Leveraging my extensive professional experience, I'm in charge of all development initiatives, focusing on senior living and active adult, 55+ apartment home communities with premium amenities. My job is to oversee site selection, conduct feasibility studies, and lead the due diligence process. Additionally, I guide entitlement processes, liaise with design consultants, and manage general contactor engagements. I also coordinate with utility providers and governmental agencies to fulfill our development goals and ensure project alignment with strategic objectives.Key Achievements:● Cost Savings: Proactively mitigated financial risk by managing contractor agreements amidst raw demand and fluctuating market cycles, ensuring project cost-efficiency during periods of global supply chain issues. Consistently value-engineered contractor GMP's to achieve project hard cost savings of 3%-5% while maintaining intended final scope via strategic sourcing and collaborative renegotiation, while upholding budget integrity.● Business Continuity: Successfully navigated COVID-19 labor challenges by strategizing with subcontractors to prevent workforce mingling, ensuring timely project completion despite potential delays, while ensuring worker safety.● Risk Management: Mitigated risk within contracts while also ensuring regulatory compliance by reviewing tender documents for discrepancies and unfavorable terms.● Cost Management: Managed demand for resources throughout projects by accurately forecasting where costs fell during schedule while conducting cost plan development and reviews.● Contract Negotiations: Applied entrepreneurial spirit, analytical skills, and decisiveness while successfully negotiating and concluding agreements prior to preparing contract supplements as well as documentation.

In this role, I directed a real estate development and construction management consultancy, driving the creation of new ground-up communities and value-add improvements to multifamily properties. I led an array of development projects, managing the transformation of raw land into residential subdivisions, and overseeing the construction of custom homes.Key Achievements:● Construction Management: Completed construction of nine custom homes within subdivision and additional eight unique residences in Houston Heights neighborhood, on-time and within budget.● Project Oversight: Implemented and monitored control procedures that enhanced project delivery, ensuring efficient management, accounting practices, and adherence to tight schedules.● Contractor Management: Ensured timely project completion while also identifying cost saving opportunities by monitoring contractor work, negotiating with suppliers, and conducting quality assurance checks.

While working with, KIMCO, I managed the design and construction operations during the rollout of retail power centers, enhancing Weingarten's market presence across Gulf Coast. I managed comprehensive project scopes, from initial design to construction completion, ensuring alignment with strategic development goals. I also led multidisciplinary teams, fostering collaboration between architects, engineers, and consultants.Key Achievements:● Retail Construction: Guided development of multiple high-profile retail shopping centers and anchor tenant spaces, enhancing company's retail portfolio and driving revenue growth.● Recruiting & Team Building: Successfully hired and managed network of skilled architects, engineers, and consultants that consistently delivered on company's vision to produce quality, modern retail spaces.

Earlier in my career, I led construction operations for commercial as well as residential projects. To achieve results, I called upon my extensive industry experience and motivational leadership skills to oversee the project lifecycle from conception to completion. I also drove collaboration among sub-contractors, general contractors, and client teams.Key Achievements:● Employee Engagement: Cultivated high-performance culture by mentoring project managers and team leaders, resulting in improved team productivity and employee retention rates.● Project Planning: Mitigated risk, maintained highest levels of quality, and avoided issues impacting project progression by meticulously planning all aspects of small commercial and residential projects.