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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

PLM Paving and Concrete is committed to excellence in Safety, our talented team members, quality construction and exceptional customer experiences. We provide solutions to our clients ranging across all market segments in commercial and industrial maintenance and construction of asphalt, concrete, earthwork, engineering and civil infrastructure improvements.Contact us anytime to schedule a discussion on how we can meet your project requirements

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Schaumburg, Il

Reporting to President/CEO; Operational leadership of 8 operating businesses, 300 employees; including field, professional, administrative, quality and safety teams, training, and business leaders. Improved functional departments and processes for conglomerate of companies to positively impact legacy culture, structure and processes in response to market demands and strategic direction. - Delivered businesses through a turnaround and improved profitability by over 67% over a two year period with a reduction in revenue by $5,000,000 managing the reorganization with 15.14% CAGR in operating profits from 2014 to 2016- Introduced cross-functional metrics for transparency, accountability through dashboard and performance management of key performance indicators (KPI’s) tied to leadership development.- Re-aligned quality/risk management achieving 30% savings in spend (over $400,000 per year) and measurably improved overall quality of corporate safety program, Experience Modification Rating (EMR), compliance management and captive insurance performance. - Designed and structured, quarterly strategy sessions focused on team engagement, goal setting and metrics for each company to align around profitability.- Reduced equipment maintenance by over $150,000/yr and reduction in cash spend by $250,000/yr through re-designed fleet management and capital equipment programs and transitioned to operating leases versus conventional ownership structure- Changed to Safesforce.com through paving division leaders for optimized sales management practices, dashboard creation and sales effectiveness.- Reduced indirect spend by 1.5% in 2015 and projected 0.5% additional in 2016 development of a structured Analytics department with initial hire of a Financial Analyst and a summer intern.- Improved billable hours ratio from 74% to 92% for fleet maintenance and repair/shop operations through scheduling tools, work order management software and re-aligned management team.

Schaumburg, Il

Reporting to President/CEO; Direct business leadership and organizational responsibility for sales, business development, operations, estimating and fleet management including 100 employees, fleet equipment and asphalt plant operations for Rabine Paving (locally operated self-performing construction company and Rabine Paving America (nationally operating general contractor). Maintained complete operational/P&L leadership of paving companies. Account management and sales leadership of high-value local and national clients.- Grew business by 33% over three (3) years (Rabine Paving and Rabine Paving America) from $60 million to $80 million to highest levels of bottom-line profitability in history of companies.- Designed and delivered the company’s first-ever budget and financial tracking system for operational management, measurement and reporting on a monthly basis for revenue and earnings- Researched, developed and trained teams on an upgraded quality and safety program fostering opportunities to work for strict companies such as Caterpillar, Commonwealth Edison/ Exelon Nuclear, Great Lakes Naval Base and Lowe’s which reduced EMR from 0.9 to 0.74 over a five year period- Innovation through global engineering, research, and implementation of new products/services. Trained and created business structure for concrete paving and whitetopping, innovation in pavement preservation systems through UltiMat™, roller-compacted concrete as well as optimization and material design requirements as QC/QA leader and Chief Engineer with six (6) engineers on staff.- Participated in the completion of four (4) company acquisitions and integrations including the launch of an international LLC for North American licensing of an innovative joint-less concrete flooring system.- Selected by executive leadership team to lead values and culture implementation resulting in the development of the Corporate Vision and Values Statements

Progressing in responsibility with past roles in estimating,sales, project management, superintendent, operations manager and ultimately VP - Engineering/Estimating. - Reporting to President/CEO; developed and implemented an educational and consultative sales tool (Rabine Pavement Management) to differentiate services with major accounts- Achieved growth with key accounts from $4 MM in 1998 to $30 MM in 2007 while directly selling and managing major accounts on $12 MM portfolio value- Developed estimating strategies, researched market trends, implemented software solutions, created bidding templates and reviewed/approved hard and negotiated bids/proposals on projects ranging from $50,000-$5,000,000 on Civil trades – asphalt, concrete, earthwork and site utilities.- Directly lead and directed over 80 employees through nine (9) direct reports as Vice President – Engineering and Estimating- Named Quality Control Manager for Rabine Paving overseeing two (2) asphalt plant production facilities for mainline paving of roads/highways as well as commercial construction platform

Milwaukee, Wi

Served as an Engineering intern producing traffic studies, intersection design, CAD related activities and data collection.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, Strategy And Analytics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Civil Engineering

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