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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

- Responsible for the daily operations, oversight, and management of the New England Aquarium campus facilities including Central Wharf, Quincy Animal Care Center, administrative offices, storage facilities and research field station. - Oversees the maintenance, planning, upkeep, and construction-related activities of the aquarium’s physical plants with a focus on animal care/safety, sustainability, and energy conservation. - Manages Campus Safety operation which includes security contractors, health and safety, emergency management, and fire safety operations. - Negotiates and supervises the activities of procurement along with management of various aquarium-wide service contracts and relationships including partnerships on Central Wharf Plaza.- Oversees specific maintenance and repairs for life support projects related to improving the welfare of animals in our care.- Provides operational, financial, and administrative guidance to executive leadership to support strategic decision-making and successful operations.

Chicago, Il

- Participates in planning meetings with city departments and contractors in order to prioritize approved repair and maintenance projects and to ensure work is performed and completed within established timelines.- Conducts site visits to inspect interior facilities and exterior property to ensure the general maintenance, safety and cleanliness of designated locations.- Participates in the annual budget preparation process and reviews related expenditures of operating and capital improvement budgets to ensure spending remains within guidelines.- Develops specifications and manages contracts of private vendors ensuring provisions are met, payments are processed in a timely manner and problems are addressed.- Researches and recommends the purchase of special equipment and materials used in facility maintenance and repair projects.- Compiles and prepares comprehensive status activity reports of pending and completed maintenance and repair projects.

Woodridge, Il

- Served as the single point of contact to Store Operations (Store Managers/District Managers/Regional Vice President) for the Asset Management Department for things related to store care, building, equipment, and property care. - Single source Asset Manager for complete building, equipment, and property care, including but not limited to full budgetary responsibility for all capital assets as well as reactive and proactive scheduling and coordination. - Owned all asset management responsibilities for designated region including property management, landlord collaboration, municipality coordination, expense control, and frequent site visits. - Responsible for maintaining the highest level of interior and exterior standards for over 300 Walgreens stores, healthcare clinics, vacant buildings, idle properties, and other healthcare assets in the greater Chicagoland area.- Accountable for monitoring and supervising out-sourced service providers, as well as all third-party vendors providing services to the program.- Supervised special projects, including roll outs, in compliance with corporate polices from inception to completion. This included any roll out of new programs or new store concepts.- Supported business continuity by proactively planning for and responding to catastrophic events (e.g. snow storms, power outages, tornados, floods, etc.) utilizing corporate procedures as noted in the Emergency Playbook.

Chicago, Il

- Delivered performance-focused direction in the management of over 2 million square feet of 25 educational buildings spanning across the far southeast side of Chicago. - Supervised over 20 union certified building engineers and worked with them to provide a safe and warm learning environment for students. - Focal point of all actions related to any emergency at assigned school, including first contact and immediate decision maker. - Identified all skill deficiencies of each direct report engineer, and reported this information on a continuous basis to direct supervisor. - Implemented through direct reports all preventative maintenance schedules and developed corrective actions on all exception reports.

Chicago, Il

- Managed a public housing development with over 450 plus units.- Developed yearly budgetary forecast for 450 plus units, while ensuring the forecast meets corporate and federal guidelines.- Prepared weekly reports, and quality assurance grids for assigned housing development property.- Assigned as the “team leader” in the relocation of over 300 plus public housing residents to alternative properties throughout the country. - Maintained records, such as residential leases, income receipts, and resident name register. - Facilitated all assigned property managed public meetings.