• Drove structural and mechanical designs for commercial and high-end residential projects to Client requirements;• Tailored specifications and designs to meet code, including NYC building code, IBC, IEC and national standards (ASCE, AIC, AISC, ASTM, AWS, ASHRAE, AASHTO etc) and coordinated with expediters to arrange for building permits;• Developed budgets, schedule, specifications, quality plans and regularly negotiated and communicated with contractors and fabricators to deliver outstanding projects;• Coded and introduced an automated design technique for a complex tension design and glass bridge design in Manhattan;• Every project pushes a boundary in use of material and/or design, an example being the glass OUE Skyslide 1000ft above LA.

• Established and won funding for business cases using cost-benefit-risk analyses based on current/proposed business practices;• Obtained agreement for building/project requirements with Client on basis of future business capacity and processes;• Formulated safety management plans and actively managed WH&S risks to comply with local legislation;• Spearheaded projects through all stages of the project life cycle from initial business case to handover of completed facilities. Delivered success in a culture that said ‘it cannot be done’;• Set the bar high and outpaced similar projects and to deliver ahead of time and at reduced cost;• Secured buy-in from necessary stakeholders to successfully establish change;• Procured & managed large contracts; monitoring contract performance & handled non-compliances with minimal variance;• Reduced cost and risk by optimizing contractual delivery between specialist groups; eg. design/build contracts for ‘vanilla’ portions of a project and specialists for others;• Chaired design and review meetings with contractors and Client representatives.

• Headed a team of former operational staff and revised the culture to utilize their ability as project staff;• Forged a methodology with a government agency to predictably proceed with highly regulated projects;• Hosted and delivered presentations to forums of professionals in a similar environment• Pioneered the use of earned value analysis for improved project reporting.• Led project planning on a parallel project, formulated the project structure, developed the overall strategy and methodology and managed the basic project administration of this project, which won a national project management award (AIPM, 2010)

• Developed designs with fabricators and implemented new mechanical systems;• Orchestrated mission-critical delivery of systems (trained and instructed staff to implement systems within a day)

• Increased margin by improving on all quoted budgets;• Managed relationships with customers;• Trained and managed other structural analysis staff;

• Redesigned company logo & marketing material to re-brand the company as being considerably more up-to-date and of higher perceived value;• Overhauled the company website, which continues to channel prospects via online quote & newsletter requests;• Developed and procured print advertising and directed telemarketing and direct mail campaigns;• Authored white papers for industry techniques on purchasing, sales analysis & retail technology.

• Developed coursework and taught professional engineers of various disciplines;• Produced hundreds of pages of technical documentation;• Coded and developed a file importer module for a major software package (STAAD program file importer);• Designed marketing material and revised company website;• Provided customers with software support and structural consulting services