Zach Mcdermott Email & Phone Number

In addition to my duties as Director, I also oversee HOA architecture and landscape projects including: review of external architectural application consultation, constrains, requirements and approvals such as house painting, fencing, retaining walls, solar panels, and enforcement of landscape maintenance standards. *PROJECT: Renovation of the HOA entrance: restoration, painting, landscaping. *PHASE 1: Preparation: Established timeline and budget for the restoration of retaining walls and signage, selection of paint color, powerwashing schedule and labor. *PHASE 2: Installation: Defined scope and constraints, drafted proposal, budget and presentation for landscaping installation along the retaining walls including constraints and budget for types of bushes, plants and hedges, irrigation, placement.Contract negotiations for the common area landscape maintenance crew. Setting standards and expectations for a clean, beautiful and pleasant community.Further contributions: assess survey markers for property lines and tree tracts resulting in clarifying and assuming responsibility for additional property for our HOA assumed to belong to an adjacent HOA.Reduce HOA operating budget by installing hardier plants requiring less annual maintenance and water.Source subject matter expertise from HOA members for specific projects.Foster a friendly, cooperative and inclusive community.

In this role, I partner with other board members and officers to determine priority and scope of HOA expenditures and policy. I review, plan and approve monthly/annual assessment, budget, expenses, and assess risk and investments. I collaborate on policy writing and compliance, member relations, community safety, storm clean-up planning, landscape renovation proposals/budgeting, and contract negotiations.

Operations Manager for Startup eCommerce website.Responsible for Shopify platform, payment integrations, technical requirements, updates, plugins, domain, sales channels, budgets, and sourcing subcontractors for technical and design projects.Manage analytics on sales channels and product performance, SEO, A/B testing.Review product performance and strategize product development and future marketing campaigns.Developed brand concept, name, logo, and provide creative direction.Product development and design leveraging Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Express for Social Media ads, InDesign and Acrobat, Kittl and Canva. Working knowledge of ChatGPT and text to image software including Canva, Adobe Firefly and Kittl.

Managed multiple single-family home restoration and renovation projects including: Project Integration Management, Project Scope, Project Cost, Quality Plan Management, Sequence Management, Project Procurement and Performance Assurance. Additionally I vetted, hired and was responsible for Communications Management, Supervision and Quality Management of contractors, subcontractors and vendors: swimming pool restoration experts, carpenters, roofers, painters, window and door installers, hardscaping, HVAC installation, landscape installation and maintenance, tree removal, and solar panel installation and maintenance.

Conducted business development through online platforms, referrals and from solution-oriented dialogue with prospective clientsLed Project Planning with stakeholders including scope, cost, sequence, deliverables, and quality assurance. Utilized Photoshop for image restoration, masking, touch-ups, resizing, and exporting for web and print. Worked with InDesign and Acrobat for designing Interactive PDFs, Page Layout and Document Creation: Spreads, Masters, Frames, Threads, Images, Typography, Styles, Tags, Tables, Adobe CC libraries, for corporate, legal, insurance, auto manufacturers and more with Export settings for digital and print.

Hong Kong, Quarry Bay, Hk

Dynamic leader (40 direct reports) recognized for sound judgment, consensus building and delivering an ultra-luxury hospitality experience in the heart of Silicon Valley.Partnered with fortune 100 executives, CEOs, celebrities, political dignitaries, presidents, universities, and venture capital firms alongside an amazing and nimble cross-functional team to plan and deliver meetings and events for high-profile clientele.Participated in the HR sponsored online Harvard Manage Mentor program, accelerating my Talent Management, Stakeholder Engagement, and coaching skills.Project Planning and Management: I conceptualized, planned, designed and implemented a training program for 40 direct reports. This sponsored project included cross-functional stakeholders and collaboration that resulted in increased engagement, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and revenue increase. The project lasted 90 days and included group exercises, individual skills assessments, performance tracking and a team celebration event. Actively engaged with the Human Resources Safety Committee on safety projects.Worked intimately with the Michelin Star culinary team to ensure food quality, presentation and consistency for catered events, weddings, parties, board meetings and conferences.Collaborated with Housekeeping and Engineering in order to meet guest requirements, hotel standards and safety compliance.Oversaw process improvement resulting in budget reductions in payroll and CAPEX for a $1.5M monthly revenue operation.

I provided technical project management, design & web development services for small business owners.Technical skills for this role included competitive/comparative analysis, requirements gathering, UX/UI, information architecture and wireframes and front-end coding with HTML and CSS. I partnered with back-end developers for a full website delivery service. Additionally, I sourced clientele and delivered client presentations resulting in clear communication to ensure product goals, timelines and cost estimates.

Half Moon Bay, California, Us

For this role, I was the point of contact for meeting and special event managers, ensuring successful events; supervised meeting logistics, set-up, catering, vendors, packages for diverse high-profile clientele including board meetings, weddings, golf/tennis events, conferences.Participated in the interview selection process, and the disciplinary peer review panel.

Bachelor Of Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Coursework In Psychological And Symbolic Anthropology

Software Product Management (Spm)® Certification, Product Management

User Experience Design

Ios Development

Web/Multimedia Management And Webmaster