Mark Anderson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Park Ridge, Il

• Accountable for the restructuring of two individual organizations to incorporate into a multi-faceted design/build firm.• Able to develop an organization from a start up company to a corporation in excess of 2 million dollars in sales. • Develop successful, collaborative and productive business partnerships.• Increased profit margins by more than 12% through project efficiency.• Responsibilities encompass both residential (renovation and new construction) and commercial build out. • Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills through participation and development in a range of written and presentation documents – company capabilities and project proposals. • Recruit and secure new client contracts through cold calling and customer referrals.• Develop cross functional teams specific to the various projects to meet the needs of high profile clients. • Experience with proactive project management, (risk/benefit) strategic thinking and ability to bring value-added insights into final plan. • Work with individual clients to determine needs assessment, budget considerations, schedules, project parameters and completion of overall project. • Responsible for creating and maintaining weekly and monthly reports, balance statements, and end of year reconciliation statements. • Translate technical/analytical concepts to collaborate with customers on objectives and needs.• Manage multiple, cross-functional projects and deliverables simultaneously with diverse teams ranging from 5 to in excess of 60 personnel.• Strong implementation of database management to include report structure and data sources based on project objectives.• Estimating competence for multi-faceted custom projects.• Proficiencies in presentation skills to address city council, planning review and zoning board of appeals.• Knowledge to navigate through national and local building/zoning codes.

Northbrook, Illinois

• Managed superintendents and team leaders.• Responsibilities included coordinating office operations and procedures in order to ensure organizational effectiveness.• Restructured construction development to increase profits.• Obtained contracts from all subcontractors within a specific construction project. • Coordinated project budgets, contracts, material purchases and scheduling.• Worked with multiple building departments throughout Chicago land area to obtain construction permits. Estimating and Purchasing Coordinator Nov 1993 - Nov 1996• Obtained contractor/material waivers and developed contractor sworn statements for bank draws.• Assumed responsibility for purchasing all rough and finish materials for construction projects. • Developed project estimates and proposals.

• Managed multiple cross-functional projects while successfully meeting completion deadlines and budget parameters with a volume of over 20 projects per year.• Developed project plans with objectives, business requirements, resource requirements and budgets.• Conducted project risk assessments and developed contingency plans to accommodate unforeseen events.• Designed residential homes throughout the country.• Generated design and construction drawings utilizing computer aided design program.• Created and utilized construction and material specification to facilitate the client selection process.

Lake Forest, Illinois

• Interacted with clients for the development of budget and all-inclusive project drawings.• Promoted to manage office architects encompassing training, evaluation and compliance of standards.• Held responsible for all phases of project planning and design from initial site review to as built drawings.• Reviewed and approved equipment and supply requisitions.• Executed a high level of problem solving skills with customers, suppliers and sub contractors.• Established standards and procedures for consistent technical drawings. • Accountable for a high level of accuracy in collaboration with financial institutions and title companies.• Liable for residential and commercial design, site inspections, working drawings and AutoCAD drawings.

Gurnee, Illinois

• Developed the technical and representative drawings for various instructional manuals. • Expanded role of the position to be the consultant for prototype equipment and manufacturing.• Articulated and established processes which impacted cross functionally with various departments.• Communicated with project stakeholders negotiating changes and evaluated technical/procedural issues.

Industrial Design And Drafting, Industrial And Product Design

Activities and Societies: Delta Upsilon Fraternity, House Manager five terms

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