Management Engineer

BRIAN M. ANDERSON, CFM

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Silver Lake, Wisconsin 53170 Cell: 262-***-****

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CAREER PROFILE

Multi-faceted, IFMA Certified, Facility Management Leader with balanced strengths in Operations and Design/Construction. Excels at

meeting the complex, multi-site/multi-use demands of rapidly growing organizations, incorporating strategies to maximize space

utilization, operating efficiencies and employee productivity. Background emphasizes strategic planning, M&A integration planning,

negotiations, project leadership, internal planning and teaming, supplier relationships, budgeting/expense control, LEED and

sustainability strategies, staff management, and computerized system efficiencies. Experience leading enterprise-wide operational

improvement projects is the result of business acumen/vision, organizational savvy and a friendly, positive communication/personal

style.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Recognized for overall strengths in operating, capital and project budget accuracy and control. Operating budgets

topped $15M with expense variances rarely exceeding 1% of targets.

• Led facility analyses following 2 mergers. Conducted rationalization of current/future lease costs, building condition,

space utilization, and facility staffing/service contracts. Managed facility decommissioning to lease dictates yielding $20M

in rent/operating savings and $3.7M in services, utilities and furnishing reductions.

• Successfully integrated the Facility Management departments of 4 physician practice organizations with

numerous locations throughout a region. The combined operations improved space utilization and reduced

operating expenses $3M.

• Saved $2M annually by teaming in the development of a Facility Procurement function, incorporating an electronic

system backbone to facilitate company-wide centralization and leverage volume pricing.

• Designed and rolled out a nationwide security program, policies and procedures in the response to 9/11.

• Negotiated a 40% cost reduction by developing uniform furnishing standards.

• Led special project team that established a Records Management/Retention function. Unit recovered business records

from discontinued operations that validated and captured $2B tax operating losses.

• Consolidated Facility Management Operations reducing operating expenses $3M and freeing significant square footage

for re-deployment to other business units.

• Managed company-wide Document Management Program reducing operating expenses $400K annually.

• Strategized and executed numerous fully occupied renovations, including a 195,000 sf. headquarters, completed within

15 months without any disruption to daily business.

• Improved the time of delivery for projects 50% by developing dedicated design and construction standards for each

operating category, i.e. business offices, mail order, call centers, specialty and client site pharmacies.

• Completed 200+ new or remodeling projects encompassing 6M sf. with capital budgets ranging from the “thousands”

for make-over renovations to $25M.

• Led a 2nd headquarters project, budgeted at $25M for converting a 225,000 sf. exposition center into Class A office

space for 1,300 employees. Delivered project $500K under budget by General Contractor negotiations and change order

controls. Additional highlights included:

o aiding a 30% annual rent savings and negotiating the re-direction of $2M in landlord improvements;

o saving $750K by value engineering the mechanical systems;

o competitively bidding and negotiating $800K in furnishings savings;

o incorporating LEED principles, sustainable materials and demolition material recycling into the project.

• Representative facilities projects included:

o Completed over 20 installations of diesel and natural gas powered generators throughout the country

o Installed a comprehensive web-based monitoring system for refrigeration systems throughout the country.

o Led the process that standardized the brand and style of UPS and Generator systems for the company

EMPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY

1999 to 2011: CVS CAREMARK f/k/a Caremark Rx – Northbrook, Illinois

$ 43B, 16,000 employee prescription benefit management division with 80+ nationwide locations covering 3M sf.

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Resume of Brian M. Anderson

Director-Facility Design & Construction – 2004 to 2011

Multi-faceted responsibilities for determining the suitability and managing the turn key build out of corporate offices, data centers,

various facilities for automated pharmaceutical mail order packaging/distribution, specialty formulation labs and/or call center

operations. Scope included: extensive pre-planning collaboration with Operations, HR, Finance, Security, Real Estate and Facilities on

functional requirements, cost and timing parameters; partnering with external architects, consultants, etc. on design and cost estimates;

RFQ processes and supplier selection; lease and construction contract negotiations; project management/oversight; and commissioning

activities for delivery.

Director of Facilities – 2001 to 2004

Manager of Facilities – 1999 to 2001

Responsible for the maintenance, repair and renovation of buildings, fixtures, mechanical systems, furnishings and grounds, as well as

longer term planning for systematic upgrading/replacement. Selected by Sr. Management to lead several high priority business

improvement projects, distinct from normal Facilities’ duties.

1997 to 1999: MedPartners, Inc. – Northbrook, Illinois

$8B physician practice management firm that acquired Caremark’s prescription benefit management business in 1996

and by 2000 had sold its physician practice assets to focus on prescription benefits and re-named itself Caremark Rx.

Chief Engineer-East Coast

Directed the Facility Management activities for 500+ locations across a 30 state region, including 4 physician

practice centers and corporate headquarters. Responsible for day-to-day activities of all physical maintenance,

custodial service, landscaping, security and capital improvements, including short term and long range planning.

1979 to 1997: Glen Ellyn Clinic – Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Full service medical clinic rapidly growing to 20 locations and 500 employees before being acquired by MedPartners

Director-Facility Management – 1979 to 1997

Rapid promotion into management responsibilities after beginning as a Maintenance Engineer. Effectively

managed the physical assets of the physician practice from 2 locations, 27 physicians and 100 employees to a

practice with more than 20 locations, 200 physicians and 500 employees

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CFM/Certified Facility Manager – International Facility Management Association

Member – IFMA/International Facility Management Association and NFPA – National Fire Protection Association

Facilities Management Certification – Northern Illinois University-Naperville Campus

Numerous Facility Management and Architecture courses – College of DuPage – Glen Ellyn Illinois

Annually attended 3-5 Facility Management Seminars, Symposiums and Conferences – locally and nationally

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