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California, United States

Project Controls Consultants offers a diverse range of services such as project management, planning and scheduling, cost estimation and control, construction management, engineering support, and capital project portfolio planning. Clients include notable companies like DuPont, Chevron, Boehringer Ingelheim, BioMarin, Nutcracker Therapeutics, among others.• Developed for a confidential client a cultured meat production facility conceptual design with detailed equipment and utility requirements plus a FEL1 TIC Project Estimate to support the company’s Series B funding request for this emerging industry.• As the Owner's Representative Project Manager at Nutcracker Therapeutics, I managed seven projects valued at over $25 million for two years. These projects included an ISO7 GMP facility, a corresponding QC laboratory, Product Development, and R&D Lab renovations, among others. Responsibilities involved overseeing engineering and contractor work statements, handling client support activities, evaluating submittals and change orders, tracking schedules, and reviewing invoices and budget expenditures.• Secured close to $3 million in new projects for the firm and affiliated partners through prospecting, client and lead outreach, proposal development, and negotiations.• Provided project planning and scheduling services to various clients, including Chevron, DuPont, and Nutcracker, using both Primavera P6 and MS Project. The scope of work encompassed creating schedules from overarching program timelines for management to intricate construction schedules covering plant shutdowns, turnarounds, commissioning, and validation activities.• Created a variety of capital project cost estimates (FEL 1-3) for clients across refining, pharmaceutical, chemical, and other sectors. Employed diverse estimating methodologies based on the availability of information, constructability evaluations, and engineering and vendor documentation.

As the first Project Controls Manager at Andeavor's facility in Martinez, CA, I was hired by my former client to oversee project capital budgeting and provide monthly reports to the corporation.• Oversaw a five-member Project Controls Team at the refinery, comprising schedulers and cost engineers.• Led the creation of a comprehensive P6 project schedule portfolio, providing a holistic view of the refinery's small capital program rather than maintaining separate schedules for each active project.• Enhanced and automated the monthly capital cash flow expenditure using Ecosys Cost Control.• Headed effort to conduct a thorough review and restructuring of the refinery's 5-year capital project plan in collaboration with management, engineering, and maintenance teams.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Served as a project management consultant for the California High-Speed Rail, focusing on enhancing the oversight of utility relocations carried out by three Design/Build contractors. My role involved collaborating with the staff from the three Project Construction Management (PCM) firms to refine processes and information systems, leading to improved status reporting and financial accountability for progress payments.• Conducted an analysis of subcontractors' project management practices and formulated recommendations for process enhancements.• Developed a strategy to enhance project tracking systems for the PCMs associated with utility relocation efforts, employing standardized definitions of percentage completion and status tracking tools.• Mentored staff in best practices for project management, including the use of schedules for tracking and forecasting work.• Oversaw the project controls staff of Cordoba Corporation assigned to the High-Speed Rail Program office.

Concord, Ca, Us

Versa Engineering and Technology, located in the Bay Area, serves clients across various sectors including Refining and Petrochemical, Biopharmaceutical and Drug Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing, as well as Food and Beverage. During my tenure, I held diverse roles such as Scheduler, Project Controls Manager, Project Manager, Engineering Lead, On-site Construction Manager, and Owner’s Representative.• Provided program management support to the Tesoro Concord Refinery Engineering Team, which is responsible for executing capital projects valued at $80-100+ million annually. These projects include tank cleaning and maintenance, replacement of process equipment, as well as piping and electrical upgrades.• Spent 18 months on-site at a prominent California winery, serving as an EPCM Project Manager for a $50 million multi-phase equipment upgrade project. The scope of work encompassed the installation of a new boiler, an upgrade to the water treatment system, the replacement of three electrical substations, as well as new utility and process piping, the installation of specialty equipment, and an ammonia plant safety system.• Served in a Project Controls capacity for Versa and various clients, creating status and budget reporting tools, delivering status updates, managing resource loading schedules, and executing additional tasks as required.• Produced a variety of TIC Project estimates (FEL1-3) for several clients, such as Tesoro, Phillips 66, E.J. Gallo, and Genentech.• Created and maintained a broad range of project schedules, encompassing high-level program planning, detailed turnaround and commissioning, engineering, and construction phases using Primavera P6, MS Project, and Smartsheet.• Project experience encompasses multi-disciplined engineering design, design/build, major equipment replacement, plant automation DCS/SCADA replacement, GMP facilities, plant utility upgrades, commissioning and validation, field construction, and refinery turnarounds.

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ORCAS Project Controls is a consultancy that offers scheduling, planning, and project control management services to clients in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical industries.• Provided project management consulting services to support a semiconductor manufacturer through a $60 million fabrication plant upgrade, working alongside Program Managers and Team Leads to improve project management and delivery processes.• Developed project plans and transformed them into detailed schedules, timelines, and actionable items. I also produced reports on project variances and implemented MS SharePoint tools to centralize communication, track issues, and manage document storage.• I supported a 60-person project team, trained leads in tools to improve workload management, refined the execution plan to enhance the clarity of communication regarding interdependencies across various disciplines, and introduced a new report that provides management and the project team with a graphical view of the progress on 230 deliverables.

Santa Clara, California, Us