DEBBIE YARBOROUGH, CPM, LEED green associate, RID

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SUMMARY

I am self-motivated, utilizing organizational, leadership, and creative skills to provide a quality environment enabling others to reach their potential. Proven ability to work well with all levels of staff and management, and to quickly assess a situation and implement a plan to completion. Proven track record of bringing out the best in others, challenging individuals to do their best and produce optimum results. I challenge processes to improve them always looking for the most efficient operation. Quickly assess a situation and get right to the end result with no additional need for resources. Expertise includes:

All aspects of Property Management skills

Design, Space Planning, Construction management

Disaster recovery experience (hurricane, tornado, fire, flood & power outage)

Managed data center, retail banking center, administrative, cafeteria, fitness center, gift shop, corporate condominium, industrial, and manufacturing spaces

Excellent written and verbal skills to include arbitration, coaching, and presentation

Results oriented and thrive on overcoming challenges

Work well under deadline pressures and accelerated schedules

Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, AutoCAD, MAC, Adobe In Design CS6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CBRE on the Bank of America account 2006- present

Sr. Property Mgr.

Manage sites for Bank of America through CBRE contract.

Responsible for developing and managing an operating budget of >$4,000,000 and capital budget

Champion a team of property managers responsible for 9 sites, 2,460,400sf comprised of: retail and administrative space, a mix of owned, NNN, and ground lease office space to include a client mix of retail, (financial centers), light manufacturing, call center, executives, public and private sectors, and critical functions

All normal property management responsibilities

Green Belt in strategic Six Sigma process

Lead command center for Hurricane Ike recovery efforts;

Lead sustainability efforts, LEED Green Associate; Achieved silver status at campuses;

Improved communication efforts between platforms and between team members and management;

Active participant in process improvement team

Exceeded cost saving goals

Managed both financial center and admin sites throughout Texas and New Mexico

Developed a property booklet for Bank of America highlighting key properties and statistics

MBNA Dallas, TX 1995- 2006

Facility Site Director (First Vice President FVP)

Lead team of 35 staff members providing multi-faceted site management of data center, office facility of over 1,000,000 square feet, included: café, fitness center, parking garage; also managed residential, warehouse and light manufacturing facility; 4 sites, in California and Texas on a combined 34 acres including 24x7 monitoring of critical power supply;

Responsible for engineering, janitorial, space planning, MAC and budget staffs

Managed an annual $1 million operating budget and a $5 million capital budget;

Developed and implemented program to centralize trash collection and recycle saving dollars and reducing waste to landfill;

Transitioned occupants to hoteling in office space achieving more efficiency;

Implemented campus occupant meetings maximizing collaboration between lines of business;

Team member that constructed a ground up 3 story, 300,00 sf office building in 8 months;

Overcame disaster of fire and flooded building to minimum down time just days prior to the transition to new building;

Transitioned staff through corporate change from insourced to outsourced services;

ENSERCH / Lone Star Gas; Dallas, Texas 1981-1995

Facility Property Manager

Began as Designer for executive offices, space planning and restack for organization leading into integrated property management; managed real estate portfolio across the United States for various companies within ENSERCH family. Responsibilities to include: lease negotiation of field offices across United States; manage headquarters space to achieve most efficiency for the organization, coordinate facilities functions for: sales offices, mailroom, cafeteria, janitorial, design, space planning and engineering; was responsible for strategic planning of more efficient space utilization and introducing and implementing new furniture concepts;

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Associate’s Degree; Interior Design Certificate, El Centro College; Dallas, Texas

RID, Registered Interior Designer in State of Texas

CPM, Certified Property Manager

LEED Green Associate

Six Sigma Green Belt

Actively participate in Continuing Education Units (CEU)

Taught internal education/training class, Fundamentals of Management

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

MS fund raising event support

MS Scholarship review committee

North Texas Food Bank volunteer

Junior Achievement, Volunteer Hands-On Classroom Teacher

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