Mike Candler, PMP, RCDD, LEED Green Associate

Career Summary

LEED Green Associate, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), with a proven track record of increasing company growth and revenue.   Team Leader with major focus in:  Project Management, Operations Management, Customer Service, Documentation Development, Bidding and Estimating, RFP Responses, and telecommunications expertise.  Detail-oriented, customer-focused professional, with 20 years experience, working in a wide range of organizations including healthcare, government and private industry.

  

Accomplishments

   

• LEED Green Associate Certification 6/4/2010

• OUHSD Erate Proposal, bid, win - 8.2M

• PUSD Erate Proposal, bid, win - 2.1M 

• Completion of a multi-million dollar California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Joint Emergency Operations Center (JEOC) Project. 

• Selected liaison for a multi-cultural business group to efficiently document business requirements to IT. 

• Successfully implemented Y2K program and disaster recovery plan. 

• Achieved key business indicators: 80% commitments met 90% inventory and parts management, and 95% maintenance contract conversions. 

• Researched emerging technologies and provided internal consulting.  Initiated, designed and implemented a training lab for new technicians which reduced certification time and accelerated technician movement into the field. 

• Led the turnaround of a $1 million Structured Cable Plant and Network for a large multi-building campus, by training technicians and initiating $400K in customer change requests, resulting in on-time project completion.

WPCS International Incorporated                                                                     2007 - Present

Project Manager

Provide project management to multidisciplinary teams to implement audio, video, voice and data networks, and other telecommunications projects on time and within budget. Confer with customers, management, and technical staff to discuss project specifications and procedures. Coordinate and direct projects through complete lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, implementation/rollout, and close.  Lead all aspects of project delivery including project scope, deliverables, estimates, quality, detailed project plans, and change requests.  WPCS does not employee sales staff or estimators, besides managing multiple projects, perform estimating, bidding, hunting for opportunities, and networking.  I am a valuable resource supporting internal and field staff as a technical resource for proposals, bids, computer and network issues, serving as help desk, and information desk.  Helped train new PM's on the company processes and procedures as well as how to find and bid new projects, downloading plans, getting their computer to work with dodge plans, adobe etc. to print plans, estimate a job, track addendum's. 

 

Stealth Network Communications                                                                      2005 - 2007

Project Manager

Project managed the successful completion of the multi-million dollar California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Joint Emergency Operations Center (JEOC) Project.  Lead a project team comprised of CDHS staff, other vendors and service providers.  This new high-tech (JEOC) shared CDHS and Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) as part of the ongoing efforts to improve the ability to immediately respond to threats of bioterrorism, pandemic flu and other public health emergencies. 

• Conducted studies, made needs assessments and recommendations on strategic planning, gathered business requirements, development of system requirements, conducted analysis, wrote technical plans.

§  Facilitate proposal analysis, system/vendor selection, implementation and integration of telecommunications systems and services.

 

ACS Dataline                                                                                                       2004 – 2005

Senior Program Manager

Overall management responsibility for 10 Project Mangers

• Responsible for the development and implementation of sound business policies and procedures regarding business processes, forecast, backlog, work in progress, and vendor interaction.
• Managed multiple projects regarding network infrastructures and hardware interfaces.

 

Woodlands Network Solutions Inc.                                                                   2003 – 2004

Operations Manager                                                                                                    

Served as Project Manager in the design and implementation of cable infrastructure for voice and data networks

• Coordinated the design, installation and integration into an existing telecommunication infrastructure.

§  Responsible for estimation, procurement, and business development processes.

ACS Dataline                                                                                                        2002 – 2003

Project Manager

Management responsibility for 10 Service and Installation Technicians for a Bank of America campus.

§  Responsible for the installation and maintenance of critical banking information technology systems

§  Overall project management responsibilities from design to implementation to include estimating, site surveys.

Siemens                                                                                                                2000 – 2001

Program Manager

• Promoted in 2000 to manage a pioneering e-Business project with a business objective to move 25% of Siemens’ business to a new global website.

Operations Manager

San Ramon and Sacramento Service Department

• Managed 20 Customer Engineers and a customer base of 500+ customers, to provide customer with exceptional service including prompt delivery of spare parts and installation services. 

 

Clover Technologies Inc.                                                                                      1997 – 1999           

Project Manager

Managed implementation of Structured Cable Plant and Network for a large Citibank project. 

• Supervised a crew of 20 technicians 
• Forecasted manpower and material requirements
• Performed site surveys
• Provided daily interaction and integration of the customer’s requirements

Valley Communications Inc.                                                                                 1991 – 1996

Project Manager

Installed, repaired, and maintained various voice and data communication systems. 

§  Supervised jobs that included inside and outside copper and fiber optic cable plant.

§  Installed Local Area Network equipment including Ethernet, Token Ring, and Fiber Optic Data Network Backbone equipment. 

§  Documented project test results, maintained floor plans, and submitted completed paperwork to customers as part of installation records.

 

Education/Certification

 

LEED Green Associate

 

PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification

 

Project Management Institute

 Sacramento valley Chapter

 

RCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer)

 

BICSI Member

Building Industry Consulting Service International