Srikanth Chunduri
Summary
Accomplished Leader with 14+ years of Technical Experience With leading technology-centric departments to become outstanding contributors. Confident advocate for junior staff members. Enthusiastic about use of technical education to improve business outcomes. Skillful at uniting educationally and geographically diverse teams toward achieving singular goals. Willing to Relocate and authorized to work in US. PMP Certified.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Director
MasTec Communications Group
10.2021 - Current
- Managed multiple customers over different service providers with diversified team with different background and improved revenue with better costs and achieving customer goals in tight deadlines.
- Managed multi-national Operations Center team, 100+ employees including in office and on field engineering team, in support of $25M operational services per year via 24 x 7 technical operations centers.
- Multi tasked on multiple roles on customer program and relationship management.
- Highly involved in budgeting, cost analysis, pricing and invoicing for the services delivered.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to efficiently complete large-scale projects on time and within budget constraints.
- Developed detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Managed day-to-day activities and conducted project/program meetings and is responsible for project/program tracking and analysis for AT&T and T-Mobile with a revenue upto $15M.
- Implemented Disaster Recovery and RCA when needed and took the role as Program Manager when the team needed.
- Skilled in defining the statement of work technically for diverse projects by developing, maintaining detailed plans, action items and milestones with timelines.
- Mentored junior engineers and project managers, fostering professional growth and enhancing team capabilities.
- Directed resource allocation efforts, maximizing utilization while minimizing overhead costs.
- Collaborated with leadership staff to determine appropriate budgets.
- Increased customer satisfaction, addressing technical issues swiftly and effectively.
- Adhered to quality standards prescribed by the customers and reviewed project/program deliverables along with achieving high ROI for the customers and the company.
Technical Manager
QuadGen Wireless Solutions Inc.
04.2017 - 09.2021
- Developed suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources without effecting the quality-of-service delivery.
- Met with clients to gather and understand requirements and coordinated with team about customer requirements.
- Guided, coached and lead project teams, delegating tasks and evaluating performance and progression of project pace.
- Improved the team performance by identifying the strengths of each team member and recommending improvements where necessary by initiating training programs.
- Increased employee productivity by 40% through training and mentorship.
- Managed all assigned projects to completion, ensuring on-time delivery, meeting of budgetary demands and maintenance of overall project ownership.
- Managed multiple ATT projects for ATT simultaneously for NSB, BWE projects and Integrations.
- Identified project scope, objectives and managed a cross-functional team including third party vendors and internal resources and coordinated activities to achieve goals.
- Completed projects 30% faster than expected, exacting cost savings of $2M to $3M to the company per year.
Technical Lead
QuadGen Wireless Solutions Inc
02.2011 - 03.2017
- Guided teams during continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes by providing technical expertise and mentoring to junior team members.
- Offered input on technical and strategic planning initiatives.
- Investigated technical issues and implemented resolutions to reduce cell site outage.
- Integrated over 50K sites into network between multiple service providers collaborating with multiple vendors.
- Led troubleshooting efforts for complex network issues, providing timely resolutions to minimize network downtime and maintain business continuity.
- Defined and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) for network performance, using data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement.
- Evaluated and recommended new tools and technologies that resulted in increased development efficiency and up-to-date technical skillsets within the team.
- Perform Carrier add and site Build integrations on UMTS and LTE technology for ATT network on ALU/Nokia platform.
- Responsible for harvesting T1s in AT&T GSM network involving Nokia/Ericsson BTS/BSC and migrating to IP Backhaul.
- Designed and implement network solutions, including LAN, WAN, and wireless networks, to ensure reliable and high-performance connectivity.
- Diagnosed and resolved network issues, perform regular maintenance, and ensure optimal performance and minimal downtime.
- Bandwidth augmentation configuration (T1 additions) on the Tellabs 8860/ ALU 7670 MSR for the Alcatel- Lucent's RAN markets.
- Responsible for implementing Metro-E infrastructure involving Cisco/Lucent Routers.
Education
Master of Science - Information Systems
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, TX12.2010
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
JNTU
05.2008
Skills
- Client Relationship Management
- Disaster Recovery
- Implementation Planning
- Schedule Management
- Network Operations
- Partner Relationship Management
- Technical Guidance
- Business Process Analysis
- Project Management
- Cost Analysis and Invoicing
- Quality Management System: ISO 9001/TL9000
Professional Reference
- Paul Chory, paul.chory@att.net, 614-264-1544
- Kyle Armstrong, kyle.armstrong@quadgen.com, 216-262-6652
Key Qualifications
- Experienced Leader, Successful career managing telecommunications and network operations. Ability to merge telecommunication operations with sustainable automations to increase productivity and network quality while reducing costs. Manage global diverse teams towards lean organizational business goals. Reduced overtime costs 50% and engineering cycle 45% while increasing overall quality and consistency.
- Collaborative Leadership, Skillful partnership with vendors to transform traditional technology support into valuable service-based operations for evolving telecommunications perspectives. Excellent supportive and synergistic leadership skills proven through multiple network operation centers.
- Program Management, Outstanding business process management supporting numerous operational disciplines to diagnose and improve existing processes and increase efficiency. Savvy analytical understanding, excellent business acumen and critical decision-making skills.
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute.
Timeline
Technical Director
MasTec Communications Group
10.2021 - Current
Technical Manager
QuadGen Wireless Solutions Inc.
04.2017 - 09.2021
Technical Lead
QuadGen Wireless Solutions Inc
02.2011 - 03.2017
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
JNTU
- Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute.
Master of Science - Information Systems
Texas A&M International University
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