Project Manager

Andrew Papp-Csatari, Project Manager (PMP)®

Ottawa, Canada, 613-***-****, ********@*****.***

SUMMARY Dynamic and detail-oriented Project Manager (PMP)® with 25+ years in technology, 13 years mastering worldwide project delivery and risk management of mission critical systems to global tier-1 clients. Open, articulate leader with a proven record managing complex, global, high- availability SW & HW telecom programs. Skilled in managing dispersed teams, stakeholders & multi-million-dollar budgets, optimizing efficiency through strategic planning, delivery rigour, and integrity. As Senior Project Manager at Ericsson, I was accountable for critical project delivery, budget & resource management, operational excellence, and organizational growth. Eager to leverage extensive PM expertise to drive innovation and success in a forward- thinking organization.

WORK EXPERIENCE

05/2024 – Present Board of Directors, Ottawa Real Estate Investors Org., Pro Bono Ottawa Executive leadership, speaker coordination & technology system oversight to ensure best in class value delivery and fostering a robust sense of community.

07/2023 – Present Senior Project Manager, ASPC Ottawa Executive governance to drive business growth, through private equity capital raise, creative financing, and investment fund strategy, setup & management.

Oversight of technology platforms & systems to support commercial real estate investments, rigorous financial underwriting, acquisition & asset management of commercial real estate assets.

Structured, ethical, & professional project management practices, guided by strategic business principles, operational excellence, and unwavering integrity.

01/2021 – 06/2023 Senior Project Manager, Ericsson - PMO Ottawa Oversight of concurrent, complex, global, mission-critical, SW engineering programs in Canada, China, & India, managing third-party technology partner relationships.

Application and ongoing refinement of world-class project management methodologies and principles through program & delivery discipline, to achieve deterministic and repeatable success.

Full project delivery accountability, including deadlines, budgets, human & capital resource management, risk & dependency management, and stakeholder engagement, etc.

Strategic oversight of project leaders & key contacts, spanning global regions, timezones, and cultures.

Engineering of innovative SW & HW radio frequency variants with external factory suppliers.

Technical joint venture setup with overseas manufacturing firms in China, & Poland.

01/2020 – 12/2020 Release and Track Manager, Ericsson - PMO Ottawa Full accountability for 18 Radio Unit & Radio SW platform deliveries, facilitating coordination among development teams in Canada, China, & India.

Developed and implemented an enhanced Track and Release quality management process structure & governance model, coaching project managers to develop essential competencies for operational success. Scrutinized release mechanisms and stakeholder engagement, ensuring precise monitoring of quality processes and collaboration with primary technical leads to address mission critical issues. 01/2015 – 12/2019 Project Manager, Product Owner, Ericsson - PMO Ottawa Managed Indoor Radio Dot systems and Pico small cells, encompassing capacities, user and bearer management, remote diagnostics, resource reclamation, and compliance with regulatory standards. Collaborated with Evolved Wireless Networks and Cellular WLAN traffic steering control technologies (LTE/WCDMA) to optimize operational performance.

01/2010 – 12/2014 SW Architect, Scrum Master, WiFi, Ericsson Ottawa 01/2006 – 12/2009 Software Architect, Designer, Ericsson, Nortel Ottawa 01/2005 – 12/2005 Software Developer, Packet Core on VSE, Nortel Ottawa 01/2004 – 12/2004 System Maintenance Prime, Compact Third Party Core, Nortel Ottawa 05/2000 – 12/2003 System Maintenance Prime, Software Developer, XA-Core, Nortel Ottawa EDUCATION

1997 – 2000 Queen's University

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Computer Science

Kingston

1996 – 1997 George Brown College

Certificate, International Trade

Toronto

1988 – 1992 University of Oradea

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Oradea, Romania

CERTIFICATES Project Management Professional (PMP®) Project Management Institute (PMI®)

12/2025

Security Clearance - Reliability

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

10/2025

Security Clearance - Secret Level II

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

12/2025

SKILLS leadership, integrity project management

global engineering programs risk & quality mgmt.

disciplined release mgmt. & delivery earned value mgmt. stakeholder & communication mgmt. scope & dependency mgmt. dynamic, collaborative operational excellence

compliance, due diligence maturity & humility

data-driven, detail-oriented mentoring, proactive learning mission-critical SW & HW systems high-availability real-time systems complex telecom systems SW architecture & design

radio systems - SW, HW

INTERESTS Squash Juniors coaching

Travel Music

Mountaineering Commercial Real Estate

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