UUNET – Senior Programme Manager

Senior Programme Manager of Data Networks, a Silo of Network Services UUNET EMEA.

Managed projects related Integration and standardisation of multiple IP networks.
This included Hardware and Software upgrades, maintenances and mainly expansion of the Core IP backbone at first, then all UUNET networks within EMEA including Frame Relay, ATM, Data, Dial plus their Management networks.

Trained over 120 people within Network Services o­n Project Management and communication skills, in particular 12 members of my own Projects team (both Project Managers and Coordinators).

 Team Structure
Created a Project Office composed of 4 functional teams: Planning, Finance, Projects and Implementation totalling 31 individuals.Manager of a Projects team composed of 7 Project Managers and 4 Project Coordinators and 1 Project Administrator spread geographically over EMEA in Netherlands, France, Germany and UK.

IT
Conceived, wrote and implemented a Project Management Tracking application in Perl, PHP and MySQL.
This tool allowed team members in Netherlands, France, Germany and UK to respond to new requests, acknowledge them as projects, track their evolution and report o­n progress.Migrated from Coda Cadenza to SAP for Accounting, Procurement and Logistics.
Implemented new company-wide procedures to comply with the new requirements this generated for teams within EMEA.

Project Management
Project teams containing up to 250 resources EMEA wide.

Managed 141 projects in 2000-2001 mostly organised in multiple programmes.
Standardisation and integration of multiple legacy networks inherited through acquisitions.
Migration of multiple AS (Autonomous Systems) into o­ne unique EMEA-wide AS.
Implementation of new technologies, products and new suppliers.
Mainly dealing with Juniper M40, M160 for Core backbones and with CISCO and Unisphere for Gateways.

Also Team restructuring and refocusing after multiple organisational realignments.

Working in Silos with remote and/or virtual teams.

Involved in solving process issues and integration of legacy teams.Responsibilities and

 Accountability
Accountable for Projects related budget of $50m in 2002.
Budget in 2001: $87m
Budget in 2000: $100m

Accountable for achievement o­n Projects to the Director of Data Networks (part of Network Services EMEA) and taking full responsibility for new projects required by the 4 regional DATA Networks managers.

Also involved in defining and implementing Global Processes by analysis of procedures with Manager of Quality and Programmes in collaboration with Manager Global Programmes.