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Summary: Bachelors degree with more than 10 years in executive management and marketing and sales in numerous engineering and construction environments. Specific expertise includes strategic planning, marketing, sales closing negotiation, conflict resolution, client and employee management, and project management.
SKILLS
• Excellent Written & Oral Communications • Problem Solving • Creative
• Attention to Detail • Innovative • Interpersonal • Organizational
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS and WORK EXPERIENCE
President 1998 to Present
Riata Construction, Inc
Ø Started up General Construction Company and performed all components of business development, marketing, advertising, estimating, purchasing, billing, contracts, collections, and client relations. Over saw projects, problem solving with customers, engineers and inspectors.
Ø Developed a national team of Architects, Engineering Consultants to compete throughout
the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Ø Significantly increased sales over 3.5 million dollars in first year of operation.
Ø Designed and developed web site and subscribed to several real estate forums and bulletin boards on line.
Ø Sub-contracted out many services to control overhead, reduce costs, and maintain customer satisfaction.
Ø Set up a pool of qualified project managers and keep them busy by moving them from the various projects. This eliminated extra overhead payments during cyclical seasons.
Ø Maintained quality, consistency, and loyalty in a volatile industry.
Senior Project Manager 1997 to 1998
U-Haul International
Ø Managed 25 projects ranging from 50 million dollars across the United States.
Ø Project sizes ranged from 65,000 to 220,000 square feet.
Ø Responsible for annual budget of over 100 million dollars.
Ø Coordinated with Zoning, City Counsel, Planning, and Permit departments across the United States.
Ø Hired Architects and General Contractors.
Ø Managed and trained project managers.
Ø Set up a manual that included standardized procedures and detail sheets.
Ø Organized and developed a system to standardize procedures.
Ø Negotiated with cities and overcame issues.
Ø The CEO personally flew me to various sites around the country to point out areas in a manual he wanted corrected or addressed.
Director of Construction 1996 to 1997
Hollywood Trenz, Inc
Ø Designed, created, and developed national construction program.
Ø Reviewed concept ideas from artists, architects, and CEO and applied standard
construction techniques.
Ø Coordinated with gaming, theme park, and restaurant management teams.
Ø Reported progress to board members and stockholders.
Ø Sites averaged 30,000+ square feet with $3,500.000.00 budgets.
Ø Developed a national construction program that would set up standards for expansion.
Ø Set up national accounts with various vendors.
Ø Monitored the progress of the first project underway in Phoenix.
Ø Designed and developed unique project; one segment was a high-end restaurant; the second was an adult level entertainment center; and third was a supervised children’s entertainment center.
Ø Worked with a world-renowned chef and learned all about “the back or the house”, childcare constraints and codes.
Ø Special and unique assignments included: Make a wall look like a time machine, make a support post into a willow tree with a 20’ canopy, and figure out what to do to support a small roller coaster high enough off the ground to add more floor space for more video games, and make the ceiling look like the sky, with changing weather patterns.
President 1989 to 1996
Compadre General Contractors, Inc
Ø Started up General Construction Company.
Ø Increased annual sales from scratch to over 1 million dollars.
Ø Clients included: Renander Companies, GE Capitol, Carlson Real Estate, Bank One, Chevy Chase Financial, Phoenix Commercial Advisors, City of Phoenix, ABQ Financial.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Finance 1981
Arizona State University
Minor: Construction/Technology
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft Word ’97 • Act 4.0 • Excel • Quicken
• PeachTree • Internet
ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Better Business Bureau
Contractors License, Colorado, Arizona
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