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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBillera Application The City of Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee Application Utility Advisory Committee Application Applicant Name and General Information Position applying for (check one): Citizen at-large Industrial Customer Representative Licensed Care Facility Representative Tony F. Billera First MI Last 1521 W 13th St, Port Angeles, WA 98363 Address City State Zip 206 605 2650 Home phone Work phone Cell phone Tony.billera@gmail.com E-mail address Certification and Location Information Yes or No Are you employed by the City of Port Angeles? Yes No Are you a citizen of the United States? Yes No Are you a Registered Voter? Yes No Do you live in the City of Port Angeles limits? Yes No If so, how long: Do you own/manage a business in the City? Yes No Do you hold any professional licenses, registrations or certificates in any field? Yes No If so, please list: PMP (Professional Project Manager) Are you aware of any conflict of interest which might arise by your service on the Utility Advisory Committee? If so, please explain: No One year X The City of Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee Application Work or Professional Experience - List most recent experience first, or attach a resume SEE RESUME ATTACHED TO APPLICATION Employer Brief job description Employer Brief job description Employer Brief job description Education – List most recent experience first Graduated? Willamette University, Salem Oregon, MBA Yes No Institution/Location Degree earned/Major area of Study Graduated? Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA, B.S. Marketing Yes No Institution/Location Degree earned/Major area of Study Graduated? Yes No Institution/Location Degree earned/Major area of Study Graduated? Charitable, Social and Civic Activities and Memberships – List major activities you have participated in during the last five years Clinton Community Hall, Clinton WA Board of Directors, Community facility supporting community activities Organization/Location Group’s purpose/objective Planning, fundraising, and operations of community hall Brief description of your participation Citizens Climate Lobby, Whidbey Island Chapter, community education on climate change and energy and transportation solutions Organization/Location Group’s purpose/objective Team Leader, organized and planned monthly meetings with national org, outreach to city, county, and national legislators Brief description of your participation The City of Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee Application Questions 1. Why are you interested in serving on the Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee? Represent interests of community members as we move toward resilient and sustainable goals. Engage in community service. 2. What is your background or experience do you think would help you in serving on the Committee? 25 years of business experience in landline and wireless telecommunications, and 5 years consulting in the transportation and energy area focused on legislative policy, low carbon footprint solutions and sustainable transportation. Telecommunications is very similar to power utility industry. Both are regulated, evolving technology, with both centralized and distributed components. Throughout my career as a product/project manager I’ve been focused on customer needs and value creation. I’ve worked cross-functionally with technical, operational, and leadership. I bring a range of skills in a range of roles including financial, operations, strategic, and tactical service management. 3. What is your understanding of the responsibilities of the Committee? Investigate issues related to utility policy and operations, and provide advisory recommendations. Follow the rules and protocol for committee meetings and process. Participate in meetings as reqd, commit time to research and comprehend details of issues and present findings to City Council in a professional, clear, concise, and actionable manner. 4. Please fee free to add any additional comments you wish to make regarding your application. We moved to Port Angeles in 2020 to live and enjoy the last phase of our lives and careers in this beautiful and unique area. We are committed to the community and believe in the future of Port Angeles and have invested in our home as well as a rental property. My wife of 12 years works from home as a staff member in a legal firm. I now work as a school district employee in Port Angeles pupil transportation as a bus driver for special education students, continuing in a second career started in Mukilteo in 2018. 5. What useful experience, knowledge, or perspective do you bring? Throughout my career as a product/project manager I’ve been focused on customer needs and value creation. I’ve worked cross-functionally with technical, operational, and leadership. I bring a range of skills in a range of roles including financial, operations, strategic, and tactical service management. As an associate with the Center of Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions consultancy I’ve spent considerable time working on the relationships between transportation electrification, energy grid power sources, distributed energy (residential and commercial solar, community solar), energy storage, and legislative policies. I worked on the Carbon Washington team on the 2016 I-732 state initiative that proposed to be a fee on co2 emissions and cut the sales tax resulting in a revenue neutral impact on constituents. Applicant Signature: Date: The City of Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee Application Submit completed forms to: Office of the City Clerk Kari Martinez-Bailey City of Port Angeles 360-417-4634 