• Owner and Sole Proprietor of a small residential construction company specializing in the renovation and restoration of homes while enriching the physical value and experience of peoples’ lives.• Specialize in total gut-remodel, kitchen, bathroom, and small project types. • Perform high quality craftsmanship utilizing durable construction and re-used/re-sourced materials.• Collaborate with homeowners about project design, budget, material type, procurement, and schedule to complete home renovations/restorations on-time, within budget, and safely.

• Assemble accurate, well-organized estimates and proposals in a timely manner for Design/Build, Bid Build, and Conceptual Construction Project Management formats.• Continuously estimated and collaborated with Owners, Architects, Engineers, and Subcontractors throughout the preconstruction phase from early napkin sketches, to fully integrated budgetary and digital models, and on through complete construction documents.• Conducted complete quantity take-off calculations for Higher and K-12 Education, Prison, Health Care, Multi-Use Developer, Parking Garages, and Hotel Markets for local and national clients.• Maintained regional historical project cost histories for all building and material types to predict future building costs as well as integrate updated information into proprietary Conceptual Estimating Software.

• Developed new business, sales, marketing and client relations for specific building types such as federal government, municipal/civic projects, prisons, health care, education; and different project applications such as construction management, design/build, and privatization.• Performed and managed research and client contact information to identify and prioritize potential customers.• Prepared and executed Business Development Action and Marketing Plans for specific targets.• Developed, or assisted with the development of proposals, presentations and other client communications and winning sales strategies.• Met client’s needs prior to contract execution. Provide advice, liaison, planning, etc. to prospective and current clients.

• Provided overarching strategic management of 26 programs implemented through multiple agency sites located in CCNEK’s service area of northeast Kansas• Implemented, evaluated, and audited performance of 19 federal grants with numerous federal, state, and local agencies, including the Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Agriculture, Corporation for National Community Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency• Fiscally responsibility for 26 agency budgets totaling over 50% of CCNEK’s entire annual budget. Budgetary responsibility included: generating line item budgets; reviewing monthly detailed income and expense reports and general ledger details with subordinates with an emphasis on budgetary adherence; and integrating agency fiscal year budgets across multiple federal grant year and foundation grant year budgets• Recruited, managed, and developed high performing teams of professional staff. Ensured that staff members are duly trained in procedures, policies, and applications associated with their job and are licensed to provide effective, efficient, and high quality services to clients • Appraised performance and resolved human resource issues. People management responsibility included over 100 direct and indirect reports • Established and delivered expected outputs and outcomes for programs that included the assurance that all statistical information is received, inputted, recorded, and accurately communicated in a timely manner to the Board of Directors and funding entities.

• Directed 5 federal based grant programs with the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services with aggregate budget accountability of over $1mm• Conducted program management and supervisory activities related to the reception and placement of refugees in the Kansas City, Kansas community with program activities including: housing rental; employment development; job referral; strengths-based case management; English as a Second Language; agricultural business incubation; and cultural orientation education and training• Supervised a team of 17 employees who were responsible for successful social service program implementation. Managed their progress toward achieving the program goals of early refugee self-sufficiency and acculturation to American society• Partnered with various social service organizations, municipal agencies, and corporations to support the long term sustainability of programmatic and organization capacity while reducing service duplication.

• Acted in a principal role to initiate new program enterprises that met area needs; sought funding to support NNI’s mission; ensured that NNI programming met all government regulations; and built relationships with foundations, social service non-profits, municipalities, universities, and county/state government agencies to achieve long term organizational sustainability• Directed 3 home repair programs that required an in-depth knowledge of Community Development Block Grant administration, permit procedures, common ordinances, and codes regulations. Aggregate budget of $1mm• Supervised 3 employees and managed their progress toward achieving NNI’s goals for affordable housing, seniors, community planning, leadership development, and education workshop programming• Accountable for community development and housing program progress to civic, philanthropic, professional, and neighborhood organizations that fund or benefit from NNI’s work • Frequently represented NNI at the Board Level and led senior-level discussions with civic, philanthropic, professional, and neighborhood organizations