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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

The facility portfolio managed by Real Estate Services spans corporate class A high rise structures to field/operational facilities. This includes over 2,400 facilities exceeding 15 million square feet, with ~70 Mission Critical locations which represent over 800,000 square feet of critical operations space.• Create value for the company by efficiently managing and optimizing a portfolio of real estate assets while ensuring facilities enable the execution of the business strategy. Through a data driven approach and close collaboration with business units, the team • Responsible for maintaining living workplace strategies and ensuring spaces are effectively utilized and optimized. • Develop the associated capital plan while providing financial leadership and oversight for the 5-year capital plan in each jurisdiction, with annual capital budgets exceeding $300M. Leverage a highly strategic portfolio management team and collaborate with internal business partners.• Accountable for execution of the capital plan. Therefore, oversees project management capabilities of the company’s outsourced real estate provider, holding them accountable for delivering predictable cost, schedule, safety, and quality outcomes and driving business value.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Develops and executes functional business plans aligned to Duke Energy’s Real Estate Portfolio Strategy and Admin Services vision; creates manages budget (+$60M); provides oversight of the following areas:• Archives, Online Library, and Syndicated Content. Drives Archives strategic alignment with the Real Estate Portfolio Strategy. Oversees tools and system offerings for enterprise customers relative to company historical records, syndicated content, and digital literature• Mail and Courier Services for the corporation across the Duke Energy’s regulated footprint. Spearheaded the digital mail room business model implementation transitioning from paper to digital in support of the Real Estate Portfolio Strategy• Print Support Services. Drives transformation by implementing self-service portals, managing supplier contracts, and executing change management plans to deliver sustainable savings and increase operational efficiency• Records Management. Minimizing compliance risk, maximizing digital conversion, and optimizing offsite storage cost. Led the Enterprise Records Management Transformation (ERMT) Project which removed over 1000 tons of paper off Duke Energy Corporate HQs located in 3 different states. Targeted 26 facilities. Digitalized over 9300 cartons of company records, utilizing a portfolio of 5 vendors• Corporate Travel and Event Management. Assessed cost structure and converted over 50% of budget from O&M to Capital• Leads the Support Services team comprised by 30+ FTEs.• Optimizes team effectiveness by leveraging diverse skillsets and experience• Establishes and maintains relationships with key stakeholders to ensure effective utilization of resources, proactive communications, results, and satisfaction• Identifies opportunities such as workflow, process, and policy changes to reduce spend and increase efficiency• Provides professional and talent development opportunities and promotes diversity.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Partnered with executive leaders to align on and deliver strategic initiatives (i.e.WorkSmart, RE Portfolio Optimization). Developed relationships. Effectively communicated strategy, objectives, milestones, and key messages,• Engaged in capital planning efforts and strategic plans to deliver effective facilities and project management services to internal business owners. Monitored business owners’ feedback as it relates to facilities management and project execution, seeking continuous improvement in delivering services,• Facilitated business unit engagement in the design, construction, renovation, review, and approval of regional facility projects to align with the Portfolio Strategy• Coordinated organizational capacity for change, leading and sponsoring strategic initiatives• Worked closely with Occupancy Management to identify solutions that met business unit requirements in line with the Real Estate Portfolio Strategy• Partnered with Project Development to align on upcoming and initiated projects to maintain effective communications with business unit contacts• Aligned with Workplace Strategy on requests and special requirements from business unit contacts as a result of the WorkSmart roll-out.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Provided subject matter expertise for Customer Delivery Major Project Controls (+$350M) in the Grid Improvement organization. Collaborated with and mentored project controls specialists and project managers,• Led prioritization, estimates requisition and coordination of handoffs between System Planning, Engineering, Resource Management, and Project Management,• Monitored workstream’s in-flight projects to ensure approved projects have started or to determine in-service date or estimation changes,• Provided factual advice based on project financials and created effective reporting, as needed.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Managed critical strategic initiatives and supported program execution, among other business readiness activities according to Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE),• Advised leadership on strategic program initiatives and led related work,• Provided leadership, oversight, delegation, and coordination to the various internal and external, organizations that provide services to Duke Energy’s Grid Improvement Programs. Established and maintained communication among all program support stakeholders,• Coached and advised leaders regarding placement, development, conflict resolution, and planning.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Oversees over $400M of Turbines, Generators and related Services (TGS) spend categories for Fossil, Hydro, and Nuclear business units,• Obtains, analyzes, and communicates long range planning to leverage spend volumes across categories of spend. Used FHO and Nuclear budget data as well as OPTIM to define short and medium term demand,• Negotiated Clemson Combined Heat and Power (CHP) LTSA. • Studied existing Long Term Service Agreements (LTSAs). Executed 501F and related inventory market inquire for OEM and third party long term maintenance to identify savings opportunities and apply alternate commercial strategies,• Worked with TGS to further define CT part repair pricing request process achieving savings and efficiencies,• Functions as portfolio owner for TGS, staying in close communication with Turbine and Generator TGS Program Managers. Oversees and/or executes large and complex sourcing initiatives. Manages day-to-day operations in a sourcing capacity,• Develops, implements, and manages category specific alliance strategy and agreements; owns and fosters excellent supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers such as Siemens and GE,• Manages total cost of ownership and should cost models for assigned portfolio to inform and approve sourcing decisions i.e. supplier evaluation and selection, contracting approach, and commercial terms• Fosters relationships with supporting departments and business unit personnel such as TGS Team, Regional Services, and executive leadership.• Mentors and assists in the development of sourcing personnel and sourcing strategies.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Manages over $300M of spend related to Renewable Projects – Solar. PV Modules, PV Inverters, SCADA, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Services, among other services.• Functions within the Major Projects organization supporting development and execution of solar projects• Develops long term and annual requirements plans• Performs market analysis and executes competitive sourcing events• Recommends and implement sourcing strategies and programs• Supports other projects as assigned within Major Projects • Negotiates and manages contracts for equipment and services• Researches best practices successfully adopted by other industries and companies• Mentors and assists in the development of sourcing personnel, processes and procedures• Develops and manages supplier relationships and programs• Builds and nurtures excellent client relationships, including executive level business interfaces. Provides guidance to Supply Chain leadership as well as cross functional sourcing initiatives• Maintains knowledge of commodities, sources of supply, services, diversity opportunities and market conditions that may impact future procurement

