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Rosemead, Ca, Us

Lead and facilitate the transformation of SCE Fleet to a zero-emission fleet across all stakeholders. Lead the assessment and implementation of new Charger Management Software to optimize grid circuit sizing or constraints, deliver load shifting to off-peak hours, perform vehicle-to-grid functions, and perform predictive dispatching charging calculations by integrating fleet telematics ‘state of charge’ data. Assess and recommend software operating model for local vs. centralized administration and implementation. Model software operating costs vs. infrastructure and power costs. Leads company-wide EV Change Management acceleration by ensuring charging infrastructure is constructed at the right place, at the right time, with optimized total life cycle costs, functionality, and reliability for up to 7,000 SCE Drivers.

Rosemead, Ca, Us

Responsible for Fleet Planning and Strategic Initiatives related to fleet assets for Southern California Edison. Responsible for Fleet management activities, annual budgets, 10 year fleet planning activities, and oversight of the monthly fleet financial statements.

Rosemead, Ca, Us

Responsible for the Design & Engineering activities for fleet assets of approximately 5000 vehicles. Activities include, engineering, specification development, lease management, and procurement of all fleet assets.

Rosemead, Ca, Us

Responsible for developing contracting strategies in support of major transmission construction projects.Current Project Focus220 KV upgrade Ivanpah ( see link below for project info )http://www.sce.com/PowerandEnvironment/Transmission/ProjectsByCounty/SanBernardinoCounty/EITP/description.htm220 KV upgrade San Joaquin Cross Valley Loop - (see link below for project info )http://www.sce.com/PowerandEnvironment/Transmission/ProjectsByCounty/TulareCounty/san-joaquin/default.htm

Rosemead, Ca, Us

Responsible for Supply Chain Strategy for all non-electrical facality construction activities. Significant construction projects include the company data center, Pomona Innovation 3, GO5 and GO3 remodels, Chino Air Operations. Major Accomplishments:1) Negotiated solar roof top EPC contract valued in excess of 300 million.2) Deployed new "Master Agreements" which leveraged a new contracting strategy to drive significant cycle time reductions.3) Introduced new contracting pricing models to drive project specific goals.4) Achieved significant cost savings.5) Supports and exceeds the diverse spend goals.

Miami, Fl, Us

• Saved 19 Million dollars by centralizing 60 plus autonomous supply chain operations (divisions) into 3 regional operations centers.• Enabled cost savings of 10% to 30% on materials and labor by standardizing all markets on one common item master. This initiative provided consistent cost transparency across all markets having an immediate impact saving $200 to $600 per plan on insulation when unbundled to a common item master. • Reengineered the current “Turnkey” bidding process to an “Unbundled” bidding methodology, resulting in cost reductions ranging from 5% to 30%.• Implemented DMAIC Lean Six Sigma methodologies to target specific processes for refinement, resulting in cost savings ranging from 20% to 50%. • Established purchasing policy/process manual which reduced the amount of process variation by 87%. This required building regional and national consensus with all stake holders to support the project and formed the foundation for future National Supply Chain organization. • Implemented a web based supplier collaboration tool resulting in reduced bidding cycle times of 25%. • Transformed supplier bidding process from a manual to electronic process resulting in reduced administrative cycle times of 75%.

Miami, Fl, Us

• Created cross-functional teams, including finance, purchasing, sales and marketing and customer service to implement new systems and processes.• Converted 20+ company acquisitions to JD Edwards and other related systems. This included data transition and training for general ledger, job cost, purchase orders, budgets, inventory, and sales.• Directed national team of 18 internal consultants which comprised multiple acquisition teams simultaneously across the United States, while meeting project deadlines and project cost targets. • Created Standard ERP Toolset to convert acquisitions. Developed multiple import programs and middle-ware software which enabled the conversion of data from legacy ERP systems into JD Edwards. Integrated 17 acquired ERP systems in 90 days or less, reducing acquisition cost by as much as 50%.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Mexico City Director of Finance• Directed startup operations in Mexico City. Managed company setup of three US foreign subsidiaries, established policies and procedures and provided financial oversight function. • Established treasury functions and all related internal controls between foreign subsidiary and US Parent.• Created and reviewed Annual Business plan objectives with local business stakeholders and with US Parent office.• Directed the creation of Monthly Financial Statements. This including foreign government financial statements and production of US Financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.• Created and documented payment guidelines on all field related construction activities for 200 construction employees which reduced the companies’ exposure to local government statutory penalties.Northern California Controller• Responsible for all monthly Financial Statement review and reporting.• Directed staff of 11 employees whose primary functions were accounting, accounts payable, monthly preparation of all financial statements.• Developed first lumber database to unbundle turnkey bids into discrete parts and pieces resulting in cost savings of $4 million.

• Developed portfolio management database to value troubled assets with a value in excess of $700 Million for the RTC (Resolution Trust Corporation). • Developed portfolio cash flow tools for Bank of America and Security Pacific Merger: Developed over 2000 cash flow models that could be easily modified for various valuation methodologies resulting in reduced cycle times of 80% to produce consolidate cash flow models.• Developed disposition strategies for REO property held by various banks.• Created property valuations on office buildings, retail centers, apartments, raw land, and mixed use developments for over 20 projects.• Managed Federal and State tax returns: Prepared tax returns for various real-estate entities, including limited partnerships, corporations, and individual returns.

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