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Anton Nichols
Senior Program Manager, Operational Excellence, Cox Automotive
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Joined: Dec 14th, 2020

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New Jersey Institute of Technology class of 1999

Undergrad Major: Computer/Telecommunications Engineering

New Jersey Inst of Tech class of 2004

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I currently work with Cox Automotive as Senior Program Manager, Operational Excellence
I have 25 years of experience working in the Transportation industry.

Senior Program Manager, Operational Excellence | Cox Automotive
From January 2021 to Current • 5 year(s)
Led enterprise-wide transformation of lot operations impacting 5M+ vehicle moves annually, introduced AI powered work assignments, and delivered $1.2-$2M annual revenue potential through EV infrastructure rollout.

Senior Program Manager, Operational Excellence | Cox Automotive
From January 2021 to January 2026 • 5 year(s)
Executed $216M labor cost reduction via AI-driven scheduling product; led enterprise vehicle lot operations transformation; directed GTM strategy for Class 4-8 vehicle auctions; scaled EV infrastructure across 75+ locations generating $2M ARR

Senior Program Manager, Wireless Access Lab | Futurewei Technologies
From January 2014 to December 2019 • 5 year(s)
Pivotal resource involved in overall North American research efforts for 5G/5.5G Wireless Business Unit operations management, including project budgets, end to end life cycle management, and change management.

Senior Program Manager, Wireless Access Lab | Futurewei Technologies
From January 2014 to January 2019 • 5 year(s)
Chaired Technology Investment Board; architected North American 5G operational strategy; optimized $35M R&D budget achieving 100% on-track delivery

Senior Product Manager, CDMA | Alcatel-Lucent
From September 2006 to September 2013 • 7 year(s)
Led technical RFP responses for wireless data solutions; managed 14+ concurrent LTE and EvDO project configurations; drove competitive analysis and cultivated strategic client partnerships

Product Line Manager, CDMA Radio Access Networks | Alcatel-Lucent
From September 2006 to September 2013 • 7 year(s)
Managed, developed and communicated marketing collateral, product roadmaps, schedule milestones and hardware implementation through entire life cycle.

LTE E/V-DO Product Deployment Engineer | Lucent Technologies
From January 2003 to September 2006 • 3 year(s)
Guided product lifecycle from design to launch; lead engineer on $10M+ wireless technology deployment for European customer in Bucharest, Romania

LTE E/V-DO Product Deployment Engineer | Lucent Technologies
From January 2003 to September 2006 • 3 year(s)
Project Lead responsible for strategic planning during end-to-end software implementation including design, writing test plans, testing and customer deployment. Lead engineer in $10 million+ design and deployment of breakthrough wireless technology.

CDMA Software Developer, CDMA Call Processing | Lucent Technologies
From September 2001 to January 2003 • 2 year(s)
Designed CDMA call processing, traffic processing, and software maintenance functionality. Instrumental in all development phases - planning, requirements, design, coding and field-testing.

CDMA Software Developer, CDMA Call Processing | Lucent Technologies
From February 2000 to January 2003 • 3 year(s)
Designed CDMA call processing and traffic processing software; participated in all development phases; resolved customer field issues via root cause analysis

CDMA Wireless Radio Critical Support Engineer | Lucent Technologies
From February 2000 to September 2001 • 1 year(s)
Resolved customer field issues via root cause analysis.

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