US subsidiary of NTT Communications, a major global provider of information and communications technology solutions.
Vice President of Network Infrastructure (2013-2019)
Direct responsibility for US, EU and LATAM, managing IP Layer One organization in design, implementation, maintenance, enhancement and troubleshooting of global telecommunications network equipment. Led and directed over 30 personnel with teams for Network Engineering, Planning, Carrier Relations, Network Implementation, Budgeting and Cost Accounting. Handled departmental budgeting, vendor analysis and vendor contracts. Led long-term projects and short-term service requests. Defined infrastructure and technology operations strategy to support scalability, growing demand for capacity and quality of service. Led strategic technological planning. Reported to EVP of Global Internet Network Business Unit.
- Reduced costs by over $3 million annually while increasing network capacity by 50% by leading NTT Europe IP backbone redesign, migrating from 10 gig backbone to 100 gig backbone.
- Cut annual cost from $6 million to $2 million by deploying and modifying Trans-Atlantic 100 gig network with 12+ 100 gig circuits on submarine cables in multiple locations.
- Brought monthly cost from $165,000 down to $95,000, saving $800,000 annually, by negotiating an aggressive cross connect plan with a major NYC facility provider.
- Saved $100,000 per month for backbone by spearheading US domestic network RFP.
- Increased network scalability with reduced cost (from $450k to $27k monthly) and innovated pricing schemes on power charge on the actual power draw versus breaker power by leading major POP migration in LA. This allowed for new equipment deployments at no additional power cost.
- Scaled Frankfurt and Madrid sites to 100 gig and beyond by directing migrations for POP optimizations, enabling sites to grow with the next generation routers.
- Saved $2 million by performing an accurate audit of the three business units within NTT America Telco Account group.
- Produced $75,000 monthly savings and ensured accurate cross connect accounts going forward by developing an in-house patch panel management system.
- Decreased cost 30%, over $1.5 million annually, by driving an RFP to US domestic carriers for services needed.
- Increased capacity by 250% with virtually the same cost by upgrading connectivity from the US to BRA, going from 10 gig services to one of the first 100 gig services deployed to Latin America.
- Saved $120,000 annually, while reducing a $300,000 liability for our sister company, by negotiating an out of cycle service contract with Verizon.
- Captured $12,500 monthly savings, $150,000 annually, by relocating corporate POP.
- Avoided $55,000 per month cost by renegotiating contract with a top customer outside of the RFP cycle.
- Conserved $11,000 a month by renegotiating our public peering connections with Equinix.
- Saved XO and NTT over $20,000 a month each by moving off public peering into private peering.
- Captured $335,000 annual savings for connections in LA and NYC by negotiating a new deal with AT&T.
- Cut cost from $120,000 to $60,000 monthly by negotiating a new power cost agreement.
Senior Director of Network Infrastructure (2005-2013)
Led and directed over 25 personnel with teams for Network Engineering, Planning, Carrier Relations, Network Implementation, and Budgeting. Assumed additional networking engineering responsibilities, including third-party facility management and equipment installation. Managed COGS and facility operations budget. Handled contract negotiations for carriers and facilities. Led Telco Planning Committee and Facility Planning Committee, bringing all business units together to work out issues with carriers or third-party facility providers. Managed annual network RFPs, establishing a highly diverse network. Reported to COO/Global Internet Network BU Head.
- Migrated from 2.5 gig backbone to 10 gig backbone, bringing on added capacity (75 gig backbone to 300 gig Backbone) and cost savings of $1.5 million annually, dropping cost per meg 66%.
- Collaborated with Fibernet in NYC to set up the industry’s first metro Ethernet hub platform, allowing greater customer access to our network. Cut access cost in half and increased the on net buildings by the thousands.
- Kept network availability at 99.999% by working with XO Communications to establish first commercially viable protected wave platform, lowering cost by 35%.
- Drove average network cost reductions of 20% YOY through negotiations with CenturyLink, AT&T and Verizon.
Director of Telecommunications Global Internet (2000-2005)
Led and directed 20 personnel, including three team Planning and Carrier Relations, Network Implementation, Test and Turn Up. Managed internet backbone telecommunications; established key relationships with telecommunication providers and handled contract negotiations. Managed the COGS budget. Established and led internal business unit network working group, bringing together department heads to plan and strategize future network expansions. Met weekly to going over ongoing status, evaluate and approve new projects and submit business cases for executive level approval.
- Increased network capacity four-fold with 30% reduction in network cost by upgrading network from OC12 SONET to 2.5 DWDM.
- Decreased US network cost from $50 million annually to under $35 million by redesigning network and managing carriers to allow diversity and cost savings.
- Instrumental in the development of Business Units and charter member of the newly established Global Internet Network Business Unit, supporting the Enterprise, Data Center and Hosting BU’s with backbone internet services.
- Negotiated new contract terms with Qwest, achieving $3 million in savings by reducing term by two years and cost by 25% on back bone network circuits.
