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Orland Park, Illinois, United States

Oversee Facilities and Park Maintenance, Streets, Storm, Utilities and Vehicle Assets and Maintenance for the Village of Orland Park, IL.

Joilet, Illinois

Oversaw annual facility maintenance and custodial staff and maintenance execution of $2.5M budget. In addition, programmed and managed special projects for existing facilities. Lastly, instrumental in County construction project management to include assisting with the $29M Public Safety Complex and $205M Courthouse and overseeing $34M Health Department, $5M SWAT Bldg, $3M Animal Control, and $3.5M EMA Response facility.

Chicago, Il

Oversaw a $200M renovation construction project for the Cancer Center in the Mitchell Building on the campus of University of Chicago Medicine. Coordinated all aspects of design, temporary moves, and decommissioning of spaces to renovate a building into two phases due to active hospital units. Project completed to schematic design.

Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl

Provided leadership of 180 civilian, military, and contractor personnel at the 3rd largest U.S. naval base in world, ensuring timely deliveries of facilities services, construction, energy, and environmental programs. Area of Responsibilities includes outlying land field, bombing ranges, Orlando, and Caribbean islands to include Haiti and Puerto Rico. Executes a building, grounds, equipment, utilities and environmental products and services of over $168M annually. Experienced in new… Show more Provided leadership of 180 civilian, military, and contractor personnel at the 3rd largest U.S. naval base in world, ensuring timely deliveries of facilities services, construction, energy, and environmental programs. Area of Responsibilities includes outlying land field, bombing ranges, Orlando, and Caribbean islands to include Haiti and Puerto Rico. Executes a building, grounds, equipment, utilities and environmental products and services of over $168M annually. Experienced in new construction and renovation projects portfolio of supported departments valued over $250M including hospitals, runways, hangars, waterfront facilities, youth centers, fire stations, barracks, fitness centers, energy reduction, roads, traffic mitigation, security, environmental, utilities, roof replacements, HVAC upgrades, and demo projects. Received SECNAV Gold Energy Award 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Florida Environmental Protection Award. Show less

Village Stability Operations, Ghazni, Afghanistan

Worked with US Special Forces to advise, mentor, and capacity build Afghan provincial government employees relating to construction, project management, urban planning, development, and governance in one of the most dangerous, volatile and important provinces to secure for the elections and enduring security for Afghanistan.Awarded and executed a $6M Andar to Giro Road Project, improving security and development in these two key districts. In addition, oversaw 17 small-scale Commander's… Show more Worked with US Special Forces to advise, mentor, and capacity build Afghan provincial government employees relating to construction, project management, urban planning, development, and governance in one of the most dangerous, volatile and important provinces to secure for the elections and enduring security for Afghanistan.Awarded and executed a $6M Andar to Giro Road Project, improving security and development in these two key districts. In addition, oversaw 17 small-scale Commander's Emergency Response Program projects that addressed causes of instability and supported growth of Afghan Local Police that impacted over 90,000 Ghazni city citizens. Show less

Usaid Headquarters, Washington D.C.

Afghanistan/Pakistan Hands, a SECDEF and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff priority program to establish a cohort of experts providing engagement on regional issues while advising leaders and commanders throughout the levels of government and command. Completed a U.S. Agency for International Development out-of-theater rotation with the Global Water Coordinator. Led an interagency global water team that completed water analysis and scenarios for U.S. strategically security objectives for… Show more Afghanistan/Pakistan Hands, a SECDEF and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff priority program to establish a cohort of experts providing engagement on regional issues while advising leaders and commanders throughout the levels of government and command. Completed a U.S. Agency for International Development out-of-theater rotation with the Global Water Coordinator. Led an interagency global water team that completed water analysis and scenarios for U.S. strategically security objectives for critical fragile countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Egypt.Worked on USAID's first Global Water Strategy that will impact global programming and country focus resulting in improved water and sanitation, health, food productivity, and security. Show less

Usace Engineering District North, Kabul, Afghanistan

Responsible for construction project management and quality assurance for over 24 projects for the Afghan National Army, Police, and Commander's Emergency Relief Program valued at over $140M in the southern/west/central part of Kabul, Afghanistan for USACE. Projects ranged from complete bases to renovations and resulted in national military strategic goals in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Spearheaded a robust local national quality assurance representative training program for 41… Show more Responsible for construction project management and quality assurance for over 24 projects for the Afghan National Army, Police, and Commander's Emergency Relief Program valued at over $140M in the southern/west/central part of Kabul, Afghanistan for USACE. Projects ranged from complete bases to renovations and resulted in national military strategic goals in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Spearheaded a robust local national quality assurance representative training program for 41 personnel that increased engineering capacity with the Afghans.Headed and completed interviews for the first 8A/Afghan First program for contractors that helped shape selections contractors that were able to develop their project management and construction skills.Served on the Kabul Working Group Initiative that coordinated projects within the city of Kabul with the Mayor of Kabul and his staff and other organizations like USACE, USAID, US Embassy, other military units, and NGOs. Show less

Bethesda, Md

Responsible for managing 48 personnel and 120 projects valued at over $500M in design, contracting, and construction in the Northern part of Washington DC that directly supported Defense Hospital Operations and University, Naval Sea Command Research and Development, Defense Information Systems, Navy Region Washington, Secret Service, and Vice President's Residence.Completed 112 end of fiscal year contract actions including 23 A/E task orders, 53 construction contracts, 23 IDIQ contracts… Show more Responsible for managing 48 personnel and 120 projects valued at over $500M in design, contracting, and construction in the Northern part of Washington DC that directly supported Defense Hospital Operations and University, Naval Sea Command Research and Development, Defense Information Systems, Navy Region Washington, Secret Service, and Vice President's Residence.Completed 112 end of fiscal year contract actions including 23 A/E task orders, 53 construction contracts, 23 IDIQ contracts, and 11 engineering review contracts.With over a $1B amount of new construction with the Walter Reed consolidation to Bethesda, oversaw pivotal coordination work between new and existing facility projects. Show less

