Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Important Statistics
Certification
Additional Information
References
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Nathan Lovett

Lead Technical Program Manager
Alpharetta,GA

Summary

Dynamic and strategic Lead Solution Delivery & Portfolio Manager transitioning into a Change Management Consultant role, with a proven track record of leading complex technology and organizational change initiatives. Adept at managing the delivery of transformative solutions, engaging stakeholders, and driving alignment between business goals and technology strategies. Experienced in optimizing project portfolios and delivering impactful changes that enhance operational efficiency and organizational resilience. Known for strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on fostering adaptability and continuous improvement within teams. Ready to leverage extensive experience in solution delivery and portfolio management to guide organizations through successful change processes and ensure smooth transitions in dynamic environments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Lead Solution Delivery & Portfolio Manager

Cox Communications
05.2023 - Current
  • Own work intake and delivery management process across various applications that support functionality for Cox's network inventory
  • Facilitate weekly review of backlog, inflight projects, new requests, and RAID log items at portfolio and team level leveraging JIRA
  • Own/maintain SharePointe storage for all project deliverables across Network Inventory team
  • Drive change management activities for upcoming deployments (Method & Procedure documentation, upcoming deployment documentation, hypercare activities post deployment to track/resolve issues.
  • Responsible for managing and tracking overall budget across entire Network Inventory portfolio, including capex and opex, to ensure accurate allocation of resources and financial alignment with strategic objectives
  • Conducted monthly analysis of actual spend, reforecasting activities, and creative solutioning to ensure budget was on target towards approved EOY earmark

Lead Technical Program Manager

Cox Communications
01.2022 - 05.2023
  • Successfully managed multiple programs of work for various Cox business organizations
  • Managed end-to-end delivery of applications for Cox Outside Plant Construction's asset management application & mobile data capture platforms
  • Managed/Lead pilot for new in-field business utilization of mobile data capture applications and workflow functionality
  • Documented high level business processes
  • Captured business requirements and generated business requirement documents for project(s) scope
  • Maintained backlog of inflight/future enhancements to various platforms in Cox application portfolio
  • Delivered weekly status and project plan updates to Cox upper leadership
  • Collaboration with multiple teams to ensure successful project delivery
  • Cultivated ongoing relations with Cox vendors and key business stakeholders

Project Manager II - Technical

Cox Communications
12.2020 - 12.2021
  • Successfully managed end-to-end SDLC for Cox Outside Plant Construction's asset management application
  • Successfully managed/implemented OSPC GO95 Program
  • Introduced net new modules for maintaining regulatory data
  • Implemented mobile data capture tools for Cox end users to capture field data
  • Expanded solution to various markets/regions in Cox footprint
  • Facilitated analysis & design workshops between key business stakeholders and vendor architects
  • Lead project gating reviews with EPMO governance
  • Responsible for forecasting fiscal year for several high value Cox programs
  • Variance report management

Sr. Analyst

Accenture
01.2018 - 12.2020


Growth Salesforce Implementation

  • Documented business processes, pain points, and opportunities to assist in building out of project scope on salesforce implementation


SAP Data lead

  • Ensured design and conversion readiness of master & transactional data objects across 5 project workstreams
  • Programs & Earned Value SAP Analyst
  • Created flow diagrams mapping out client's business processes
  • Wrote functional specification documents for data conversions of legacy data into SAP and custom enhancements for custom fields
  • Created LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) tool to import client legacy data into new SAP system


Cutover Lead

  • Led mock cutover activities to prepare both client and Accenture for production cutover
  • Managed mock data conversion and cutover by building out runbook for all tasks needed to be executed during
  • Loaded all mock cutover data into SAP QA environments
  • Defect management during QA testing and production deployment
  • Migrated over 500k data objects from legacy to new SAP system

Business Analyst Intern

Accenture
06.2017 - 08.2017
  • Performed analysis on process & FDD documentation for client SAP solution
  • Configured transactional data in QA environment and ran test cases in SAP PO module
  • Provided readout report for client and peers

Education

Bachelors of Information Systems - Emphasis in Enterprise Resource Planning/SAP

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
12-2017

Skills

  • Business Analysis
  • Change Management
  • Communication
  • Financial Management
  • Forecasting
  • Leadership
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Process Analysis
  • Program/Project Management
  • Project Portfolio Management
  • QA/UA Testing
  • Vendor Management

Important Statistics

Lead Technical Program Manager

  • Own/manage intake across 10 different applications
  • Own/manage $13 million dollars in capital funded work
  • Drive delivery/collaboration across 5 different technology workstream


Lead Technical Program Manager


  • 2 high value programs managed
  • 10 project launches
  • 53 enhancements delivered


Project Manager II - Technical

  • 12 project launches
  • 26 enhancements delivered

Certification

  • Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/ Product Manager
  • Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner
  • ICAgile

Additional Information

  • Airtable
  • Amplus
  • CCPM
  • IQGEO
  • JIRA
  • PPM
  • Varasset
  • SAP

References

Mike DeChaud - Lead Architect 

  • Company: Cox Communications
  • Email: Michael.Dechaud@cox.com
  • Phone: 602-430-1760


Greg Garrison - Director, Serviceability

  • Company: Cox Communications
  • Email: Greg.Garrison@cox.com
  • Phone: 678-779-6171Tierra Hill - BPA Workflow Director


Lisa Pinkey-Coleman - AVP Enterprise Applications 

  • Company: Cox Communications
  • Email: lisa.pinkey-coleman@cox.com
  • Phone: (404) 269-9589


Alex Moore - Portfolio Sr Manager 

  • Company: Cox Communications
  • Email: Adrienne-alex.moore@cox.com
  • Phone: (313) 549-3892

Timeline

Lead Solution Delivery & Portfolio Manager

Cox Communications
05.2023 - Current

Lead Technical Program Manager

Cox Communications
01.2022 - 05.2023

Project Manager II - Technical

Cox Communications
12.2020 - 12.2021

Sr. Analyst

Accenture
01.2018 - 12.2020

Business Analyst Intern

Accenture
06.2017 - 08.2017

Bachelors of Information Systems - Emphasis in Enterprise Resource Planning/SAP

Georgia Southern University
Nathan LovettLead Technical Program Manager