J. Gordon Baker
**** ****** **. • Denver Colorado 80214 • 303-***-**** • **************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
• To obtain a challenging position in a dynamic work environment, which requires skills in interpersonal and group communication, problem solving, and time management. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Extensive experience in customer and employee relations, recruiting, and management.
• Proven an effective leader and able to handle multiple tasks on a daily basis.
• Excellent skills in problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Dedicated, goal-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and desire to continually learn. EXPERIENCE PROFILE:
Project Resource Group, Denver, Co.
--- Project Coordinator 03/24 to Present
• Organizing and interpreting data supporting Outside Plant Damage Team
• Reviewing data from client work orders.
• Auditing work orders against investigation package information to ensure that all associated repair information and costs are accurate to create a consolidated invoice.
• Responsible for the following functions Interpret work order data from clients work management systems.
• Auditing work order data against our internal claim packages to ensure all work order information is accurate.
• Create consolidated invoices for third-party damage claims Communicate with costing team members and clients.
Olgoonik, Denver, Co.
--- Project Coordinator 05/23 to 03/24
• Aided project managers overseeing projects for a broad range of construction projects.
• Assisted in bid phase by contacting vendors and subs, maintaining spreadsheets, cost data, etc.
• Worked with project managers on resource planning, availability and allocation according to project portfolio requirements.
• Produced, reviews and submits project submittals.
• Coordinated internal resources and third parties/vendors.
• Created and maintains comprehensive project documentation.
• Produced submittal logs from the contract documents and ensured that all project submittals are completed in a timely manner.
• Updated project schedules
• Performed quality assurance as required.
• Participated in team's post project lessons learned and performance reviews.
• Purchased and shipped materials as needed.
• Reason for leaving: Opportunity with Project Resource Group CenturyLink/Lumen, Denver, Co.
--- Product Manager/Engagement Manager II 10/12 to 01/23
• Discuss and document project expectations and measures of success with the assigned project manager.
• Develop Statements of Work for the project and discuss expectations, measures of success, and project due dates with the customer.
• Issue and verify orders for accuracy and provide data directly to the designated project team members.
• Issue CPE equipment orders and oversee unregulated technician hours for the installation of the CPE equipment.
• Designate project team member to track equipment orders to ensure ship dates meet customer due date expectations.
• Address all customer-pricing questions.
• Participate in all project meetings.
• Communicate all project scope changes internally and negotiate new project due date with the customer for all major scope changes.
• Manage customer changes, and negotiate them with the project team, as well as order due date changes, and negotiate available resources.
• provide project feedback upon completion.
• Reason for leaving: Workforce Reduction
Trizetto, Greenwood Village, Co.
---Customer Delivery Lead 10/11 to 10/12
• Handle and coordinate implementation projects and complete them within a timely manner. Possess general understanding of the Healthcare market and TriZetto products with specific knowledge of products used by client.
• Use knowledge and experience in hosting infrastructure and client infrastructure to support the day-to- day operations for a single small to medium sized hosted customer and/or provide secondary backup for a large, hosted customer.
• Understand and/or document client’s business requirements and escalate issues appropriately. Based on understanding our organizational culture and policies, select and determine appropriate level of resource utilization.
• Use interviewing, listening, and observation skills to gather information and understand business needs communicated by client(s).
• Accurately communicate events at the client level with internal staff in a timely manner.
• Team with senior Customer Delivery staff to build skills and prioritize tasks from clients.
• Facilitate client technical meetings.
• Reason for leaving: Opportunity for advancement with CenturyLink LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, Broomfield, Co.
—Project Manager 11/06 to 10/11
• Responsible for Project Management duties related to planning, directing and coordinating activities for customers requesting Wholesale Voice, Data and IP services under the SI Channel within the CPM organization.
• Accountable for overall project implementation of customer projects, managing aggressive timelines, coordinating deliverables and interfacing with internal groups and providing status updates to customers and management.
• Ensuring project goals and objectives are accomplished by using best practice methodologies.
• Strong technical background in Data, IP and Voice services and excellent project management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written); ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and a professional demeanor/attitude.
• Experience in interfacing with internal and external customers with a proven track record toward effective management of the project/customer expectations.
• Develop and implement effective management and leadership training programs.
• Granite WebXing experience, both Install as well as Disconnect inventory.
• Experience with provisioning all digital bandwidths and the transmission concepts/structure of SONET and SDH services.
• Working knowledge telecommunication infrastructure configurations, offnet access provider network interfaces and network configurations, customer provided equipment, intelligent network elements such as digital cross connect systems.
• Understanding of telecommunication’s digital hierarchy, digital transport network architectures, fiber optic network components and configuration.
• Reason for leaving: Opportunity for advancement with Trizetto ICG COMMUNICATIONS, Englewood, Co.
—Switch Provisioning Engineer III 05/00 to 09/06
• Management of ICG Communications interoffice data entry program.
• Conduct new hire Orientation Presentation Manuals.
• Develop and implement effective management and leadership training programs.
• Maintain relationships with local and national LEC’s and CLEC”S.
• Conduct investigations related to billing discrepancies.
• Management of numerous departmental markets.
• Planning and development of various employee resource tools.
• Build relationships with local and interstate vendors.
• Work directly with LEC’s, CLEC provisioner’s as well as management staff.
• Work with Directors and Management Team to fulfill the goals and ideals of the Company.
• Reason for leaving: Opportunity for advancement with Level 3 Communications EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO, Greeley, Co.—Graduated Bachelor of Arts • Major in Geography • Departmental Honors AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Greeley, Co.—Graduated
EMT Basic, EMT Intermediate • Departmental Honors
Click Safety Online Course ---Completed
OSHA 30; Card Carrying Member
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows 2000 & XP Professional, Microsoft Word, Excel, Program Manager, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, ADP, ReportSmith, HRIS & Groupwise Xpercom, Web Xng, Aardvark, Artis, FMS, BPMS, ONYX., QNXT