Chris Cos

sono un project manager settore infrastrutture IT, Telecom con esperienza progetti EPC

Program Manager at Nexus Telecom (2024-03 – Present)

Responsible for the Installation and Maintenance of electronic mechanic Monitoring Solutions solutions applied to Railway Transportation infrastructure including Electronic devices and DataCenters

• Planning and Organization: develop detailed projects' plans defining milestones, assigning tasks and resources and monitoring the projects' status in order to assure time schedules and assigned budget.
• Communication activity: towards customers over regular meetings before, during and after the projects' set up.
• Coordinate Shop Floor: over virtual teams for the prompt resolution of problems and discrepancies.
• P&L responsibility: for the DACH market projects: engaging with Sales Team for new opportunities.
• Liaise with Finance and Controlling.

Project Contract Manager at Akkodis (2019-10 – 2024-02)

Active in the Aero Industry for different German airports, with the E2E responsibility to deliver installation of Radio Landing Systems and Data Centers from Leonardo and Thales

• Bid and Contract Management for work packages for customers.
• Responsible for Construction Building works EPC including energy related topics like BESS.
• Coordinating all internal and external functions like engineering, procurement, suppliers, sales.
• Responsible for the entire Lifecycle from engineering to final acceptance tests.

Program Manager at Gemalto/Thales (2016-05 – 2019-09)

Delivery of projects based on Microelectronic and electro mechanic components for the Automotive and Industrial solutions through customer visits and remote supervising.

• Dealing with Customers during sales process, cost structure analysis, pricing, business cases and offer creation.
• Requirements' management, Supply Chain management.
• Claim Management Process and Supply Chain management.
• Sales: lobbing with Account Managers for the accounts acquisition and strategy.

Product Operation Manager at NEC (2012-11 – 2016-04)

Follow the Data Center based on Cloud NEC technology deployment in Europe, including R&D jobs for software, following site construction and technology deployment, telecom and electric cabling, power and some HVAC topics

• Data Center construction and installation including BESS.
• Operations experts Cloud Computing applied to Telecom: Infrastructures and Software installation.
• Capex and Opex analysis for the cost controlling and business cases.
• Contracts' definition and Sales funnel development including bid management process.
• Suppliers management and P&L responsibility.

Program Manager Wireless at Nokia Networks (2005-09 – 2012-10)

Responsible for the entire lifecycle of wireless system software features, and big data, from conception, design to prototyping, testing and sales. Working across different departments to set up virtual teams of professionals to deliver technical implementations including pricing policies, business cases, strategy planning and phase out. The job required also customer-facing activities

• Full Lifecycle responsibility Wireless Systems Infrastructure for 3g and 4G Data Centers and Monitoring Solutions.
• Technical Sales activities; Serviceability topics like Installation and Maintenance including energy related topics.
• Bid Process with on Site sessions; trainings for internal and external stakeholders; Contracts' management.
• Capex and Opex analysis for the cost controlling and business cases.
• Operations expert for Telecom Infrastructures.

Roll Out Manager Telecom at Siemens Networks (2002-01 – 2005-08)

Acting as Field technical support following the rollout of the first 3G Network, integration, installation, commissioning tests and RF Network Optimizations and Rollout manager in the South of Italy and in Spain from 2004 also coordinating a team of professionals for Network Optimization activity in collaboration with field engineers, Network planners, technical sales and customer's interface in order to assure Service Level Agreements.

• Civil Works, Site Construction, Electro Cabling, Installation, Energy (UPS, BESS), Data Centers for 3G.
• Cost controlling, Subcontractors and Contracts management.
• Customer Interface, Problems' resolutions management.
• Claim Management Process and Supply Chain management.

Embedded Software Engineer at Siemens Networks (2000-01 – 2002-01)

Embedded software experience, implementing infrared protocol on micro-controller, HW + SW visibility, to connect Tablet to white electronics for Smart Home and M2M projects.

Master Degree in Electromechanic Engineering – University (Rome, Italy) (1999)

Project Management PMP

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