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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

MGAC is a global boutique construction consultancy dedicated to managing and representing its clients’ best interests. With ten offices located throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, MGAC’s best-in-class services include Project Management, Cost Management, Program Management, Project Controls, Schedule Management, Technology Solutions, FF&E Procurement, Relocation Management, and Health + Safety.Provide Owner's Representation for clients in the FF&E Management/Procurement and Relocation Management sector of the company. Focused on furniture cost planning and budgeting, furniture specifications and planning, RFP development and bid leveling, furniture dealer management, design execution, schedule coordination/management, relocation planning services including information gathering sessions, file planning, phased move planning and execution.

Cleveland, Ohio

Regional mid-size contract furniture dealer.Guided development of functional work and learning settings for corporate and higher education clients. • Executed two 4-month fast-track projects from project planning through installation, delivering on-time and with 40% budget reduction. • Defined and implemented strategic plan for growth of the higher education market, resulting in $4M in new project opportunities.

Cleveland, Ohio

Formerly OfficeMax. Managed all phases of client projects, including defining project requirements, proposal development, bid process, product selection, specification, order placement, order tracking, installation coordination and post-installation service. • Delivered 100% on-time and on-budget client occupancy for $2M book of annual business, coordinating with end users, manufacturer’s representatives, contractors, internal and external design teams. • Coordinated and directed project work for $500K initial furnishings contract, increasing account value to $1.5M within 4 years.

Cleveland, Ohio

Multi-state contract furniture dealer.Established client base for new line of architectural construction products, including modular walls, modular electric / data, modular casework, raised flooring and sound masking. • Managed full project construction lifecycle from design scope development, budgeting, resource coordination, change management procedures and project closeout, improving processes for business growth from $500K to $4M+ in 12 months. • Developed architectural solutions to provide clients with plug-and-play options, scalable and secure environments and custom spaces, reinforcing brands and contributing to efficiency, productivity and workplace morale.

Cleveland, Ohio

Planned and delivered against performance targets while managing wide variety of economic and urban development, community redevelopment, construction, design and space planning projects.• Executed economic development loan process resulting in $9M funding award for 8 applicants in 15 months which created/retained 4.5M jobs and re-purposed 10 vacant properties. • Attained 10% construction cost reduction, improved productivity, efficiency, quality and consistency through development of annual-award RFP for community development corporation property renovations.• Acted as owner’s rep to facilitate furniture specification, evaluation and purchase for 34,000 square foot state-of-the-art new museum facility, utilizing allocated budget of 1% of total building cost.

Cleveland/Akron And Columbus, Ohio

One brand in global contract furniture manufacturer HNI’s $2B portfolio.• Managed multi-dealer network and developed recommendations based on alignment of client budgets/goals in Northeast Ohio to double commercial furniture sales in 4 years to $4.4M.• Created dealer training manual which resulted in new nationwide process for development of dealer network.

Cleveland/Akron And Columbus, Ohio

National contract furniture manufacturer; Steelcase-aligned partner.• Formulated strategy to achieve sales through recurring calls, special events and educational presentations with specifiers and end users.• Catapulted multi-state territory sales from $324K to $1.3M in just 2 years.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio And Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Directed flooring standards program for large financial institution and secured extension of corporate account contract valued at $3M annually.• Led effort to engineer a floor leveling material with one-third less weight for use in applications requiring extreme floor leveling.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Managed several million dollars in construction renovations and new-build projects annually, throughout more than 1M square feet of space; delegated activities for two direct reports and more than two dozen consultants, vendors and contractors.• Established process to streamline and efficiently manage requests from 10,000 campus-wide staff while concurrently advancing project activities for $25M+ capital improvements. • Guided the development of patient floor renovation that became the prototype for all patient floors campus-wide.

Cleveland, Ohio

Start-up interior design / space planning services firm.• Built 6-person space planning services firm for unserved market niche and managed all activities including client attainment, project planning and design, project management and company operations. • Aligned space needs with department adjacency requirements and workstation standards to allow divestiture of 508,000 square feet, achieving significant annual cost savings, operational efficiencies and improved productivity.

Masters, Urban Planning, Design & Development

Graduate Certificate in Urban Land Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Interior Design

Activities and Societies: Delta Zeta Sorority

Certificate, Baking And Pastry Arts