Patrick Howard
Project & Program Management ★ Business Coach ★ Communication Specialist ★ Speaker
- Location
- Houston, Texas Area
- Industry
- Management Consulting
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Patrick Howard's Overview
- Current
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- Network Project / Program Manager at Ericsson
- Past
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- Business Coach & Consultant at The Syzygy Group
- Technical Project Manager at Sprint Nextel
- Technical Project Manager at Nextel
- Manager, Fixed Network Engineering at Nextel
- Senior Fixed Network Engineer at Nextel
- Fixed Network Engineer at Nextel
- Interconnect Engineer at Nextel
- Interconnect Coordinator at Nextel
- Litigation Support Paralegal at Self Employed
- Education
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- Baylor University
- Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
- Recommendations
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10 people have recommended Patrick
- Connections
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381 connections
Patrick Howard's Summary
Bringing order to chaos and delivering value through innovative best practices, unsurpassed communication skills and uncommon leadership.
SUMMARY: Skilled coach and mentor. Lifelong student with a voracious appetite for learning. Accomplished leader with a reputation for analyzing the unique needs of each situation, implementing best practices, and empowering stakeholders to exceed organizational objectives.
SPECIALTIES: Business Coaching & Consulting • Mentoring • Branding • Attraction & Education Marketing • Social Media & Web Content Strategy • Problem Solving • Program Development • Project Management • Strategic Planning • Leadership • Writing • Public Speaking • Technical Acumen • Bringing Order to Chaos
Patrick Howard's Experience
Network Project / Program Manager
Ericsson
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ERIC; Telecommunications industry
May 2011 – Present (2 years 1 month) Spring, Texas
• Managed development and implementation process of company services relative to departmental and cross-functional teams, focusing on delivery of new and existing projects.
• Solved challenges of diverse scope by analyzing and evaluating data, and demonstrating good judgment in implementing proper methods and techniques for a successful resolution.
• Interacted with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Supervised projects from start to finish.
• Defined project scope, assign milestones and develop a delivery plan that identifies required material and human resources, assigns deliverables and ensures timely completion within assigned budget.
• Facilitated collaboration and communication across functional areas of project status and deliverables, paying special attention to difficulties that have the potential to jeopardize key milestones.
Business Coach & Consultant
The Syzygy Group
Privately Held; Myself Only; Utilities industry
April 2007 – May 2011 (4 years 2 months)
• Coached clients on a variety of business topics – capital acquisition, business entity selection, business model selection, startup, networking, marketing, rescue.
• Consulted with aspiring entrepreneurs to help them define their business, financial and lifestyle goals, and introduce them to franchise and business opportunities that meet their objectives.
• Developed branding and online marketing strategies for new and existing business owners that are congruent with their mission, vision, values, culture and budget.
• Demonstrated attraction and education marketing techniques and strategies using free to inexpensive online tools, including WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Devised the "100 Reasons to Choose™" marketing system, which integrates online, on air and print media advertising, and gives employees talking points for use during customer facing interactions. This system produces a consistent message that binds the marketing pieces together, and provides sales staff with an arsenal of effective calls to action resulting in enhanced conversion rates.
Technical Project Manager
Sprint Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
August 2005 – March 2007 (1 year 8 months)
• Managed all first office application, general release software deployment and major equipment upgrade projects for the Mid South Area.
• Administered special programs including retuning radios for the FCC re-banding mandate, and several “get well” programs across the South Region.
• Synchronized planning, response and contingency efforts of stakeholders across multiple organizations, companies and agencies for emergencies in the South Region markets.
Technical Project Manager
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
May 2004 – August 2005 (1 year 4 months)
• Managed all first office application, general release software deployment and major equipment upgrade projects for the Mid South Area.
• Administered special programs including retuning radios for the FCC re-banding mandate, and several “get well” programs across the South Region.
• Synchronized planning, response and contingency efforts of stakeholders across multiple organizations, companies and agencies for emergencies in the South Region markets.
Manager, Fixed Network Engineering
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
May 2001 – May 2004 (3 years 1 month)
• Managed projects and programs in the Mid South Area, including software and equipment upgrades, as well as the construction and integration of new switches into the national network.
• Designed and implemented the least cost dialing and routing plan for the Mid South network.
• Engineered traffic and network based on actual and forecasted subscriber metrics.
Senior Fixed Network Engineer
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
August 2000 – May 2001 (10 months)
• Managed projects and programs in the Mid South Area, including software and equipment upgrades, as well as the construction and integration of new switches into the national network.