North Potomac, Naval Observatory, Washington Dc

Provided leadership for 43 personnel and a budget of $35M annually for five bases in northern part of Washington DC. These include Naval Observatory, Carderock, Potomac Annex, Arlington, and Navy portion of Ft Belvoir. Led the creation of Regional Integrated Master Plan for 2035 that positioned major projects to be programmed for the region.Successfully completed annual audits of explosive safety, weight handling equipment, security measures and processes, and disaster… Show more Provided leadership for 43 personnel and a budget of $35M annually for five bases in northern part of Washington DC. These include Naval Observatory, Carderock, Potomac Annex, Arlington, and Navy portion of Ft Belvoir. Led the creation of Regional Integrated Master Plan for 2035 that positioned major projects to be programmed for the region.Successfully completed annual audits of explosive safety, weight handling equipment, security measures and processes, and disaster preparedness.Served on NAVFAC's internal communication tiger team that provided executive leadership recommendations to improve communication within the billion dollar organization throughout U.S. Show less

Pentagon, Arlington, Va

Served as personal aide to the Assistant Secretary of Navy, where I was responsible for daily operations of office, travel planning, and execution of trips throughout the U.S. and overseas to include Fareast, Mideast, and Europe.

Navy Mobile Construction Battalion Four, Port Hueneme, Ca

Led a 100+ company of Officers and Enlisted and maintained the Seabee battalion’s 550-piece equipment fleet with an availability of 95%. Overhauled the Okinawa Crane Program scoring outstanding on the Navy Crane Center inspection and earning the “Best crane program in the Naval Construction Force”. Deployed to Rota, Spain in 2004-05 and Okinawa, Japan in 2005-06. Led 20 Seabees on the joint rapid runway repair exercise, FOAL EAGLE 2006, with the Korean Navy and participated in… Show more Led a 100+ company of Officers and Enlisted and maintained the Seabee battalion’s 550-piece equipment fleet with an availability of 95%. Overhauled the Okinawa Crane Program scoring outstanding on the Navy Crane Center inspection and earning the “Best crane program in the Naval Construction Force”. Deployed to Rota, Spain in 2004-05 and Okinawa, Japan in 2005-06. Led 20 Seabees on the joint rapid runway repair exercise, FOAL EAGLE 2006, with the Korean Navy and participated in the Thailand exercise, COBRA GOLD 2006. Show less

Naval Support Activity, Crane, In

Responsible for all operations at Naval Support Activity, Crane, Indiana that included utilities, transportation, environmental, facility maintenance, and project execution valued at $150M. I executed a $60M construction budget, directed a 300-man Public Works Detachment, and maintained over 2600 base-wide structures and a fleet of 1250 vehicles. I was also responsible for rebuilding a base wide master plan for all facilities on the second largest naval base in the world.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Va

Responsible contract administration for a $50M crane rail project as well as another $25M in other contracts to include pier renovations, drydock repairs and the Rain forest themed Youth Center that I designed as an intern. The crane rail project worked around ongoing shipyard operations and maintained and upgraded 7 utilities required for shipyard work. Received the 2002 LANTDIV Construction Team Award.

Norfolk, Va

I obtained NCARB architectural hours towards being a licensed architect. Completed several projects with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Youth Center as a highlight.

Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, Nj

Supervised 23 civilians operating two steam plants for the base and managed $8M annual budget.Led a team to bring mission critical boiler into compliance with stringent Clean Air Act requirements.As digging permit and utility outage coordinator, ensured smooth and rapid communication between contractors and affected building users and minimized mission impact.Led a energy team that saved the government $1.5M through energy reduction project implementations.Led station's energy… Show more Supervised 23 civilians operating two steam plants for the base and managed $8M annual budget.Led a team to bring mission critical boiler into compliance with stringent Clean Air Act requirements.As digging permit and utility outage coordinator, ensured smooth and rapid communication between contractors and affected building users and minimized mission impact.Led a energy team that saved the government $1.5M through energy reduction project implementations.Led station's energy management and awareness program that decreased energy consumption by $67.5K/yr.Spearheaded utility project across the base to include street lights, new power cabling, new steam lines, and power plant repairs. Show less

Mokena, Il

Responsible for drawing floor plans, elevations, and details for houses and a fire station in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago.

South Holland, Il And Crestwood, Il

Responsible for the operations of the office furniture warehouse. Oversaw the shipping operations of thousands of orders of office furniture to customers. This involved receiving shipping orders from distributors like Hon, assembling of furniture, and the shipping of the those items to the customers. I was also responsible for existing stock and discounted floor room furniture that I sold to customers that visited the warehouse. I supervised up to 5 personnel.

Palos Park, Il

Responsible for drawing floor plans, elevations, and details for houses in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago.

Masters, Urban Planning

2007 Winner of Michael Carroll Memorial Award for outstanding ability and academic achievement 2008 Outstanding Master Project Winner

Bachelors Of Architecture, Architecture

Bachelor Of Arts

Transfered to University of Illinois at Chicago to enter the Bachelor of Architecture program.

Education record