Dennis Goodhart
Dennis Goodhart is a Telecommunications and IT industry professional. He has designed, developed, negotiated, implemented, and managed projects which have ranged in costs from tens of thousands to several million dollars. Engagements typically involve adapting complex technology to meet specific needs, equipment evaluations, implementation, network reviews and designs, and unique business solutions for domestic and global mission critical applications.
As an Executive consultant he is adept in devising and delivering innovative and cost effective state-of-the-art solutions. Senior level executive decision makers value him as a trusted resource and problem solver.
During the past two years he served as a Managing Partner/Co-Founder of Aseismic LLC, a research and software applications startup. Aseismic’s focus was on developing software to allow disparate Legacy PBXs and Unified Communications applications to work together. Mr. Goodhart activively sought financing to develop an open source SIP cloud based IPBX.
Mr. Goodhart has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is long time holder of an FCC First Class Radio Telephony license. He is a member of the IEEE, iNARTE, and a member in good standing of The “Society of Telecommunications Consultants. “ In his capacity as an advisory council board member to Illinois Institute of Technology Real -Time Communications Lab, he recently Co-chaired the Cloud Telephony track at the 6th annual VoIP Technology Conference & Expo.
Earlier in his career Mr. Goodhart founded and sold Analytic Communications Design Corporation. He has held sales and management positions with Nortel and N.E.T., as well as with domestic and international communications carriers.
In addition to the above, Mr. Goodhart he is also a member or participant of several industry advisory groups and consultant liaison programs. This includes: CompTIA UC Community, UC Strategy Summit, Avaya, Alcatel, Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, ShoreTel and Siemens.
Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, NASDAQ, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, General Motors, Ford, and several other Fortune 500 and mid-sized firms are among a list of well known corporations who have benefitted from Mr. Goodhart’s efforts. His experience encompasses:
- Managing and implementing global projects for major corporations
- Vendor negotiations, management and procurement
- Insightful understanding of vendor business practices, pricing structures and delivery methodologies
- Expertise in working with executive management, business units and management teams
- Excellent oral & written communication and presentation skills
- Budgets and P & L responsibilities
- Knowledgeable in sourcing and buying criteria of major corporations
- Employment of “Best Practices” for Voice, Data, & Video networks, software development cycles, IT platforms, and user applications
- Conversant in business start-up and business expansion financing
Mr. Goodhart enjoys playing golf, listening to music, horseback riding and sailing.
If you would like to learn more about Mr. Goodhart, please visit:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dhgoodhart.
To learn more about IP Network Consulting, please visit:
http://ipnetconsult.com/ipn/.
