Engineer Manager

Thomas J. Tanke Senior Project Manager

ac8p1z@r.postjobfree.com • LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2riVelo 512-***-**** • Monument, CO 80132 Construction Professional with international experience managing complex government and private projects. Full project lifecycle manager from planning to completion. Troubleshooter for problem projects, business developer, coach and mentor. Areas of Expertise include:

Civil Construction Government/Private Projects Federal Procurement

Project Management Contract Management Project Lifecycle

Resource Management Training and Development Estimating & Bidding Professional Experience

Digg Commercial, LLC • Austin, TX • November 2016 to December 2018 Manager, Heavy Civil Construction

Turned-around underperforming heavy civil construction business of Digg Commercial, LLC. Reviewed process and people of each functional department and executed operational and personnel changes. Restructured Estimating Group to focus on company’s core competencies and target appropriate-sized projects that generated profit. Recruited new staff to increase technical expertise and experience levels across the board for field, office, and management positions. Improved project performance by 30% through a newly empowered field organization and selected cloud-based project Management software to streamline and memorialize communication between office and field. Key Accomplishments:

• Increased overall business unit revenue by 30% and reduced office overhead 40%.

• Improvement in estimating success of 50%, led to a 15% increase in winning projects.

• Improved net profitability by 11% within 12 months. RAE Group International • Littleton, CO • January 2012 to November 2016 Principal Consultant

Consulted on operational, organizational, project estimation, and structural costs subjects related to construction. Worked with government and private company clients to improve efficiency and profitability through organizational restructuring and streamlined staffing to reduce overhead expenses. Introduced more effective project selection through formal project reporting procedures and decision matrix. Mediated disputes and helped small- to medium-sized construction companies prepare detailed critical path (CPM) cost and resource-loaded schedules for new projects. Key Accomplishments:

• Improved the estimating and project management skills of 12 emerging, small construction companies.

• Secured six new multi-year contracts for a client through use of a decision matrix.

• Successfully mediated 18 disputes between owners and contractors. Doyon Government Group • Federal Way, WA • June 2010 to January 2012 Director - Construction Group

Managed three operating companies for contractor of security, construction and logistics services in 49 states. Introduced accountability through formal project reporting procedures and decision matrix for pursuit of projects. Expanded business’ scope through three new offices that managed new contracts and pursued additional work. Key Accomplishments:

• Combined companies managed had annual revenue over $100M and $225M backlog of active projects.

• Turned around seven existing troubled U.S. Army Corps of Engineers legacy projects.

• Secured 12 new IDIQ, MATOC, MACC, JOC and SATOC long-term contracts.

• Increased overall revenue by 15% and net profits by 8%. Thomas J. Tanke

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Millennium Group International • Kabul, Afganistan • January 2008 to April 2009 Director of Construction

Consulted to the Chief Executive Officer of Afghan construction and handled the completion of three troubled road projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Advised the Afghans on methods of restructuring and organizing their company. Key Accomplishments:

• Managed major construction projects worth $350M in on-going work.

• Obtained $245M in new projects within a year through business development and client relations efforts.

• Established six new teaming arrangements with local contractors for pursuit of new work.

• Adjunct Faculty at American University, taught Construction Management, Scheduling, Contracts and Estimating. Previous Experience:

Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc • Jacksonville, FL

Director, Eastern Region

Steve P. Rados, Inc • Santa Ana, CA

Senior Project Manager

Cedar Creek Associates • Los Angeles, CA,

President

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. • San Francisco, CA,

Vice President / Principal Systems Engineer

Los Angeles County Transportation Commission

Executive Vice President

Kaiser Engineers • Oakland, CA

Vice President / Chief Engineer

U.S Department of Transportation, GS-15 Supervising Engineer Education

Executive MBA

LaSalle University • Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Illinois • Chicago, IL

Certificates & Licenses

Certified Construction Mediator, Institute for Advanced Dispute Resolution, Boulder, CO CEng, Chartered Engineer (UK) • IntPE, International Professional Engineer • Certified Construction Project Manager Training & Development

Strategic Planning (80-hour course), George Washington University Senior Executive Management (120-hour course), American Management Association Executive Management for Government Employees, Harvard University College of Business Professional & Community Involvement

Construction Management Association of America • Construction Institute • Project Management Institute American Society of Civil Engineers • California Society of Professional Engineers National Society of Professional Engineers • American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association • Association for Conflict Resolution • Society of American Military Engineers

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