EDUCATION

BS Finance & Master of Business Administration (MBA), Golden Gate University

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE SKILLS

PRIMAVERA, PRISM, EXCEL, WORD, ACCESS, PARAGON

CONTACT INFORMATION

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Home Address: 91 Mt. Tallac Ct,, San Rafael, CA. 94903

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Wanzek, Inc.

Fargo. ND

April 2010 – Present

Project Controls Manager

Worked as Project Controls Manager overseeing 60 projects. Responsible for monthly project reviews, analyzing corporate profit margins. Developed new systems to capture all project control reports, including costs, schedules and earned value.

Worked on a $100 million coal fired power station, established Project Controls cost, schedule and progress & performance reports.

Parsons

Sacramento,Ca.

March 2009 – March 2010

Program Controls Manager

Managed Project Controls for Construction work from Redding to Fresno, Ca. for PG & E’s Hydro Electric Division. Also worked on their Project Management Improvement Processes, including integrating schedule (Primavera P6 with their SAP Financial database), estimating, budgeting, forecasting, procurement, Long Term Planning, safety, document control, scope, quality and staff utilization. Developed schedules for 300 projects ranging from $200K to $30 million. Worked with Management, Project Managers, engineering, procurement, construction and project controls to update project control tools, reports, schedules and procedures.

Worked with P6 to set up a Portfolio Management System for 86 Jobs over $1 million. Developed Earned Value in P6 Web for these same jobs and set up WBS system. Managed (8) schedulers to develop and update schedules on a monthly basis

Shaw Group, Inc.

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

May 2008 – February 2009

Project Controls Manager.

Worked as a Project Controls Manager for an Oil Refinery expansion, consisting of a Butene/BTX and a HDPE. Coordinated engineering, procurement and construction. Was responsible for project controls personnel preparing monthly cost reports and weekly construction reports. Also developed baseline schedules, change orders and monitored an earned value (percent complete) system for construction progress.

ITSI, Inc.

Walnut Creek, Ca.

September 2007 to May 2008

Worked as Manager of the Project Controls Department for close to one year, overseeing 300 projects world wide. Responsible for staffing, quarterly project reviews, analyzing corporate profit margins, and developing a new database to capture all project control reports, costs and schedules in one data base. Wrote Project Control procedures and put on training sessions for Project Controls personnel and Project Managers. Responsible for Project Controls in 30 offices in the U.S. and projects in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Parsons

March 2006 – September 2007

Winchester, California

Project Controls Manager

Managed Project Controls for a Chemical Systems Modifications Project at the Robert A. Skinner Water Treatment Plant. Reviewed drawings, field changes and RFI's for cost and schedule impacts to the project. Estimated changes for all disciplines (Electrical, Architectural, Civil/Structural, and Mechanical & Instrumentation) in order to negotiate cost impacts with the General Contractor, Kiewit and their subcontractors. Reviewed any potential delays to contractual milestones and advised management of these impacts for this $100 million project. Saved the Owner (Metropolitan Water District) $6 million out of a $10 million claim.

Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, Ca.

Program Controls Manager

Managed Project Controls for a $1 billion Major Construction and Capital Plan (MCCP) program for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). Developed schedules and a cash flow for 62 projects. Worked with Management, Project Managers, engineering, procurement, construction and project controls team to update Project Control tools including cost, schedule and reporting, procedures and training requirements.

Parsons

Kirkuk, Iraq

May 2004 – March 2006

Program Controls Manager

Worked as Project Controls Manager and Project Manager on the PCO North Oil Program consisting of engineering, procurement, construction and project controls team; on the Iraq reconstruction efforts consisting of $500 million, 22 task orders and 70 projects. Managed cost control, estimating, scheduling and Earned Value Management system working with the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Government, and the Project Contracting Office (who managed the Oil Sector Program among others); and, Foster Wheeler (Program Management and Oversight team). The Project Controls team consisted of 8 people in Iraq and 7 people in the Houston, TX office. Coordinated with Joint Venture personnel (consisting of Parsons and Worley Parsons) in Kirkuk, Baghdad and Basra, Iraq, along with our office in Amman, Jordan and engineering office in Houston,Texas.

Managed US Government Contract amendments/modifications, coordinated with engineering, procurement, contract administration and construction personnel (Iraqi and US expatriate type personnel), worked as Project Manager on Camp expansion, operations and maintenance type projects. Worked with management, USACE, US Government and PCO to coordinate, manage and accomplish completion of 70 projects successfully.

