Led a multi-million dollar fiber expansion initiative across Georgia and Florida, delivering high-capacity connectivity to previously underserved business districts while overcoming complex regulatory, environmental, and technical challenges.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements
Project Leadership: Directed comprehensive fiber expansion across two states, effectively coordinating with regulatory agencies, utilities, and local municipalities to secure necessary permits and rights-of-way
Schedule Management: Developed detailed project schedule with critical path analysis, resulting in 92% on-time milestone completion despite weather and regulatory challenges
Budget Oversight: Managed $15M annual budget, implementing strategic cost control measures that maintained project within 3% of forecasted expenditures
Quality Assurance: Established rigorous QA/QC protocols for fiber installation and testing, reducing post-installation issues by 34% compared to previous expansion projects
Stakeholder Management: Facilitated bi-weekly stakeholder meetings with structured agendas and action items, ensuring alignment between construction teams, engineering, and client representatives
Documentation Systems: Created standardized documentation framework for tracking project progress, change orders, and regulatory compliance across 14 concurrent installation sites
Risk Management: Implemented comprehensive risk mitigation strategies for high-priority areas, developing contingency plans that prevented major project delays when unexpected underground obstacles were encountered
Technical Delivery: Coordinated final inspections and acceptance testing, delivering completed fiber infrastructure that exceeded bandwidth specifications by 15%
Project Impact
This expansion initiative successfully connected over 500 businesses to high-speed fiber networks, enabling digital transformation initiatives and strengthening the provider's market position in the Southeast region. The project's successful implementation established a blueprint for future expansion efforts and positioned the company for accelerated growth in enterprise connectivity services.