Gerry Agnew

Experience

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  Wisconsin Bell

  Feb 1981 - Aug 1990

  Curriculum manager and supervisor for training courses in OSP engineering, construction, cable maintenance, assignements and new employee. Training Center scheduling Manager. Outside plant engineering design staff support OSP engineer in out-state Wisconsin. Designed and project managed first Northern Telecom Integrated Digital Loop Carrier System installed in Wisconsin.

  • Staff Manager - Training

    Apr 1986 - Aug 1990

  • Asst Staff Mgr - OSP Engineering

    Sept 1983 - Apr 1986

  • Outside Plant Design Engineer

    Feb 1981 - Aug 1983
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  Bell Communications Research

  Sept 1990 - Aug 1991

  Technology Intern

  TIPB research assignments in Fiber to the Home, Multimediia Communications Research/DSL and SONET

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  Wisconsin Bell

  Aug 1991 - Sept 1993

  Staff Mgr - NP&E

  Long range and current planning manager for interoffice facilites including fiber transport systems and digital cross-connect deployment. Lead Wisconsin SONET Deploymennt Team implementing first SONET fiber systems in the state.

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  Ameritech

  Jul 1995 - Sept 1999

  Process manager for TA'96 Structure Access product and regional engineering/construction staff support for franchise, right-of-way management, joint use agreements with 218 electric utilities. Established regional Ameritech Structure Access Center (ASAC) including process requirements, staffing, billing ($10-$12M), performance reporting and automation. Wrote and delivered 271 compliance testimony for long distance entry. Received Ameritech Pinnacle Award and Network Outstanding Leadership Awards for development and implementation of Ameritech's Build Out Policy. Show less Responsible for switching, interoffice and outside plant planning for 60 wire centers and 650K access lines in Western Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Supervised 22 planners and technical support personnel responsible for monitoring capacity on the network and initiating growth plans. ($12M growth budget and $8-$10M business unit specific initiatives. Participated in Breakthrough Teams including "BTL Engineering Organization", "Reengineering the Planning Process", "A-B Engineering" and "Integrated Area Planner Rollout". Show less

  • Regional Manager - Service Integration & Delivery

    May 1996 - Sept 1999

  • Area Manager - Integrated Planning

    Sept 1993 - May 1996

  • Regional Team Leader

    Jul 1995 - Jan 1996
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  SBC Services

  Oct 1999 - Dec 2006

  Technology Development Manager

  New technology and new product rollout for several retail and wholesale product offerings. Included Unbundled Network Element offerings, Optical Metro Ethernet, UUNET, SONET. Received Ross Ireland top network award for successful completion of SBC National Sales Account Team project. Awarded US Patent No. 07940677 associated with development of Optical Metro Ethernet Service.

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  AT&T

  Jan 2007 - now

  Principal - New Technology Technical Program/Project Mgmt

  Responsible for program/project management of AT&T new technology and services introduction from ideation through development, labs testing, first field application and deployment including key Company strategic initiatives. Currently working on upgrading Core and Edge IP Backbone Networks utilizing "white box" and software defined network strategy. Recently led and completed network integration activities associated with AT&T's $85B acquisition of WarnerMedia. Project manager for AT&T Domain 2.0 projects as the company moves toward more virtualized, cloud based and software defined network functions. Lead Technical project manager for U-verse Video Acquisition technologies with annual budget of $150M. Lead AT&T project manager for video encoding platforms, improved video quality and compression, element management and network management systems. Project managed key initiatives associated with Next Gen Video Encoding Platforms, Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, Emergency Alert Service (EAS), Public, Education and Government (PEG) channels, introduction of first AT&T 3D channel and other key new technology introduction projects. Show less