Responsible for the coordination of negotiations between the supplier’s and Gulfstream’s contract, legal, and engineering teams to finalize contract negotiations, as well as the administration of subcontracts for electrical components and composite panels. Daily responsibilities include the solicitation of pricing proposals, bid evaluations, negotiated cost savings, scheduling of deliveries, and terms and conditions of negotiated contracts, monitoring of shortage reports for planned and unplanned demand deliveries for materials required to support the operations for all aircraft programs within Gulfstream Aerospace. Performed supplier program management reviews PMRs to monitor supplier performances in coordination with quality assurance, engineering, planning, shipping, and receiving for all operations on all aircraft programs at Gulfsteam Aerospace.● Hired as a Buyer in 1995 and advanced to Subcontract Administrator for the production purchasing department. Left Gulfstream to pursue a teaching career 2001.

Vice President / Chief Operating OfficerJanuary 2010 to May 2012Leaders Property Management – Dallas, TXRecruited as a chief operating officer for a multi-family property management company to manage listed property assets in excess value of one hundred and twenty one million dollars and advanced to the position of vice president.● Negotiated savings in excess of 500,000 dollars ● Negotiated labor and materials contracts for complete interior renovations on 10 multi-family apartment properties in excess of 500 units and supervised the scope of work to completion. ● Negotiated and signed exterior renovation contracts for 6 properties in excess of 130 buildings at a total cost of over 4 million dollars and supervised all scopes of work to completion. ● Supervised and worked the day to day operations and activities on 10 multi-family apartment homes consisting of over 1200 units and over 70 employees. Trained and motivated leasing agents to increase occupancy rates in a down market while undergoing major property renovations. Increased occupancy rates on ten properties from the lowest range of 35% occupancy to 75% occupancy and high range of 65% occupancy to 95% occupancy in a declining market.

Teacher and CoachNovember 2001 to December 2009Calvary Day School – Savannah, GeorgiaAs a full-time middle school teacher and coach for 8 years I was honored to create a lasting impact on children and their families in the classroom and on the field.● Head coach of middle school football for 8 years and volunteering for 7 years as head football and basketball coach prior to teaching and coaching full time. ● 15 years of coaching middle school football and basketball - 5 teams achieved middle school league championships and every year teams in basketball and football advanced to the playoff. ● 4 years as assistant coach for high school boys’ basketball and head coach for JV boys basketball - 2 boys' basketball teams advanced to the state playoffs and 1 team won the region championship and advanced to the elite 8 in state playoffs. ● 8 years as assistant high school girls and boys soccer coach - 2 boys' and 3 girls' teams advanced to state playoffs and one girls' team advanced to the elite 8 in the stated playoffs.