Manager Project

KEVIN ANRICH

www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-anrich

Cell: 925-***-****

Email: adbs4b@r.postjobfree.com

Mountain House, CA, 95391

PROGRAM DIRECTOR / PROGRAM MANAGER

Telecommunication industry principal with expertise spanning from Market program Direction, Program management, Product Management, Large scale Change Management, Contract negotiations, Finance governance, Process improvement and Staffing.

Core Competencies

Program Management expertise including Leadership, Process Development, Planning, Organization, Risk Management, Financials, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, and Team Management.

Fiber and Wireless Radio Access Network Roll Out: Site Acquisition, A&E, Leasing, Zoning, Permitting, Civil Construction, Integration, and Launch.

Proficient Software Product Agile Management Skills incorporating software product life-cycle management, Enterprise data warehousing, data mining, and data virtualization.

Microsoft Office suite, MS Project, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Visio, Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Program Director, CPM - Ericsson Inc. AT&T CU, Pleasanton, CA 2011 to May 2018

Grew N.CAL market annual revenue by 150%, and improved market profit margin by 15%.

Direct management of Contract Fulfillment with AT&T for 5G/LTE network roll out / Site development operations of Northern California (NCAL) market.

Developed market delivery strategy and processes for all Network Rollout/Site Development projects.

Established strategic partnership with AT&T's public and external affairs to expedite FirstNet deployment.

Oversaw market financial KPI’s such as Revenue, Margin, COS, WIP, RUC, PO booking and backlog management.

Recognized customer critical path, influenced customer expectations and communicated with AT&T Market Director and customer teams.

Led customer Executive Review Meetings and internal Customer Unit governance.

Worked closely with resource management team to interview and recruit candidates for network roll out team.

Evaluated new vendors for delivery supply chain and developed market delivery strategy.

Collaborated with sales teams to create costing information for new business opportunities.

Executed market financial KPI’s, change order management, identifying Add on sales and driving towards improved margins.

Customer Project Manager - Ericsson Inc. AT&T CU, Pleasanton, CA 2011 to 2016

Established project plan baseline for execution and financials.

Defined project scope and secured necessary resources for execution.

Drove project execution by tracking project activities, managing risks, changes, conflicts & escalations.

Fostered customer relationship and arranged meetings with customer and internal stakeholders.

Handled escalations from customers, Key Account Manager (KAM), Project management and vendors.

Controlled project finance KPI by regular monitoring and controlling project activities.

Participated in contract preparation & pre-sales meeting.

Simplified processes, methods & tools with innovative ideas.

Projects undertaken as Customer Project Manager:

Conducted LTE multi carrier roll-out for AT&T in the East Bay, South Bay and South Valley districts.

Rolled out project scope which included site design, engineering, site acquisition, construction, integration and RF launch.

Execute Fiber Ethernet to cell site development, deployment and integration.

Executed DAS network SAQ, CX management, integration and optimization for AT&T ASG Group in NCAL.

Performed LTE, UMTS, DAS macro network RF optimization.

Carried out frequency retune of LTE, UMTS and GSM networks in NCAL.

Administered AT&T Foundry Innovation Center sponsored by Ericsson in Palo Alto.

Product Manager - Telecom Technology Services, Pleasanton, CA 2004 to 2011

Launched complete product life-cycle from requirement through research, development, launch and support using Agile project management methodology.

Collaborated with business account managers, application architects, software development team, user experience group, and project managers.

Formed long-term product strategy, roadmap based on market requirements.

Prioritized and developed product requirements and gained agreement from key stakeholders.

Prepared and presented white papers, business proposals, RFP.

Delivered joint marketing efforts with sales, technical consulting on: RFP's, product presentations at conferences and trade shows.

Integrated product with external vendor tool and data.

Staffed, trained and managed technical support team, QA and user experience groups.

Managed nationwide Model tuning project for T-Mobile post-acquiring ATT network.

Accomplished Product Analysis and RF planning tool for wireless carrier.

Implemented server-based engineering data processing in several wireless markets.

Project Manager - LCC International 2001 to 2004

Coordinated GSM network planning and operation of GSM 850/1900 network overlay ATT Bellevue, WA sector.

Ran GSM 850 New Site Builds, stand-alone and GSM 1900 co-located cell sites.

Collaborated with site acquisition, zoning and construction groups during zonal hearings.

Reviewed cell site design and recommended solutions for carrier MOD project.

Performed TOW air and AM Checks, FCC and FAA filings.

Identified and fixed coverage deficiencies through new site design optimize coverage.

Evaluated local drive test route, analyzed test results and optimized propagation models.

Updated and maintained PLANET tool for cell site design changes and addition of new sites.

PREVIOUS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

GSM BTS Integration Engineer - Lucent Technologies 1999 to 2001

ONE-TEL PROJECT (Australia), STC Project (Saudi Arabia)

GSM BSS Engineer –IDEA Cellular Ltd (Ecotel), India 1998 to 1999

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

PROPS-C E.CPM Certification – Ericsson / Semcon, 2011

Project Management Certification - California State University, Oakland, CA, 2007

PMP certified - Project Management Institute, 2008

Applied Electronics Engineering - IHRDE, Kerala, India, 1998

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