Principal Unified Communications & Infrastructure Engineering Manager

STEPHEN C. CONLEY

Principal Infostructure & Unified Communications Engineering Manager

Washington, DC 571-***-**** **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Principal Unified Communications and Infostructure Engineering Manager with over 30 years serving government agencies, DoD, and global civilian and commercial customers in critical environments. Proven leadership capabilities and vision driving digital transformation, infrastructure solutions, and proposal development across classified and commercial programs. Skilled in stakeholder management, operational requirements analysis, staff recruitment, and leadership development, delivering secure, resilient enterprise networking and IT infrastructure from design through lifecycle management.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Unified Communications

• Fiber Optic / Fiberoptic Technologies

• Structured Cabling

• Enterprise Networking & IT

• Infrastructure Solutions

• Digital Transformation

• Stakeholder Management

• Proposal Development

• Government Programs & Agencies

• Critical Environments

• Leadership Development

• Communication Engineering

• Operational Requirements Analysis

• Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)

• Troubleshooting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Infostructure & Unified Communications Engineer — Futron Inc. 2013 – Present

•Provide technical leadership and stakeholder management for enterprise Unified Communications programs supporting DoD, the Pentagon, National Guard, and State Department across critical, high-security environments (CONUS/OCONUS).

•Lead design, deployment, and lifecycle management of secure structured cabling and fiber optic infrastructure for classified and unclassified networks, aligned to ICD 705, TEMPEST, and DoD facility standards.

•Drive proposal development and operational requirements gathering for government infrastructure programs, translating mission needs into scalable infrastructure solutions.

•Lead recruitment, mentorship, and leadership development of engineering staff, strengthening troubleshooting capability and cross-functional collaboration.

Unified Communications Program Manager — Larson & Turbo Infotech 2017 – 2018

Contract engagement supporting the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

•Managed and commissioned Unified Communications infrastructure for 50 conference rooms and a worldwide network spanning North America, South America, Europe, India, and Africa, via trans-Atlantic, satellite, terrestrial fiber, and tower-to-tower transmission.

•Directed Polycom bridge and CODEC infrastructure supporting BYOD, Zoom, and Skype platforms, ensuring high-availability communications for daily global customer operations.

Project Manager, Network Operations — Technical Innovation Corporation 2013 – 2017

•Managed Cisco-based network operations, routing, switching, and General Dynamics encryption for a SOCOM/JSOC Network Operations Center supporting mission-critical government environments.

•Coordinated stakeholder requirements and technical proposal development for secure communications programs.

A/V & Network Engineer, Project Manager — ManTech Corporation 1994 – 2013

•Served as project manager and network engineer delivering Unified Communications and teleconferencing infrastructure for a classified Navy organization supporting the Pentagon and CONUS/OCONUS sites.

•Directed infrastructure solutions and operational requirements planning over a 19-year tenure, building long-term relationships with government program stakeholders.

Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) — The White House, National Security Council 1983 – 1994

•Served under National Security Advisors across four presidential administrations (Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bush).

•First engineer design and manage installation of fiber optic networks to the West Wing, Oval Office, Situation Room, and Old Executive Office Building — foundational critical-environment infrastructure still in use today.

EDUCATION

•BS, Electrical Engineering — Capitol University, Laurel, MD

•AA, Mechanical Engineering — Montgomery College

•NSA-DHS Cyber Security Curriculum — Northern Virginia Community College

•Project Management Professional (PMP)

CERTIFICATIONS & CLEARANCE

•Active DoD Secret Clearance — DoD 8570 Compliant Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)

•CompTIA Security+, A+ Cisco CCENT/CCNA ITIL v3, ITIL v4

•General Dynamics TACLANE KG Encryptors Crestron DM/DM-NVX, QSC, Biamp Tesira

•Trade Associations: AVIXA National Association of Broadcasters

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