Gwendolyn Arrington Email & Phone Number

Gwendolyn Arrington is a Chief Executive Officer at Arrington Innovative Solutions, LLC. based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States, North America. Contact Me: Gwendolyn.V.Arrington@gmail.com / 6306975278 Technical Engineering Director with experience in both the telecommunications and utilities industries. Proven Business Development expertise used to effectively build and manage high performing technical teams responsible for developing, testing and delivering innovative solutions. Strategic leader managing transformative multimillion dollar projects. Trusted advisor and strategic partner managing client and vendor relationships, presenting to customers and senior leadership, building business cases, developing requests for proposals, detailed project plans and program roadmaps. Proven record of success in leading and driving complete management of various communication, utility and IT related technical programs and projects. Key Achievements: • Directed a multimillion-dollar portfolio including AMI 2.0,, Distributed Intelligence and Smart Cities Naas initiatives, aligning business objectives with strategic goals to drive revenue growth and deliver beneficial customer programs. (Distribution Engineering) • Negotiated and executed high-value contracts with vendors resulting in 55% cost savings over the original proposal for AMI services delivery. • Negotiated multimillion-dollar Enterprise service contract for transient cyber asset technology. • Spearheaded NERC compliance initiatives improving OT cybersecurity processes achieving a 90% increase in cybersecurity compliance for device controls. • Developed and led the strategic implementation of PowerBI dashboards to enable data-driven decision-making across both T&S and Distribution engineering organizations. Developed a strategic direction to implement data driven decision-making with the implementation of PowerBI dashboards and utilizing tools written in Azure resulting in $17M annual customer savings. View my attached resume and send me a message, there is so much more to learn about me! Specialties: Engineering Management Integration and Test Validation Pre-Sales Engineering Post Sales Engineering Support 3G 4G, LTE, LAN/WAN technologies NERC CIP and PRC Compliance Network Communications Developing Talent Project Management Agile / Lean Six Sigma Methodologies Program Management Vendor Management Stakeholder Management Problem Solving Decision Making Data Driven Decision Making Cross Functional Leadership Executive Presentation Creation and Delivery Transmission & Substation Engineering Information Technology Engineering Support Manager (ITSM) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Distributed Intelligence SaaS / Naas Management