Lawrence Sanders, PMP

Current

Project Manager at State of North Carolina

Past

Supply Base Planner/Project Manager at Nortel
Supply Chain Project Manager at Nortel
Sr. Program Manager - Government Solutions at Lucent Technologies

Switch Capacity Planner/Project Manager at Lucent Technologies
Systems Equipment Engineer Associate at AT&T Network Systems

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Education

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
DeVry University
University of Michigan-Dearborn

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Industry

Management Consulting

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Summary

Senior Program and Project Manager (PMP Certified) that has applied those skills as a Supply Chain Manager, Product Implementation Manager, Product Lifecyle Manager, Supply Base Planner, Cost Leadership Prime. Have worked New Product Introduction as well as Sustained Products. Also an experienced Trainer, Facilitator and Public Speaker. Trained in Lean Six Sigma.

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Specialties:

Program Management, Project Management, Sales Support, Bids & Proposals, Trainer, Facilitator, ISO-9000, Process Development, Supply Chain Management, Cost Management, Cost reduction, Public Speaking, Construction Management.

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Experience

Project Manager

State of North Carolina

(Information Services industry)

November 2009 — Present (1 month)
Supply Base Planner/Project Manager

Nortel

(Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

March 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 3 months)

Ensured Component Supply Chain Optimization of Enterprise Data products. Identified and mitigated component risk. Negotiated cost reductions for several products. Efforts resulted in over $11M in cost savings in 2008. Also project managed the effort to consolidate all cost reduction projects into one central database, which ensured consistent reporting throughout the Enterprise Business Unit.
Supply Chain Project Manager

Nortel

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

June 2000 — February 2007 (6 years 9 months)

Led an extended project team of individuals to ensure that an end-to-end supply chain was developed for Carrier and VoIP products. Ensured that time to market, cost and quality requirements were met. Also worked to ensure that the global processes were streamlined to ensure that all customers could submit one PO and receive one invoice in CALA, Asia Pacific and EMEA Regions. in the past this was only possible with North American orders.
Sr. Program Manager - Government Solutions

Lucent Technologies

(Public Company; LU; Telecommunications industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )

Managed large scale telecommunications programs for the Federal Government to provide Voice, Video and Data Solutions. Each program was worth at least $10M each. Customers included Department of Energy, Department of Interior, NASA, U.S. Navy and the Veterans Administration. Served as President of the ABLE, and employee business partner of Lucent, for two consecutive terms. During those terms, membership doubled and scholarship awards tripled.
Switch Capacity Planner/Project Manager

Lucent Technologies

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

 Performed Switch Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering functions for all of Ameritech’s (now AT&T) Central Offices in Michigan and Wisconsin.
 Project Managed Caller ID implementation for all of Ameritech Sites with legacy equipment in the Midwest region.
Systems Equipment Engineer Associate

AT&T Network Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

1988 — 1995 (7 years )

 Engineered and ordered power plants for Ameritech Switching Offices.
 Served as Quality Implementer/ ISO-9000 Prime.
 Served as Bids and Proposals Coordinator.

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Education

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

Masters , Project Management , 1992 — 1996
DeVry University

Bachelors , Electronics Engineering Technology , 1985 — 1988
University of Michigan-Dearborn

Pre-Engineering 1983 — 1985

Additional Information

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Interests:

Family, Bridging the Achievement Gap, Community Service, Project Management, Technology, Writing, Computers, Jazz, Running, Chen Style Tai Chi

Lawrence Sanders, PMP’s Groups:

Project Management Institute, Board President of Boys and Girls Club of Greater Orange, Northern Orange Education Task Force, Triangle Leadership Academy Board of Advisors, PTA, Connecting Business Men to Christ (CBMC)