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►Who We Are:Responsible. We specialize in critical facilities like GMP manufacturing, hospitals, central utility plants, vivariums, and BSL laboratories where planning and coordination are crucial.Efficient. We guide building owners, stakeholders and operations staff through project design, construction, and commissioning to maximize your investment.Experienced. Construction managers with decades of experience in engineering, project management, energy management, building and systems commissioning. We bring together the industry’s finest experts to handle your most complex and challenging projects. We use this same deep experience to offer one-on-one career coaching for those looking to move forward in their career and technical classes for all experience levels. From project conception through commissioning and validation, we’ve got your back.➜Advise:✅Cost Savings✅Identify operational cost saving measures within your facility✅Operational efficiency to minimize water and energy use✅Design and implementation of waste diversion programs for your facility➜Build✅Construction Management & Owner's Representation✅We are builders with technical experience in GMP and mission-critical facilities✅Experienced in planning, execution, and problem solving we ensure you get the most for your money✅Commissioning oversight ensures the installation of new systems and equipment in accordance with the design & Owner’s Project Requirements➜Educate | Building Industry Education We have gathered all of our best classes and resources over 20 years in the industry to bring you educational sessions on a wide variety of topics including Leadership, Construction Management and Sustainability. Whether you are looking to be better informed or implement on site programs at your facility, we provide experts with the latest education and training. ►Expertise: Owners Representation, Subject Matter Expert, Design review, Project Management, Education GMP, Process MEP, OSHPD

Vice President, 2017-2018 | Treasurer, financial committee 2016-2017ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. ASHRAE was formed as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers by the merger in 1959 of American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE) founded in 1894 and The American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (ASRE) founded in 1904.

Honored to be elected and to have served on the Board of Directors January 2015-2017The mission of the San Diego Green Building Council is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves our quality of life.

As a Senior Project Manager for Kinetics I established a branch office in San Diego and introduced Kinetics to local businesses, engineers, and contractors. In addition to my PM role I was responsible for marketing, client relations, QAQC, engineering, purchasing, estimating, and sales for my business unit.Clean Room ManufacturingGMP facilitesBio-PharmaceuticalResearch LaboratoriesData CentersHigher EducationMicro Electronics

As a Project Manager for UMEC, my responsibilities included cost control, purchasing, field labor management, scheduling, subcontractor management, contracts, BIM coordination, productivity tracking and improvement, change negotiation, start-up, test and balance, and commissioning coordination and support. I established a high performance team that successfully executed multiple high profile projects on time and under budget. Additionally, my team was responsible for the training of new engineers, field, and support staff. Managed multiple large commercial projects ($10M+) with field and office staffing at multiple sites. Full safety, fiscal, productivity, and performance responsibility for all projects. Functioned as the operations training hub for incoming engineering staff. Participated in many operational improvements and implementation of company wide change. Designed the mentoring program for incoming employees and engineering training program.As a project engineer for Spira Loc (a division of University Mechanical), my responsibilities included oversight of field and administrative operations. We performed testing and balancing of air and water systems, sound testing, and HVAC commissioning for internal and external clients. I was responsible for final NEBB reporting, coordinating field activities with project schedules, manpower scheduling, job costing, purchasing, and field support. During this time I streamlined operational controls and processes, maximized productivity, and built a positive team environment.

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