Bill Bader

Experience

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  AT&T

  Aug 1978 - Dec 2013

  Led a team of sales professionals focused on providing an extraordinary customer experience to our service provider customer base. Responsible for building and maintaining sales channel of leading managed service and application service providers in the United States. The products we provided to our customers included Switched Ethernet, Wavelength Services, SONET, Local & LDPL, full suite of TDM and IP Voice/Data services, DSL, AT&T Mobility Services, Cloud, Hosting, Apllication and Security Services. The sales channel under my management exceeded $260M in annual revenue and my teams consistently exceeded sales goals, but more importantly we provided a superior level of customer service and consultancy that differentiated us from the competition, which infused a very high level of mutual loyalty and trust into our business relationships. Show less Led a team of Technical Sales Engineers for AT&T to build solutions for Internet Service Providers, Application Service Providers, VoIP Service Providers and Emerging Technology Service Providers. Our team provided technical consulting and solutions to all of the largest service providers across North America. We designed solutions including DSL networks using ATM backbone, DS1, DS3, SONET (OC3 - 0C192), Ethernet, VoIP, TDM & SIP trunking, Mobility voice and data. Managed teams that supported over $250M in annual revenue Show less Provided technical consulting and solution designs for Internet and Emerging Technologies Service Providers using numerous networking technologies from TDM, Packet, SONET and IP. Certified in Nortel, Alcatel, Cisco and other networking/video vendors. Certifications included:- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)- Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)- Cisco Certified Sales Specialist- LAN specialist - Nortel Certified Routing and Switching Specialist- PictureTel, VTEL and Polycom Video Specialist Show less Professional consulting and project management for AT&T's Premier Enterprise customers for Data, IP and Video networks. Managed numerous large projects for the Federal Reserve Bank including nationwide video linking all banks and locations including a customer system in the home of Alan Greenspan. Supported many large projects for banks and financial institutions, industrial, aerospace, healthcare companies and educational institutions for all of data, voice and video network solutions.Provided technical consulting, solutions and professional project management for Premier Clients of AT&T (SBC) using numerous networking technology platforms to provide voice, data, video and IP solutions. Certified in Nortel, Alcatel, Cisco and other networking/video vendors. Certifications included:Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)Cisco Certified Sales SpecialistLAN specialist Nortel Certified Routing and Switching SpecialistPictureTel, VTEL and Polycom Video Specialist Show less Provided Tier 3 support to the Special Services Network organization covering Eastern Missouri. I provided support to Field and Central Office technicians on chronic trouble and new technology provisioning issues. Worked closely with network equipment vendors, engineering teams, network operations and customers to resolve and successfully restore or install services. Built strong relationships with vendors, suppliers and business partners to integrate technology solutions into the operational process and product portfolio. Facilitated and provided a technical liaison role between corporate staff/ product management, network operations and suppliers/vendors (Adtran, TelTrend, Westell, Fujitisu, Newbridge, Alcatel, Lucent, Ciena Cisco, Nortel, TPI, Sunset Telecom, Navtel, T-Berd and others) to insure technical and operational success to meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.I provided training on new technologies to AT&T Field, Central Office and Engineering teams on ISDN technology, FDDI, SONET, Frame Relay, ATM and other technologies. This training included provisioning, maintenance and test equipment procedures required for new technologies. Show less I was promoted to Management effective on December 1, 198. Managed a team of Installation and Repair Field Technicians. Responsible for assigning, dispatching and routing installation technicians to cover workload and working with maintenance centers to cover trouble load in my wire centers. I was responsible for the training, safety and performance of my team in areas of production, quality, safety and customer service. Handled all customer service issues and executive complaints for my assigned exchanges/wire centers. I was responsible for meeting all OSHA and Corporate Safety requirements ranging from hazardous materials to aerial work to driving safety. I was the District Safety Chairman and led a team that conducted two of the largest and most successful Work and Family Safety events at AT&T/SBC. My teams led the entire company in Sales of additional lines and equipment in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Show less Moved to a new technician title that included previous installation, exchange repair and now cable repair responsibilities. I became the subject matter expert on Noise Mitigation and Power System Interference problems in the St. Louis Area. I attended the University of Wisconsin Telecommunications courses that included system engineering, design and mitigation courses. In this role I resolved many chronic noise issues including one that earned me the highest honor awarded by SBC the Rider Award for developing a noise mitigation device using a series of capacitors and inductors to filter a local radio station that had caused chronic issues for multiple customers - this device eliminated the problems without impeding the level of voice quality for the customer. Show less

  • National Sales Manager

    Dec 2004 - Dec 2013

  • Technical Sales Manager

    Jun 2001 - Dec 2004

  • Technical Sales Consultant

    Dec 1999 - Jun 2001

  • Senior Systems Integrator and Senior Project Manager

    Aug 1995 - Dec 1999

  • Special Services - Tier 3 Network Field and Vendor Support/Training

    Dec 1991 - Aug 1995

  • Manager I&R

    Dec 1988 - Dec 1991

  • Customer Service Technician

    Jun 1984 - Nov 1988

  • Station Installer and Exchange Repair Technician

    Jul 1980 - Jun 1984

  • Office Clercial Assistant

    Aug 1978 - Jul 1980
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  Signarama St. Louis

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

  Business Development Consultant

  I joined the team at Sign-A-Rama to expand the business and the product portfolio while supporting the legacy portfolio consisting of:* Signage (any type of sign from vinyl to channel letters to neon to digital displays)* Vehicle graphics and full-wraps for your fleet* Daktronics - authorized dealer - the world's best digital signMy primary focus was leading the effort to add services to the product portfolio and togenerate new revenue streams for the company in these areas:* Website Development and Consulting* SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Consulting and Analytics* Social Media Development and Promotion * Marketing and promotionsMy role was to market and promote a business by integrating building signage, vehicle graphics, internet/web and social media presence thus maximizing the return on a client's marketing investment. Signarama STL is a great company and good friends, so if you are interested in growing your business and increasing revenues - visit their website:http://www.signarama.com/mo-st-louis Show less

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  Bandura, LLC

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2016

  Director of Business Development
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  MakeWay Safety

  Jan 2017 - now

  MakeWay's vision and goal is to save lives, reduce accidents and protect property on our roadways and in our communities using mobile technology to alert driver's of an approaching or intersecting emergency vehicle (Police, Fire, EMS and other emergency vehicles) allowing driver's in the path to MakeWay for these emergency vehicles thus reducing the negative impacts that result from these accidents.Vehicles today do a great job of minimizing road noise and other sounds outside of the vehicle, but unfortunately that includes the sirens on emergency vehicles not being heard until it is often too late to avoid an accident. MakeWay has the solution to alert driver's using mobile technology and our patented technology that creates an awareness of the near presence of an emergency vehicle thereby reducing the potential for an accident. When First Responders are involved in a motor vehicle accident lives are at risk for those in the vehicles involved and those that are at the other end of the call they are responding to such as a fire, accident, crime, critical health issue or any of the thousands of reasons first responders are dispatched everyday. MakeWay’s technology will be saving lives, injuries, property damage and taxpayer dollars by improving the response time and reducing the risk on our roadways. To learn more about MakeWay - First Responder's Emergency Vehicle Alert System - please contact me at bill.bader@makewaysafety.com Show less

  • President

    Mar 2017 - now

  • Principal Consultant

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2017