Paul Urbanowski

Experience

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  Bellsouth Cellular Corp

  Jan 1992 - Sept 2000

  Senior Manager

  Held numerous positions within the IT organization gaining experience in managing a variety of projects in size and complexity. Supervisory responsibilities included the management of groups of project managers in a project/program management function utilizing multiple full-life-cycle methodologies. . Served as Lead and Team Member for six initiatives relating to process improvements, capability maturity models (CMM) certifications, and quality transformations

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  Cingular Wireless

  Sept 2000 - Oct 2006

  Developed and managed the Cingular IT Headquarters Program Office reporting and held accountable to the Executive Director of the Program Management Organization. The Program Office serves as the primary management point for projects within the IT organization. Primary objectives include: clearly identifying the main objective of the project, defining the processes to be used by the project team, establishing limits of authority, reporting parameters, defining resource requirements, systems for control, training/certification of teams or business units involved. Show less

  • Senior Manager Data Program

    Mar 2002 - Oct 2006

  • Senior Manager Program Management Office

    Sept 2000 - Mar 2002
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  AT&T

  Oct 2006 - now

  Supervisory position focused on program managing key AT&T programs in the Construction and Engineering organization. Managed teams in upward of 200 to accomplish mission critical business objectives. Involves tactical plan development as well as senior executive presentation and communications. Key accomplishments: - West Region Rollout of LTE 4G network- Managed the most successful carrier add in the Connect American Fund II program- Definition of best practices around AT&T’s mission critical FirstNet Service- Organizational lead in rolling out initial response to California’s SB560 legislation- Ramp up and management of AT&T's 5G network rollout utilizing C-Band spectrum- Routinely recognized as a key contributor and extraordinary performer 8 years running. Show less Responsible for managing teams in excess of 30 people focused on delivering the business plans around the cellular business needs. Primary objectives include: Developing best practices for the PMO and National Service Delivery team, deploy equipment to achieve capacity, performance, and product objectives including end-to-end testing and validation, developing the team to be a high-performing organization by ensuring that the right people are performing the appropriate and priority tasks. Key Accomplishments- Successful Rollout of the initial AT&T Exclusive Apple iPhone- Successful management of active portfolio of roughly 200 projects a year delivering new products and capacity enhancements to Cellular Data and Voice Services, Messaging, VoIP and IP. - Mentoring and growth of multiple team members on best practices of project and program management Show less

  • 5G End to End Program Manager

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Executive Program Manager

    Feb 2011 - Feb 2022

  • Director

    Oct 2006 - Feb 2011