Derek Monn Email & Phone Number

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Vineyard, UT

• Facilitate efficient management of construction specialty trades for hospitality and high-end projects primarily located in Hawaii
• Understand all contract documents to provide direct management support from estimation through construction
• Analyze work flow, productivity ratios, and resource availability to create realistic schedules in MS Project
• Manage ordering, tracking, and delivery of contractor furnished items to project site for installation
• Discern and meet needs of clients by providing key information to general contractors, designers, and owners
• Evaluate current business structure and develop new business models to facilitate growth

Provo, UT

• Recipient of Marriott School of Management Scholarship
• Teaching Assistant for Marketing class of first-year students
• Competed in 2014 & 2015 Adobe Digital Analytics Competition
• Conducted ZMET (Zoltman Metaphor Elicitation Techniquie) marketing research with Browning Arms consumers to identify HVMs and presented findings/recommendations to CEO
• Developed choice-based conjoint survey using Sawtooth Discovery to collect primary data on attribute preference and willingness to pay for smart phone users
• Determined overall market size, developed unique marketing plan directed at new category entrants for new product launch, and presented plan to Senior Brand Manager at WhiteWave Foods

Bethesda, MD

• Summer MBA Associate working as part of Global Design Strategies team. Supported global expansion of Marriott brand hotels (predominately CFRST hotels) by improving efficiency and accuracy of budgeting modules.
• Produced detailed estimates for construction of new, renovation of existing, and conversion of competitor hotels
• Improved efficiency 12-25% on a routine task by combining multiple financial forecasting models into single product
• Analyzed existing properties, estimated remodeling costs, and assisted with reporting recommendations to client
• Researched numerous vendors from local market to understand current industry economic conditions

Orem, UT

• Creating business development strategy and detailed marketing plan for on‐line retailer to transition to mass market
• Determined purchasing trends by analyzing 7,100 sales transactions for company’s prior 13 months
• Increased understanding of insights by visually representing data in Tableau
• Segmented customer base into profile groups through evaluating results of over 600 customer satisfaction surveys
• Identified opportunities for differentiation by studying market, perceived competitors, and indirect substitutes

Afganistan - Mazar-e-Sharif

• Represented the US Government in cross-cultural teams organized to construct facilities in dangerous locations
• Oversaw Afghan contractors progress in building 10 ANSF compounds simultaneously
• Improved relationship between USACE and Afghan contractors from adversarial to supportive by mitigating previous setbacks and working together to develop best courses of action for successful project completion
• Ensured up to 5x greater sustainability of projects by holding contractors to required specifications, not accepting inferior quality materials, and investigating/reducing counterfeit materials
• Mentored four Local National Quality Assurance personnel (Afghan citizens) in how to improve project documentation, oral presentations, and English skills
• Ensured that safety standards outlined in Safety manual EM 385-1-1 were adhered to by Contractors

Afghanistan - Kabul, Bagram, & Mazar-e-Sharif

• Worked as Cost Estimator as part of deployed, in-country engineering department for designing NATO and ANSF facilities
• Prepared 18 Independent Government Estimates valued over $7.66 million
• Prepared 7 Rough Order of Magnitude estimates valued over $10.5 million
• Performed quality control checks on formal estimates prepared by colleagues
• Analyzed work breakdowns prepared by contractors in detail for errors and reasonability
• Called upon to assist Office Engineers in negotiating contract modifications

Winchester, VA

• Worked as Cost Estimator in multi-disciplined Project Delivery Teams for designing military/government facilities
• Combined information from market research, historical databases, and forecasting modules to prepare 43 Independent Government Estimates valued over $700M in FY 12
• Hand-selected to lead more than 50 Price Evaluation Teams as part of cross-functional assignments
• Developed automated report generation process that reduced through put time from a week to 1-2 days
• Mined pricing data to maintain libraries of construction costs for 20 countries including Afghanistan, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates.
• Selected by Senior Level Management as inaugural recipient of Engineer of the Month Award

Vineyard, UT

• Managed estimate preparation, budget creation, and material procurement processes to allow efficient transitions of successfully bid projects from estimating team to the Project Manager
• Developed detailed planning and actual construction budgets for newly awarded projects up to $1M
• Took on additional responsibility of managing logistics for several container shipments of imported goods from China, Philippines, Portugal, and Italy
• Overcame language barriers with suppliers by providing renderings of fabrication details with Google SketchUp
• Formalized methodology and procedures for creating new estimates which decreased errors dramatically
• Supervised a team of estimators and ensured their success by training employees on specific construction estimating procedures and software, reviewing work, and providing feedback on accurate/inaccurate work

Vineyard, UT

• Worked with on other colleague to create new estimating department from scratch
• Used On-Screen Takeoff software to prepare estimates for several scopes of work
• Provided comprehensive breakdowns of potential projects to management review board
• Developed new method and defined procedures for creating new project estimates
• Trained subordinate employees on the use of construction estimating procedures and software

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant for 1st Year Marketing Class - Fall 2015, Adobe Digital Analytics Competition (ADAC) 2014 &.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Construction Management

Activities and Societies: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society - 2005 Inductee, BYU ASPE Mock Bid 2008 - Second Place, ASC National Marine.