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Objective
To continue providing value based, cost saving project management and controls solutions in advance of client expectations.
Summary of Qualifications & Areas of Expertise
-Safe and successful leader delivering 21 years of professional program, project, construction, and project controls management projects to my clients.
-Specialist in adding value to my clients through the creation, implementation, and training of project controls and scheduling teams on multimillion to multibillion-dollar programs, projects and designs.
-Extensive experience interfacing cross-functional teams across multiple sites, across business divisions, incorporating lessons learned, and reporting to executive management. Most recently in developing and implementing a global web based project controls system with resource utilization and cost analysis as the key achieved objective.
-Technical, Schedule, Cost, and Resource management leader on public and private contracts valued over $5 Billion.
-Demonstrated expertise developing and implementing effective health and safety programs and strategies for client owners in Michigan and Florida.
-Provided on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring, written performance appraisals, and management development for hundreds of co-workers during my career.
-Dedicated to successfully delivering value solutions to my clients.
-I have successful proven techniques to increase resource utilizations, which have added great value to my client's project delivery.
-Committed to providing up-to-date training of my teams and my clients through my own continuing educational training.
-I have been an implementation expert for Primavera products since 2003. I was certified as a train the trainer of Primavera software in October 2004, and I have been using all Primavera products since 1993.
-Expert in implementing ANSI/EIA-748-A Standard Earned Value Management Systems Guidelines.
-Effectively and efficiently used the 32 EVMS guidelines to document compliance and to ensure the SOW is entirely covered to allow for the integration of technical, schedule, and cost information.
-Expert in technology Identification, development, implementation and successful turnkey delivery of MIS project controls solutions for domestic and international clients.
-Expert in identifying scope, EPS, OBS, and WBS development, CPM scheduling, cost and resource loaded metrics, analyzing variances and producing forecasts (ETC) in all areas including custom report creation using many different report generating tools and historical data collection and storage techniques.
-Recognized as an expert in change management analytics, forensic claims analysis and an expert witness on numerous projects.
-Six Sigma Lean Methodologies and 4D computer modeling process advocate.
Career History
Project Controls Business Development Vice President Sept 2007/Present
Nakita Corporation, Detroit, MI
-Providing comprehensive value based project management and controls solutions to our clients.
Manager of Project Controls & Primavera DB Administrator Mar 2003/Sept 2007
ARCADIS-US Inc., Denver, CO/Columbia, MD
-Managed, trained, and audited all PMCM Controls teams throughout the U.S. Performed internal and external certified client training of corporate wide Primavera project controls solutions.
-Developed and implemented corporate wide global PM/CM transition from a stand alone controls system to a web based project controls system and resource utilization and analysis platform.
-Road warrior that traveled during the first 42 months to educate all PM/CM and project controls staff members in the benefits of web based project management training and support solutions.
-As the Manager of Project Controls I supported and administered a corporate wide domestic PM/CM project controls training, auditing, and support database network from various remote locations across the United States.
Senior Project Controls Manager & Construction Manager Mar 2003/Apr 2005
Construction Dynamics Group, Inc., Columbia, MD
-Directed all project controls personnel for Detroit Michigan's $550M Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation and Upgrade. This CIP contract was monitored and reported to the Federal EPA by a joint venture partnership called the Detroit Wastewater Partners (DWP).
-Developed the WBS, master, sub-projects, and shutdown schedules.
-Reviewed, approved, and maintained reporting on schedule and cost analysis for management.
-Trained the construction scheduling manager, claims manager, and the entire project controls scheduling personnel including subcontractors in the aspects of high visibility CPM scheduling, and cost estimating.
-Promoted to CM and delivered successfully to final completion all plant wide electrical upgrade projects valued at $4.9 million.
-Promoted to managing all project controls personnel for the new U.S. PM/CM division when my then parent company CDG merged with ARCADIS-US.
Senior Project Manager & Project Controls Director June 2001/Mar 2003
Lanzo Construction Company, L.L.C., Roseville, MI
-Managed Detroit Michigan's $30 million prototype CSO facility as Senior Construction Manager and Project Controls Director. DWSD contract PC732.
-Acquired valuable experience with MDEQ policies and procedures and developed key relationships.
-Managed a $2 million dollar cast-in-place pipe lining technology project for DWSD.
-Managed a $3.7 million contract for a 5 mile 36" Sanitary Sewer for the Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority.
