Project Manager Management

Michael J. Blankenship, PMP

**** ******* ***. | San Jose, CA 95124

408-***-**** | *******@*****.***

Senior Technical Deployment / Project Manager

Profile

Project Management Professional (PMP) equipped with 15+ years of experience in deployments and implementations of enterprise class networks. Experiences and skills include planning and executing complex (and often concurrent) network development and facility deployments, enterprise-level systems design and integration projects. Effectively defines requirements, prepares comprehensive project road maps, and engages with clients (customer facing) throughout the project lifecycle to meet/exceed expectations. Excels in identifying and capitalizing on individual team member’s strengths. Areas of expertise include:

Facilities Infrastructure • WAN/LAN • Wireless Network Deployments • Program Management Office Development Resource Management • Team Facilitation • Data Center Build-Out/Deployment

• System/Subsystem Migration/Consolidation

IT Architecture System Integration • Microsoft Project/Gantt Charts • Scheduling

Customer/Vendor Relations • Account/Subcontractor Management • Change Control Process

Selected Contributions

• Managed and achieved desired results for 400+ data center, telecom, IT facilities and networking projects.

• Orchestrated large-scale telecommunication IP network design and facility deployment initiatives in addition to managing re-occurring engineering portfolios for enterprise and municipal customers (wireless, voice, data applications), including Google, Earthlink, AT&T, NASA, Fiber Tower, Frontier Communications, Alvarion, Sudden Link Communications, Business Information Group, Tropos Networks, City and County of San Francisco, and City of San Jose.

• Completed in less than seven months a $12M, federally mandated conversion of analog-to-digital television for all of Verizon’s video head-end, data center facilities nationwide, including two super head-ends, successfully converting content to IP architecture. Provided engineering and designs for each individual video plant (in sync with local and national broadcasters and content providers), procured all equipment, and conducted installation and system testing at 13 nationwide facilities.

• Deployed a team of 30+ technicians and systems engineers and 2 tower maintenance firms to 2,200+ cell sites in California and Nevada to conduct a technical and performance audit of newly acquired infrastructure for T-Mobile.

• Spearheaded new-site and facility development during a period of national growth for Metrocall Wireless.

Career Track

Project Manager, Aruba Networks, Sunnyvale, CA (contractor) 2011

Led cross-functional develop and field resources to execute OS upgrade plans:

• Managed OS deployment and OS upgrades for customers / early adaptors; coordinated bug patches and executive status updates

Senior Project Manager, Ascent Media Systems Integration and Technology Services, San Jose, CA 2008-2011

Guided nationwide, cross-functional resources to meet customer objectives, coordinating all aspects of proposal/bid preparation, planning/scheduling, forecasting, budgeting, purchasing, engineering requirements/design cycle, resource assignment/management, design review/approval, system installation, monitoring/reporting, internal metrics, and customer relations, primarily for Verizon and Motorola data center environments:

• Managed systems deployment, integration, development, migration, and expansion projects for Verizon’s nationwide FiOS Video Network, IT facilities and datacenters (fiber to the premise/FTTP) and Motorola.

• Spearheaded several simultaneous operations, facility and network engineering projects, encompassing IP systems; video-on-demand network architecture, design, and deployment; digital content delivery network architecture, design, and deployment; IP routing and switching subsystems; interactive media guide expansions and network management; emergency alert system network architecture, design, and deployment; broadcaster content processing infrastructure expansions; and global data center, storage, and server farm infrastructure expansions and general IT facility modifications.

Program Manager, Advanced Wireless Communications – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 2006-2008

Defined project scope of work (customer expectations), deployed project teams and deliverables, allocated company and departmental resources, and monitored budgets and purchasing. Forged and maintained business, subcontractor, and vendor relationships. Facilitated the engineering design lifecycle from inception to delivery. Responded to RFPs, evaluated business opportunities, and defined business cases. Executed SLAs.

• Managed full turnkey systems design and deployment of multiple municipal and enterprise level wireless, voice and data networks; clients included Google, NASA, Frontier Communications and numerous city municipalities.

• Deployed emergency response telecommunication infrastructure for first responders during scheduled emergency preparedness exercises in support of federal training exercises at NASA Ames Research Center.

• Maintained SLAs with the WiFi networks of Google (Mountain View) and Earthlink (Milpitas).

• Managed the development and deployment of municipal wireless networks.

Project Manager II (Contractor), T-Mobile USA, Concord, CA 2005-2006

Planned and executed projects involving infrastructure audits, compliance program development, UMTS deployment, and disaster preparedness.

• Guided 15 administrative and IT personnel in processing all inbound technical data and developing a comprehensive state-of-the-network report and database.

• Completed a legal audit of FCC compliance regulations and lease agreements.

Project Manager/Systems Technician, Metrocall Wireless, Pleasanton, CA 1995-2003

Planned and managed outdoor plant / wireless network infrastructure projects, including new builds, software deployments, hardware upgrades, site development, and site/network maintenance. Supervised field personnel.

Military Service: Performed as an Avionics Technician/Team Supervisor with the United States Navy; spent three years overseas and completed three tours of duty in the Persian Gulf region.

Credentials

Project Management Professional Certificate, San Jose State University and Project Management Institute

Avionics and Electronics Certificate; Technical Management Certificate, Naval Aviation Technical Training Center

General Business Studies, Chabot College and Diablo Valley College

Professional Affiliations, Project Management Institute; PMI Silicon Valley Chapter

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