Jeffrey M. Devries, Mba Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for a full range of related activities that include developing, planning, directing, and controlling strategic short- and long-term operational goals and objectives across the HMA family of companies.
• Accountable for directing contract policy, strategy, and the development and maintenance of scalable processes.
• Responsible for establishing, implementing, and refining a forward-looking strategic vision that ensures the contracts department is prepared for and continues to meet and exceed the needs of the HMA enterprise through.
• Lead and direct the cradle to grave contracting lifecycle process for all HMA projects and clients (business development, proposals, contract formation, negotiation, maintenance, compliance, contract closeout), both in.
• Responsibility over all aspects of acquisition due diligence, as it relates to contracts, including coordination and facilitation of due diligence, strategy and advice, recommendations, post close process improvement.
• Identify project risk areas and prepare mitigation strategies.

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Lead and manage the contracting lifecycle process for all HMA projects/clients (proposals, contract formation, negotiation, maintenance, compliance, contract closeout).
• Counseled senior management on business and acquisition strategies, identifying areas of risk and implementing mitigation procedures to resolve complex contracting and legal issues.
• Work with routine and complex contract clauses and contractual requirements.
• Liaised for clients in all contractual matters, cultivating strong relationships to streamline projects, identifying new business opportunities, and connecting partners with project-specific experts.
• Collaborated with proposal/project managers to ensure a seamless transition from proposal submission to contract execution.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Managed oil and gas exploration projects, building relationships with landowners and government agencies, interpreting regulations, and overseeing seismic agreements and leases, team/field agent operations, and.
• Analyzed data from various stakeholders using court and government databases, presenting annual reports for federal government contracts with GIS software and PowerPoint; analyses laid the foundation for investor.
• Maintained and updated all contracts, drafting and preparing leases, contracts, exhibits, assignments, and curative documents; negotiated impactful business agreements to facilitate mineral exploration and development.
• Collaborated with a software company to develop and implement a new GIS software program, ensuring effective change management and training upon integration; the GIS system had the ability to interface freely with the.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Summarized depositions, provided litigation support during trials, and managed the coordination and distribution of settlement payments.
• Led the organization and execution of complex projects and memoranda while researching and producing discovery documents, developing comprehensive spreadsheets and databases to streamline the process.
• Liaised between attorneys, clients, and experts through effective communication strategies, achieving successful report writing, document drafting, and timely correspondence; exceeded billable hour requirements at each.
• Transitioned a paper-based client filing system to a digital database, improving data accessibility and organization.
• Collaborated with the Director of Administration on the preparation of annual budgets and reports for partner and associate annual reviews.

Masters Of Business Administration (Mba), General Business

Activities and Societies: Washington Campus: Strategic Leadership: Business and the Public Policy Process

Executive Leadership Coaching

* Leadership coaching involves a professional coach partnering one on one with high-level leaders for the purpose of maximizing their.

Bachelors Of Science In Psychology (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List, Nat’l Honor Society