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I make peoples dream's reality

Responsibilities include; Land development and Acquisition due diligence within the New Mexico Division. Responsible for development budgets in excess of 40 million dollars, developed seven projects in the last 24 months. I have been responsible for management of development of 1000 total lots within these communities. Water right needs for communities in Santa Fe are under my responsibility. Within the land department I am also accountable for EPA maintenance along with HOA management for the Division. I was President on most HOA Boards for our communities.

Promoted and responsible for the start up of Centex Home’s first Active adult community within New Mexico. I managed the development of a 376 lot neighborhood, which included walking trails community landscaping and minor lifestyle related amenities, Bocce etc. Within the community I was responsible for design, build and follow up of a 1.5 million dollar community center which includes two swimming pools, exercise equipment, decorations and furnishings all designed to fit the Active Adult Lifestyle. We designed nine new floor plans all to meet the requirements of Active Adult living. We completed nine new models and even invited future residents to do walking focus groups during construction in order to get feedback on our designs and to make suggested viable changes. Hired and trained sales, construction staff and Lifestyle director to adapt to the Active Adult community and make the paradigm shift with the focus on customer satisfaction and emphasis on referral sales. All P & L within the community, was under my responsibility. This community demonstrates one of Centex’s best efforts in the metro area.

I was responsible for all operations in challenging anti-growth atmosphere; Started-up and established Centex Homes in a completely new market place. Responsible for Sales, including but not limited to; monthly lot releases, price increases, lot premiums in golf course community, quarterly even flow, management of sales force, miscellaneous training, etc. Responsible for purchasing and estimating, and the procurement of trades. Construction responsibilities included; meeting start and closing requirements, customer satisfaction etc. Customer Satisfaction in SF during my tenure was the best in the division consistently. Land acquisition responsibilities included, establishing and developing relationships with land brokers, sellers and soliciting any future land opportunities. I performed due diligence, then gathering information to compile CHC acquisition book. Miscellaneous land development, meeting engineers, land planners through the entitlement process. I established a political network that worked to the benefit of CHC in Santa Fe. In FY05 Santa Fe operation alone produced 6 million in net earnings. We exceeded 30% gross margins. I was involved in locating 3 future communities' acquisitions within SF area for future expansion.

Promoted to run the Construction Department, responsibilities included; direct supervision of three area project managers, along with fifteen various level Field managers. Responsible for all production start releases, to insure delivery of completed houses, on time and meet even construction flow criteria. I grew the construction department from 300 closings to over 450 in four years. Other responsibilities included customer service management with a goal of total customer satisfaction. Centex Homes, New Mexico Division was the National leader in Customer Satisfaction for FY 2000 and 2001. I participated in 5-year growth projections, annual planning and President Report's. In addition, as a member of the CHC management staff I participated in creating the policies and procedure for the various departments (i.e. Drafting, Accounting, Sales etc.). My "Road to Customer Satisfaction" book on policies and procedures got national

Promoted to run the P&E Department, responsibilities as a manager of this department included new product introduction, contract negotiation and contract procurement. Created brick and mortar hard costs for over 60 newly introduced floor plans, each with 2-3 various elevations. Price ranges varied from our newly introduced value series starting at $90,000 to our custom area of over $400,000. Other responsibilities include billing review, insurance enforcement of all subcontractors, producing subcontractor responsibility contracts (scopes of work), etc.

Promoted to create and run Custom Home Neighborhood. As a senior Field Manager responsibilities included all of the Field manager responsibilities (as shown below). A new responsibility was producing accurate hard construction costs for custom homes in Albuquerque's premier golf course community - Tanoan Country Club. Price ranges were from the $300,000 to $800,000 range.

Responsible for direct construction of over 40 customized homes per year. Home building experience involved building homes in five separate subdivisions. Duties included standard superintendent responsibilities such as, scheduling, quality control, customer interaction (i.e. pre-construction meetings, pre-drywall meetings and final orientations), billing approval, getting all needed city inspections, etc. Average construction period ranged from 100 days to 120 days. Price ranges started at $100M to $250M. Other responsibilities included pricing of non-standard customization and warranty work. In addition, I participated in the supervision of land development to complete new sub-divisions.

Bs Civil Engineering, Engineering

Activities and Societies: AGC

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