Tom Ruck

Tom Ruck

Senior Program Manager

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  • About me

    Program Manager ... experienced and skilled in program implementation, schedule management, teamwork, proposal development, Project Management Office leadership and program support, and Executive support

  • Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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      Bachelor's degree Industrial Engineering
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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      Bachelor of Science (BS) Industrial and Systems Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Chairman of Student Judicial Board, various leadership roles in Beta Theta Pi fraternity, racquetball

  • Experience

    • BellSouth

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2002
      Senior Program Manager

      Program Manager - Coordinated cross functional teams to accomplish departmental objectives (e.g.: corporate prioritization of IT resources, obtaining judicial Long Distance relief - we were the last RBOC to receive our first approval, and the first RBOC to receive all approvals).

    • Harris Corporation

      Jan 2003 - Mar 2012
      Program Manager

      Lead team responsible for implementing contract deliverables associated with Federal and/or local govt Public Safety Critical Communications Systems. Manage internal matrixed personnel, as well as select and manage third party vendor support. Oversee design, manufacturing, installation, test, acceptance, cutover, and closeout activities.

    • Harris RF Communications

      Apr 2012 - Feb 2019
      Program Manager - PMO

      Perform PMO (Program Management Office) role, providing support to remote / field implementation PMs including field surge support as needed, developing PM on-boarding materials, developing PM training, refining PM ISO processes with emphasis on linkage to cross functional teams/processes, developing and reporting metrics, cross-functional coordination, CoPQ, conducting lessons learned and implementing best practices, providing executive support as needed, and much, much more.

    • L3Harris Technologies

      Aug 2021 - now
      Manager - L3Harris Statewide LMR Implementation

      Deputy PM helping drive the successful implementation of a statewide, $150M+, critical communications system for first responders and support agencies over 3 years. Primary tasks include schedule management, identifying issues and actions and driving them to completion, risk management, metric development and reporting, and internal program team and cross-functional communications / coordination (e.g., new product development, microwave subcontractors, factory production, etc). Lead multiple customer-facing meetings, and provide presentations to internal Execs as needed. Improve internal teamwork, provide surge support as needed to keep program advancing, and grow strong customer relationships. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute
      Jan 1999
    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute
      Jan 1999