Worked as Field Operations Director and Project Manager for Indianapolis based company building Sola Salons throughtout the US.

Manage multiple on going commercial construction projects, including day to day operations of the subcontractors; manage owner relationships; schedules, budgets, and contracts. Including new construction and remodels.

Coordinate all compliance and limited lump sum quotations/estimatesCoordinate Bids with Regional Managers and Sales ManagersCoordinate submittals as required Work with Architects on specifications and technical questions in the planning and bidding phase

- Estimate and Bid private and public building developments up 5 million dollars as it relates to site infrastructure and building structure.- Estimate material and labor for various building components. Including interior, exterior and site.- Prepare and administer project for permitting with appropriate municipalities and attend public hearings as required- Prepare and administer owner, subcontractor contracts and job scopes to insure that all aspects of project are incorporated into binding documents; and hold accountable as required.- Create and manage job schedule and budgets for project duration; administer the RFI ad RFQ process.- Responsible for job site management and owner relations.- Excellent skills with MS Office; MS Project; Primavera; Autocad and many others.

• Manager of design staff tasked to deliver to market new residential semi-custom production homes including construction documents and marketing drawings using AutoCAD / Argos BDS / Vertex. • Manage team of Contractors to bring conceptual drawings into working production homes; managing schedules and budgets. Communication with field supervisors regarding changes to base plans for more accurate and efficient construction documents. 98% project delivery dates met with minimal change orders which all were client mandated i.e hard/soft cost - additional square footage, ancillary interior/exterior modifications. • Maintain relationships with core contractors to develop and educate for gained efficiencies in construction practices and design staff. Required close field supervision of all new products. • Work with the marketing team to develop product marketing materials; includes sales office material and the internet.• Track and report all variances in hard cost of homes that were affected by inaccurate construction documents, local building code changes, and contractor relations.• Provide detailed material estimate, including material and labor, for the entire building structure interior and exterior.• Develop Argos BDS / Vertex software to estimate material from CAD drawings with the goal of integrating with estimating software F.A.S.T. Product estimating time was reduced by 33% - 50%.• Creating and utilizing databases to track performance; costs; and more efficient systems and processes within the working environment.

Design and estimate HVAC systems for residential and light commercial bldgs.Implement new Autocad and Softdesk software to HVAC design process. This included software manipulation and programming to mold the programs to the needs of the company’s design and estimating process. Design, implement and support company computer network system and server (approx. 30 seats).

Responsible for maintenance and performance of aircraft systems. Honorable Discharge.