1. Mark Gibbons, P.M.P
Email: gibbons127@hotmail.com
Mobile: 206-579-9658
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PROFILE
PMP certified Project Manager responsible for the end-to-end implementation of mobility
network programs for both infrastructure certification and deployment projects in regional and
national data centers.
See the “Key Contribution Awards and Recognition” section for my project performance.
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KEY SKILLS, ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
 Effectively manages project deliverables across multiple projects involving
department, cross-functional and client teams.
 Conducts project meetings for project tracking and analysis.
 Coordinates the documentation of lab, engineering, and integration plans.
 Responsible for meeting the project requirements by applying project management
skills, tools, and techniques.
 Conducts end to end project management (project initiation, labs testing, FFA/field
testing, deployment, acceptance, and closeout) of multiple large projects and
manages sub-components of a larger program.
 Develops schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
 Reports to leadership on project status, risks, issues.
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EDUCATION, OFFICEAPPLICATIONS , CERTIFICATIONS, AND KNOWLEDGEAREAS:
Education : Master of Science in Project Management
Office applications : MS Project, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
AT&T certifications :
IP Networking Fundamentals
Network Functions Virtualization
Application Programming Interfaces
User Defined Network Cloud
Software Defined Network (SDN) - Intermediate Level
Agile PM: Technical Project Management
Knowledge areas :
Agile / scrum and SDLC
Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networks

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EXPERIENCE :
Senior Technical Project Manager AT&T Mobility (2008-Present)
 Responsible for managing the initiation, planning, and execution of mobility network
programs for both infrastructure certification and deployment projects.
Schedules and manages activities between multiple groups (network engineering, site
operations, vendors, IP operations, security engineering, security operations, labs,
device testing, platform owners, field testing) to successfully complete network
upgrades in national and regional data centers.
 Assists in managing the planning, development and construction process for new cell
site facilities and modifications to existing facilities.
Sample project list :
 Planned, organized and directed the project team to complete over 300 activities
in the integration and turnup of a Central Notification Server to support 1.8
million subscribers. Included upgrades to firewalls, routers, security certificates,
domain name servers, provisioning systems, global / local load balancers, and
alarming systems.
 Software and hardware upgrades to the Broadcast Message Center (BMC)
server and associated upgrades / configurations to site routers, firewalls,
transport links, Mobility Management Entities, and alarming. BMC upgrade
was required to deploy national CMAS service to 52,000 LTE cell sites.
 Aligned cross functional internal teams and vendors for lab testing and
integration of multiple HP servers into the AT&T Mobility Network to increase
transaction rates for AT&T roaming partners.
 Coordinated 147 project tasks to align vendor, labs, engineering and network
operations teams in the testing, configuration, installation and acceptance of
new hardware and software at multiple Secure Entitlement Servers.
 Led activities for installation of Tektronix taps and probes at the Allen and
Bothell data centers to provide alarming and monitoring of network traffic.
 Organized replacement of Nortel equipment with ALU equipment in 47
locations. Managed equipment install, drive testing teams, performance metric
reviews and live cutover of equipment from the EDGE network into the AT&T
mobility network.
Land Development Project Manager (2003 - 2008)
 Project manager for site development consulting companies managing and coordinating
the land development entitlement process.
Project Manager AT&T Mobility (1999 to 2002)
 Coordinated and directed activities between network operations, PSAPs, and drive testing
teams to turn up E911 Phase 1 service.

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KEY CONTRIBUTION AWARDS AND RECOGNITION :
 “Thanks for Being Extraordinary” award for bringing a project schedule back on track
 “NetOps Star Performance” award for focusing project management efforts on the end-
to-end customer experience
 Team recognition “I just wanted to let you know how much I have appreciated Mark
Gibbon’s effort and effectiveness on the NDA40 CNS project.”
 Team recognition “Mark assumed ownership of the PRODUCTION Schedule, and base-
lined it in short order. In addition, he has facilitated daily calls to drive PRODUCTION
issues to closure. THANKS AGAIN MARK FOR AN OUTSTANDING JOB !!!!!”
 Area manager recognition “if I could go back and do it again, I would have demanded a
PM assigned. Mark really stepped up and showed his talent at organizing
groups…..Thanks so much for allowing Mark to help and get this JDSU project done by
driving this cut”
 Team member recognition “I think you have a great leader on your team. In my opinion,
Mark Gibbons performance on this project has been stellar. He has managed to pull
the team together and subtly drive the team to work towards resolution whenever we
have stumbled across roadblocks.”
 Team member recognition “From the NTD PMs I’ve worked with I think you’re the most
methodical, and you always make sure nothing falls through the cracks. That is a great
asset to have on the project”
 Team member recognition “I had the privilege to work with Mark Gibbons on the Akron
Central Notification Server build. Building the Central Notification Server had a huge list
of technical and non-technical tasks related to data centers, servers, local and global
load balancers, firewalls , DNS and work order processes that required an
exceptional project manager like Mark Gibbons to manage the tasks by identifying
tasks, working with the right resources and categorizing, prioritizing , planning and
identifying up-coming risks and communicating on time with the project members. I
would list the following competencies for Mark Gibbons with high confidence:
 Quickly understands required tasks with no downtime.
 Excellent organizer to keep the project on track.
 Self-driven for the success of the project.
 Actively monitoring e-mails threads and identifying required tasks.
 Reaching out to project members as needed to make sure tasks are in PROGRESS as
planned.