Don Shanks

About Don Shanks

Staff Manager, Transport Network Planning - Uniti

Experience

1. Staff Manager, Transport Network Planning

   Uniti Group Inc.

   Jul 2018 — Present · Evansville, IN, US

   Manage and direct all Tactical Planning needs for the Transport Network Planning organization, ensuring any revenue generating, cost saving, and/or escalation requests are worked in a timely fashion. • prepare, present and support thoughtful network designs, sometimes a la carte where capital to expense ratio is clearly understood and pieces of design may be pulled back to achieve maximum savings in minimal time• Report to the Director on a monthly basis regarding the amount of cost savings that the team had supported for the month. Highlight this to the Tactical team to make sure all team members stays on point for the Annual Goal.• Produce monthly metrics to demonstrate to management and to the team the quantity of tickets being worked within the shop and what type of tickets they are.• Utilize high level of communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships w/in group and with other internal/external groups/vendors.• Represent team by participating in project/vendor meetings.• Determine how best to use resources to meet due dates for internal customers.• Assist, Develop, and Modify team member’s Employee Development Programs to strengthen the overall skill set of the group.• Strive to find ways through anecdotal and statistical evidence to maximize the team’s output potential and minimize planning time -while still delivering quality, executable designs• Gathering and providing feedback to multiple internal customers, including, but not limited to, Access Savings, Network Engineering, TES, and other Planning Organizations, including hosting multi department meetings to keep all players in sync• Assist with individual contributor projects to help increase throughput for the team, as needed.• Maintain open communication concerning corporate/departmental changes with team.

Education

• UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

  High School Diploma, Information Technology

  1986 — 2006

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