• Designed and implemented the least cost dialing and routing plan for the Mid South network.
• Engineered traffic and network based on actual and forecasted subscriber metrics.
Major Accomplishment - Wrote a Microsoft Access database program that gleaned every new Area Code / Prefix combination from the Local Exchange Routing Guide each month, and output a file to be uploaded into the Nextel Texas switches to update translations to route each code in compliance with the Least Cost Routing plan. This project caused customer dialing trouble tickets to drop to nearly zero, while at the same time reducing man hours by 240 per month across the Texas switches.
Fixed Network Engineer
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
November 1997 – August 2000 (2 years 10 months)
• Managed projects and programs in the Mid South Area, including software and equipment upgrades, as well as the construction and integration of new switches into the national network.
• Designed and implemented the least cost dialing and routing plan for the Mid South network.
• Engineered traffic and network based on actual and forecasted subscriber metrics.
Major Accomplishment - Engineered and implemented a Least Cost Routing plan for the Nextel Texas switches, which employed vectored local, interexchange and interoffice trunks to save the company $6,800,000 in interconnection charges to the Public Switched Telephone Network in the first year.
Interconnect Engineer
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
May 1997 – November 1997 (7 months)
• Designed and provisioned hi-cap circuits in Texas and Oklahoma networks, including trunks, cell site T-1’s, SONET rings and inter-switch OC-48.
• Provisioned Central Office Codes for Texas and Oklahoma markets.
• Facilitated 9-1-1 interconnection arrangements with local public safety agencies across Texas.
Major Accomplishment - Developed the TEXSINS (TEXas Site Information System) database to track and manage site construction milestones, from beginning to on air date. This system allowed Nextel to meet their friendly subscriber launch date of March 1997 for the Houston and Dallas / Fort Worth markets, and August 1997 for the Austin and San Antonio markets.
Interconnect Coordinator
Nextel
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; S; Telecommunications industry
December 1996 – May 1997 (6 months)
• Designed and provisioned hi-cap circuits in Texas and Oklahoma networks, including trunks, cell site T-1’s, SONET rings and inter-switch OC-48.
• Provisioned Central Office Codes for Texas and Oklahoma markets.
• Facilitated 9-1-1 interconnection arrangements with local public safety agencies across Texas.
Litigation Support Paralegal
Self Employed
August 1991 – November 1996 (5 years 4 months)
• Coded documents for discovery for suit where land owners claimed that an oil company contaminated their aquifer.
• Created Access database to manage discovery for suit where more than 700 patients claimed that one hospital and more than 100 doctors committed insurance fraud.
• Coded documents for trial regarding a 40 year old dispute between an oil company and a government agency.
• Supervised team of paralegals that labeled and coded discovery for trial regarding a breach of partnership agreement between a major airline, a car rental company, two hotel companies and a travel reservation company.
Patrick Howard's Organizations
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Laff Masters Toastmasters
Sergeant at Arms- June 2012 to Present
Patrick Howard's Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer Interests
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Causes I care about:
- Economic Empowerment
- Education
- Poverty Alleviation
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Organizations I support:
- The WorkFaith Connection
- Between Jobs Ministry
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Patrick Howard's Skills & Expertise
- Social Media
- Attraction Marketing
- Home Based Business
- Autoresponders
- Website Copy
- SEO
- Blog Marketing
- Education Marketing
- Blogging
- Microblogging
- Social Bookmarking
- Website Monetization
- One-on-one Training
- Small Group Training
- Personal Branding
- Coaching
- Social Media Marketing
- Creative Problem Solving
- Skilled Communicator
- Wordsmith
- Program Management
- Writing Skills
- Public Speaking
- Seminars
- Franchise Consulting
- Project Management
- Consulting
- Strategic Planning
- Business Strategy
- Marketing
- Project Planning
- Social Networking
- Email Marketing
- Process Improvement
- Marketing Strategy
- Business Analysis
- Leadership
- Start-ups
- Paralegals
- Litigation Support
- Budgets
- Management
- Small Business
- Marketing Communications
- Marketing Copy
- Leadership Development
Patrick Howard's Education
Baylor University
BBA, Marketing, Management, Statistics
1977 – 1981
Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, Management, Statistics
1976 – 1981
Patrick Howard's Additional Information
- Interests:
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Musical Performance (Percussion and Keyboard)
- Groups and Associations:
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Houston Symphonic Band, Houston Symphonic Winds
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