DENNIS DOHERTY, PMP

Central NJ & NYC Metro Area 973-***-****

addr0u@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/dennis-doherty/ PROJECT / PROGRAM MANAGER

Strategic Planner Transformation Agent Goal-Driven Team Leader Tenacious, resourceful, and versatile professional who leads to deliver projects on time and within budget. Leverages engineering skills and business acumen to assess operational needs fully. Excellent communicator, coach, and mentor. Customer-focused and adaptable to variety of work environments, with high tolerance for risk and stress associated with tight deadlines. Applies principles of personal and team accountability along with effective cost, risk, and schedule management approaches to drive projects and programs to successful outcomes.

Specialized Skills:

− Project Management − Leadership Focused on Accountability

− Product Management − Management of Diverse International Teams

− Coaching / Mentoring − Continuous Improvement

− Requirements Engineering − Process Engineering

Technical Technology:

RF Wireless Networks Optical Networks Data Networks Network Management Systems Microsoft Office Tools: Project Excel PowerPoint Word PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS, Murray Hill, NJ

Global Leader in Telecommunications Equipment

Project Management Resource Manager November 2016 - December 2019 Supervised a team of project management professionals including both full-time and contract personnel. Functions included administrative and technical oversight, performance management, organizational strategy, professional development, and work assignment. Provided direct, hands-on support to project managers to guide and instruct them on process and methodologies as well as stepping in on escalations and other project issues.

• Developed tools and techniques to enable project managers to monitor, control, and take accountability for cost management, resulting in over 10% reduction in project costs.

• Created and implemented an organizational transformation strategy for professional development, building a project management ecosystem for best practices sharing, governance, and recognition and reward.

• Increased the number of professional certifications by 25% by introducing process improvements with the PMO (Project Management Office) that streamlined corporate support for external training and testing.

• Fulfilled resource needs for massive upgrades for one of the largest wireless operators, doubling team size over the course of 3 months.

Program Business Manager (Senior Project Manager) April 2005 - November 2016 Conducted the timely and profitable management of project teams and related budgets in support of commercial and government telecom deployments, typically in the order of 10 to 30 persons. Controlled project budgets ranging from $550K to $12M under direct management. Specialized in the implementation of technically complex core systems and unique network configurations for commercial, military, public safety, and government lab applications.

• Managed large-scale core and RAN (Radio Access Network) rollouts as well as military base network overhauls and government lab applications that encompassed core, wireless, and fixed network elements and related operations support system and IT applications.

• Deployed one-of-a-kind networks and features for experimental military and intelligence applications in high-security DoD military and other government installations in the Washington DC area, New Jersey, New England, Arizona, and Idaho.

• Oversaw the design and implementation of a 20-site reconfigurable GSM network, supporting military and civilian operations in Afghanistan.

• Supervised the deployment of the management systems for the New Jersey Public Safety trial network for state police, providing security for the 2015 papal visit to Philadelphia and support for other first responder applications. DENNIS DOHERTY addr0u@r.postjobfree.com PAGE TWO NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS (Continued)

• Planned and executed the overhaul of the Ft. Knox base communications network, supporting the re-purposing of the base from armor school to Army administration center.

• Presided over large-scale wireless network equipment rollouts, including the build-out of the AT&T Wireless network in the northeast US and the T-Mobile LTE rollout in the Midwest. REDBIRD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Red Bank, NJ

Technology and Market Consulting

Founder, Managing Partner, Technical Consultant April 2001 - May 2007 Conducted or supervised a broad variety of consulting assignments for telecom companies, including international policies and strategies research, market positioning, export policy, training program development, reliability analysis, and software systems development.

Sampling of major projects included the following:

• Analyzed and recommended improvements for the quality of the Cingular / AT&T network connecting cell sites to the switching centers on behalf of Nokia USA, reducing site implementation failures by over 80% in the New York metropolitan area.

• Hired and administered a team of experts in China for Aurora Technologies, a Virginia-based market research firm, conducting a 6-year long competitive intelligence project to investigate telecom vendor and operator strategies and government policies.

• Led a vendor evaluation team for Photonic Bridges, a Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, to select PB’s network management platform partner.

• Assisted Huawei Technologies, a major Chinese technology company, to enter the U.S. market by arranging initial contacts with AT&T and other major operators.

• Headed a cross-functional team for TerraWorx, a Tyco subsidiary, to establish feature set, requirements, and release plan for the company’s network management system. Coauthored an analytical paper on the reliability of the TerraWorx’ DWDM amplifier systems for trans-continental deployments.

ADDITIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE

BELL LABORATORIES, LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Holmdel, NJ Held a variety of technical, marketing, and other business management positions. Developed a high level of proficiency in project management, systems engineering, software engineering, product management, and technical marketing support. Engaged in and often led collaborative projects with European and Asian telecom operators and manufacturers. Cultivated skills in the management of cross-functional, remote, international teams.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), Computer Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Project Management Institute - Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification SCRUMStudy - Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) Certification SCRUMStudy - Scrum Master Certified (SMC) Certification - in progress Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification - in progress AFFILIATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) MILITARY

US Army - Infantry

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