Ronald Kramps, P.E., Cem Email & Phone Number

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Charleston, South Carolina Area

-Director of facilities for Charleston County Schools, managing a staff of over 160 people and over 100 facilities with footprint of ten million-square-feet. Annual budget of $95M and growing.-Rapidly and energetically developing new business procedures and growing staff to handle budget growth of over 20% over the next five years.

Various Locations

23 years commissioned service, first as a Naval Flight Officer for four years, and then as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer for the last 19 years.

Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl

-Senior director leading a staff of 320 at headquarters and six, dispersed field offices delivering $250M/year in facilities support to ten military bases across the southeast.-Led multi-agency team through the sale of 415-acre naval aircraft industrial plant in Dallas, TX. Focused team through complex environmental and real estate negotiations with Texas regulators and federal administrators, resulting in divestiture of $27M cleanup for the U.S. government.-Aggressive engagement with Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston yielding great results for their strategic recapitalize initiative; design of $110M in nuke sub training facilities on schedule.-Crafting strategy and leading project development for partnership with Proctor and Gamble Plant Albany, GA for biomass to energy initiative at Marine Corps base in Albany.

Camp Lejeune, Nc

-Chief of facilities who led 500 people and managed $200M annually for $8.1B of facilities and utilities operations and maintenance at 200 square-mile complex with 21M SF of facilities.-Led maintenance team through creation, solicitation and start-up of $180M, 10-yr, base maintenance contract, the backbone of physical plant operations, without a hitch. -Personally wrote Camp Lejeune strategic energy plan; aggressive leadership and personal oversight led to attainment of 5% decrease in energy intensity, and a savings of $1.7M for 200 square mile installation with $8.1B in physical plant account.-Planned and laid groundwork for $100M steam decentralization for 200 square-mile complex, including negotiations to secure approvals for execution strategy and funding.-During one year, managed design and execution of 212 minor construction and repair projects worth $98M; snagged $10M additional funding from others not ready to execute.

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Sc

-Licensed contracting officer and chief of construction who led 17 engineers and contracting officers executing $60M of construction and facilities services annually on three Marine Corps and Navy installations during a build-up for the Marine Corps' "Grow the Force" initiative.-Brokered takeover solution with bankrupt contractor’s surety to restart $13M hush house construction project within two months of arriving. Orchestrated $5M hangar renovation, in spite of ever-changing tenant schedules; beat project goals for time and cost metrics. -Flawlessly implemented new $45M multi-year operations and maintenance support contract.

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

Seven-month deployment to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait with Army Central Command managing $4.2B theater military construction program.

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fl

-Chief operations officer who led 70 people through start-up of a crisis/contingency contract then became XO (executive officer) of a Navy O6 command that executed $360M on 930 projects in 12 months for repairs to facilities at Pensacola Naval Air Station devastated by Cat III Hurricane Ivan.-Managed and drove project execution to a 99.98% rate of fund expenditure at end of year; over $89M in one month alone.-Complete restoration of damaged infrastructure with an average expenditure rate of $50M per month for 10 months; a huge success and dramatic recovery to full operations.

Charleston, Sc

-Leader of three registered engineers developing $53M in construction projects for Texas bases. Was also interim Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA. Was Assistant Operations Officer within the Operations Department managing Navy Region Midwest and Marine Corps Reserve support programs.-Formed a team of a contracting officer, an architect, and mechanical, electrical, cost, specs, and civil engineers and developed a MILCON request for proposal for a $10M Fire/Police dispatch facility at NAS Corpus Christi.-Showing exceptional speaking skills, organizational skills and mentoring skills, I planned and executed a 3-day Junior Officer Conference for about 40 Civil Engineer Corps. The selection of speakers and coordination of activities drew exceptional reviews.-Was selected as Interim Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Barksdale Air Force Base.

Guam, Marianas Islands

-Chief environmental director who led staff of seven managing programs for cleanup, natural and cultural resource conservation, pollution prevention and compliance across several islands. Managed all environmental programs for Naval Forces in the Marianas Islands.-Key spokesman who led a team of regulators and engineers in an information campaign to allay public concerns following $20M cleanup of coastal hazardous landfill.

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fl

-Project manager who delivered $15M in mechanical and civil projects for training organizations. Interim Public Works Director Naval Air Stations Pensacola and Whiting Field.

Naval Air Station Brunswick, Me

-U.S. Navy flight school Distinguished Graduate and navigation instructor.-1300 hours of interdiction missions flown from Sicily, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Maine.

Bachelor'S Degree, Ocean Engineering

Me, Civil Engineering