321 East 5th Street kmbailey@cityofpa.us Port Angeles, WA 98362 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special accommodations because of a physical limitation, please contact the City Manager’s Office at 360-417-4500 so appropriate arrangements can be made. This document and all attached information is considered a public record and may be distributed to members of the City Council for appointment consideration. Additionally, it may become a part of a City Council packet. ANTHONY (TONY) BILLERA Port Angeles, WA tony.billera@gmail.com, 206 605 2650, linkedin.com/in/tonybillera Tony Billera - 1 EXPERIENCE PORT ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT – Transportation Department (9/20 – present) Port Angeles, WA Substitute District Bus Driver • Transported and assisted students ranging in age from Pre-school to High School, as required • Operated all bus models and sizes, wheelchair lifts, and passenger security and restraint systems • Maintained maximum responsiveness and flexibility • Cleaned and fueled vehicles, as required • Practiced continuous improvement MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT – Transportation Department (10/18 – 8/20) Mukilteo, WA Contract District Bus Driver • Transported and assisted students ranging in age from Pre-school to High School, as required • Operated all bus models and sizes, wheelchair lifts, and passenger security and restraint systems • Drove >30 hours per week route average since 10/2018 including under winter conditions • Operated SPED route 10/19 – 6/20 • Maintained maximum responsiveness and flexibility • Attended two conferences • Co-chair Mukilteo Transportation safety committee • Cleaned and fueled vehicles, as required • Completed Safe Schools training series during pandemic period • Practiced continuous improvement CATES (Center for Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions) (8/16 – present) Consulting Seattle, WA Principal and Senior Partner • Providing project management, technical analysis, and research support with CATES (aboutcates.org) a consulting group composed of leading experts in Smart Cities electrified transportation, autonomous vehicles, and Intelligent Transportation solutions www.transportation.gov/smartcity • Planned and coordinated Advanced Transportation and Technology Conference Bellevue WA • Coordinated suppliers, vendors, exhibits, Subject Matter Experts, and speakers • Managed costs and revenue for organization • Led business development of projects, conferences, and workshops T MOBILE Contract – SAP/Fieldglass (6/16 – 8/16) Bellevue, WA Project Manager III – Procurement Systems -Technology Delivery • Managed SAP Fieldglass projects throughout agile development for wireless telecom carrier • Designed and implemented Enhancement/Change Request program on SharePoint • Translated customer needs into agile requirements in CA Rally • Developed team task management tool and drove tasks and deliverables • Interfaced with all areas including end user, services organizations, vendors and implementations partners. • Apprised management of risks, issues, and recommended mitigations • Created OneNote collaboration and management tool for project activities, documentation, and archives • Worked w SaaS vendor to enhance and re-configure service Sabbatical (1/15 - 12/15) • Achieved PMI-Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (#1868980) • Achieved PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification (#1936746) • Increased participation 300% as Exhibition Chairperson for the 2015 IEEE Global Humanitarian Tech Conference • Quadrupled programs and attendance as Lead Chairperson for 2015 Whidbey Island Earth Day GILEAD SCIENCES Contract (9/14 -1/15) Foster City, CA Senior Project Manager – Information Technology Tony Billera - 2 • Led SLC (System Life Cycle) process design team to create end-to-end workflow, incorporating Agile development activities, and documents to optimize team performance and meet regulatory compliance • Created PMO tools and templates for SLC to meet GxP (Good Practices) FDA regulatory requirements • Designed enhancements to CA Clarity Portfolio Management PPM tool MICROSOFT Contract – MSIT Emerging Tech (4/14 - 6/14) Redmond, WA Program Manager – Technology Development • Produced cross-functional Technology Development framework for "Digitopia" initiatives • Designed, developed, and delivered multi-page SharePoint site for cross-functional/cross-enterprise collaboration • Tracked and managed projects with TFS (Team Foundation Server) • Built assessment scoring and reporting tool using Excel pivot tables for technology development programs • Created and managed project plans, roadmap, user stories, and resources for product development activities IVYCORP (5/10 - 6/13) Redmond WA Senior Program Manager – Customer Operations • Management team member of SaaS/PaaS IvyTalkTM enhanced group-messaging mobile telecom application and service provider. Responsible for Sales and Customer Operations including B2B/B2C eCommerce field sales, and account management, incident management and reporting, custom configurations, contract negotiation, service implementations, and issue resolution o Managed eCommerce B2B and B2C customer facing retail sales and support relationships and expanded adoption across existing accounts o Feature development Agile team member, product owner, and stakeholder o Managed all client relationships, wrote, distributed, and maintained customer release notes o Defined feature user stories on web, e-commerce, Android, and iOS, UI/UX o Developed tools including user training, “Help” content, and “Getting Started” videos o Authored sales tools including web content, use cases, white papers, and presented at industry events o Analyzed usage patterns to guide management