Greg Cioffi

Greg Cioffi

Director of Integration

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Program Manager at DISH Network

  • Education

    • Scrum Alliance, CA Agile Academy

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      Certified Scrum Master
    • University of Denver

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      Masters Telecommunications
  • Experience

    • Firstworld Communications

      Aug 1999 - Sept 2000
      Director of Integration

      Successfully managed the startup of ISP and Data Center business.• Created integration plan for acquisition of three ISP’s and executed plans on time and within budget.• Managed profit and loss of ISP Business Unit including order entry and installations.• Increased revenues and profit margins by implementing process improvement counter measures.• Managed Sales Engineers for Wholesale and Channel Sales Groups.• Developed standard Internet Dial Up, DSL, Dedicated, and Collocation products and processes.• Developed and presented training for Sales Engineering and Sales Managers. Show less

    • AT&T

      Sept 2000 - Nov 2002
      Director & General Manager

      Comcast / AT&T Broadband Englewood, CO Successfully managed the startup telephony business partnership between AT&T Broadband and Insight Midwest Holdings. Comcast acquired AT&T Broadband in November 2002.• Reduced projected 2004 budget cash flow loss of 25 million versus actual year ending cash flow loss results of 4.5 million. • Managed monthly revenue, OPEX and Capex budget against actual P&L results.• Worked with M & A group on due diligence and negotiation of purchase agreement between Comcast andInsight to complete the sale of the telephony business by 12/31/04.• Managed all operations including Order Entry, Provisioning, and Installation of residential services.• Negotiated and managed all vendor agreements. • Audited all vendor and operational expenses on a monthly basis. • Renegotiated fiber lease and network infrastructure agreements to reduce operating expenses.• Managed billing and revenue assurance functions including usage and CABS billing.• Managed ILEC Interconnection agreements in Ameritech, Bell South, Verizon, and Alltel regions.• Managed acquisition, inventory and asset transfer of circuit switched and fiber transport networks between Comcast and AT&T Broadband prior to merger close. Show less

    • Comcast

      Nov 2002 - Nov 2004
      Director & General Manager

      Comcast / AT&T Broadband Englewood, CO Successfully managed the startup telephony business partnership between AT&T Broadband and Insight Midwest Holdings. Comcast acquired AT&T Broadband in November 2002.• Reduced projected 2004 budget cash flow loss of 25 million versus actual year ending cash flow loss results of 4.5 million. • Managed monthly revenue, OPEX and Capex budget against actual P&L results.• Worked with M & A group on due diligence and negotiation of purchase agreement between Comcast andInsight to complete the sale of the telephony business by 12/31/04.• Managed all operations including Order Entry, Provisioning, and Installation of residential services.• Negotiated and managed all vendor agreements. • Audited all vendor and operational expenses on a monthly basis. • Renegotiated fiber lease and network infrastructure agreements to reduce operating expenses.• Managed billing and revenue assurance functions including usage and CABS billing.• Managed ILEC Interconnection agreements in Ameritech, Bell South, Verizon, and Alltel regions.• Managed acquisition, inventory and asset transfer of circuit switched and fiber transport networks between Comcast and AT&T Broadband prior to merger close. Show less

    • Insight Midwest Holdings

      Nov 2004 - Dec 2005
      Integration Manager

      Integration contractor providing acquisition, and transition support services to a recently acquired telephony business from Comcast. • Responsible for assisting Insight Midwest Holdings with integration management of a telephony operation.• Designed and planned fiber/coax network expansion for VOIP network.

    • TelePacific Communications (TPx Communications)

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
      Senior Sales Engineer

      Engineer for Wholesale Sales organization. • Engineering applications design, financial analysis and pricing for SONET and Ethernet networks.

    • Pinpoint Communications

      Jan 2007 - May 2010
      Network Planning & Integration Manager

      Network Planning Manager contractor for a competitive local exchange carrier who provides, local, long haul voice,Integrated Access, Ethernet, and Data Center services.• Performed due diligence analysis and created business plans for three potential acquisitions. • Integration of the Great Western long haul microwave and fiber network into Pinpoint Communications network.• Contract negotiation, network optimization, engineering, and P&L management for Great Western Communications. Show less

    • ATN International

      May 2010 - Sept 2017
      Project Manager

      Project Management contractor for wireless CDMA, GSM, UMTS, LTE, Wi-Fi and Ethernet networks. Deliver project completions on time, and under budget. Drive teams to adhere to quality and minimal disruption to subscriber base.• Lead engineering and construction teams to build a new CDMA cellular network and migrated 650,000 subscribers from Verizon Wireless to Allied Wireless in 2010 - 2012.• Performed network separation project to spin off Allied Wireless Network assets to AT&T due to acquisition on time and under budget in 2013.• Manage diverse groups of engineers, network planners, sales, IT, billing, and operations resources to implement cost savings and optimization measures on multiple core network projects. • Lead design team and created UMTS & LTE capital and operating budget forecast for Choice retail business unit.• Negotiated contract, developed SOW, and implemented Nakina Single Sign-on Security System and security policy for the Engineering and Network Operations group.• Negotiated contract, developed SOW, and implemented Atoll RF planning tool.• Developed SOW and completed LTE testing and implementation of Affirmed Networks Virtual Mobile Data Packet Core to replace the Cisco Starent data core to lower operating and capital costs.• Integrated ANTC Westnet Wi-Fi network into ATN data core network. Show less

    • Project One contractor for Charter Communications

      May 2018 - Sept 2018
      Technical Delivery Manager

      Project Manager on the Advanced Engineering team for implementation of Dynamic Ad Insertion Software Solutions for the following product set:• Streaming TV Applications Linear Dynamic Add Insertion• Streaming TV Applications Video on Demand Dynamic Add Insertion• Set Top Box Video on Demand Dynamic Add Insertion• Set Top Box Lear Addressable • Subscriber TV Applications.

    • Project One Contractor for Dish Network

      Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
      IT Project Manager

      Project Managing network infrastructure, IT Security, AWS architecture, and IOT projects.

    • DISH Network

      Apr 2019 - now
      Program Manager

      Managing IT Infrastructure, IT Security, AWS architecture, IOT, PCI, storage, acquisitions, integration, wireless programs and projects.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Jan 2020
    • Effective Listening

      LinkedIn
      Jun 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Alliance