Marc Davis Email & Phone Number

Mahwah, New Jersey, United States

Providing Volvo Cars' retailers with the software/hardware diagnostic systems to service the best vehicles in the industry.

As W2 employee for KFORCE Inc, performed project startup for for WAN circuit upgrades, network equipment upgrades, Wi-Fi integration, and IPT phone system deployment for Williams Sonoma Inc stores.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Submittal tracking, RFI and site safety management, contract/scope review and administration, trade and equipment vendor coordination, and NEC/NYC code compliance verification for electrical infrastructure installation in 40+ story Manhattan high-rise

Greater New York City Area

• Planned and managed IT infrastructure scope projects for 3 H&M brands. Led over 500 domestic store openings and 79 phased open remodels across 43 states and Puerto Rico. Consulted in store openings in Canada and.
• Collaborated with leadership from internal construction, loss prevention, leasing, operations management, logistics and global IT departments to deliver on time, on budget results
• Created advanced Excel WBS to save MS Project license costs and foster interdepartmental collaboration. All project info on one sheet, establishing a one stop resource for companywide reference to important contacts.
• Owned and managed over $10 million in contract values by creating and negotiating RFPs, RFQs, bids and vendor selection globally
• US: Initiated, negotiated and closed US regional and national data cabling vendor multi-year contracts (sole responsibility) and team member for selection of national phone and internet vendors Architect/Design.
• Created, maintained and ensured compliance with IT and construction standards documentation for architects and electrical engineers

Greater New York City Area

• Project managed large scale IT deployments such as POTS line vendor migrations, POS system service release and service pack updates, IPT telephony, store IT hardware life-cycle replacement and operating system updates
• Performed monthly or bimonthly tax file updates to Taxware server and POS systems
• Super user for Extenda Retail POS system program
• Integrated POS systems with gift and credit card processing companies
• Maintained POS system baseline database and deployed PLU updates
• Managed POS system change requests and worked with the global IT department and vendor programmers to implement them.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed the construction of new stores in the Pittsburgh and Chicago areas
• Coordinated with leasing, store design teams, architects and engineers in the design phase and throughout construction.
• Identified inconsistencies and complications in the contract documents and corrected and clarified them to mitigate costly change orders
• Accounted with forecasts and recorded costs to work with the construction budget
• Set the construction schedule with awarded general contractors and their subcontractors
• Reacted and adapted to challenges to ensure on time completion of the project

Greater New York City Area

• Performed IT troubleshooting with store staff
• Initiated calls with maintenance vendors to resolve IT issues
• Installed register systems, network equipment and phone systems in new stores
• Supported office users with IT issues and requests related to cell phones, servers, email, and other company specific proprietary programs.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed in-store operations including staff scheduling and performance for retail fashion store
• Fostered teamwork and thoughtful work environment for staff to create a better customer experience and mitigate staff turnover.

Ramsey, New Jersey, United States

• Managed operational aspects of business for a small group of owners.
• Complete front and back of house management including menu planning, human resources, schedules, and food and beverage purchasing.
• Built and fostered relationships with distributors.
• Promoted entertainment concepts that resulted in 25% increase in sales.
• Created sales reporting to inform ownership of profit accurately.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Humanities And Social Science

Activities and Societies: Member of the Student Government Association Executive Board- First as Secretary and then as President.

Electronics Systems Engineering Technology

GPA 4.0 - President’s List for the January and April 2020 terms.