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Greater Milwaukee Area

Support divisional operations including large project oversight, client transitions, and monthly financial reviews. Facilitate completion of annual divisional budgeting process. Manage facility leases. Oversee macro level production capacity planning corporate-wide. Review and recommend divisional capital expenditure and personnel requests.Provide interim divisional support when necessary due to vacancy and/or specific divisional need. Responsible for training new Divisional Operations Directors and ensuring divisions are utilizing operational procedures through regular audits and on-going training.Oversee Portables Department operations including staffing, business unit strategic review and planning, and maintaining overall profitability.Oversee Preferred Supplier Program including negotiating contracts and ensuring program compliance.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Alongside and under the direction of the Executive Vice President, substantially complete the launch of new Rental Department initiative including personnel selection and training, operational procedure development, capital purchase execution, and facility redesign.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Perform high level operational responsibilities including large project oversight, client transitions, process and procedure development and oversight, and Divisional Operations Director interim assignments. Negotiate, manage and update all Agreements for clients, suppliers, and freelance resources. Manage facility leases. Oversee macro level production capacity planning corporate-wide.

Greater Atlanta Area

Assigned to senior operational leadership position in the Atlanta Division. Functioned as divisional operations leader with successful achievement of daily operational execution (measured by customer satisfaction and no missed shipments) while serving as "Right Hand" to Divisional Vice President during annual budgeting (for 2020) and financial review (for 2019). Re-installed regular operational discipline in the forms of weekly operational team meetings, direct report one on ones, daily shop staff meeting, and weekly Production Meeting. Trained new Divisional Operations Director (internal corporate promotion). Drove numerous initiatives related to operational effectiveness and efficiency on the shop floor, in the warehouse, and in Project Management, Logistics, and Administration, including capturing 3000 sq ft of additional shop floor layout, organizing mezzanine area for additional storage utilization and increasing warehousing efficiency utilization.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Assigned to senior operational leadership position in the Las Vegas Division. Functioned as divisional operations leader with successful achievement of daily operational execution (measured by customer satisfaction and no missed shipments) while serving as "Right Hand" to Divisional Vice President during annual budgeting (for 2019) and financial review (for 2018). Re-installed regular operational discipline in the forms of weekly operational team meetings, direct report one on ones, and critically important weekly shop staff meeting. Trained new Divisional Operations Director (internal divisional promotion) and Production Manager (re-hire). Drove numerous initiatives related to operational effectiveness and efficiency on the shop floor, in the warehouse, and in Project Management, Logistics, Administration, and Purchasing including adding 7000 sq ft of additional shop floor layout while increasing warehousing efficiency utilization.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Assigned to senior operational leadership position in the Milwaukee (11/17 thru 03/18) and Chicago (03/18 thru 07/18) Divisions. Functioned as divisional operations leader with successful achievement of daily operational execution (measured by customer satisfaction and no missed shipments) while serving as "Right Hand" to Divisional Vice President during annual budgeting (for 2018) and financial review (for 2017). Installed regular operational discipline in the forms of weekly operational team meetings, direct report one on ones, and critically important weekly shop staff meeting. Trained new Divisional Operations Director. Drove numerous initiatives related to operational effectiveness and efficiency on the shop floor, in the warehouse, and in Project Management, Logistics, Administration, and Purchasing including redesign of direct purchase procedure, shop floor layout, and warehousing efficiency redesign.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Member of Corporate Operations team with responsibility for client, supplier, and union contract negotiation, facility lease negotiation, preferred supplier program management, client and supplier credit review and approval, and other divisional support and continuous improvement initiatives across all divisions. Execute interim divisional management assignments when necessary.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Assigned to senior operational leadership position in Las Vegas Division. Functioned as divisional operations leader with successful achievement of three primary tasks: 1. Retain all critical personnel; 2. assure daily operational execution (measured by customer satisfaction and not missing any shipments; 3. focus particularly on successful executions of client properties that will be used in two large Las Vegas trade shows at which 13 Derse clients from multiple divisions exhibit (ICSC & RECON). Installed regular operational discipline in the form of daily operational huddles, weekly production meeting, and weekly shop staff meeting. Trained new Shop Supervisor. Developed action plan for permanent Operations Director focus at conclusion of assignment.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Member of Divisional Management Team responsible for Production, Warehouse, Logistics, Project Management, and Purchasing. We help our clients achieve smarter wins in their face to face marketing. Our expert craftsmen and support staff have centuries of experience creating exceptional, award-winning environments for our clients. Led staff of 5 direct and 45 indirect full time reports.

Member of Executive Staff responsible for development of existing account base and customer service performance, along with attainment of margin objectives. • Delivered actual departmental costs below original budget while sales increased 33% over original sales forecast and 15% over revised plan. • Directed staff of 18 including Key Client Managers, Project Managers, Estimator, and Assistant Project Managers.

Developed and implemented programs for large hospitality customers. • Directed cross-functional international team in achieving long term margin targets. • Obtained LEED Green Associate professional credential.

Delivered actual departmental costs below original budget while sales increased 20% over original sales forecast. • Qualifed prospects and forecasted and directed business development for both new and existing accounts. • Led staff of 12, including Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, remote Sales Executive and four staff field superintendents.

Responsible for maintaining overall annual sales volume for existing accounts. • Increased penetration on those accounts to over $2,000,000 in annual sales volume each by developing additional vendor-managed inventory programs. • Directed project team that engineered, manufactured, and installed multi-million dollar custom millwork retail interiors on time and 20% under budget.

Collaborated with designers and account executives to achieve design objectives within customer budgetary guidelines. • Created training materials and conducted training seminars for all estimators and project managers corporate-wide.

Responsible for engineering, construction, and testing of new exhibit properties for name brand companies across a wide spectrum of industries: banking, consumer brands, food and beverage, publishing. • Managed $3,000,000 project for design, testing, fabrication, and installation of interactive children's museum exhibits.

Managed multi-million dollar permanent installations ($3.0 million / $1.0 million). • Responsible for successful on time and below budget completion of engineering, fabrication, and installation of scenery and mechanized "one of a kind" effects (moving projection screens, personnel lifts, robot lifts, a lift that moved a semi-tractor up and down and spun it 360 degrees at a 5 degree angle).

Summer position between 2nd and 3rd years of school. Liaison between Road Crews, IATSE Union Stage Crew, and Park Service House Staff, coordinating all aspects of performance: sound, lights, props, rigging, scenery, hospitality, load-in, load-out.

Mfa, Production Management

Activities and Societies: Yale Glee Club

Bs, Theater, Economics

Activities and Societies: Concert Choir, Choral Union