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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Greater New York

Providing tailored RE project consulting services such as due diligence, best-and-highest-use, construction budget & schedule assessment and troubleshooting, contract review, bid leveling & award, strategic planning to substantial completion evaluation, punchlist and closeout direction.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Baker Tilly Development Management Services -- Real estate development is a complicated process that requires creative vision and robust knowledge & experience to bring it to life. Baker Tilly provides the leadership needed to move the development process forward in a controlled and coordinated manner—ultimately helping Owner's establish, refine and deliver projects on time and on budget.

Greater New York City Area

LEGOLAND NY Senior Program Manager/Owner's Rep - 2018-2019Barclays Global Program Management Team - US Representative - 2018HSBC Corporate Real Estate Team Lead - 2015-2018

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

An experienced project execution specialist with widespread knowledge in Program & Project Management, Controls, Real Estate Development and Finance. Currently developing and managing a growing team of Project Managers in New York City to assist clientele successfully develop, construct and operate a variety of asset types in the Commercial & Industrial sectors. Excels at solving complex problems at critical times, leading teams to adroitly tackle any issue that arises in order to surpass client expectations for program delivery.

Chicago, Il

Part of the construction consulting team delivering structural, construction methodology and logistics design review for the world’s first 1,000-meter tall structure called the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia. The $1.2B Kingdom Tower will house offices, luxury condominiums, serviced apartments and a luxury hotel on 167 floors, as well as an observation deck at the 157th Floor. Completed a 5-year engagement on the Public Building Commission of Chicago’s $2.4 billion Capital Construction Program; completing several projects including Jones College Prep High School which opened in August 2013, West Ridge Elementary School and Westinghouse High School. Jones College Prep is a $90 million, 144-foot-tall, 7-story high rise urban academic facility with underground parking, amphitheater, music education wing, competitive swimming facility, full indoor athletic facilities in addition to classroom, library, kitchen & dining facilities and state-of-the-art distance learning and computer labs. Performed structural, construction methodology and logistics design review for the Shard London Bridge, a 90-story landmark in London’s revitalized London Bridge Quarter and the tallest building in Western Europe. Provided program level consulting and reporting, structural feasibility analysis as well as financial, schedule and logistics analysis as a member of the program management team for the Jumeirah Gardens program in Dubai, UAE.

Marengo, Il

• Developed and prioritized 5-year Strategic Road Map to deliver $180M incremental revenue increases as leader of 10-person cross-functional Core Strategy Team (director-level and above). Personally interviewed executives, analyzed competitors, managed the data collection from customer surveys and elicited initiatives from the Core Strategy Team for potential large-and-small-scale projects to drive revenue growth. • Part of 3-person North American Product Management Group (along with VP Engineering and Director of Marketing) that travelled to Zama, Japan headquarters semiannually to present NFC-North America market data and projections, product development status and needs analysis, strategic targets and new product release customer analysis. • Leader of the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) project designed to deliver $16M incremental gross profit improvement in 3 years via implementation of Oracle Siebel CRM On Demand for the sales, service and marketing departments. Pitched the business case for this strategic effort directly to President in order to overcome his apprehension over the perceived too-high IRR. Managed all C-level executives, stakeholders and external IBM consultants to deliver the new CRM system in 12 weeks.• Utilized Six-Sigma skills to increase efficiency 33% by re-engineering the sales methodology to focus on high-value-add clients and standardize national and regional sales force prospecting, opportunity management, and pipeline forecasting process. In this process, decreased National Accounts contract review duration by 50%.• Produced regression analysis to identify related market indicators and produce the 2008 through 2017 sales volume forecast based on several correlated market indicators such as GDP growth, ISM Purchasing Managers’ Index, and Industrial Capacity Utilization.

Chicago, Il

• Responsible for the successful construction of approximately $600M/2.4M square-feet of mixed-use retail/residential projects by managing internal teams in addition to architect and Owner’s Representative teams to coordinate construction progress and changes, critical path schedule updates and pay requests.• Significant experience in negotiating subcontracts, facilitating problem-solving during all aspects of the construction process, streamlining concrete cycle times and negotiating final change orders with Owner.

Chicago, Il

• Developed business case to open Chicago area yard facility. Coordinated the architectural, structural and mechanical design, and yard layout activities between PERI’s German Headquarters, German-based Architect and US-based Engineers. Successfully project-managed the construction of the $8.7M 10.5 acre facility that includes a 6,000 square foot office building, 30,000 square foot warehouse with product showroom and 9 acre paved storage yard. • Managed 8 design/project engineers and 4 regional sales reps, coordinated 85 projects annually, solved complex design issues, managed material logistics with contractors, resolved discrepancies concerning material, design and/or billing with clients, implemented training regimen and mentored junior engineers.

Mba, Real Estate, Strategy, Finance

Bs, Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

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