EXPERIENCE
5/2006 - present A2B Fiber Vancouver, BC

6/2005 - 5/2006 3Plains Vancouver, BC
Operations Manager
All aspects of running a start-up. Investor relations, legal/audit, organizational systems and procedures, project planning and support.

2/2005 - 5/2005 3Plains Richmond, BC
Consultant
Business Plan development. Content Delivery and Office Support Systems.

5/2004 - 1/2005 Kadtec Systems Vancouver, BC
Project Manager
Management of fibre design projects for MTS Allstream and Microcell. Survey, design, permitting, engineering of internal conduit builds and outside plant civil builds.

2/2003 - 3/2004 Tone Networks Inc. Vancouver, BC
Telecom Facilities Manager
Management of Facilities Coordinators. Responsible for team conducting market research, ordering, provisioning, and data maintenance of telecommunications circuits - mainly PRIs, DS3s, some MPLS, Frame, Private Line T1, frac T1, etc. Responsible for data integrity in the Enterprise Management System, (Vantive), and contributor to ongoing improvements in the system. Management of the Toll-Free inventory, the SMS group, and approval contact on the 3 company Responsible Organization IDs. Management of the provisioning of pay-per-call circuits with Telus, MicroVoice (MCI), PacBell (SBC), and Verizon.

11/2000 - 7/2002 Group Telecom Toronto, ON
National Manager, Fibre Group, Engineering
Responsibilities included budgeting, planning, design, and archiving of a 500,000 fkm, (25,000 route km), fibre network across Canada. Performed IRU (Indefeasible Right of Use) negotiations. Member of due diligence team involved in asset acquisitions. Hired and led full-time technical staff of 10 direct reports to deliver planning, mapping, outside plant design, fiber splicing, systems development, and reporting solutions to the company. Conducted salary reviews, hirings, performance improvement plans, and promotions. Member of the IPO team which brought GT to NASDAQ. Responsible for Opticon and Opticon LT, the corporate Fibre Management System, (50 seats nationally). Also responsible for CADD (AutoCAD), GIS (Mapinfo), webGIS (MapGuide), and fibre project tracking systems, as well as integration of dark fibre sales within other back office systems.

7/1999 - 10/2000 Group Telecom Vancouver, BC
Manager, Fiber Planning, Western Region
Developed, implemented and managed Fiber Network Planning, Design and Archives Group. Managed capital expenditure planning for BC, AB, SK, and MB for $27M worth of OSP construction and $60M worth of cable nationally. Managed relationship with ROW providers in four major urban centers across Canada and began the TorontoHydro fiber leases in Toronto. Hired and led full-time technical staff of five direct reports to deliver GIS, CADD, OSP design, fiber splicing, and planning solutions to the company. Key member of the Group Telecom due diligence team involved in the $760 M acquisition of Shaw FiberLink. Responsible for integrating the two fiber networks, as well as the fiber databases, applications, and workflow procedures, in order to replace Shaw Engineering dependency. Created procedures for effective fiber network planning and information flow between regional offices and head office. Fostered and incorporated input from Marketing, Sales, Facilities, POP Engineering, and Operations. Championed intranet GIS solutions which empowered every GT stakeholder, and ultimately leveraged the knowledge base within Information Systems to help build an enterprise OSS.

11/1998 - 6/1999 Group Telecom Vancouver, BC
Fiber Network Planner
Managed staffing and developed scope of work for the fiber planning, outside plant design and archives functions within the Engineering Department.
Designed 9km civil construction build within extremely tight deadline. Managed staff and developed a department while working as a contractor.

5/1998 - 10/1998 Group Telecom Vancouver, BC
Fiber Management Specialist
Project management of civil projects as well as fiber optic splice planning, design, and archiving.
Researched, sourced, and implemented the best-of-breed Outside Plant Management Software available on the market. Developed, maintained, and migrated both manual and CADD fiber archiving systems over to Oracle NT database. Designed fiber architecture to suit network deployment objectives and deadlines. Created automated systems for cable design and build that were adopted by outside contractors.

11/1997 - 4/1998 Broadband Solutions Corp. Vancouver, BC
Network Archives Administrator
Developed and managed the start-up phase of a telecommunications civil and fiber design and archives group.
Sourced and implemented CADD and GIS software. Developed procedures to deploy and track fiber optic network locally.

10/1994 - 10/1997 Kadtec Systems Richmond, BC
Project Manager
Lead project manager in a multidisciplinary CADD outfit.
Developed civil design protocols for Rogers Network Services. Hired and trained CADD operators in the creation of civil design projects. Project managed and deployed Microstation in the office. Used Microstation for 3D visualization of the Vancouver International Airport. Lead operator on over 50 civil design projects for Rogers Network Services. Total station surveyor, utility research, plan / profile civil CADD operator.

6/1993 - 9/1994 Alpha Holdings Ltd. Richmond, BC
Assistant to the owner
General administrative and clerical help for a small land developer.
Sourced, installed, and operated Maximizer client database tool. Analyzed lots for building feasibility. Delicately pushed architectural designs through City Hall bureaucracy.

5/1991 University of British Columbia
Bachelor's Degree
B.Sc. Concentration in Physics and Math
6/1986 Richmond Senior Secondary, BC
High School or equivalent

Honors graduate with International Baccalaureate Certification