Jeff Pecchio Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ohio, United States

United the Fabrication and Electro-Mechanical Departments, leading a team of 20+ through 7 direct reports, and overseeing all projects involving fabrication, production, and implementation of EM and AV systems. Proactively identify opportunities to drive improvements, mitigate roadblocks and red flags, and fuel organizational efficiencies and process excellence. Serve as a member of the executive leadership team, contributing to long-term strategic planning, growth momentum, and culture shaping.

Dublin, Ohio, United States

➤ Joined the senior management team and hold total accountability for the management and oversight of the entire Fabrication Department and team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality exhibits and cabinet fabrication from shop drawings through finishing.➤ Instituted targeted changes to improve organizational efficiencies—such as eliminating a once-weekly meeting and instead facilitating frequent small-group sessions on the shop floor—allowing for real-time, actionable feedback.➤ Implemented estimating documents with a much higher level of detail, allowing production and fabrication stakeholders the ability to seek answers to questions from internal stakeholders and external vendors.➤ Coached and trained a new production manager, enabling continuous improvement continuity, elevating accountability across the team, and empowering all team members to share their expertise and catalyze best practices.➤ Engage in constructive collaboration and consensus-building, earning the trust and respect of the entire team, promoting an inclusive environment, and facilitating feedback, development, and talent management.

Dublin, Ohio, United States

➤ Streamlined production processes and job flow to optimize resource planning and allocation, implementing advanced analytics to predict project loads, forecast capacity, and project workflow timelines and needs.➤ Halted a negative mindset and shaped a high-performance and high-morale environment while subsequently growing by 5 team members.➤ Oversaw department operations involving managing production schedules, contributing to design and production drawing reviews, leading the Fabrication team, reporting on project status, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.➤ Estimated labor and material expenses, monitored allocation of resources for optimal return, and mitigated project overruns—in scope and budget—through continuous monitoring of milestones and proactive resolution of problems.➤ Managed diverse projects with an emphasis on museums, zoos, brand destinations, and attractions, extending work to mixed-use developers, K-12 and higher education institutions, civic organizations, hospitals, corporations, and events.

Columbus, Ohio Area

➤ Mitigated scope creep and budget overruns by proactively managing labor and material allocation, analyzing project and cost progress, identifying opportunities for improvement, and working diligently to optimize profitable outcomes.➤ Sourced, vetted, and selected high caliber of talent to join the Artists with Machines team, engaging top-level designers and project managers able to execute against the demands of major logo account clients.➤ Allocated resources for optimal return, developing team members to elevate productivity and efficiency, greatly reducing overtime costs, and tracking projects to identify and eliminate duplication and procedural redundancies.➤ Collaborated with Sales and Product Development to produce sample iterations, scaling from sample to prototype to production, and communicating with clients throughout the process to ensure alignment with their needs.➤ Remained flexible to organizational changes, including significant restructuring of project and account management functions and, through the transitions, was able to take a key account from a loss to double-digit profitability.➤ Directed several industry and market ‘firsts’ including the launch of the first Giant Eagle Market District store and a total refresh of Dave & Buster’s including custom lighting fixtures, illuminated millwork, and motorized graphic carousels.* Promoted from Production Artist (2003-2007) to Production Manager (2007-2009) to Project Manager (2009-2011).

Bowling Green, Ohio, United States