Rolando Tunez

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Have 25 years of experience leading, transforming, and optimizing large complex global Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management and Operations teams and programs; currently in Dallas, TX., able to relocate. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Right Sourcing Solutions, Ltd. (May 2020 - Present) Supply Chain Sourcing & Business Development Consultant Working with the CEO, developing strategic sourcing, supply chain and procure to pay solutions for global customers. Genesis Networks Enterprises (December 2017 – May 2020) VP – Supply Chain Optimization & Business Development Have P&L and Sales Team Leader responsibilities. Developing and implementing Global Enterprise Managed Services & 3PL solutions, for Carrier, Cable TV & Global Clients. Leading business development of White Box HW & SW Integration, SDN & VNF Networks Enablement, Global Network Operations Support and ODM / OEM Optical Transceivers, computing and Telecom Network equipment solutions, NOC & Network support services, asset recovery, inventory management, business continuity / disaster recovery, and Edge Machine Learning AI software/IoT Solutions. Clients include AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, KDDI, Global Enterprise Customers and Liberty Latin America. Leading the preparing and responding to customer RFPs, establishing pricing and profitability requirements and negotiating to close awards of business. Managing programs to meet customer SLAs and requirements.

AT&T Inc. (August 2009 – December 2017)

AVP – Strategic Sourcing, Global Supply Chain

Led the strategic sourcing for Direct & Indirect Categories with a purchase volumes of $13B. Indirect categories sourced includes $7B in Mobility, Wire Line and IT Technology & Infrastructure Hardware, Software and Services, MRO, Software Designed Networks, Cloud Based Virtualized Network Functions, Outside Plant, Edge Computing, Construction, Installation

& Engineering Services. Direct categories sourced includes $6B in consumer retail channel categories for Broadband and Video/Satellite TV Customer Premise Equipment, Mobile devices & accessories, Call Centers, 3PL, CPE Refurb, Products

& Packaging direct to retail and Marketing Consulting. Established Supplier Score Cards and KPI Metrics. Served as a strategic sourcing subject matter expert and corporate ambassador for Supply Chain Operations. Represented AT&T and Supply Chain in industry & public venues. Led Executive Vendor Management programs, cross-functional special assignments and corporate development programs. Developed and executed sourcing strategies and plans directly supporting financial, operations and product launch objectives and led AT&T’s Supplier Diversity program serving as a Board Member on the Dallas Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council. Sourced from more than 1,000 suppliers in the US, Europe (France, Sweden and Germany), Mexico, China, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, Korea, and India.

• Developed and executed Strategic Sourcing strategies for AT&T’s Video Entertainment Premise Devices, Call Centers and Mobile Devices, Consulting Services, consistently exceeding $800M+ in annual cost reductions.

• Led the Strategic Sourcing of Software Defined Network (SDN), Virtual Network Functions & IP Cloud solutions, establish breakthrough SW licensing models and reduced SW costs by $150M ahead of plan.

• Led innovative sourcing solutions including Should Cost Analysis, Function Point Analysis of SW, Reverse & Electronic, Auctions and Based Cost Analysis, “Pay as You Grow” SW licensing and analysis driven optimizations.

• Operated cross functionally with legal, technical, labs, engineering and operations teams to ensure all technical and commercial requirements are accurate, complete and aligned across the business units. Cingular Wireless, LLC (May 2000 – August 2009)

Director - Mobility Technology Enablement

(April 2006 – August 2009)

Director – Network Quality & Performance (December 2004 – April 2006) Director – National Project Management (December 2003 – December 2004) Director – Mobility Network Strategic Sourcing (May 2000 – December 2003) Held multiple Director level leadership positions in strategic sourcing, operations and technology enablement, project management and quality assurance. Selected as founding member of the Cingular start up team to design, staff and lead the sourcing team and sourcing operations and drove the merger integration strategic sourcing program. Led the National PMO Program and the National Multi-Vendor SW Release Interoperability Testing program. Formed, staffed, and led the National Device Tier 3 Trouble Resolution team and the Point of Sales Mobile Device Provisioning & Activations, End to End Quality Assurance & Quality Control team. Led the Executive Vendor Management Team for HW & SW Technology Road Maps, Feature Request Program, worked directly with Operations, Labs, Engineering teams and suppliers to achieve road map implementation plans and reduced Feature costs by $200M+ annually. Led the Architecture & Engineering Organization’s Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Program.

• Formed, staffed, and led the Strategic Souring team responsible for optimizing an annual spend of $4B+, exceeded annual savings of $300M+ through Strategic Sourcing initiatives and Activity Based Costing of Turnkey Construction sourcing solutions.

• Consolidated regional purchasing operations into a centralized team and implemented Oracle ERP system.

• Led the Officer Level Executive Vendor Management Program and Business Continuity and Disaster Recover Programs. Improved Quality Assurance of mobile device provisioning to 98% through root cause analysis and corrective actions tracking.

• Led Tier 3 Support Team for mobile device performance, improved dropped call results by 20%.

• Chaired the National Project Management program, realized $100M in project revenues and met the E-911 Federal Mandates for nationwide Location Services.

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (November 1992 - May 2000) Director - Network Operations Sourcing & Supply Chain (March 1997 – May 2000) Geographic Market Manager – Small Business Segment (January 1996 – 1997 March) Manager - Network Operations Installation & Repair (November 1992 – January 1996) Held multiple leadership positions with career progression from Installation & Maintenance Supervisor, Network Operations Manager, Geographic Market Manager, to Director - Network Operations Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

• Re-organized the sourcing team and implemented sourcing metrics and process improvements. Optimized Direct & Indirect annual spend of $2B+ of all Network Infrastructure Technology, Engineering & Installation Services to achieve $500M in cost reductions per year.

• Improved team’s productivity by 39% to 1.77 hour / task, received the 1994 BellSouth Science and Technology award for Installation & Maintenance process improvements and productivity gains.

• Led filed operations technicians during Hurricane Andrew recovery operations in Miami, Fla.

• Conducted market segmentation analysis and elasticity models for various network performance ranges and increased revenue per call by 20%, developed marketing initiatives for Small Business Hispanic markets in Florida.

• Led Multi-Lingual Marketing initiatives for call center sales team CRM solutions; exceeded customer retention, segment margin, and customer satisfaction / NPS scores. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, OTHER SKILLS, CERTIFICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, Experience with Oracle ERP Purchasing Module

• ERP System Implementation, Six Sigma Certified, Fluent in Spanish & Operating in LATAM.

• Published Work: Chapter 13: Developing a Purchasing Organization, NAPM Purchasing Guidebook, 2000 Edition. EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Major: General MBA, Nova Southeastern University, Miami, FL. USA: 1996

Bachelor of Business Administration, Dual Major: Management & International Business, Florida International University, Miami, FL. USA: 1994

Pennsylvania State University, Supply Chain Leadership Executive Development Program, State College, PA. USA: 1999

MILITARY EXPERIENCE: U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, served as a Radio Operator, Naval Gunfire Forward Observer & Parachutist with Detachment 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, held DoD Secret Clearances. Received the Naval Achievement Medal and an Honorable Discharge.