LePete Dorant
Summary
Goal-oriented and innovative PMI-certified Project Manager with10+ years of experience in Digital Transformation, Telecommunications, and Manufacturing. A sustained track record of delivering multimillion-dollar fiber and wireless communications projects for leading Caribbean firms successfully; as well as driving operational excellence in the production sector. Skilled in managing diverse teams to execute multifaceted projects within tight deadlines, achieving cost reductions and meeting financial objectives. Adept at identifying opportunities for process improvement and fostering collaboration to facilitate digital transformation and operational efficiency. Eager to bring unique expertise, adaptability, and creative problem-solving skills to drive your organization's success and enhance its project portfolio.
Project management professional with solid foundation in overseeing diverse projects. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and delivering results. Reliable and adaptable, skilled in risk assessment and resource allocation, with commitment to achieving project goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Officer - Application Design Specialist
Ministry of Industry, Innovation Science and Smart Technology
07.2020 - Current
- Worked with a Team of officers in Component1 of the Public Sector Modernization Program entrusted with the pivotal responsibility of designing and administering a cutting-edge government e-services platform for citizens and businesses
- Managing comprehensive reviews, leading committees, offering procurement counsel, and crafting implementation roadmaps, as well as conducting thorough documenting and error analysis for diverse public service applications
- Working to collaborate seamless application services among multiple ministries, departments, and agencies' information systems to assist the public in eGovernance interaction and foster inter-governmental synergies on a unified platform
- Cooperated with senior stakeholders and directors within the Government of Barbados to ensure the achievement of project objectives, milestones, and provided guidance for the project's overall success
- Established effective liaisons with Financial, Procurement, and Software Development teams, driving Innovation to facilitating smart spending and design optimization analysis for delivering decisive outcomes aligned with the Project Execution Plan
- Developed and monitored project schedules, budgets and objectives for successful completion.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Gathered and organized supporting materials for meetings and project updates.
Project Engineer: Caribbean Regional Communication Infrastructure Program
Digicel Group
11.2018 - 11.2019
- A two-phased Program completed simultaneously; delivered fiber connectivity for government wide area network across80 plus locations and completed wireless internet access via fiber to over60 schools and community centers across the tri-island state
- Managed teams of contractors to evaluate, chart and deliver fiber connectivity to over140 locations (assess fiber point of entry, installation of cabinets in secure locations along with best coverage placement of wireless access points within schools and community centers) across the three islands
- Coordinated and delivered hardware, cabling, peripherals and quality assurance standards to the approval of the Government of Grenada for network connectivity
Project Manager: Technology Department
Cable and Wireless Communications Ltd.
05.2015 - 10.2018
- Decommission Legacy Equipment, Merge Company Processes, Perform Network Reliability Task: involving completing PRI to SIP Telephony transitions, eliminate bottlenecks and shorten daily task by establishing fail over task redundancies digitally, resulting in better QoS and Cost Saving measures
- Completed backhaul build of two (2) Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) sites in a month with predestined preparations for C&W data transport redundancy
- Fulfilled transition from Legacy Nortel hardware to Genband session controllers
- Managed programmed migration to Point-to-Point over Ethernet (PPoE) authentication with Engineering/Support Teams to simultaneously facilitate single Billing platform sustainability
- Clinch100% Fibre to the Premise throughout Barbados with various procurement strategies, construction preparation planning & maneuvering outside plant and design team's mitigation of island drawing calculations
Service Implementation Coordinator: Technology Department
Columbus Communications
10.2014 - 05.2015
- B2B Delivery and WAN Circuits, PBXs & Cloud Based Solutions: known Companies such as Duty-Free Caribbean and Chefette Restaurants Cloud Voice services in over20 plus locations across the island
- Chart process flows of installs from Pre-Sales Solutions Architectural designs to Network Engineer installs and Closing of Project deliverables followed by Operations maintenance logs and lesson learned documentation
- Secured the installation of Managed Hosted PBXs and WAN implementations across30 sites regionally
- Established reduced processes between Sales, Pre-Sales and Solution Delivery Teams to track Weekly Work logs
- Secure key B2B clients with contracted or improved timelines to delivery
IT/IS Administrator
Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd.
