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United States

Cleveland, Ohio

Parma Ohio

• Provide strategic leadership for the operation division of the 13th largest school district in Ohio which includes 1.9 million sq. ft. throughout three communities and 21 district-owned properties as well as a fleet of.
• Developed a Fiscal Recovery Plan, as directed by the Ohio Department of Education, which will save the district over $15 million from the general operating budget over the next two fiscal years.
• Serve as the liaison between the Board of Education and the operational administrative team.
• Serve as the liaison between the Board of Education and the three local community governments to ensure there is continuity between the district’s long-range goals and that of our community stakeholders.
• Serve as an executive member of the Superintendent’s Cabinet to represent all non-educational school operations departments.
• Attend all Board of Education meetings; prepare and present reports to the Board of Education.

Berea Ohio

• Oversee complete facilities operations and capital improvements of over 1.2 million sq. ft. including: 7 schools, 3 support buildings, 1 athletic Fieldhouse, and various district owned properties.
• Maintain complete staffing of all facilities employees; comprised of 12 skilled trades, 40 custodians, and 2 administrative employees.
• Collaborate with building level administrators to ensure the student and staff needs are being met by the custodial and maintenance staff.
• Serve as a district liaison for the Business Advisory Council of Berea, Middleburg Heights, and Brookpark.
• Collaborated with multiple operations and academic departments to earn the prestigious National Green Ribbon School award through the U.S. Department of Education.
• Performed complete staffing analysis of the maintenance and custodial operation to identify areas of inefficiency and developed plans for correcting these items.

Medina County, OH

• Reduced operations budget two years in a row (44% and 9% respectively) by renegotiating purchase service agreements, reducing physical inventory to utilize “just in time” practices with established vendors, and keeping.
• Increased operations productivity through work load review and staff re-organization with a neutral cost effect to the district.
• Utilized permanent improvement funds to reduce operations expenses through capital equipment upgrades.
• Developed a five year facilities permanent improvement plan to upgrade major areas of concern with buildings and grounds.
• Oversaw the implementation of a $1.2 million House Bill 264 project which is projected to save the district $105,000 annually in energy costs.
• Oversaw final phases of a $23 million construction of a new elementary school which consolidated students from three grade level schools to one large facility on a common campus with the high school and middle school.

Kent, OH

• Maintained complete staffing of 24/7/365 maintenance operation to include 5 direct report supervisors, 46 maintenance employees, and 6 student workers to maintain 6,000,000 sq. ft. of classrooms, dorms, athletic areas.
• Established new and revised current job descriptions to keep employees accountable for their work.
• Redesigned the interview process of all vacancies to promote a more hands-on demonstration of skills
• Ensured equipment preventive maintenance procedures were followed to keep the level of preventive maintenance higher than reactive maintenance.
• Served as liaison between University Facilities Management, Resident Services, Athletics, Administration, and Office of University Architects for new building projects.
• Ensured all work requests were handled in the appropriate time frame and manner.

Rootstown, OH

• Represented buyers and sellers of residential real estate. Negotiated the best price and terms for clients and ensured the buying or selling process was a positive experience.

Akron, OH

• Peramax Properties was a small property management company that worked with small investors in the management of their residential rental properties.
• At the peak of the business cycle Peramax provided management for over sixty single family and multi-unit properties. Supervised and/or performed the rehabilitation of rental units including all skilled trades work..

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Financial Management Services

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.9 Gpa

Business & Construction Management