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St Louis, Missouri, United States

Collinsville, Illinois, United States

Responsibilities include all activities from sales to project management to business operations.•Manage Large Customer Accounts including Quorum Health, Missouri Botanical Gardens, Nestle Purina, Olin, and various Federal Agencies. •Systems Design and Engineering for new installations including all Audio/Visual, Physical Security, Networking, and Video Surveillance projects.•Direct both Centric Security technicians and Union Electricians (Electrical Design Services, J.F. Electric, Guarantee, Kaemmerlen, Pyramid, Request, Schaeffer, TD4, and TSI) on new system installations.•Developed/supported clients in Business, Education, Government and Healthcare Industries.•Increased Centric Security gross sales from $600k to $2.7m with forecasted growth to $3.4m in 2022.Professional Licenses and Product Certifications-Illinois PERC Card – Expiration 5/31/2024, GSA – Security Clearance Credentials 10/2023, Exacq, Feenics, Genetec, Salient and S2System ProficienciesAccess Control-Aiphone, Andover, Comlit, DSX, Feenics, Genetec, Honeywell, Infinias, OpenPath, Open Options, Paxton, S2, TruPortal and Vanderbilt experience CCTV-ACTi, Axis, Bosch, Exacq Technologies, Hanwha/Techwin, Hikvision, Honeywell, OpenEye, Panasonic, Pelco, Salient Systems, TruPortal, and Video Insight experienceIntrusion-Bosch, DSC, and Honeywell/Ademco experienceOperating Sytems and Networking-Linux, Apple/Mac OS, Windows 7,8,10 Server 2008, 2012, 2016 & 2019, Network Management (Firewall, Port Forwarding, Use of Static and DHCP Protocols). Netgear and Ubiquiti VLAN ConfigurationMemberships Certifications-ASIS International, CPP Certification (studying for test in 2022)

Edwardsville, Illinois, United States

Boy Scouts of America- Serving as a Co-Den Leader for Pack 4075 and transitioning into a similar role with Troop 1031.Lewis and Clark Habitat for Humanity- Serving as the Construction Chairperson to solicit labor donations from Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical subcontractors for current projects, and coordinate volunteer labor.Greater Alton Community Development- Served on the Board of Directors for a regional community development initiative focused on redeveloping lower Alton near St. Clare’s Hospital. Habitat for Humanity – Illinois- Served on the Board of Directors and Co-Chaired the Finance Committee for a state support organization founded to secure funding opportunities and provide training for smaller Illinois Habitat for Humanity affiliates.

Edwardsville, Illinois, United States

Incorporated a real estate development/holding corporation to develop vacant land for residential and commercial projects, as well as manage daily rental property operations.•Established network of real estate professional to generate leads on prospective property.•Analyzed sites based on zoning, market need, project development costs and income potential.•Secured lots for future “Spec” homes, and commercial multi-tenant building.•Developed multi-tenant office space, selling units as “office condos” or investment property.•Managed lease negotiations, site and building maintenance.

Started a design/build residential remodeling company utilizing a “single source” approach for custom homes, remodeling and commercial tenant finish.•Secured “factory direct” distribution rights for several Kitchen cabinets lines.•Qualified all trade sub-contractors identifying responsibilities and performance expectations.•Established business, financial and marketing management programs.•Performed all estimating, sales and project management daily operations.•Developed culture focused on “customer satisfaction” driving new project sales primarily from referrals.

Kirkwood, Missouri, United States

Responsibilities included job costing, bid solicitation, vendor negotiations and sales contract preparation. Managed the daily operations and maintenance of the company IT/Computer network including equipment purchases, file sharing protocols, and software selection.•Initiated new processes for estimating and qualifying sub-contractors increasing job profitability by 12%.•Helped to develop the Company’s “In House” design process eliminating the need to outsource these services.•Estimated and wrote contracts on over $8,000,000 of new construction homes and remodeling work.•Worked with the New Home sales manager to develop “Spec” home models, development budgets, sales documents and standardized option/selection pricing.

Alton, Illinois, United States

As the Executive Director, my primary responsibilities were to raise awareness for the need of affordable home ownership opportunities locally as well as raise funding to build affordable housing for those in need. Additionally, I was responsible for all business operations of the not-for-profit corporation including Board and Committee development, accounting, site and family selection, sale of completed homes, collection of house payments, and family support.•Diversified funding sources and fund-raising strategies raising over $1 million dollars•Implemented Homeownership subsidy programs including FHLB AHP funds, IHDA Trust Funds and Tax Credits, Madison County HOME and CDBG funds. •Developed an 11-unit residential neighborhood.•Increased organization’s service area to include Madison and Bond counties.•Taught homeownership maintenance, volunteer management and construction safety courses.

Master'S Degree In Public Administration, Non-Profit Management, Affordable Housing Development

Emphasis in Non-Profit Administration including budgeting, fundraising and grant writing, program design, public policy and statistical.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Economics

Emphasis in Mathematics including econometrics and statistical forecasting.

Accounting And Economics

Pre-accounting and macroeconomics.