Rodney Barkley Senior, Director

rodbarkley2020@yahoo.com  www.linkedin.com/in/rodneybarkley/ 509-881-7062  Orange Park, FL 32073

Innovative senior management professional with extensive experience in challenging IT development environments creating
cutting-edge solutions for the second largest US wireless provider. Business expertise extends to all corners including
design, development, marketing, sales, and operations. Project credits range from enterprise system implementations and
upgrades to new device application development. Analytical professional skilled in successfully translating customer and
market requirements into effective roadmaps to achieve highest quality deliverables. Dedicated to building powerful
relationships with customers and internal stakeholders to promote synergy across all projects and drive unified, cohesive
approaches to achieving project deliverables to satisfy customer requirements and goals. Areas of Expertise include:

 Project Management  Vendor Management  Software Development Life Cycle

 Program Management  Product Development/Management  Cross Functional Collaboration
 Budget Development & Administration  Business Intelligence  Team Building & Leadership
 Delivering Large Cross-functional  Adaptable and Flexible  Contract Negotiations
Projects

Professional Experience
AT&T  Orange Park, FL  2012 to 2018
The second largest provider of wireless services, IoT, connected cares, and DirecTV in the United States servicing over
138M subscribers across the US, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Entrusted with completing numerous challenging product, program and project management assignments including, but
not limited to, acting as a key support resource for the major legacy enterprise voicemail service enhancements and
upgrades, collaborating with marketing and major original equipment manufacturers (OEM) on developing a new device
application, and taking charge of upgrades to the core component of the enterprise messaging service.
Key Contributions:
 Forged strong cross-functional relationships with all organizational areas to unify approaches to developing and
implementing the products and services.
 Actively facilitated an open communication pipeline between operations, IT, labs and project stakeholders to identify
and resolve issues impeding achievement of deliverables for messaging and voicemail.
 For a new messaging service, defined and established product/service test metrics and created dashboards to
continually update senior leadership.
 Directed the initial project phases such as clarifying/documenting requirements, establishing project milestones and
tracking software deliverables of client applications.
 Assisted the vendors and IT developers in establishing test cases and schedules that aligned with implementation
schedules of three critical messaging releases.
 Controlled the service and platform upgrades from scheduling through completing upgrade verifications to final
approval.
 Networked daily with project stakeholders by conducting team meetings, one-on-one discussions, and ad hoc chats.
 Key contributor during the migration of a legacy corporate platform to the cloud utilizing an Agile development
framework.
 Served as the unifying force for the vendor, labs, networking, tester, operations, and users to ensure readiness and
implementation of three major messaging enhancements to meet service announcements from executives.
 Fully accountable for implementation of a customized device client currently available on Samsung and LG devices sold
under the AT&T umbrella.
 Successfully delivered real time text capabilities between AT&T and Verizon/T-Mobile ahead of the 12/31/17 target.
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PRIMUS SOFTWARE CORPORATION  Redmond, WA  2010 to 2012

An IT solutions innovator providing services that include customized application development as well as advisement in
areas such as application integration, customer relationship management systems, and business intelligence.
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER (CONSULTANT) AT AT&T MOBILITY
Contracted to share expertise while assisting with implementation of a cutting-edge new messaging service and later with
a mobility voicemail service. Interfaced with Marketing and the service architects to establish and document all messaging
enhancements' requirements.
Key Contributions:
 Played a key role in the next phase of the messaging service by identifying, defining, and delivering all requirements.
 Executed and controlled the field trial of a client application ahead of the scheduled migration of the 2G/3G network to
LTE including defining test cases & strategy and documenting & presenting results to senior leadership.
 Lead the implementation of the High-Quality Voice project prior to it being tabled due to cost overages.
 Managed voicemail lifecycle including vendor management, release schedules and product resolutions.

AT&T  Lake Mary, FL  2003 to 2010

A division of AT&T offering an array of solutions enabling organizations to effectively unify their technologies.
SENIOR PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER
Assumed leadership of diverse teams to lead all phases of federated email and messaging services development through
to final implementation.
Key Contributions:
 Developed email business cases for inclusion in outsource service proposals; deftly crafted service responses for large-
scale requests for proposals (RFP) and requests for information (RFI).
 Orchestrated creation, review, and finalization of presence technical documentation to ensure alignment with business
requirements.
 Crafted product and marketing documentation such as technical specifications, product support, and sales
announcements associated with email outsourcing proposals.
 Championed, created, and maintained the business case for a new presence service in addition to crafting all
documentation (technical, service description, support, training, etc.).
 Negotiated hardware and software changes with vendors and tracked implementation in support of the presence
service.

AT&T  Lake Mary, FL  Prior to 2003

Providing a wide spectrum of hosting and management capabilities that support corporate and customers with a global,
scalable, reliable, and flexible infrastructure.
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER/MANAGER
Creation of all components of hosting solutions to fulfill customer requirements; support of corporate objectives.
Key Contributions:
 Effectively analyzed requirements to define and design either a single site or distributed hosting environment; sourced
hardware and priced the proposed solutions and associated costs to customers.
 Controlled implementation within an AT&T data center and provided support throughout the life cycle of the hosting
contract.
 Managed the creation of a small data center, operations and desktop team supporting the financial organization.
 Coordinated the migration of 6,000+ financial employees to the corporate Microsoft Exchange platform.
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Education & Credentials

Master of Business Administration

CITY UNIVERSITY | Seattle, Washington

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics & Computer Science

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Bellingham, Washington
Technical Proficiencies: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio
Willingness to acquire PMP Certificate within 6 months of employment
Agile training