Wick Newell

Experience

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  AT&T Mobility

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  I sharpened my technology acumen and ROI case-building skills leading high-visibility projects that saved AT&T millions and ensured its regulatory compliance.Projects ranged from leading the post-acquisition IT integration onto the AWS network, overseeing an ERP selection process for the CIO and directing 138 site audits. Rapidly hired as an intern, I developed and implemented comprehensive release test plans, and led a Test Analyst team in release functionality and test script review meetings for upcoming releases. I also reviewed test scripts for accuracy and performance master test suites during production implementations.

  • Senior IT Project Manager | AWS, ERP, Post M&A Integration

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  • Test Analyst

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000
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  T-Mobile

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2022

  Managed the $1.7B+ IT portfolio organization including domain capacity planning and business architecture for a portfolio that encompasses:☑ New product development for all business lines including Consumer, Business and Emerging☑ Ongoing T-Mobile/Sprint integration efforts☑ Initiatives that ensure safe and secure “business as usual”Led charge in organizing and commencing enterprise agile transformation program with mission of delivering twice the value at half the cost. Established program team, core workstreams including identification and launch of numerous agile release trains, culture transformation and enterprise-wide training. Multiple trains succeeded in delivering twice as fast within 2-3 quarters, with many Sr. Leadership executives giving rave reviews on speed and quality. Show less Directed 200+ organization (architects, engineers, analysts, PMs) with $150M OPEX/CAPEX annual budget. Led teams including On-Prem Compute and Cloud, Automation, Global Desktop Computing, End User Virtualization, Domain Authentication, Privileged Access Management, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Security and Compliance Tools, and Infrastructure PMO.𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:☑ Strengthened security, resiliency and availability☑ Elevated the retail and customer experience☑ Transformed how DevOps builds occur Show less Led 75+ members overseeing hundreds of projects, products and large-scale deployments. Called upon to lead business critical initiatives, executive steering, and presenting to senior leadership including C-Suite.𝗣𝗠𝗢 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:☑ 9-figure billing system conversion☑ Retail infrastructure overhaul that equipped retail teams across 2500+ stores to service and sell to customers.☑ Established and led Data Center Migration Program that consolidated footprint from 12 data centers to 2 data centers while boosting modernization, parity and hygiene of thousands of critical production applications and systems and while significantly reducing opex costs. Show less Conducted merging and restructuring of IT Engineering and Telecom Engineering PMOs, supported growth, scaling organization from 6 to 50. Brought parity and cultural transformation, achieving uniform and cohesive high performing team. Hired, developed, and managed people, ensured project scope, schedules and budget met customer expectations. Led presentations and executive steering meetings, resolved issues and escalations.𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:☑ Directed a CTO-mandated resiliency effort.☑ Led analysis-driven Data Center consolidation strategy that reduced our footprint and saved the company tens of millions of dollars over time.☑ Helmed a complex, regulatory-stringent 4G network upgrade from design to national deployment in just 18 months – requiring marshaling of 1000+ resources.☑ Identified 9-figure savings as Program Lead for 2 key workstreams associated with a CXO-directed cost reduction initiative – requiring me to partner with VP and Finance counterparts to brainstorm, gain buy-in, monitor and report status to executive stakeholders. Show less

  • Sr Director – Portfolio Management + Agile Enterprise Transformation

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Director to Sr. Director – Enterprise Infrastructure Svcs. & Transformation | DevOps, Cyber & More

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Director – Technology PMO | Enterprise Resource Planning

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  • Manager to Senior Manager – IT Engineering | PMO Scaling, Data Center Consolidation, Network Upgrade

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  • Senior Technology Project Manager | Technology Strategy

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
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  Pinnacle Consulting Services

  Jan 2023 - now

  Principal/Founder