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Viera, Fl, Us

Leads a 323 employee (union and non-union) organization responsible for Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, Traffic Operations, Land Acquisition, Flood Zones, Road and Bridge Construction and Maintenance, and Facilities Management for Brevard County, Florida. Responsible for the aforementioned product and services across a 72-mile (1908 square miles) county servicing over 600,000 residents. Also includes facility maintenance of roughly 4.5M square feet of County facilities.

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Led the 590-government civilian (union and non-union), military, and contract employee organization and was accountable for life-cycle management of real property (land, facilities, utilities); planning, development and prioritization of installation requirements; design, construction, and project management; contract administration; utility operations; environmental compliance and supported tenant interface for a $2.6B physical plant across a 243-acre campus comprised of 5M SF of administrative, educational, research, and medical space.• Laid foundation for a 5-year, nearly $1B construction portfolio which is on track to recapitalize an active hospital and educational research facility in a compressed urban campus environment. • Executed nearly 600 contract actions totaling $125M annually for campus tenants. Contracts included planning, design, and construction projects as well as facility services across 2 campuses. • Conducted analysis and developed a multi-year funding strategy to solve issues through a $36M annual budget. • Implemented measures to validate program efficiencies, yielding reduced costs while improving delivery by 20% across all products and services.• Improved central heating plant reliability 40% and chilled-water readiness reliability 30% through tailored replacement and overhaul projects.• Performed environmental inspection and oversight over tenant activities and resolved issues to ensure 100% regulatory compliance with 9 state and federal permits.• Uncovered $8.2M in property record anomalies during a 285-facility ceiling-to-floor audit. Efforts led to a $450K annual increase on top of a highly pressurized O&M budget.• Directly supported Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; contributed to WRNMMC's JCAHO certification.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Directly supervised 4 senior government civilian and military program managers with interrelated functional roles. Responsible for seamless cradle to grave delivery of projects globally throughout the Navy’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process for the Military Construction, Unspecified Minor Construction, Lab Revitalization, and Collateral Equipment Programs. • Established priorities for $24B in validated backlog requirements during a period marked by fiscal austerity in order to make best use of an annual $2B budget and deliver cost-effective solutions. • Crafted new Navy-wide planning, prioritization, and validation process. Stemmed the tide of systemic budget increase requests to Congress, reducing it by 86%. • Resolved issues on an active 232-project portfolio valued at over $3.4B. Improved Military Construction execution by 35% and Unspecified Minor Construction by 101%.• Validated 18 geographically dispersed, complex projects valued at over $1.1B. Identified $74M of efficiencies and savings used for reinvestment in higher priority projects.• Improved scoring algorithm to assess project-planning readiness. Decisions maximized readiness and closed critical mission gaps worldwide,• Principal proponent for 5 emergency Navy construction projects totaling $202M following two successive Hurricanes. Obtained critical funding and ensured projects timely award.• Effectively collaborated across stakeholder organizations to ensure proper alignment and resolution of critical issues. Built invaluable trust across organizations and received numerous personal accolades.

Washington, Dc, Us

Directly supervised 6 senior government civilian program managers with discrete responsibilities. Responsible for community management and resourcing of a 5,000-person global facility maintenance and sustainment operations workforce. Provided oversight and control over the conception, development and maintenance of policy and engineering criterion. Coordinated with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) and subordinate NAVFAC Echelons to ensure program objectives were communicated, supported, and achieved. • Delivered on 25 of 37 standardization initiatives and was on track to complete the rest at the time of departure. • Effectively collaborated across Navy echelons and garnered leadership support to plus up the Sustainment Restoration and Modernization and Military Construction accounts by $4.9B over 5 years.• Led a cross-functional team that improved community management of an estimated 500 employees and increased speed of project delivery to clients by an estimated 25%.• Standardized 21 position descriptions in order to add efficiency to community management and hiring actions across Enterprise resulting in a decrease of 25% on average to the hiring process timeline.• Improved execution by 13% and routinely briefed to senior leaders in order to demonstrate portfolio progress and instill confidence in their decisions. • Established monitoring process for industry safety and recall alerts. Immeasurably increased safety across the Navy by avoiding issues before they occurred.• Mentored 6 subordinate civilians resulting in a more capable workforce and was a key factor in retaining all employees, including 2 which were actively searching for other jobs upon start of assignment.• Defined requirements and provided support to CNIC for Life Cycle management of Navy's $182B inventory of facilities and structures.

