Project Manager Information Technology

LEOPOLDO NOVA, MBA

210-***-**** • La Plata, MD • *****@*********.***

SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

Full Lifecycle Development Process Improvement Agile & Waterfall Methodologies

Versatile, innovative Manager with 28+ years of experience directing large-scale projects and operational strategies that leverage new technology to execute strategic business outcomes, drive organizational transformations, reduce Total Cost of Ownership, and maximize Return-On-Investment. Proven in all phases of project management and stakeholder collaboration. Provides project planning and management for established initiatives within a company. Sets the strategy, roadmap, and feature definitions for a product and influences every aspect of how it gets built and launched. Ensures that projects are completed to specification within a designated time frame and budget. Honorably discharged USAF Veteran.

CORE SKILLS

Project Management Executing Strategic Initiatives Process Improvement

Software Development Lifecycle Risk Management Communication

Budget Management Training & Coaching Business Intelligence

Personnel Supervision Customer Engagement Strategic Planning

Collaboration Building Data Mining Critical Thinking

LEADERSHIP IMPACT

Trusted technical partner who consistently delivers quantifiable value by leveraging emerging technology and business insights to optimize value.

Information Technology Product strategist with an entrepreneurial mindset and a contemporary approach to solving diverse business problems through technology innovation and reliability.

A Decisive Leader who is highly skilled at building stakeholder relationships, managing change, creating measurable procedures, and counseling/developing individuals and teams.

In-depth expertise in Project Management techniques, business continuity, technology procurement, and leading projects through the complexities of varying priorities and agendas.

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS

Completed a 2-year project of Virtual Route Reflector traffic migration to its new Dedicated Capacity Unit Platform.

Created project timeline management tool to expedite project delivery timeframes, and cut annual costs by $3M.

Managed project teams and wrote 42 functional team project plans each year of a three-year project.

Successfully maintained an annual expense and capital budget of $23M.

EXPERIENCE

AT&T Jan 1996 – Present

Principal Technical Project Manager, Oakton, VA (Dec 2009 – Present)

Currently, oversees the coordination and administration of new technology enhancements, deployments, migrations, and installations into the AT&T global cloud network.

Provides leadership on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process, including software change control processes, software testing, software issue tracking, and defect management.

Creates project plans that have clear, measurable success criteria, and communicates progress and outcomes.

Currently project managing AT&Ts next generation DCU Cloud Platform in US and MoW and Juniper MX-304 and Cisco ASR9902 Routers supporting AT&Ts global network infrastructure.

Recently, decommissioned the legacy Virtual Route Reflector tenant hardware/application from 46 AT&T Integrated Cloud sites worldwide, which led to significant savings.

EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Senior Manager, U-Verse Program Integration, San Antonio, TX (Jan 2007 – Dec 2009)

Accountable for the development and execution of business and technical strategies to prepare for customer launch of fiber-optic media network.

Supported diverse projects with functional scope, including project plan development, communication plan management, resource assignment, and vendor management.

Associate Director, Integrated Process and Testing, San Antonio, TX (Jan 2003 – Dec 2007)

Delivered products to the marketplace, and ensured transactions and processes were integrated across all organizations.

Managed a team of 8 process and test engineers dispersed throughout the country.

Led the development of test plans to evaluate product performance from sales through servicing.

Created metrics for tracking organizational processes and testing performance issues/gaps.

Director, Product Design and Development, San Antonio, TX (Jan 2000 – Dec 2003)

Served as an advisor to the vice president and his direct reports.

Managed regulatory compliance requirements for all state and federal regulations on telecommunications.

Accountable for managing and developing strategic and methodical plans with teams to ensure expectations were aligned with company goals.

Previous Positions with AT&T:

Associate Director, Product Design, Strategic Marketing, San Antonio, TX (Jan 1999 – Dec 2000)

Regional Manager, Information Systems, San Antonio, TX (Jan 1997 – Dec 1999)

Process Specialist, Information Systems, San Antonio, TX (Jan 1996 – Dec 1997)

Central Texas College, Killeen, TX Faculty Adjunct Professor Jan 2012 – Present

Provides instruction in the fields of computer information and technology systems.

Motivated enrolled students to complete coursework needed to complete the semester. achieved successful passing of 100% of my enrolled students for the Fall 2022 Semester.

Ensured preloaded study and test materials were accurately available to students in the Blackboard Learning platform; realized successful access of 100% of enrolled students for the 2023 and 2024 Semesters.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration Degree, Technology Management - University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science Degree, Management - University of Maryland

Agile Bronze Certification

API Bronze Certification

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Network Cloud Architecture, Software Defined Network, Cisco IOS-XR, Cisco and Juniper Routers, RR, vIPR, URL Blocking, DDoS Control Panel Platforms, MS Project, MS Visio, Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)

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