Parsons

San Francisco, California

July 2002 – May 2004

Cost Manager/Estimator

Worked for Caltrain on a construction management team, for a railroad project upgrade, totaling $75 million including rail, platforms, buildings, bridges and utilities. Managed cost control, estimating (all disciplines), change control and analyzed scheduling issues. Wrote project controls procedures, set-up systems, forecasted project costs and worked on monthly management reports. Coordinated engineering with construction for civil/structural, utilities, signal, communications, electrical and buildings. Held weekly negotiation meetings with the contractor and their subcontractors for changed work, saving the owner millions of dollars. Negotiated claims for the owner for delays and changed work.

Mendoza & Associates

San Francisco, California

February 1997 – July 2002

Project Controls Manager

Worked at the San Francisco International Airport on a Program Management team for the “Runway Project” for one year, managing project controls and administrative activities.

Also worked on a four year Construction Management team for a S.F. International Airport expansion project totaling $2.8 billion, managing four different prime contractors. Was in charge of 10 Project Controls and administrative personnel. Coordinated engineering with construction, observed and walked down installations to determine validity of progress. Evaluated change order for scope of work additions and changes. Evaluated installations versus specification and drawing requirements. Reviewed Request For Information (RFI’s) for effect on construction installation and cost impacts.

Performed conceptual through detailed construction estimates on six different buildings and parking structures. Prepared estimates for all disciplines including building systems, such as mechanical/HVAC, piping/plumbing, and electrical. Discussed numerous alternatives with client, engineering and construction.

Prepared estimates, especially during the construction phase while analyzing design, field, and client changes. Performed contract negotiations on change orders with the prime contractors and made final reconciling change orders to close out their contracts. This included an extensive review and resolution of a number of claims, saving the airport millions of dollars.

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

Richmond, California

January 1995 – February 1997

Field Controls Manager/Scheduler

Worked on $350 million Clean Fuels Project, including a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit upgrade at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California. Set-up and maintained project cost control and schedules for the project expansion and the shutdown phase. Worked with all Subcontractors (S/C’s) in order to set priorities, and forecast costs based on their scope of work. Met with all S/C’s on a weekly basis to go over manpower, priorities, schedules, and progress and cost issues.

Also worked on a Fab building for SHA, a Japanese client who manufactured semi-conductor wafers. This building included clean rooms, storage, utilities, and robotics. This $250 million dollar facility was constructed in Vancouver, Washington. Completed a conceptual estimate from conceptual drawings, scope of work narratives, single line diagrams, and sketches from other disciplines. Wrote monthly reports and analyzed the project on an ongoing basis.

Bechtel Inc.

San Francisco, California

June 1981 – January 1995

Project Controls Manager/Cost Manager

Managed cost engineering, estimating and scheduling groups. Responsible for forecasting, estimating, cost estimating, budgets, and schedules. Made presentation to Bechtel and various clients, middle and upper management. Also was responsible for monthly and quarterly reports. Worked on numerous projects ranging from $10 million to $1 billion. Managed engineering, procurement and construction.

Worked as a Project Controls Manager on a $1 billion international project in New Zealand, on a Natural Gas to Gasoline (Synthetic Fuels) type project. We saved our client over $100 million by under-running the budget and completed the project on schedule. We used in-country subcontractors and sub consultants where possible. We also utilized pre-assembly units constructed in Japan to save money and reduce density at the job site and improved construction productivity.

Worked on Oil Refinery projects in the S.F. Bay Area for Shell Oil, Unocal, Tosco and Chevron for 5 years on several unit upgrades, including Marine Vapor Recovery, Catalytic Cracker, Sulfur units, utility upgrades and shut downs.

Work as assistant Project Controls Manager of the Project Controls Department for two years, working on proposals, staffing, overhead budgets and operating plans. Staffed projects with project control personnel (cost control, scheduling and estimating) and made sure project control procedures were being adhered to.

As Senior Project Cost Engineer, supervised cost control and estimating personnel; prepared monthly and internal management reports. Responsible for cost reports including commitment and expenditure, cost comparison and quarterly cash flow reports. Prepared forecasts/estimates of construction, materials and engineering costs. Responsible for change orders, variances from budgets, productivity and progress curves. Wrote cost control procedures; recruited cost engineering and estimating personnel and held cost control and estimating seminars for internal training and client presentations.

As Project Estimator, supervised total project cost estimates. Responsible for all estimating disciplines for various projects. Supervised estimates for lump sum as well as cost plus contracts, trained and supervised personnel.

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