Virginia Beach , Va, Us

Led 85 non-appropriated funded government personnel of the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Facilities Department; including 20 headquarters facility planners, project managers, and administrative staff as well as an in-house construction workforce comprised of 65 field personnel. Responsible for the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of the $315M facilities capital improvement portfolio for NEXCOM, the U.S. Navy's global retail and lodging company with approximately 300 selling locations comprised of 12.8M SF of retail space and 40 mid-scale hotel properties with over 14,000 employees and $3.4B in annual sales. • Managed completion of 8 designs, award of 18 new renovation and construction projects, and delivered 28 retail and hotel projects within allotted time and budget. • Delivered a $55.1M phased retail renovation project. Timely completion ahead of the holiday shopping season was paramount to achieving profitability goals for the Enterprise. • Oversaw a complex lease procurement of a 400K SF retail distribution center, preserving existing terms for 10 more years, extracting new concessions, and avoiding $11.6M in relocation expenses. • Crafted a new sample room specification for a $22M hotel expansion project overseas in order to meet client’s exacting quality and aesthetic standards. • Yielded an 8% return of Project Managers’ time to more constructive tasks, and improved data integrity through the development and implementation of a new data tracking system. • Principal liaison to senior facilities personnel at all Navy levels.• Coordinated with/briefed the senior level leadership of NEXCOM, Navy, and Congressional staff on NEXCOM’s capital improvement program. • Served concurrently as Design and Construction Director and briefly as Vice President, Facilities over a three-month transition period.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led 385-employee (union, non-union, and contract) division in support of an industrial complex and hospital campus. Included military project managers, construction managers, design managers, engineers, architects, contracting specialists, contracting officers, performance assessment representatives, and support staff. Responsible for executing design services, acquisition, contract administration, and oversight for all construction and facility support contracts on Naval Support Activity (NSA) Norfolk Naval Shipyard, its annexes, NSA Hampton Roads Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Annex, and Harvey Point, NC. • Met schedule and budget goals over 90% of the time for the $300M annual shipyard and hospital portfolio.• Marshaled acquisition, legal, and technical expertise to secure critical Surety Takeover Agreement on a defaulted high interest, historic renovation project avoiding $6.9M in re-procurement costs. • Postured staff and additional contracts to execute 172% beyond organic capacity to meet fiscal deadline resulting in the delivery of an additional 58 critical projects. • Improved reliability on an aging fleet of 80 elevators through increased accountability and documentation. Reversed a 5-fold increase in entrapments and a declining trend in certifications.• Conducted intense negotiations to definitize an $8.7M mod on a high profile $44M Exterior Renovation project. Overcame numerous challenges to complete within schedule and budget.• Delivered 2 of 5 phases on a $166M Pier replacement project on schedule and on budget. Set conditions for future project success.• Orchestrated 3 emergent and high interest dry dock repair projects valued at $52.6M during a tight 3-month window flanked by time-sensitive nuclear submarine overhaul work. Repairs exceeded expectations and achieved schedule and cost targets.

Washington, Dc, Us

Directly supervised 2 military officers and government civilians in the coordination of subordinate work center efforts comprised of 250 engineers, architects, planners, and tradesman that executed dock maintenance, facility repairs, and exigent tenant requirements within a complex industrial compound critical to depot-level overhaul, maintenance, and modernization of Navy vessels at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Also included support to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of facilities and utilities necessary to maintain world-class healthcare.• Oversaw review, acceptance, and proper administration of over 175 projects critical to mission accomplishment and modified work assignment and tracking processes to increase effectiveness.• Met budget goals and routinely delivered on time to keep ship and submarine overhauls as well as patient care on schedule.

Supervised 49 military and Iraqi nationals in the planning, requirements generation and maintenance of the 25.4 square mile Al Asad Airbase in Iraq with 7,000 facilities and a $7.5B PRV in support of as many as 22K forward deployed troops. • Provided oversight, prioritization of effort, and administration for over $250M in contracts comprised of 1,000 project managers, engineers, craftsman, and support staff providing planning, design, construction, and base operating support services. Held contractor accountable and met mission requirements in support of operations. • Balanced requirements while yielding a 48% facility reduction and avoided $11M annually in operating support costs as part of a directed force reduction of 15K personnel from campus.• Enhanced US Customs processing capacity 250% by improving 43K SF of facilities and upgrading utilities to create a Strategic Inter-Theater Hub for 30K redeploying troops from all around Iraq. • Served as the Base Master Planner (Project Manager) and Facilities Management Division Officer (Program Manager/Operations Manager).

Supervised 4 military, government civilian and contract employees and coordinated with foreign military officers in publication development. Independently led engineering and logistics policy for the Navy; edited, drafted and updated 24 publications. Routinely trained and synchronized 30 affected/subject matter expert organizations. Led 50 Joint, other Service and Multinational publication reviews with engineer/logistics impact; planned, administered, reviewed and formulated assessments, ensuring specific goals were met. Certified $1M in proper publication development expenditures.

Supervised 5 military and government civilian employees responsible for making force projection and unit employment recommendations based on external demand signals and routine evaluations. Created and delivered a standardized organization evaluation system for 32 subordinate units and trained superiors/subordinates in small and large venues; prepared reports and presentations for submission to senior military officials.

Led up to 115 military personnel in planning, estimating, material and equipment ordering, project scheduling, resource leveling, logistics coordination, construction execution, quality control and design/scope changes on 20 construction projects valued at $25M in Port Hueneme, California, Spain, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Cross-trained teams beyond scope of normal duties and led change initiatives; efforts resulted in reduced staffing, increased productivity, and faster execution while maintaining high quality. Regularly trained subordinate personnel in field operations, computer applications, and safety. Evaluated personnel needs and developed responsive training programs for personal growth.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervised a staff of 9 government civilian (union and non-union) employees to execute a construction contracting mission at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. Influenced an additional 30 military public works employees daily, often filling in as their supervisor. Oversaw the execution of more than 200 contract awards and modifications; ensured $65M in construction and facility support contracts were properly executed. Performed resource allocation and determined priorities on simultaneous complex projects; shaped policies and strategies, provided client interface, and conducted workload projections. Conducted project submittal reviews, performed claims analysis and resolution packages, developed cost estimates, and negotiated contract modifications. Directed site reviews for acceptable work practices, compliance with plans, and conformance to governmental labor regulations, including Davis-Bacon wage requirements.

Supervised 100 military and government civilian (union and non-union) employees to execute public works, budgeting, and administration mission at Naval Air Station Brunswick. Oversaw the proper execution of a $20M labor, environmental, maintenance, repair, energy, and transportation budget, including billing of reimbursable accounts; also led change initiatives. Evaluated organizational funding requirements, prepared/led 3 formal budget review cycles, allocated the distribution of funds, and managed complex financial analysis and reporting. Also served as the Operations Officer (Operations Manager), Production Officer (Maintenance Operations), and Seabee Division Officer (Division Manager).

Master Of Science - Ms, Civil Engineering-Construction Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Resource And Forest Engineering