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Led or supported multimillion dollar sourcing initiatives for domestic and international business units across the corporation achieving or surpassing savings targets (i.e. among others: Power Transformers - $150M+, Nuclear Craft Labor – 1B+, Nuclear Engineering - $50+, Coal Supply $30M+, Heavy Fuel Oil $150+, Boiler Services $500+, Transmission Engineering $60+, and Upstream and Fabricated Nuclear Fuel $100+ which was a special, complex, and high profiled project under strict FERC guidelines).• Developed analytical models for strategic sourcing and category management initiatives to include total cost of ownership, should cost modeling, supplier benchmarking, contract evaluations, scenario analysis, among other analytic tools for multi-million dollar initiatives for Duke Energy’s domestic and international strategic sourcing initiatives.• Built business cases and validated savings calculations. Analyzed Supply Chain model and resource allocation for DEI and presented recommendation for budget reduction.• Worked with functional teams to implement Category Management across Supply Chain towers. Provided alternatives and recommendations to develop and enhance Category Management Program as well as Sourcing processes domestically and internationally. Masterminded, coordinated, and delivered “How to create effective category plans” workshop for over 60 category managers across the enterprise.• Conceptualized and developed an automated Supplier Risk tool to assess risks in the Operations, Financial and macro-Environment areas.• Utilized market intelligence tools to track, trend, and recommend data metrics to support the development of sourcing strategies. • Identified potential cost savings, spend reduction, supplier consolidation, and standardization opportunities.• Analyzed and summarized data for presentation to key decision makers - Supply Chain and business unit managers and sourcing teams. Provided fact based summaries for negotiating teams.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Performed overall sustainability reporting for Duke’s fleet by managing and synthesizing large volumes of data, identifying trends, and validating data accuracy. Conducted emissions reporting based on vehicle usage. Used MS SQL Server 2008 and MS Excel.• Developed communication strategy and improved the working dynamics for the Fleet Vehicle and Equipment Standards Team (FVEST). FVEST is a cross-functional team comprised by employees from different business units that decide on vehicle specifications and policies. • Managed alternative fuel compliance strategies and provided compliance reporting to support the acquisition decision making and Duke’s fleet make up.• Generated ad-hoc reporting, using MS SQL Sever 2008 and MS Excel on fleet costs, vehicle usage, and fuel consumption in order to support fleet users company-wide.• Researched, reviewed, and acquired alternative fuel technologies, including plug-in electric. Analyzed vehicle offerings relative to Duke Energy work applications. • Participated in R&D efforts with vehicle manufacturers including prototype testing, voice of customer studies, among others. Worked with other utility companies in the development of common alternative fuel vehicle platforms.• Provided engineering support for vehicle and equipment acquisition and technical support activities.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Listened, understood, analyzed, and solved customer inquiries. Managed billing inquiries, service orders, trouble calls, and related matters from customers by telephone, mail, and e-mail using Duke Energy billing systems.• Explained electric charges, effects of weather conditions, electric rates, company’s policies and procedures, and government regulations as they related to customer billing and service matters. • Assisted individual and business customers to understand, operate, and troubleshoot the Duke Energy’s online billing and payment system by phone and e-mail.• Ranked as a top performer, 95% - 99% in customer satisfaction, call handle time, adherence, attendance, and call quality.

