Teresa Piessens
Pingree Grove,IL
Summary
Strategic technology professional with 15+ years driving organizational change, cross-functional alignment, and large-scale network and infrastructure initiatives across enterprise environments including AT&T. Known for leading complex, emerging-technology efforts from concept to deployment, strengthening operational frameworks, and influencing technical direction across engineering, construction, compliance, and design groups. Adept at improving processes, elevating execution maturity, and shaping team-wide approaches to quality, readiness, and scalability.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Real Estate & Construction Manager
AT&T
01.2021 - Current
- Serve as a central technical leader guiding engineering, construction, regulatory, and operational teams through complex wireless, NSB, small cell, and Fiber Fronthaul/Backhaul deployments.
- Influence organizational decision-making by identifying technical risks early, proposing structured solutions, and aligning cross-functional teams to shared strategic objectives.
- Drive operational change by streamlining workflows, reducing delays, and improving coordination across engineering, design, forecasting, leadership and implementation groups.
- Lead initiatives that strengthen execution readiness, improve quality standards, and ensure early-stage technologies integrate seamlessly into long-term network architecture.
- Act as a technical escalation point, resolving issues across multiple disciplines and ensuring teams maintain momentum in fast-paced deployment environments.
- Shape process improvements that eliminate inefficiencies, enhance communication pathways, and create more predictable project outcomes.
Senior Program / Project Manager
Mastec Network Solutions
01.2011 - 01.2021
- Led cross-functional alignment among engineering, RF, construction, compliance, and site acquisition teams for more than 1,200 telecom programs.
- Served as a Champion in modernizing program workflows, implementing scalable processes, and improving operational discipline across multiple markets.
- Influenced technical and organizational direction by identifying execution gaps, designing improved processes, and shifting teams toward standardized frameworks.
- Accelerated program delivery by eliminating bottlenecks and introducing new communication, tracking, and prioritization practices.
- Guided teams through emerging-technology projects and early-stage deployment cycles, ensuring clarity and coordinated execution.
- Improved program predictability through structured communication, enhanced visibility methods, and strengthened dependency management.
Education
Master of Science - Leadership and Organizational Change
Colorado Technical University
01.2024
Bachelor of Business Administration - Minor: Operations/Project Management
DeVry University
01.2013
Skills
- Technical Program & Project Management
- Emerging Technology Deployment
- Organizational Change & Process Improvement
- Wireless / NSB / Small Cell / Fiber FH & BH/ Data Centers
- Systems & Infrastructure Implementation
- Risk Identification & Mitigation
- Cross-Functional Team Alignment
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Regulatory, Environmental & Quality Compliance
- Strategic Planning & Operational Execution
- Data-Driven Reporting & Visibility
- Continuous Improvement Leadership / Servitude Leadership
- Project management
- Project scheduling
- Team building and leadership
- Scope management
- Subcontractor management
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Decision-making
- Schedule coordination
- Excellent customer relations
- Organized and detail oriented
- Management
- New construction
- Project documentation
- Stakeholder communication
- Hiring and training
- Remodeling projects
- Operations oversight
- Schedule management
- Cultural awareness
- Effective communication
- Conflict resolution
- Task delegation
- Risk assessment
- Strategic planning
- Financial acumen
Accomplishments
- Directed high-impact technical programs involving wireless builds, NSB, small cell, Fiber Fronthaul/Backhaul, and transport integrations, ensuring alignment across engineering, construction, regulatory, and field operations.
- Recognized for driving modernization efforts within national deployment operations; contributed to the development of end-to-end processes adopted across multiple markets.
- Identified and executed organizational changes that reduced delays, improved workflow clarity, and increased operational efficiency across cross-functional teams.
- Played a key role in implementing complex fiber connectivity solutions for high-visibility public events, including Grant Park (Chicago) and the RNC in Milwaukee.
- Successfully recovered over $5M in revenue through contract compliance and process accountability improvements.
- Supported the launch of in-house operational teams at Mastec, reducing cycle time, improving profitability, and stabilizing national delivery performance.
Timeline
Senior Real Estate & Construction Manager
AT&T
01.2021 - Current
Senior Program / Project Manager
Mastec Network Solutions
01.2011 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration - Minor: Operations/Project Management
DeVry University
Master of Science - Leadership and Organizational Change
Colorado Technical University