-Managed multiple projects for the City of Southfield Michigan contracts 9A, 9B & 9C valued at $6,233,438 and contract 5B valued at $1,641,337.
-Managed the Michigan Department of Transportation Monroe Airport hanger project valued at $1,336,443.
-Lead the scheduling teams as Project Controls director on the Michigan Department of Transportation Ann Arbor Road project valued at $11,109,524.
-Directed scheduling teams on the Farmington Road project for the Oakland County Road Commission value $6,407,297.
-Directed scheduling teams on the City of Pontiac Michigan Centerpoint Business Campus Improvements value $3,834,396.
-Directed scheduling teams on the Oakland County Drain Commissioner Kuhn Drain Contract #2 at $2,301,496.
-Directed scheduling teams on the Michigan Department of Transportation Saint Clair Shores Marter Road value $2,766,496.
Senior Project Controls Consultant Dec 1999/June 2001
Applied Integration Management Inc., Irvine, CA
-Directed projects as Senior Project Controls Consultant with security clearance working under the U.S. DOE/DOD at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore California on the $3.5 Billion Department of Energy (DOE) National Ignition Facility (NIF) Project. This project was under control of the DOE and our work was reported directly to the United States Congress.
-Lead the cost, resource, and CPM scheduling teams of engineers on many projects including the Integrated Computerized Control Systems and Beam Delivery and Diagnostic Systems.
-Provided bi-yearly reports on the project schedule and cost projections for DOE management review prior to submission to the United States Congress.
-Reported and worked closely within the requirement guidelines set by Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other government agencies, including the United States Congress, and the House Appropriations Committee.
Carothers Construction Corporation, Roseville, CA Mar 1996/Dec 1999
Senior Project Controls Scheduling Manager
-Managed all scheduling, cost and resource controls of their Northern California institutional projects in El Dorado, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Sonoma, Counties. The average project size was $2M to $3M.
Bowen Development Corporation, Auburn, CA Aug 1994/Feb 1996
Senior Project Manager and Scheduling Leader
-Managed the development and construction of elderly care assisted living facilities for the Northern and Central California offices with values and locations at $6,850,000 in Folsom CA, $6,450,000 in Roseville CA, $7,200,000 in Bakersfield CA, and $6,500,000 in Fresno CA.
Clients
USDOD, USDOE, USACE, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United Technologies Corporation (Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne), NYCDEP, Michigan DOT, Texas DOT, Washington D.C. Suburban Sanitary Commission, North Carolina Orange Water and Sewer Authority, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Marathon Oil Corporation
Technical Skills Include the Following
21 years of EPC experience with 21 years in project scheduling, Exceptional Primavera (P3, P3e/c, P5, P6, SureTrak, TeamPlay, Cost Manager, ProSight, Evolve, Pertmaster, Inspire, Expedition and Contract Manager) all Microsoft Project Management and Microsoft Enterprise Project Server Software and Collaboration Platforms, all Adobe software products, Deltek Costpoint, Open Plan, Cobra, WelcomRisk, Deltek wInsight, PlanView, Clarity, Open Workbench, Oracle, SQL, HTML, JAVA, SAP, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Reports. I have and can train clients and staff in the use of almost all Primavera products. I have vast experience Reading and Interpreting Contract Drawings, Defining Project Scope, Creation of EPS/OBS/WBS Structures, Performing Detailed Quantity Surveys, Performing Cost Estimating, Identifying Resource Requirements, CPM Scheduling, Schedule Management, Cost and Resource Management, implementation of ANSI/EIA-748-A EVMS Guidelines, Development of Contract Measurement Reports and other applicable Management Reports, Information Management, Interfacing with Cross-Functional Teams Across Divisions and Disciplines, Monitoring Project Performance, Understanding and Monitoring the Commissioning & Start-up Processes, Performing Detailed Variance Analysis, Reporting All Data in Clear Understandable Terms, Primavera Database Administration, Problem Solving, Project and Construction Management Processes, QHSE - Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Standards, Project Management Software Implementations, Change Management Process, Forensic Claims Analysis, Using Total Quality Management (TQM) in meeting customer needs and organizational objectives.
Education
B.S. Business Administration; Concentration in Finance, Real Estate, and Law, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (1987)
A.A. General Studies; Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA (1984)
Professional Affiliations
PMI, AACE International, CMAA, Primavera Solutions-New Regional Service Partner Program in 2008.
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