and negotiating project change orders. Monitor progress and enforce deadlines, performance, cost, scope, schedule, and quality. Review all project stages from design to launch.

• Oversaw all aspects of:

$30M 3G mobile network rollout, including Alcatel-Lucent UTRAN and core.

$15M 4G mobile network rollout, including Alcatel-Lucent, eUTRAN, IP backhaul and EPC.

$10M 4G mobile network rollout, including Nokia NetAct OSS

• Developed a MySQL database server to capture and analyze project data promoting data-driven decision making.

• Proactively built an Excel tracking database to manage all project assignments improving productivity and efficiency by 10% within the project team.

• Created procedures to escalate vendor issues to operations, engineering or contract area reducing backlogs by 10%

• Successfully implemented first-to-market LTE network in Ecuador ahead of schedule and under budget.

• Solve technical issues or provide alternate actions as required.

AMÉRICA MÓVIL (Claro), Ecuador Feb2009-Sep2011

Solutions Engineer

Managed simultaneous network deployment projects. Implemented technical aspects of projects and OAM procedures. Collaborated with vendors including Cisco and Huawei. Investigated and resolved routing and switching issues within access and distribution routers. Attended frequent team, cross-divisional and technical forums. Had extensive experience in installation, commissioning and after sales support of routers and switches Cisco to various government and corporate segments.

COMTEK, Ecuador Ago2008-Feb2009

Project Engineer

Prepared network design and project financial analysis for prospective clients. Project planning and managing resources to meet customers' aggressive deadlines.

PUNTONET, Ecuador April2008- Jul2008

Network Engineer

Installed wide range of network equipment. Maintained 24 hours operations, and ensure 99.9% uptime for the network elements. Kept network infrastructure up-to-date and secured. Wrote and maintained network security policies and monitor compliance. Identified and recommended needed and optimal infrastructure improvements.

BANCO DEL PACIFICO, Ecuador April2007-April2008

Network Administrator

Worked as consultant on WAN/LAN, firewalls, and VoIP services. Executed installation and commissioning of Cisco access routers, switches and firewalls. Carried out OAM procedures. Managed the support team. Diagnosed problem causes and provided solutions to issues and “on-the-fly” workarounds to defects. Designed new network infrastructure and client servers. Tested and evaluated new equipment and technology.

NETIFE, Ecuador Feb2005-March2007

Technical Support Engineer

Worked on WAN/LAN, firewalls, and VoIP services. Partnered with vendors including Cisco. Carried out OAM procedures. Maintained corporate customer satisfaction and problem resolution indicators above 98%.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Telecommunications and Computer Networks,

School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2016. GPA:3.6

Master of Science in Project Management,

School of Management, Escuela Superior Politécnica Del Litoral, Ecuador, 2012. GPA:3.8

Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering,

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Escuela Superior Politécnica Del Litoral, Ecuador, 2006

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Manager Professional PMP,

Project Management Institute (PMI), member ID: 4329991, PMP#1940662, July 2016 to July 2022

TRAINING

University of California, San Diego on Coursera, US

Machine Learning With Big Data by University of California, San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on May 15, 2017

Big Data Integration and Processing by University of California, San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on May 7, 2017

Big Data Modeling and Management Systems by University of California, San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on May 1, 2017

Introduction to Big Data by University of California, San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on April 12, 2017

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