12.2007 - 09.2013
- Maintenance of all systems, reply to Internal Customer Request and provide advice to CFO on investment opportunities to increase productivity and cut cost: worked with Network capable machinery for Bottling, Boxing and Labeling of all products for real time stats and establish PoS terminals for products sold to Visitors of the Rum Distillery
- Resolve user access provisioning and maintenance of Syspro ERP solution
- Reduce cost with correct Label alignments through Clarisoft software
- Eliminate downtime by supporting adjustments in Lookout Software by National Instruments
- Slash hardware and software maintenance solution times to under24 hours through IT Department Support Line
Education
Masters of Science - Information Technology and Strategic Innovation
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames, London01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Computer Studies
University of Sunderland
01.2006
Associate Degree - Information Technology and History
Barbados Community College
01.1999
Skills
- Project Management
- Network Deployment
- Systems Administration
- LAN/WAN/Wireless Connectivity
- Cybersecurity Awareness
- Asset Management
- Business Process Management
- Procurement Strategies
- Project management
- Stakeholder relations
- Project scoping
- Risk assessment
- Workflow coordination
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
- Self-taught in Php/MySQL, Visual Studio and MSSQL;
- European/International Certificate of Digital Literacy in Microsoft Office proficiency
- Microsoft Office, Visio & Project capability
Certification
- Microsoft Certified System Administrator (2009);
- Cisco Certified Network Administrator (2010);
- Certified Ethical Hacker v7 (2013,2016,2019,2022);
- X-Road Fundamentals – NIIS (August2021)
- X-Roads Security Server Administration – NIIS (August2021)
- X-Roads Central Server Administration – NIIS (August2021)
- IADB Course - IDB6.13x: PM4R Agile: Agile mindset in development projects (April2023)
- IADB Course - IDB34.2x: Risk Management in Development Projects (July2023)
- IADB Course - IDB6.1x: Project Management for Development (September2023)
- IADB Course - IDB10.1x: Data for Effective Policy Making (November2023)
- Project Management Professional certification (September2024)
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (Exam in February2025)
- Managing Jira Projects for Cloud Certification (Exam in May2025)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English; improving on beginner Spanish skills.
Volunteering, Sports, New Technologies
Barbados Ninja Throwdown for last 3 years
Played Volleyball and Basketball throughout Secondary School to an Adult
Interested in AI, Crypto and Innovation Technologies
Timeline
Project Officer - Application Design Specialist
Ministry of Industry, Innovation Science and Smart Technology
07.2020 - Current
Project Engineer: Caribbean Regional Communication Infrastructure Program
Digicel Group
11.2018 - 11.2019
Project Manager: Technology Department
Cable and Wireless Communications Ltd.
05.2015 - 10.2018
Service Implementation Coordinator: Technology Department
Columbus Communications
10.2014 - 05.2015
IT/IS Administrator
Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd.
12.2007 - 09.2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer Studies
University of Sunderland
Associate Degree - Information Technology and History
Barbados Community College
- Microsoft Certified System Administrator (2009);
- Cisco Certified Network Administrator (2010);
- Certified Ethical Hacker v7 (2013,2016,2019,2022);
- X-Road Fundamentals – NIIS (August2021)
- X-Roads Security Server Administration – NIIS (August2021)
- X-Roads Central Server Administration – NIIS (August2021)
- IADB Course - IDB6.13x: PM4R Agile: Agile mindset in development projects (April2023)
- IADB Course - IDB34.2x: Risk Management in Development Projects (July2023)
- IADB Course - IDB6.1x: Project Management for Development (September2023)
- IADB Course - IDB10.1x: Data for Effective Policy Making (November2023)
- Project Management Professional certification (September2024)
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (Exam in February2025)
- Managing Jira Projects for Cloud Certification (Exam in May2025)
Masters of Science - Information Technology and Strategic Innovation
Kingston University
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