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Gregory Filipkowski

Arlington,VA

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

GTT Communications
Arlington, VA
09.2022 - 07.2025
  • Post sales with project managing orders and large projects from inception (sales close and order entry to service turn up/billing). Responsible for the orders or projects assigned (SD-WAN, DIA, PT to PT, Ethernet services, etc.) to me.
  • Responsible for internal communication with various team members from engineering personnel, network provisioning personnel, facility resources, field technicians, etc to assist with implementation and turn up of services/orders.
  • Responsible for communicating with customers directly with weekly status on orders/projects via hosting Teams conference call and providing updated status report, as well making them aware of any issues they could potentially assist with in between status calls (Ex: site access w/ building management for field personnel-site surveys scheduling, scheduling dispatches for fiber pulls, fiber splicing, installs, and service test and turn ups).
  • Responsible for internal system updates for all orders in my que (CMD reporting/order management system) daily (daily cadence for current status notes for all orders, accurate milestone dates, assigned tasks pending for internal departments, weekly and monthly forecasts, etc).

Project Manager

Hotwire Communications
Fort Lauderdale, FL
02.2022 - 07.2022
  • Provided technical support to sales executives/teams both on client facing conference calls as well as in person client meetings. Support included PowerPoint and/or GoogleSlides presentations outlining an array of details from company backbone network (both fiber and coax) via Visio diagrams to specific customer service deployments based on their needs--information that sales would obtain prior involving me.
  • Conducted site surveys at customer locations for new fiber service deployment (both inside residential hi-rise buildings and outside plant-OSP surveys). Post-site survey responsibilities included creating SOW (Scope of Work) documentation, OSP (outside plant) CAD drawings, ROE (Right Of Entry) agreements with building/real-estate management. This would be documentation that assisted Network Engineering and OSP Construction Depts for their involvement with projects.
  • Responsible for managing the customer interface and operational liaison between all matters related (internal departments and direct communication to customers).

Project Manager

Time Warner Cable-Spectrum Enterprise
New York, NY
07.2012 - 07.2021
  • Post sales with project managing orders and large projects from inception to billing. Responsible for the orders or projects assigned (PRI, SIP, SD-WAN, cell tower fiber backhaul, DIA, PT to PT, ELAN, Ethernet services, etc.) that were closed by sales and/or agents.
  • Managed all aspects of the network builds including hardware and cabling procurement, hardware installation, hiring technical installers and agents to ensure quality installations goals were met or exceeded.
  • Managed the network installation of new sites and moves from project start to project closure, and delivering network connectivity, network Infrastructure, integration of cell sites, RAN software & hardware upgrades and new RAN installations while monitoring the infrastructure health.
  • Responsible for communication with various team members from engineering personnel, facility resources, leads etc. to assist with implementation and turn up of services/orders.
  • Responsible for managing the customer interface and operational liaison between all matters related (internal departments and direct communication to customers).
  • Accountable for providing project status reporting to all the verticals in the organization using various reporting tools which includes but not limited to creating dashboards views, weekly status reports, status calls and monthly updates.
  • Responsible for planning, resource scheduling, project communications, vendor relations, contract negotiation and asset attainments.
  • Worked well under pressure in relation to employees, sales, and senior management.

Provisioning Supervisor/Manager

Transbeam Communications
New York, NY
01.2009 - 05.2012
  • Managed large profile accounts and projects for the company, from a technical perspective from inception to completion.
  • Programmed BGP, VLAN’s and other technical input in companies core routers at Verizon CO co-lo’s.
  • Had 7 provisioners reporting to me directly, giving daily reports on their jobs and activities.
  • Communicated and facilitated reports to company’s CEO and other upper management.

Sales Engineer

Level 3 Communications
New York, NY
08.2006 - 12.2008
  • Provided technical communication and Visio diagrams/drawings for staff and customer networks for downstream implementations teams internally, this included training.
  • Conducted customer facing communication meetings and assisted account managers/sales with technical support.
  • Would provide pre-sales site surveys and customer meetings to determine customers’ needs and company products that best suited their needs.
  • Hosted weekly and bi-weekly status conference calls with account executives and customers for pending orders.

Timeline

Project Manager

GTT Communications
09.2022 - 07.2025

Project Manager

Hotwire Communications
02.2022 - 07.2022

Project Manager

Time Warner Cable-Spectrum Enterprise
07.2012 - 07.2021

Provisioning Supervisor/Manager

Transbeam Communications
01.2009 - 05.2012

Sales Engineer

Level 3 Communications
08.2006 - 12.2008

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