Self-starting, success driven decision maker with proven leadership, team orientation, vision, strategic understanding and tactical execution. Uncompromised integrity and ethical behavior both personally and professionally.Over 30 years successful leadership experience in corporate level facilities management, contracting and procurement. Senior management positions with Compass Group, Wal-Mart and Alcoa. Effectively managed annual maintenance budgets exceeding $1 billion dollars. Senior level operational experience with multi-unit national retail, industrial plant-manufacturing-operations, military base operations and contingency crisis and disaster relief management. Successfully developed and executed innovative cost savings initiatives specific to: asset management, inventory reduction, labor efficiency programs, net funds flow, customized consignment arrangements and CMMS initiatives. Lead facilitator for successful process redesign initiatives and ISO registrations.Retired from the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and the Deputy Director of Contingency Contracting for the XVIII Airborne Corps. Global experience in strategic operations, planning and facilities management and has successfully led international disaster recovery teams for the Department of Defense.Earned graduate degrees in Industrial Management and Program Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Florida State University. Graduate of the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) Program Manager Course and the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Attained level III certification as a Department of Defense Acquisition Corps Contracting Officer and was a warranted government contracting officer.
Listed skills include Certified Project Manager, Crisis Management, Negotiating Contracts, Team Building, and 46 others.