• Filed paperwork for US Permanent Residency. Green Card obtained in December 2007.• Attended the University of North Carolina – ELTI for English certification. Spring 2007.• Paternity leave from Oct-07 Dec-08.• Attending the Queens University of Charlotte. Master in Business Administration, evening program. Started Sep-08

Us

• Created procedures to enhance the process to configure and set up xDSL modems/routers. Mapped and analyzed existing business processes. Defined and documented future business processes. Defined system requirements considering equipment, associated software, local area network structure, Ethernet connection, phone connections, data transmission standards, policies to assign IP addresses to public and private networks, Firmware creation and DSLAM functioning. • Managed the implementation of a system application to automate and improve the company’s supply chain workflow, including the sales, purchasing, inventory, shipping, receiving and RMAs management processes. Outlined scope and objectives. Determined business and information system requirements and tools. Developed functional and technical specifications. Evaluated several software packages. Migrated data, tested system work flow and trained client.

• Conceptualized, validated, and managed the implementation of a software application to support departmental management decisions in regards to developing academic programs for future years. Used the RUP methodology. Outlined scope and objectives. Gathered information. Mapped out as-is and to-be business processes using Microsoft Visio. Determined business requirements. Developed functional and technical specifications. Designed the application using UML. Managed developers’ team. Tested the system and validated requirements. Trained the client and supported the system go live.

• Implemented, configured and administered the company’s local area network (LAN).• Configured and installed desktops and laptops in Windows environment. Installed operating system, configured computer settings, installed and upgraded antivirus software and patches and set up business applications. • Improved and documented the production line of pipe couplings, clamps and valves.

• Configured and installed desktops and laptops in Windows environment. Installed operating system, configured computer settings, installed and upgraded antivirus software and patches. • Managed the students and teachers data base system in Microsoft Access. Updated records and generated reports.

Master In Business Administration, Finance

English Certificate, English Training

Bachelor Of Science, Systems Engineering

Diploma, Philosophy