Ricardo S. Keever
Telecommunications Project Manager, Regional fiber overbuilder
Columbus, OH · (614) 555 0179 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ricardoskeever
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Thirteen years in network delivery, nine managing fiber construction programs
INDUSTRIES
Regional fiber overbuilder, incumbent carrier, engineering and construction services
SPECIALTIES
Fiber to the home program delivery, cost per passing control, contractor management, permitting, schedule and risk
SYSTEMS
Primavera, Procore, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Power BI
CREDENTIALS
Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute; Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour construction card
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in construction management, Ohio State University
Results at a Glance
14,200
Poles with two
12%
Contract value
41,000
Passings to service
Executive Summary
Telecommunications project manager running fiber to the home builds for a regional overbuilder, currently a 62,000 passing program worth 148 million dollars across three Ohio markets. Thirteen years in network delivery, nine managing construction programs, working with four engineering firms and nine construction contractors.
Signature Achievements
- Delivered 62,000 fiber to the home passings across three markets at 782 dollars a passing against a plan of 850 dollars.
- Held the program schedule to within nine days of the baseline across two build seasons using a rolling twelve week look ahead.
- Cleared make ready on 14,200 poles with two electric utilities and an incumbent carrier without a single formal complaint filing.
- Recovered a market that was eleven weeks behind by resequencing three contractors onto separate service areas rather than shared streets.
- Cut change orders from 12 percent of contract value to 4 percent by fixing the unit price schedule and the quantity survey at award.
- Brought 41,000 passings to service ready status with a first time acceptance rate of 96 percent from the operations group.
Professional Experience
Telecommunications Project Manager
Scioto Ridge Fiber, Columbus, OH 2021 to present
Single accountable manager for a 148 million dollar fiber to the home program of 62,000 passings across three markets, with four engineering firms and nine construction contractors.
- Own scope, schedule, budget and risk for the program from design release through service ready acceptance.
- Run contractor award, unit pricing, quantity verification and monthly payment applications.
- Chair the weekly build meeting with engineering, permitting, construction and operations leads.
- Escalate pole attachment and make ready delays to the utility owners and track each one to a committed date.
- Report cost per passing, constructed miles and homes ready to the executive sponsor every month.
Construction Manager
Buckeye Line Builders, Dayton, OH 2017 to 2021
Field delivery of aerial and buried fiber plant for carrier clients across central and western Ohio.
- Managed six crews building roughly 400 miles of plant a year against unit price contracts.
- Held safety performance with no lost time incidents across four years of construction.
- Ran daily production tracking and rebalanced crews when weather or permits stopped a route.
Project Coordinator
Olentangy Communications Services, Delaware, OH 2013 to 2017
Coordination of permits, materials and scheduling for carrier network projects.
- Prepared permit applications and tracked approvals across nineteen jurisdictions.
- Managed material forecasting and delivery so crews were never idle waiting for cable.
Licensure and Certification
Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour construction card
Member, Fiber Broadband Association
Education
Bachelor of Science in construction management, Ohio State University, 2013
Core Skills
Fiber to the home programs · Cost per passing control · Contractor management · Permitting · Pole attachments · Schedule management · Risk management · Primavera · Change control · Executive reporting