PERSONAL RESUME PAUL GORDON

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name Paul Gordon

Residence 4 Orchard Road

Southsea, Portsmouth
PO5 0AB

Phone 07753 815582 (mobile)

E-Mail pgordon@questec.co.uk

Nationality UK

Education, City and Guilds – Electronic Servicing, HMS Collingswood, Fareham, Hants.
Main Subject Areas: Radar, Sonar, Communications and Satellite
Communications.

Professional Development Courses, Alcatel, Nortel & NTL

Project Management, Requirements Capture, Estimating and Forecasting,
Risk Identification and Management. Quality Assurance and Change
Management.
Optical Networks, SDH, PDH, DWDM, IP, VOIP, ATM, DPNSS, DASS, ISDN.
DCN Networks, Cisco Catalyst 6500, Alcatel SH1353, RM1353, Structured
Cabling, Cat5, Cat6e, EPOS
Rational Unified Process-testing, ISEB Software Testing, Source Safe,
Global Change Management Process.

Prince 2 Foundation, SPOCE Project management Ltd

CAREER SUMMARY

I am an achievement oriented professional with technical and project management

experience within the Telecommunications and IT sectors. The foundation of my career is
a sound understanding of telecommunication networks, information technology and a
broad knowledge of Business.

My interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to work effectively within diverse
environments, particularly those requiring strong communication skills and responding to
needs of customers, are among my highest attributes. The variety of tasks and sectors in
which I have worked has meant that I have become a quick learner, capable of
prioritising and working effectively in a multi-task environment.

I have a proven ability to successfully manage client-facing relationships from a Project

Management perspective. With careful preparation and planning techniques, I take pride
in my pro-active approach, I enjoy tough challenges and I give full commitment to
everything I do to achieve maximum results. As an individual I am energetic and
enthusiastic and wish to be associated with people and organisations striving for
excellence.
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Organisation: NTL Telecommunications

Period: Mar 1999 – Jan 2003
Position: Project Portfolio Manager
Client: Worldcom, BT, Premium TV.

Main task was to Project Manage a £28M UK wide network rollout, comprising a new
National Optical Network, and High Capacity Switching and Multiplexing equipment. This
Telco rollout involved new hardware suppliers and was the largest value infrastructure
project undertaken by NTL in this period of sustained growth. I was the key interface
between the supplier and the business and was responsible for ensuring delivery lead
times were met, this was achieved by fostering a positive approach to issues and
maintaining a cool head with an ability to think clearly in pressurised environments.
The rollout was managed using a variety of management tools and controls, including
Prince 2, this ensured this high profile, high value project and it’s dependencies
proceeded to the operational environment in a controlled and manageable series of
phases, designed to provide Data and Telco services initially to areas of the country
where previous network capacity was reaching it’s limits, eventually covering the length
and breadth of the country and connecting to all newly acquired sites and businesses.
An energetic and focussed approach to deal with risk, ensured that this Project had in-
built contingency plans, to ensure progress was made during all phases ensuring an
appropriate and effective use of resource, this project was successful and was the
Telco/IT backbone Infrastructure to NTL’s 3rd generation technologies, including the UK
Internet Service, migration from legacy ATM architecture to POP and Gateways.
Responsible for a £26 Million pound budget I utilised Oracle Financials to keep the project
within tolerances, I enabled cost savings to be made by bringing to the table an intimate
knowledge of the UK telco supplier network.
Network Architecture: 2 x Mirrored SH machines, 4 x RM Machines. 3 x STM64 20Gbit
Optical Express Rings over DWDM. 8 x Digital Cross-connects. 9 x STM16 2Gbit Optical
Collector Rings, STM4/STM1 Multipexors. IP Tunnelling, VOIP, G773,Giga-net WANs/LANs.
I also managed the full lifecycle of several concurrent SDH and IP Broadband networks
during this period.

Organisation: Alcatel Networks

Period: June 1996 – Mar 1999
Position: Project Portfolio Manager
Client: Worldcom, Cable and Wireless, Level 3.

Responsible for Project Managing simultaneous worldwide Network Rollouts up to £6M+

(SDH / SONET / VPN / Advanced Optical, ATM, ISDN30, INM, NMC. 1353 SH, 1354 RM,
Data cabling, Cat5, Distribution racks, DDF, Cable types; 2002, 2003, Micro-coax)
Managing geographically, dispersed cross-functional technical teams 20+, Co-
coordinating, Test Strategies, Software Updates, Network Migrations and Upgrades.
Produce Gantt Charts (MS Projects) Updating and reporting on progress regularly.
Carry out man management tasks, recruitment, motivation and performance analysis.
Provide members of the Project Board with accurate reporting information via, periodical
reports consisting of a general summary, KPI and RAG status and Cost to complete
reports,
Responsible for controlling the hiring, delivery and tracking of high value rented test
equipment. (Annual Budget £¾M)
Responsible for ensuring, Engineering Installation and Test Results documentation
covering the Project Lifecycle completed by the engineer’s and approved by the client.
Oversee the networking phase, using RM and SH Machines to access network nodes, set
up The Test Environment and co-ordinate testing activities to ensure a successful
Network handover to Operations through system and user acceptance tests.
I acted as the main interface on all aspects of the project, ensuring the Communication
Plan is relevant and that the necessary reporting and escalation systems are in place.
Develop and improve professional relationships with clients acting as the key interface
and liase with suppliers and internal resources to ensure Installation and Integration
activities progress as planned.

Organisation: Nynex Cablecomms, Orange PCS, Ericsson, Cherry

Comms,
Period: June 1992 – May 1996
Position: Consultant Commissioning Engineer
I was employed by the Organisations detailed above, as a senior commissioning engineer,
I was responsible for, conducting standalone, link and network testing on STM16 SDH/
PDH, 2nd generation mobile PCS networks and Broadband cable TV Networks.
Responsible for safe-keeping of high value rented test equipment and tools, maintaining
site logs, completing test result sheets and fault reports, undertook fault finding and
rectification activities in sites and networks throughout the UK, able to work on own
initiative and have the ability to be a team player to ensure co-coordinated integration
activities. On site duties including power up and commissioning of rack mounted Telco
and CATV, Co-ax cable crimping, Telco Cable Terminating, Fibre optic terminating, DDF
MDF and ODF cable Management, Installation and Setting Up of RM and SH machines.
Testing of Networks using RM and SH machines.
Completing Test Results, conducting UAT, Test equipment knowledge Spectrum
Analysers- Protocol analysers- SDH/PDF Analysers-

Organisation: Royal Navy

Period: June 1985 – May 1992
Position: Systems Engineer

As a Weapons Engineer specialized in Radio Communications, I underwent intensive

theoretical and practical technical training. I gained a broad knowledge of Electronic
Principles and was trained in the practical aspects of faultfinding on complex electronic
equipment including; but not limited to: Radar (primary and secondary), Sonar (active
and Passive), Navigational Systems, Communication Systems, MF-Microwave, including
satellite. I gained practical experience during three years on board sea-going warships, I
gained promotion and at a relatively young age assumed leadership responsibilities, I
spent a further year at sea and was the supervisor of a team of 4 engineers responsible
for maintaining the ships external communication and satellite systems. I was then
employed as a Systems Engineer based at a NATO Communications Center for 2 years
prior to leaving the service.

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERESTS

• Youngest Confirmed Leading Hand within the Royal Navy.

• Successful transition from a military career to a civilian one.
• FA Football Coaching Certificate held.
• Competent and keen snowboarder.
• Summer Golfer.
• Interested in Astronomy, Physics and new scientific discoveries.

REFEREES
Available on request.