Larry Brian Klempner

** ***** ****- ******, *.J. 08817

(Cell) 848-***-**** (Email) ac71ly@r.postjobfree.com

U.S. Citizen/Previously Held Secret Security Clearance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-klempner-27403210/

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Accomplished and experienced management professional experienced in the Telecom Industry, Government Department of Defense (DOD), Government & Commercial Security Systems, & Fleet Management Systems for Fortune 500 and startup companies.

A seasoned management & technical professional adaptable to new and changing technologies and environments.

With a solid diverse background consisting of an engineering base, excelled in various management roles with

exceptional customer focus and aggressively completing milestone deliveries early or on time and under budget.

Various senior management roles in Engineering & Operations performed: Project Management, Program Management, Engineering Management, Contract Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Delivery Management, Logistics Management, Portfolio Management, Process Management, Facilities Management, Supplier Management, Account Management, Asset Management, and Engineering/Infrastructure Planning.

Strong communications, organizational, analytical, influential, planning, and negotiating skills.

Unique style for successful bridging organizational communication gaps.

“I Get Things Done, Whatever it Takes!” “Schedule Performance, Cost Performance, and Customer Satisfactions are what I measure myself by.”

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS

Established the Project Management Organization (PMO) Operations group at Tyco Submarine Systems. This led to exceptional Service Levels for Maintenance & Repair of undersea cable systems.

Employee of the month at SRI in 2011 for spearheading a process group team in conjunction with the Quality organization for the readiness for Capability Mature Model Integration (CMMI) certifications. This achieved the Government requirements that allowed SRI to obtain bid for DOD contracts. Three of the four required focus projects that were selected for audit were my projects based on thoroughness. The same effort for recertification successful in 2014.

Established the Configuration & Software Release Management group at 4D Security Solutions. My group received Raytheon’s(Prime Contractor) highest approval rating from their Factory Acceptance report card.

Kaizen (Process Improvement) Award for recreating all work flows for SRI International’s Products & Services division.

(4) Kaizen awards for standardizing RMA procedures, streamlining Project Templates, Creation of the Products & Services Document Tree, & a combined Management & Data Management Plan.

At Verizon, rewrote all Fleet Management Smart Key System installation, turn up, & configuration procedures which

led to achieve fewer defects, ease of field operations, and significant reduction in maintenance expenses.

NYNEX President’s award for leading the Interexchange Network Access group for exceptional customer service & retention to all accounts for upgrading their systems to the latest in fiber optics technologies.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

VERIZON (Consultant) Basking Ridge, N.J. January 2016-July 2018

Senior Project Manager-Fleet Operations

Successfully planned and executed the installations and activations of over 50 Smart Key Management Systems at Verizon Construction and Installation & Maintenance sites in the Northeast region. This involved the complete coordination of real estate operations, IT, logistics, supplier management, network management, and the manufacturer. Onsite turn up, configuration, & training of local management for all systems. Large volumes of data on site specifics, vehicle and technician data, safety DOT requirements. This effort achieved full monitoring of all assets at these sites.

Rewrote all Fleet Management Smart Key System installation, turn up, & configuration procedures which

Achieved ease of field operations and significant reduction in maintenance expenses.

Created a Global Maintenance Plan for the portfolio of over 150 Smart Key Management Systems based on warranty expirations and service calls. This saves the company $12K/System/Year in replacements and ongoing service calls.

Co-implemented quarterly audits for all 150+ deployed systems to true-up all asset data due to constant turnover and transfer of vehicles and technicians. This achieved low defects and the opportunity to auction/sell off an average of 1 underutilized vehicles/site/ per quarter, averaging 600 vehicles/year, amounting to $15M off the company books.

Managed all firmware and software upgrades for all deployed systems & upgrades to Fleet Analytics dashboards for improved retrieval of key data and improved reporting.

Managed and updated the Master Schedule which included the planning and execution for all 150+ sites and all Fleet Operations development Sprints.

SRI INTERNATIONAL Princeton, N.J. July 2010 – October 2015

Program Manager/ Configuration Manager – Products & Services Division

Successful execution & delivery of government contracts ($32M) including Force Protection Suites, Base Expeditionary Targeting & Surveillance Systems, Persistent Ground Surveillance & Tower Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ($5M), & Ground Combat Vehicles ($10M). Clients Included U.S. Army, Navair, U.S. Marines.

Successful execution & delivery of commercial contracts involving Biometrics Technologies, Video Analytics, Video Processing- integration with SRI’s latest modular Iris Recognition software ($1.9 M).

Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software feature product roadmap development. Government software releases every 6 months; first deployed at the U.S. bases location for government approval, then deployed in Theatre.

Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for all Commercial Biometrics products.

