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Greenville, South Carolina Area

Responsible for the overall facilities management of the Firm's leased and owned facilities. Primary duties include lease management, maintenance and construction projects, physical security, business continuity and department leadership and administration.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for the global real estate portfolio and the strategy, policy and process as it relates to facility management.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for the global real estate portfolio for Chiquita where I am responsible for all facets of portfolio management: procure and negotiate purchased and leased assets, lease administration and optimization, asset disposal, property services vendor management. During our relocation to Charlotte, I was responsible for the build-out of the Corporate Headquarters and completed the project ahead of time with LEED Gold Certification. Currently serving as project sponsor for a distribution center build out project.Additional areas of responsibility include managing the corporate travel and relocation programs. After our move to Charlotte, I led the teams that were responsible for rewriting both the travel and relocation policies. Numerous policy changes were implemented to reduce our overall spend in both categories. Implemented reporting processes to give greater visibility into the spend in all areas. Supervise facility service operations for multiple facilities including international locations. Administer the fleet services programs for our US operations. Proposed several policy changes that reduced overall spend to both our leased and purchased program as well as our mileage reimbursement programs.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Responsible for the facility management of all Cliffs Communities property amenities and property management homes. Implemented preventative maintenance program to ensure assets were maintained and operated in a manner to prolong the life and for energy efficiency. Responsible for numerous capital project improvement that were completed in all areas of the communities. Ensured all life safety systems were adhered to and facilities were inspected and maintained to provide the safest and greatest comfort to our members and guests. I was the engineering lead on all event activities where temporary power and utilities were required to sustain the event. Developed numerous vendor relationships where we optimized our cost and customer service requirements. Oversaw the Property Management program where the team completed all hospitality requirements: housekeeping, reservations, maintenance and concierge services.

Corporate leadership position responsible for operational standards, commercial production centers, store standards and measurement programs. Program manager and lead for the implementation of 38 commercial production centers across the FedEx Office network which resulted in over $20 million in machine costs savings. Published and operations manual and audit program to ensure all centers were meeting the expected standard of our commercial customers. Oversaw the rewrite of the FedEx Office Operations Manual where all programs and processes that occur in a store were documented with the appropriate quality steps. Oversaw the management of the customer service program where we managed the quality of our store services by secret shopping and customer surveys. Improved the overall performance and reporting through the program as well as reduced the overall cost by $1.5 million.

Rochester, New York Area

Operational leadership responsibility for $10 high volume commercial print and fulfillment business consisting of three manufacturing facilities (one international). Reduced overall operating expenses by over $4 million by instilling manufacturing efficiencies and streamlining the overall manufacturing process. Managed 10 direct reports and over 90 team members across all facilities. Successfully managed and maintained the ISO 9000 certification.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed all central services maintenance technicians that supported over 20 manufacturing operations. Responsible for the day-to-day activities for the following maintenance disciplines: HVAC, PM, High Voltage Electricians, Elevators, Vehicle Repair, Riggers and Carpenters. Created best practice program for preventative maintenance tasks. Established technical training outlines for each trade to meet FDA requirements.

Greater Chicago Area

Plant engineering and facilities planning for over 30 buildings at the North Chicago site. Coordinated all facilities upkeep with an expense budget of over $800,000. Managed the capital planning process for the entire North Chicago site for the following disciplines: HVAC, building infrastructure, electrical and plumbing. Implement customer services meetings with building tenants to provide an avenue for consistent and better communication and understand the needs of the building occupants.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for product development testing and cost reduction analysis for the flexible IV container. Successfully implemented over twenty new products into the manufacturing facility after receiving FDA approval. Implemented several product improvements based on improvements in packaging and delivery testing. Served as the product support technical service analyst for the Austin manufacturing facility.

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

Maintenance supervisor on third shift for the flexible IV container line. Implemented process improvements and cost reduction programs that resulted in over $100,000 in annual savings and adjusted staffing to reduce labor by 20%. Oversaw minor capital projects to the overwrap and packaging areas.

Frankfort, Indiana

Front line supervisor for the Corn Processing department. Worked numerous different shifts and managed over 20 different processing operators.

Frankfort, Indiana

Served as the sanitation supervisor for the Frito-Lay plant while finishing college. The sanitation crew worked on weekends so I was responsible for scheduling and managing the overnight hours of the process and packaging operation cleaning crews.

Frankfort, Indiana

Summer internship as a project engineer at the Frankfort plant. Implemented a clean-in-place (CIP) project the improved the efficiencies of the sanitation crews. Completed the specification and ordering of HVAC equipment for upgrades that were needed but was unable to implement due to returning to school.