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- Established and currently lead the Link Parks Construction team, expanding operations across four U.S. markets and building a team of six members.- Report directly to the Managing Director of Link Parks, collaborating on capital strategy and standardizing processes with national vendors.- Lead a comprehensive overhaul of job cost and contract approval workflows, reducing downtime and accelerating market delivery of spaces.- Manage a $35 million capital budget, maintaining expenses within 3% of budget and deploying 98% of funds within the calendar year.- Conceptualized and implemented new approval workflows across Link Parks, streamlining processes and empowering field teams for greater efficiency.- Innovated the job creation process in Yardi, enhancing data tracking and management in the pre-construction phase.- Transformed the bidding process to a scope-based system, cutting job creation time by up to two weeks for standard projects.- Proven Links Parks Executive Team leader, finding and developing top talent and training them regularly to maintain best practices and to raise the bar within construction management both internally and externally.- Demonstrated dynamic multitasking and problem-solving skills, leading teams to achieve project goals while maintaining high morale and delivering results aligned with company objectives.- Previously led the Northeast Construction team, overseeing 55 million SF and managing all major repositioning projects across the portfolio.- Managed the capital transition during the merger of PSB and Blackstone (Link Logistics). Worked closely with the FP&A team to merge capital management systems, all job costs and budgeting processes. - Brought existing vendor relationships to bid and procure a new flooring manufacturer for Link, saving the company ~$4mm annually.

- Promoted 3 times in 9 years at PSB, ending on the Executive Leadership Team (under 10 people) of the publically traded company, PS Business Parks, before M&A with Link Logistics. Awards won: Innovation award (started an Uber program for customers to use and eliminated a shared bus to the metro). Outstanding Achievement Award (2x). Power Club 5x. - Reported directly to CEO and executive Leadership team, where I oversaw and managed a capital budget of $35 million across a portfolio of Industrial, flex and office properties located in the MD/VA, Dallas, South Florida, Southern and Northern California, and Seattle markets. - Directly led a team of 4 project and facility managers, also interacting and working daily across multiple PSB divisions and teams.- Traveled regularly to conduct on-site visits and strengthen ties with clients, strategic partners, vendors, employees, and stakeholders.

Responsible for the capital planning and project management of a 6 million SF portfolio of office, flex and industrial properties.PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE PSB), a member of the S&P MidCap 400, is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that acquires, develops, owns and operates commercial properties, primarily multi-tenant industrial, flex, and office space. The Company wholly owns over 28 million rentable square feet of commercial space located in six states: California, Florida, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. The Company also manages commercial properties on behalf of Public Storage, Inc. and its affiliated entities.

Responsible for the leasing and performance of a portfolio of Office, and Flex properties containing over 1 million rentable square feet located in Tysons Corner, Virginia.