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Organization that drives Breakfast Clubs and Symposiums. The volunteer efforts behind these events continue to change the way we work and improve who we are.

Director of programming, design, and construction of capital projects. Working diligently to enhance IPD, culture, and success within a department full of wonderfully engaged and dedicated folks.

Program Manager for Academics & Research Missions. Managing a team of project managers, design professionals, consultants, and internal contributors to execute capital projects within the sustainable built environment. Constantly on the search for best practices and advancing the role of professional project management in the captial project world, we approach our work as a business within the instituion. Our deparment is the internal owner's representative for planning, design, and construction of capital construction projects, major and minor. We advance people's ideas for furthering OHSU's missions into investments in the build environment that drive healing, teaching, and discovery.

Providing Professional Services at e-Builder, Construction Capital Program & Project Management Software.Client-facing role for implementation of complete SaaS product suite. Providing consulting services for construction administration, process analysis and improvement, business administraion, and increasing capital improvement program management effectiveness. The combination of domain knowledge, willingness to learn from every client, and systems thinking has allowed for great success within this position.Working with teaching hospitals, higher education, K-12 education, and private owner construction / development firms.

Provided management consulting services based on client’s needs. • Business process analysis, with research including interviewing, fact finding, processing, and presenting of results (current and proposed). Led process confirmation and improvement. Direct application of critical thinking, problem solving, and root cause analysis skills.• Created internal documentation and procedures clarifying and defining roles and responsibilities throughout various business processes.• Created sales strategies and product/program plans.• Created business plans to obtain financing.

• Effective rapid growth through organization, creation of vision, communication of goals and objectives, effective meetings, and employee engagement. Used business process modeling to determine areas of engagement. Initiated change management projects in areas of project management & execution, inter-company communication, sales / marketing, and reporting. • Generated financial feasibility analysis, land acquisition analysis, cost tracking, performance of rental units, efficiency improvement, and process analysis. Created and presented complex financial reports and recommendations to investment groups regarding product timing, target markets, and financial projections.• Led creation of internal Green building techniques and companywide buy-in.• Organization, communication, meetings, and effective use of information allowed for driving multiple complex projects concurrently. • Directed ERP implementation of finance system with zero down-time.• Led internal team of project managers, team leads, and superintendents, including 360 reviews, weekly performance verification, and work delegation. Responsible for all projects at any time.• Preconstruction due diligence included land acquisition, competitive analysis, and market absorption. Presented results to investment groups to obtain project financing and for continuous progress reports. Decreased product inception to market lifecycle by 66%.• Effectively introduced production building techniques to builder/developer and area subcontractors & vendors, including CPM, decreasing build times by an average of 33% and increasing margins by an average of 12%. Complete P&L responsibility. • Created a pride-of-ownership culture, increasing employee performance.• Developed interdisciplinary relationships and networks with clients, industry professionals, vendors, real estate community, and architects, leading to increased reputation, sales & referrals.

Multi-million dollar carpentry/drywall subcontractor and general contractor. Created an internal custom home business. Projects ranging from $400k to $20MM. 200+ employees. • Leadership role in creation of newly-formed custom home business while performing PM duties for existing union shop trades contracting business. • Responsible for customer acquisition and service, estimates, project buyout, product pricing, value engineering, and workforce management. • Project manager for multi-family and high-end single family home projects. • Implemented safety program and asset management system. Decreased MOD in first year. Decreased tool and equipment monthly expenses within 4 months.

• Created a construction industry specific software development and integration company designed to track and manage labor, materials, tools, and equipment. Presented business plan and obtained various forms of funding.• Led the development and installation of wireless software applications for field to office information collection & communication (efficiency improvement and information management).• Incorporated bar code, RFID, and other technologies, decreasing inventory and labor costs.• Continuing education instructor in areas of construction IT applications, labor performance and tracking, communication, and scheduling.