XO CommunicationsNetwork Planner
Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2004Planning, management, design, ordering, and forecasting of bandwidth for Allegiance Switch, Collocation equipment, and customer base. Saved the company over $4.5 million by moving leased facilities onto company supplied fiber. Managed capacity for SONET Multiplexers, IDLCs, DS3 APOT, and DSLAMs. Negotiate with SBC, Qwest, Bell South, Verizon and other CLEC’s and IXC’s to provide services to the XO/Allegiance Switch, collocation, and customer locations. Acquired leased and SONET facilities for network, collocation, and customer facilities. Instrumental in completing and implementing transport plans for large customer projects. Played an integral part in establishing the companies Individual Case Basis (ICB) process, for Wholesale products not offered. Provided transport required for launching new technologies into the Allegiance network. Designed and priced transport solutions for the company’s ICB process. Created and proved in capital expenditures for cost saving network design changes.