Luigi Amato

Principal Manager, Delivery, Portfolio Programme Office, International Ntw Planning & Engineering @Vodafone

London, GB

I head a team of Senior Programme Managers, Programme Managers, Senior Project Managers, Projects Managers and Portfolio Manager.Under my responsibility we deliver worldwide end-2-end all programmes, projects and activities associated with the expansion, reengineering and life-cycle management of: Global IP, Internet, Transmission, Network Security, Global Automation & SDN.I am accountable for the management and development of the INP & E Portfolio-Programme Office function and Programme-Project Management function.Main services provided:• Preparation of Long-Range Plans (LRP), Network Evolution Plans (NEP) and annual business investments in alignment with Vodafone Network Strategy and Engineering• Feasibility studies, financial appraisal and pre-sales support for internal and external Customers Demands• Business Cases preparation and presentation support; funds allocation and transfers• CAPEX /OPEX budget Spend and cost Savings monitoring/control and reporting • 2-e-2 programme/project management capability• PPMO Centre Of Excellence and Governance• PPMO Dashboards and bespoke communications/reports Major Achievements:• Created/developed new capability to project-manage portfolio expansion activities: Automation, SDN and Virtualisation • Exceeded annual OPEX Savings assigned targets • Ensured regional network resilience at beginning of Ukraine invasion • Met increased global internet demand on Vodafone AS1273 network during covid- 19 outburst • Upheld high standard of cyber security centrally and on satellites nodes against DDoS attacks• Hit Life Cycle Management (LCM) targets for hardware/software on Strategic and non-Strategic nodes • Successfully delivered PE convergence Step/Nokia programme • Completed East Europe Express network expansion ahead of schedule