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Cups Espresso Cafe

I get to oversee an awesome company while drinking incredible coffee.
-Company Operations
-Franchise System Operations
-Franchise Sales Operations
-Marketing and Branding
-Quality Standards
-Product & Process Improvements

-Ensures Mississippi stays caffeinated
-Develops and orchestrates company's business strategies
-Oversees marketing program & product curation
-Manages payables and receivables
-Assembles and analyzes financial forecasts

Corporate Vice President

-Customer service expert
-Voted Jackson Mississippi's Best Barista 2008, 2009 & 2011 by Jackson Free Press

Barista/Manager

Undertow Podcast Network

Undertow is a network of music-centric podcasts.
I produce, script, orchestrate and record episodes for multiple shows.

Founder

Self - Employed

Co-wrote and published first novel: Jon Swansong and the Pirata Isle
Participated in two Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) events during July 2013 and November 2013 in which you are challenged to write a novel (50,000 words for their purposes) in one month

Author

Sieis Productions

Manage and operate home recording studio
Produce, perform and mix soundtrack-centric audio content for online podcasts
Maintain websites and distribute content

Owner and Producer

After being introduced to John Grisham and A Few Good Men, I figured I'd be a lawyer. 

But in the early 2000's I found myself adrift in the deep south of the United States. 

I did what anyone would in this situation: became a barista.

What a time to be alive. The pretentiousness of specialty coffee was palpable in those days.

I bought VHS latte art tutorials. Need I say more?

I found my way onto the campus of Holmes Community College. Two years later, Dan Harmon decided to make a hit TV series roughly diagramming my many years there.

I quit my job at least 2.5 times over the course of 10 years. But they kept pulling me back in and I kept pulling espresso shots through college.

I made my way to Millsaps College and graduated after another several dozen weeks of self-deprecation with a business degree so well rounded the diploma still rolls off my desk.

It was 2012. The earth was still warm. I was a somewhat educated, somewhat experienced graduate. I accepted a management role at Cups. I got married. We bought a home. I was nearing the end-game.

A rift appeared in my sanity. I returned to college to take a summer Calculus II course.

I was intoxicated by all the math and science that I'd overlooked for the first thirty years of my life.

Sparked mainly by a restless discontent that would confuse Steinbeck and a love of the show Lost, I figured I'd study some physics and get an engineering degree.

I got halfway there; the harder half too, from what I understand...so I basically have an engineering degree.

We had our first child and enjoyed it so much we kept going.

Formal education was again put out of my life. I grieved. I found freeCodeCamp, YouTube and the pure days of MOOCs (looking at you, MIT).

I learned to code, I dabbled in data, I began to write, I made some videos, I listened to hours of podcasts, I built and butchered websites. 

Accepting a remote role (still at Cups), I moved back home to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee and took up ultrarunning.

The world fell apart, but I had already gone remote before it was cool. I ran some more. I began using LinkedIn on the regular. I began to see gray hairs in my beard.

We bought a mini van.

I'm currently writing a tech newsletter, growing a YouTube channel, publishing a daily reflection on addiction, reading a bunch of books and not watching any sports.

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Eamonn Cottrell

ComEd

• Managed overall project performance for facility relocation projects, ensuring costs, schedule, and scope were within budget limits.
• Coordinated project requirements with external and internal stakeholders, including IDOT and Village points of contact.
• Developed construction bid packages, conducted safety audits, and maintained strong team relationships.

Sr Project Manager

Chicago Public Schools

• Managed the deployment of a 360-mile dark-fiber network for Chicago Public Schools with network equipment upgrades, ensuring seamless network connectivity for the fourth-largest school district in the U.S.

ITS Program Manager

Verizon Business

Managing fiber engineering and construction activities to expand and maintain outside plant network in Chicago market including performing network maintenance, upgrades and relocations.

OSP Project Engineer

Crown Castle

• Managing the fiber backhaul and 4G/5G node build schedule in the Chicago market.

• Managed construction managers and project coordinators, and led cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of node design, construction, fiber installation and testing.

Sr. Project Manager (Fiber and Small Cell Networks)

LCC - A Tech Mahindra Company

Managing construction, migration, integration, commissioning and work groups to facilitate and streamline processes for the successful 3G/4G migration of market clusters in multiple markets in various regions across the Sprint network.

*** Tech Mahindra acquired Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) Jan 2015 .  LCC acquired Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI) in 2010.

Senior Project Manager @ Samsung/Sprint

AT&T

Managing the Plan of Record program for the designing, ordering, delivery, MSN/IMA configuring, and provisioning/integrating of fiber transport facilities including Ethernet to the Cell Site for UMTS sites by collaborating with multiple work groups as part of Infrastructure Program Management.

Program Manager (NP&E e2e PMO)

Directed and supported the design, service order, implementation & capacity management teams along entire work flow to ensure monitoring and identification of issues to maintain the production schedule for the Plan of Record program.

Program Manager (ETTC/DS3/SIAD - CPDO PMO)

Verizon

Performed DS3 hubbing and designed T1’s for existing and new site builds by submitting ASRs to LECs. 

Managed the solicitation and review of RFQ for FTTC/ETTC project from LEC carriers in the Pacific NW and Hawaii.

Collaborated with local LEC’s in managing and coordinating the NIU move project.

Senior Network Engineer

Ericsson

Built cellular network links for connectivity for a new T-Mobile switch/gateway.  Built Ater, A Interface, Inter-Machine Trunk (IMT) and trunk circuits in Granite.

Circuit Designer

T-Mobile

• Managed the delivery and testing of SONET transport facilities for the Elgin switch at T-Mobile in the Chicago market.
• Scheduled work flow, monitored timelines, and milestones for OC192, OC-48, OC-3, DS3, DS1, SS7 links, Type 2A, 2B, LD, 800, E911, and IMT circuits.

Project Manager

As the ITS Program Manager at Chicago Public Schools, my mission was to oversee the ambitious deployment of a 360-mile dark-fiber network. This role utilized my competencies in project management and network engineering, acquired through hands-on experience and reinforced by project management certifications.

I excel in managing complex projects and leading cross-functional teams, focusing on business objectives and technological capabilities. I bring a blend of discipline, strategy, and technical acumen to every endeavor. 

My focus is on delivering digital learning environments with seamless high-speed internet access to empower the next generation. A vital step toward supporting educational excellence.

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