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Long Beach, California, United States

• Responsible for leading, directing, managing, and overseeing all aspects of the development and construction departments throughout the pre-development and development/ construction phases for ground up projects and renovation capital expenditure projects with an emphasis on Opportunity Zones developments. An Opportunity Zone is an economically-distressed community where new investments under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax opportunities.• Report directly to the President of the Company on all project’s topics, including but not limited to, presentations, proformas, budgets, contracts, risk analysis, design, project progress, opportunities, challenges, and solutions.• Direct and manage an internal project team of 12 and an external project team of 10 to 15, for both the development and construction departments. With these departments, I provide mentorship, coaching, to elevate professional performance and foster a healthy culture.• Project types include multi-family apartments and retail developments.• Project construction types include type I, III, V construction, traditional build, and modular fabrication construction.• Work with our internal design team and external design and engineer consultants to create the highest and best use for each property.• Direct and manage the entitlement, design, and construction process for the governing jurisdictions. This includes but not limited to city council, planning department, building departments, fire, public works, and utility providers. • Review and approve all pre-development and development project schedules, critical dates/ milestones, and timelines.• Oversee consultants from engineers, architects, attorneys, expeditors, and more during the pre-development and development phases.• Overseeing the preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), Negative Declaration (Neg Dec), CEQA, and remediation practices for presentations to city review boards and city councils.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Create, direct, and lead project team throughout the pre-development and development/ construction phases of various types of mixed-use projects. Project mixed-use types include self-storage, retail, and residential.• Analyze the local markets for the specific real estate product; demographics, rates, price, costs, design, demand, and growth.• Direct and lead all consultants from engineers, architects, attorneys, expeditors, and more during the pre-development and development phases.• Oversee and manage the site planning process with the consultant team in preparation of plan submittals for the governing jurisdictions. This is conducted during the due diligence phase and includes, but not limited to land acquisition, land assembly, physical review, surveys, reports, zoning ordinance review, loan documents, and operating agreements. • Overseeing the preparation of the environmental process.• Oversee all processes and requirements from the governing jurisdiction from floor to area ratio (F.A.R.), lot coverage, density/ dwelling units per acre (DU/ AC), building height, set-backs, zoning, site detention and retention, easements, design requirements, and more.• Conduct financial analysis and underwriting of all types of real estate projects. Create project budget.• Lead and instruct consultants on the design and construction document/ building submittal phase. This consists of site analysis, building design, to site groundbreaking. This also included the building efficiency and construction project costs control.• Retail use product, responsibilities include working with brokers on tenant selection and lease-up.• Prepare bid invitation to qualified general contractors on all mixed-use projects. Review all general contractor bids, clarifications, and qualifications.• Oversee and coordinate all required project close-out items are completed.• Lead and present weekly and monthly meetings with company chair, president, capital partners and stakeholders.

Orange County, California, United States

• Responsibilities include working closely with owners, clients, managing multiple projects, and leading a project team.• Conduct Owner's Representative role for clients on a project-to-project basis.• Maintain strong relationship with existing clients while business developing for new clients and prospecting for new projects.• Manage all project phases from the inception to the completion of the project. • Evaluate the feasibility of potential acquisitions, determine the scope of new developments, and make recommendations on project acquisitions.• Lead and work with pre-development project team with duties that include due diligence, reports, surveys, project budget, plan review, design and engineering coordination, estimating, bid walk/ review, overall project scheduling, contract draft/ review, contract negotiations, procurement, manage design and engineering consultants, coordinate with utility companies for design, conduct entitlement and permit process.• Lead and work with development project team and construction field team that include manage, orchestrate, and review project documentation including construction production project plans, construction means and methods, change orders, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, claims, daily logs, schedule, safety, pay applications, budget control, close out and turn over project to ownership.• Manage day to day construction activities for multiple projects, analyze and mitigate project risks.• Ensure quality construction standards and the proper construction techniques are in practice.• Lead and run weekly OAC meetings, via teleconference or site walk.• On a monthly basis present project financials, project schedule, and state of the project(s) to executives/ upper management of the company.

Orange County, California, United States

• Work closely with the owner of the company to produce underwriting and property evaluations for commercial and multi-family properties. • Develop property pro forma and analysis for private investors.• Build relationship with multi-family and commercial investment community, attend and present at investment clubs and private meetings.• Present to investors and investor group on property income and expense analysis. • Work with investors, lenders and followed property transaction from property acquisition through funding process.

Orange County, California, United States

• Responsible for all business aspects of the company, budgeting, accounting, business development, marketing, human resources, and client relationships.• Manage, lead and responsible for all office activities with a staff of 15 to 20 employees. • Responsible for re-zoning, entitlement, project permitting, architecture, and engineering on all company real estate acquisitions.• Develop, design and draft architectural plans from residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial projects for clients.• Prepare, coordinate, and submit project plans to jurisdiction for project plan approval.• Worked established and maintain client relationships with major residential home developers.• Acquire real estate property and create the highest value for real property by creating design engineering plans and obtaining approval from jurisdiction. • Worked closely with various professional engineers, titles companies, real estate agents/ brokers, attorneys, accountants, and private investors on the above practices.

Anaheim, California, United States

• Responsible for the direction of all phases in the project pre-development and construction phase.• Manage and lead pre-development team from the due diligence phase, finance, land acquisition, entitlement, design and coordination, construction administration and the certificate of occupancy for the structure. • Work closely with project general contractor, project engineer, architects, and engineers on the following activities – project plan review and coordination, change orders, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, claims, daily logs, schedule, pay application, budget control, close out and turn over project to ownership. • Daily project site visits and weekly Owner Architect and Client (OAC) meetings.• Monthly financial reporting to stakeholders.

Pomona, California, United States

• Directly supervise and was responsible for the architectural production with a team of 10. • Major duties include project scheduling, plan checking, detailing, coordination with consultants, design development, and construction administration. • Other aspects included submittals, communication, and presentations to architecture review boards. • Direct construction value engineering (CVE) meetings during the project phases. • Visit model homes and worked with the purchasing departments at site frame walks.• Work closely with the division of KB Home to assist the specific division to meet their business plan goals.

San Diego, California, United States

• Responsible the design and development of architectural project set.• Lead and coordinate all disciplines on the project. • Lead meeting and review project progress with the clients.• Prepare the project plan set to city/ jurisdiction for review and approval.• Conduct the construction administration observations and documentation.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch, Architecture

Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch, Architecture

Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch, Architecture