Took on additional responsibilities as the Configuration Manager (CM) & Release Manager Roles, supporting all products.

Major Player in achieving CMMI certification that resulted in DOD contract wins.

4D SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. South Plainfield, N.J. October 2005 - June 2010

Project, Configuration, Release, Logistics, & Facilities Manager

Various operations roles in this startup company as project, configuration, release, logistics, & facilities manager.

Contract execution and project management of the development, design, testing, manufacturing, and delivery of the Homeland Security Perimeter Intrusion Detection System for Port of Authority NY/NJ airports.($600M)

Managed several vendors for PTZ,Fixed, & IR cameras, medium and long distance radars, and fence sensor equipment.

Managed a factory that designed and the hardware for communications and sensor interoperability.

Managed the infrastructure construction of the Prototype Perimeter Intrusion Detection System at SUNY College ($1M) and System Labs in South Plainfield N.J. ($1M)

Coordinated all Export & Import licensing, all shipping logistics, & FAA/FCC/NTIA licensing for all radars deployed.

Designated as the TSA coordinator responsible for obtaining all personnel clearance for airports.

Designed and implemented the corporate Software Release Process, the corporate Inventory & Spares Management Process, the Engineering Change Management Process, and the New Product/Replacement Qualification Process.

Established the Configuration & Software Release Management group at 4D Security Solutions. My group received Raytheon’s highest approval rating from their Factory Acceptance report card.

RED SKY SYSTEMS INC. South Plainfield, N.J. October 2002 – September 2005 Project Manager

Established operations, logistics, & asset and inventory management procedures for this startup company.

Scheduling for all projects including product development, product qualification, manufacturing & testing, product delivery, and installation of all undersea repeater systems.

Supplier Management of undersea cable manufacturers, multiplexer providers, PC board manufacturing houses, mechanical tool shops, & all component suppliers

Managed the construction of the manufacturing & clean room facility.

Managed and implemented the rollout of an MRP system using pc MRP.

TYCO SUBMARINE SYSTEMS ( previously AT&T Submarine Systems), Morristown, N.J. April 1997 - September 2002

Senior Project Manager – Engineering, Operations, & IT

As Senior Project Manager of Operations, responsible for the management of all Operations & Maintenance Agreements including Backhaul facilities, civil works for cable station build outs, & colocation Agreements. Established the first PMO Operations Project Management Team consisting of 6 project managers.

Portfolio of Programs included High profile complex undersea projects - Atlantic Crossing I ($1.2B) for Global Crossing, Hibernia US-Ireland ($630M) for Worldwide Fiber, Pacific Crossing I ( $800M) for Global Crossing, Tyco Global Network ($1B), AC-1 Operations & Maintenance Contract ($100M).

As a Senior Project Manager of Engineering, responsibilities included the contract management of the Atlantic Crossing (AC-1) system which included the development of project schedules for marine engineering, undersea cable routing and selection, undersea repeater development, cable manufacturing, cable ship operations, and undersea cable placement

Overhauled and turned around the customer documentation delivery process.

As the Senior IT Project Manager, led a team of eight project managers and IT business analysts in the coordination of the buildout of Network Operations Centers & Data Centers, IT infrastructure, Operations Support Systems (OSS), voice & data services, & desktop services.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J. (Dean’s List)

Associate in Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology; Union County Technical Institute

Master’s Certification in Information Technology(IT) Project Management; George Washington University

Master’s Certification in Project Management; George Washington University

Project Management Institute(PMI) (Member #2816275); PMP Trained through New Horizons Learning Center

OTHER LANGUAGES: Spanish

INDUSTRY & KNOWLEDGE BASE

Terrestrial & Undersea Telecom Systems (SONET/SDH/WDM), Government DOD Contracts, Surveillance Security Systems(Airport, DOD, Commercial), Government Regulations & Licensing (ITAR/TSA/FCC/FAA/NTIA), Export /Import Logistics, Fleet Management Systems, Key Management Systems, Biometrics (Iris & Facial recognition), ISO 9000, CMMI, Military Specs.

SOFTWARE TOOLS

MS Project/Project Server, Shibumi, DOORS, OMNIFY PLM, Windchill PLM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TFS, Visual Studio, Sharepoint, TRAC, SVN, CISCO Jabber, Google GSUITE, SAP, Costpoint, CRM, Fleet Management Analytics, Fleet Operations ENRICH & Fleetwave, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, TIRKS.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Project Charters, Statements of Work, Scope Management, Schedule Management, Requirements Management, User Stories, Risk Management/Mitigation Plans, Test/Integration Plans/Commissioning & Acceptance, Earned Value Management, SDLC/Waterfall/Agile/Iterative Methodologies, Stakeholder Management /Team Building, PMI/PMBOK, Cost Management, Training & Documentation.

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