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Areas of expertise include business development; strategic short and long-term planning; start-up of regional business units; proposal preparation, bidding, and project and contract administration under various contracting methods, including lump sum, fixed unit rates, cost plus fixed fee, incentive fee, pure CM (Construction Management) for a fee, and design build under various contracting methods.
Proven flexibility to manage wide scope of contracting work.
Proven ability to develop and implement long term and short term strategic plans.
Proven operations manager capable of meeting and exceeding planned P&L goals.
Proven ability to manage, minimize, or avoid claims.
An energetic and innovative leader, skilled communicator/team builder, and adept negotiator. A record of success with Fortune 500 clients and contractors, working with merit shop and building trade labor forces building and expanding industrial manufacturing facilities and commercial projects throughout the US. Majority of experience is on firm price work.
EXPERIENCE
Manager of Estimating
Ragnar Benson, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, a subsidiary of The Austin Company
Mar. 2002 to present
Manager of Estimating Department for the company's Pittsburgh office. Projects pursued include institutional facilities, parking garages, water/wastewater and industrial projects, across the U.S. Proposals range in value from USD $150 thousand to $190 million. Business Development function includes establishing new alliances for bidding work, and sole source client alliances for contracting new works.
Successfully won and signed new projects in 2002 valued at over USD $237 million
VP – Chief Operating Officer
MCS Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, a subsidiary of The Kila Group, Aruba, Dutch Antilles
Mar 2001 – Feb 2002
Full P&L responsibility for construction and fabrication operation located in Baltimore, Maryland. Completed projects included civil, structural, mechanical and electrical construction in manufacturing and power plants. Fabrication operations delivered structural steel, process piping and modular process equipment units shipped to domestic and international destinations from our dock on Chesapeake Bay.
Developed and implemented 5-year strategic business plan, marketing plan, and budget.
Established implemented project management systems for successfully managing firm price projects.
Established Project Management Training Course and conducted internal classroom instruction for Project Managers and Field Supervisors.
Grew revenues by 20.3%, achieving annual profit growth of 148%
Division Manager
InServ, Fuquay-Varina, NC
April 2000 – Feb 2001
Full P&L responsibility for construction and fabrication projects serving clients in the pharmaceutical, food processing and high tech industries. Projects included pharmaceutical laboratory buildings, pharmaceutical administration facilities, mechanical system fabrication and installation, foundations and structural steel fabrication and installation.
Implemented project management systems for successfully managing firm price projects.
Set up and launched high purity pipe fabrication and installation unit.
Division Manager
Berg, Inc., Shreveport, LA
Feb 1997 – Mar 2000
Developed a general constracting division within an existing HVAC construction and service company. Charged with development and growth of division to generate 50% of company revenues within 5 years.
Generated annual revenues first year of $12 MM with gross margin on revenue of 14.4%.
Boosted division revenues 124% by 3rd year, with gross profit of averaging approximately 14% annually.
Increased division revenue share to 41% of company revenues within 3 years.
Instrumental in growth of companies revenues from USD $41 million to $68 million by end of 3rd year.
Created and implemented 5-year strategic business plan, including setting all policies, goals, objectives, staffing requirements, and metrics.
Established departments of Estimating, Subcontracts, Scheduling, Planning, and Cost for general construction work.
Completed over USD $58 million of contracts requiring 1.1 million man-hours of work.
President / Chief Executive Officer
Chris & Associates, Inc., Orange Park, FL.
Jan 1990 - Feb 1997
Founded and managed construction management services company. Services provided to clients included, but were not limited to: on-site project/construction management, engineering management, project scheduling, vendor surveillance, construction inspection, non–destructive QA/QC inspections for ASME code equipment, maintenance welder training, maintenance engineer training, plant operator training, development and implementation of long term maintenance plans and inspections procedures and emergency support for project staffing on a national basis.
Responsible for project and field management staffing for capital construction projects valued up to $90 MM.
Consistently delivered completed projects under budget and on schedule.
Responsible for recovering 3 month schedule slip and saving client $14 million on single project.
Previous employment includes positions of Site Manager, Project Controls Manager and Construction Manager, and Senior Estimator, for Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc, Monroe, LA, (1986 – 1990), Project Manager, Chief Estimator, Field Superintendent, Summit, Inc., West Monroe, LA (1980 – 1986), Senior Designer, Construction Inspector, J.M. Standard & Associates, Monroe, LA, (1978 – 1980), Senior Estimator, Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc., Monroe, LA, (1975 – 1978). Projects included engineering and construction of manufacturing facilities worldwide, engineering and construction of cross-country oil and gas pipelines worldwide, engineering and construction of commercial office facilities and engineering and construction inspections of regional shopping malls and national chain department stores nationally.
CERTIFICATION / MEMBERSHIPS
Completed 40-hour National Electrical Contractors Association Training Course in Electrical Estimating – June 1976
Completed 40-hour Rauma Repola Training Course for Evaporator/Concentrator Operations – Dec 1989
Grade of Constructor, American Institute of Constructors
Member Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI) NE Florida Region.
EDUCATION
Master of Science Degree Program, Executive Business Administration, Kennedy-Western University, Thousand Oaks, CA/Cheyenne, WY
Studies ongoing will receive degree upon completing 4 courses and writing thesis.
Bachelor of Science Degree, Building Construction, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA 1971-1975.
MILITARY SERVICE
US ARMY, Korea and Colorado. Secret security clearance. Honorable Discharge – 1975.
Active duty 1969-1971
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