Bobby Love
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Dynamic professional with nearly 30 years of experience in optical transport networks. Skilled in RFI and RFP evaluation, vendor management and relationships, and budget oversight. Proven ability to lead teams, prioritize work, and enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director - Interconnect
Verizon
Irving, Texas
03.2020 - 12.2025
- Led team responsible for planning, engineering, ordering, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining optical transport network for Verizon in Central Texas market. Coordinated activities across five switch locations and more than 20,000 unique cell locations covering most of Texas, all of Oklahoma, and the northern half of Louisiana.
- Oversaw 10 full-time employees and various contractors, setting priorities and goals through effective delegation. Facilitated one-on-one meetings to assess performance and provide feedback.
- Established and maintained yearly capital budget of $20 million and expense budget of $110 million, ensuring accurate tracking and spending of capital dollars while adhering to billing and database protocols.
- Cultivated relationships with vendors and external partners for business resilience, engaging with service providers for infrastructure support and collaborating with manufacturers for supply chain management.
Principal Interconnect Engineer
Verizon
Irving, Texas
06.2015 - 03.2020
- Evaluated optical equipment vendors for dark fiber network deployment, selecting the vendor based on cost-effectiveness, existing infrastructure, and bandwidth expansion needs.
- Worked with dark fiber providers, OSP construction companies, ISP installers, optical equipment vendor, and several cross functional internal teams including Real Estate and Operations to convert sites to dark fiber and then disconnect the leased fiber circuits. Saved Verizon significant expense dollars through effective oversight of dark fiber projects.
- Evaluated large-scale dark fiber RFIs/RFPs for project alignment. Collaborated with internal and external teams to meet technical and financial criteria. Developed business cases and NPVs to select optimal solutions.
- Delivered training sessions on transport technologies and engineering practices to junior engineers. Acted as subject matter expert, providing technical insights for project development. Participated in high-level presentations and discussions for transport engineering at headquarters. Engaged with management to communicate engineering strategies and advancements.
Interconnect Engineer
Verizon
Irving, Texas
05.2009 - 06.2015
- Converted transport network from copper TDM to fiber Ethernet across thousands of sites. Ordered and coordinated fiber installation. Installed cell site routers and new RF equipment during deployment. Disconnected TDM circuits upon successful conversion to fiber.
- Executed market engineering responsibilities, addressing transportation requirements for all cell sites in assigned market area. Evaluated and issued RFPs for leasing fiber, enabling new site constructions. Upgraded existing circuits proactively to maintain service quality and contributed to outage restoration efforts, enhancing network reliability.
- Maintained accurate records of transport designs and billing information in databases, ensuring precise inventory and financial records.
Education
High School Diploma -
South Grand Prairie High School
Grand Prairie, TX05-1989
Computer Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TXSkills
- Optical network implementation
- Network architecture
- RFI/RFP evaluation
- Vendor management
- Service provider engagement
- Budget management
- Work Planning and Prioritization
Timeline
Associate Director - Interconnect
Verizon
03.2020 - 12.2025
Principal Interconnect Engineer
Verizon
06.2015 - 03.2020
Interconnect Engineer
Verizon
05.2009 - 06.2015
High School Diploma -
South Grand Prairie High School
Computer Science
Texas A&M University