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Volodymyr Ruzhylo

Telecommunications Project Controls Manager
Auburn,GA
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Volodymyr Ruzhylo

Summary

Seasoned Telecom Professional with 18 years of experience in four countries (Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and the USA since 2011).

Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

Overview

19
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
2
Certificates
3
Languages

Work History

Star & Fiber Wireless

Closeout Specialist
2023.03 - Current (1 year & 6 months)

Job overview

① Set up tower crew foremen with Talonview access for their projects ensuring all is clear on project technical specifications and project requirements ② Monitor, control, facilitate fast submittals of site closeout packages for T-Mobile (Midwest market)

③Redline CD/RFDS and submit final closeout

M Towers LLC

Director of Project Management Office
2019.01 - 2023.02 (4 years & 1 month)

Job overview

① Manage site builds with subs & in-house tower crews② Build new tower crews ③ Manage site builds from site assigned to closeout packages and billing, approve subs' invoices and trigger customer billing ④Track project progress, and change orders, site-by-site issues, pushing to get more work/open new projects and markets ⑤ Monitor financial health of programs through PO lines tracker: quotes, change orders, billing, payments ⑥ Work with in-house crews & subcontractors to drive high visibility of project work requirements and processes to influence prioritization and deliver results and company goals across projects ⑦ PMO lead: in charge of communicating project standards, requirements, and scope.

Ansco & Associates

Finance/Accounts Receivable Manager
Jun 2018 - Jan 2019 (7 months)

Job overview

① Oversee billing and cash flow of Wireless Accounting Dept (annual billing $200M+) supervising three employees; ② Manage accounting functions performed by staff relative to project accounting; ensure accuracy and timeliness; ③Streamline AR department daily process by applying bulk upload feature that resulted in saving 30-40 of department employee work hours per week; ④Work closely with the client (AT&T) Finance Managers in different markets on purchase orders and invoicing matters; ⑤ billing reports & aging reports

M Towers LLC

Co-founder, Finance & Human Resources Manager
2014.10 - 2018.06 (3 years & 8 months)

Job overview

① Tower company start-up – M Towers, (20+ employees, four tower crews) ②Plan budget and resources to set up office & warehouse; ③ developed HR operational procedures ④ Set up IT infrastructure: laptops, email accounts and software, shared folders and user groups, G suite new emails and file sharing, permissions for 20+ users; train users ⑤ Master tracker for all job sites; ⑥ Manage job site closeout & trigger billing; ⑦ Run payrolls ⑧ Recruited and on-boarded employees; ⑨ Kept all employees' certification up to date; ⑩ Created a full suite of financial reports and methodology to track income and cost, PO, billing and payments; monthly closing; checked balance sheet, P&L, quarterly wages reports, aging reports, etc)

DB Consulting Group LLC

Control Manager
2013.07 - 2014.09 (1 year & 2 months)

Job overview

① Operational and financial control of 5-6 tower crews (AT&T work) in the Southeast; master tracker, folders, closeouts; ②, performed all PMO functions for AT&T project; ③Deployed new PIM testing project ④ Improved project communication and efficiency by file sharing, new time cards, site bonuses, etc.

Baran Telecom

Operation Control Manager
2011.02 - 2013.06 (2 years & 4 months)

Job overview

① Operational control over 20 telecom projects across the US: working closely with project managers/project coordinators to keep up-to-date master tracker and produce weekly operational reports to management; ② In charge of company operation controls and project planning: resources, cost, budgets, and deliverables

Baran Telecom

Financial Controller
Jun 2009 - Oct 2010 (1 year & 4 months)

Job overview

① Financial control of two projects: ($14M) ②Oversee and analyzebudgets of sites and projects, financial projections and planning, assisting CFO with budgeting, forecasting and cost control ③ Reporting: Monthly revenue recognition report (% completion), risk exposure report. Weekly invoices & billing report, potential billing & aging reports, operational performance report

Baran Telecom

Operational Controller
2008.03 - 2009.05 (1 year & 2 months)

Job overview

① Ph1 fast paced project of Ucell network rollout ② Organized project tracker, folder structure and sharing and site acquisition document management process: ensure accurate and timely updates in trackers and in Nokia system ③ Coordination between SAQ and Network Plan Dept and Nokia ④ In charge of SAR’s submittals, weekly site survey planning: SAQ approved sites handover into construction - around10 sites per week/450 sites per year;

Siemens

Reporting Coordinator/Program Controller
2006.06 - 2007.12 (1 year & 6 months)

Job overview

①Siemens Capri (MS access) database support in the region, user training and management②Monitor milestone forecast consistency and identify process improvements ③ Ensure database accuracy, consistency, timely updates and produce ④ Support manager in rollout plan forecasting & reporting

Lemcon Networks

Procurement Coordinator
2005.03 - 2006.05 (1 year & 2 months)

Job overview

① Procuring materials and consumables for phase 3 of Nokia project; ② Closing down warehouse, assisted in preparing inventory lists for final sales/handover to Nokia

Education

Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical Oil & Gas University , Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Master of Science from Management Information Systems
1999.09 - 2004.07 (4 years & 10 months)

Skills

TELECOMMUNICATIONS / CELLULAR NETWORKS

Software

Windows/PC (Advanced, Since 1998)

EXCEL (Advanced: Pivot Tables, vlookup, macros, 100k lines)

MS OFFICE (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

G SUITE Administrator (Since 2014)

TELECOM TOOLS - Talonview, Siterra, SweepVault, Talonview, Nokia IPM, Swiftrac, Quickbase

BIG DATA HADOOP Cloudera, Apache Sqoop, Hive, Hbase, Flume, SQL, NoSQL:
SQL, TABLEAU & GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM

Certification

Georgia Real Estate Salesperson License #374914 (current)

Interests

Chess https://www.chess.com/awards/vovawest/trophies Travel,Blackjack, Poker, Stock Trading, Psychology, Technology & Innovation

Accomplishments

https://www.chess.com/awards/vovawest/trophies

Quote

Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

Jordan Peterson

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Timeline

Closeout Specialist

Star & Fiber Wireless
2023.03 - Current (1 year & 6 months)

OSHA10 Construction Industry

2020-04

Director of Project Management Office

M Towers LLC
2019.01 - 2023.02 (4 years & 1 month)

Georgia Real Estate Salesperson License #374914 (current)

2017-02

Co-founder, Finance & Human Resources Manager

M Towers LLC
2014.10 - 2018.06 (3 years & 8 months)

Control Manager

DB Consulting Group LLC
2013.07 - 2014.09 (1 year & 2 months)

Operation Control Manager

Baran Telecom
2011.02 - 2013.06 (2 years & 4 months)

Operational Controller

Baran Telecom
2008.03 - 2009.05 (1 year & 2 months)

Reporting Coordinator/Program Controller

Siemens
2006.06 - 2007.12 (1 year & 6 months)

Procurement Coordinator

Lemcon Networks
2005.03 - 2006.05 (1 year & 2 months)

Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical Oil & Gas University

Master of Science from Management Information Systems
1999.09 - 2004.07 (4 years & 10 months)

Finance/Accounts Receivable Manager

Ansco & Associates
Jun 2018 - Jan 2019 (7 months)

Financial Controller

Baran Telecom
Jun 2009 - Oct 2010 (1 year & 4 months)

Volunteering

Victory Church (October 2019 - March 2021)

  • Prison Ministry at transition center of Phillips State Prison (Buford, GA)

Chess Tutor (February 2022 - present)

  • free weekly chess lessons for neighbor kids
Volodymyr RuzhyloTelecommunications Project Controls Manager