strategy and increase customer satisfaction o Implemented Help Desk issue tracking system, incident analysis, and escalation policies o Drove rapid incident resolution and MTTR to maximize revenue o Managed department accounting and budget, and forecast subscription and revenue projections DELTAWAVE GROUP Consulting (1/08 – 4/10) Clinton WA Project Manager • Provided project consulting services for renewable energy projects • Developed project plan and budget projections for Solar P-Patch • Consulted with iPhone App start-up to identify business opportunities and business case • Telecom and Datacom project planning for Verizon Enterprise Solutions AT&T Mobility Contract - Network Information Systems (5/07 - 12/07) Redmond, WA Senior IT Project Manager • Led Agile development team for ERP network capital planning software tool for telecom carrier ◦ Directed sprint releases through final integration test, staging, and production • Supervised 8 member Business Objects team supporting the AT&T Mobility Finance organization ◦ Designed and delivered report request system that reduced management report lead-time MICROSOFT Contract - Windows Mobile team (09/06 - 03/07) Redmond, WA Project Manager - Deployment • Led cross-functional team to deploy Microsoft Windows Live for mobile Mail, Messenger, and Search on carrier devices and networks. Responsible for branding, UI/UX certification, testing and gateway maintenance. ◦ Administered Windows Live for Mobile certification program for 6 Canadian carriers ◦ Orchestrated deployment activities of carriers, development, test partners, and Microsoft ◦ Performed gateway configuration and deployment from test and staging, to production environments ◦ Managed testing and evaluation resources with TFS (Team Foundation Server) Sabbatical (4/05 - 08/06) IPACCESS (8/04 - 4/05) Bellevue, WA Regional Product Manager – North America Tony Billera - 3 Regional Program and Product Manager for UK-based GSM picocell Base Station System telecom supplier • Spearheaded $10M GSM/3G program with T-Mobile USA • Developed feature definitions, functional requirements, and business cases for development T-MOBILE Contract – Product Development and IT (3/04 - 8/04) Bellevue, WA IT Project Manager • Developed IT and Engineering sustaining support and maintenance plan for new mobile telecom feature launch • Identified issue and drove delivery of enhanced Customer Support ticketing capability that bridged the gap between Engineering and IT systems, resulting in faster issue resolution AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES (7/99 - 10/03) Redmond, WA Senior Product Development Manager and Product Owner Led cross-functional product teams to define, develop, and introduce new wireless telecommunications services • Led SIP-based VoIP Push-to-Talk concept development, market research, strategic planning, service definition, epics and user stories, business and functional requirements, financial analysis, vendor selection, and prototyping • Managed development budget for $30M capital project with $100M+ annual average revenue • Developed “Smart Limits” product concept and strategy, business case, and functional requirements • Led project team to assess, design, plan, and deliver IVR Mobile Directory Services (411) • Drove CNAM (Calling Name ID Database) concept, business case, and launch, resulted in $20M/yr new revenue • Resolved legacy group calling billing issue, resulted in $17M/yr new revenue • Awarded patents for a Location Tracking capability Senior Project Manager - Product Realization/Project Management Office Led cross-functional team to design and deliver enterprise-wide PMO program and Product Realization SDLC framework • Facilitated cross-functional SDLC work-flow, roles, responsibilities, gate criteria KPIs, and deliverable templates • Directed development of PRP/PMO resource web site, and employee training program • Improved time-to-market, ROI, and product reliability using CMM, TQM, and PMBOK tools • 2000 Q2 Circle of Excellence and 2001 AT&T Quality Team Finalist Awards LEVITON TELCOM Communications Group (11/98 - 7/99) Bothell, WA Product Manager and Product Owner - Commercial Voice and Data Network Products Managed $20 million/year telecom network and data connectivity product-line and achieved 12% revenue growth BOEING SPACE and COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (10/97 - 11/98) Seattle, WA Manager, Business Development - Information Products and Services Developed strategic partnerships with Ellipso Inc. and L3 Comm satellite telecom firms for northern hemisphere service DELTAWAVE GROUP (11/96 - 10/97) Bellevue, WA Wireless Services Consulting and Project Management • Developed AT&T Wireless MTSO disaster recovery program NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS (7/94 - 11/96) Kirkland, WA Regional Fulfillment Operations Manager • Mobile telecom handset and accessories Fulfillment, Supply Chain, Market Operations, & Vendor Management • Led cross-functional trouble-shooting and resolution process with Nextel and Motorola SMEs to reduce MTTR and loss of revenue ACCESSLINE TECHNOLOGIES (8/92 - 7/94) Bellevue, WA Associate Director of Technical Operations Telecom software and hardware supplier of mobile enhanced services system to wireless carriers • Managed Purchasing, Supply Chain, Assembly, Test, System Engineering, Deployment, and Support McCAW CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS (6/90 - 8/92) Seattle, WA Product Manager - New Product Development • Led development and marketing of new innovative leading edge wireless data applications including: SCADA, Traffic Information, utility sub-station monitoring, and a range of critical business data applications. BOEING COMPUTER SERVICES (10/86 - 6/90) Bellevue, WA Product Manager - Data Services