Manager Management

HOWARD HARRIS

Glenville, Pennsylvania

abiibe@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A highly motivated and competent Facilities Professional with a desire to enhance and contribute

career skills and experiences in a challenging environment offering:

• An extensive career in Project and Facilities Management.

• Excellent networking relationships with Senior Management, clients, vendors and staff.

• Leadership and management with diplomacy.

• Conscientious and responsible commitment toward quality results.

• Energetic and effective communicator.

• TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope Life Polygraph

WORK EXPERIENCE

Baltimore City Community College January 2010 - Present

Facilities Director

Presently acting as Director of Facilities, responsible for 60 FTEs in three distinct reporting areas.

Plant Management infrastructure, includes emergency generators, life safety, engineering and

Operations and Maintenance of multiple campuses. Environmental Services, includes all

housekeeping/janitorial service in multi shift coverage. Capital Project Management and Planning

presently covers in excess of 25 active projects, from de-commissioning of occupied facilities to

completion of on campus Child Care Center.

Wrote new procedures for CMMS process, reducing open tickets aged for over two years to average

of four days. Expected average closure rate is within two business days. Project Management team

now works to strict schedule, using in-house staff vs. outside contractors. Most recent project has

savings to the college $122,000 in A and E fees, in house construction etc.

CGSI, Baltimore, MD 11/2008-10/2009

Operations Manager with TS/SCI Clearance

Responsible for over 9MM sf of Class A office space, 250+ multi-shift FTEs, including all O and M

services. Wrote and implemented new policies and procedures for critical systems infrastructure,

clean room/lab environment, HVAC, plumbing, base electrical, site utilities, roads and grounds,

procurement, project/property management. Facilitated KPIs, resulting in a 40% cost reduction,

while increasing work order volume by 20%.

CIENA Corporation, Linthicum, MD 5/2006 – 11/2008

Global Facilities Director

Responsible for 20 full time staff, and 25 locations in Domestic US, EMEA, India, Latin America

and APAC. Total square footage exceeds 1.2 MM square ft. with controllable budget of over 6MM.

On target to reduce spending by over 700K through new policies and procedures. Responsibilities

include: Facilities and Project Management, (Baltimore, Md., Denver, Co., Alpharetta, Ga.,

Mainland China, Japan, India, UK) Headed lease administration team, including negotiations with

brokerage firms in domestic and global portfolio. Oversight of data center and clean room build

outs, tech lab environment, food services, reprographics, fitness centers etc. Managed

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implementation of help desk automated system, space management through AutoCAD and vendor

administration.

Alliance Bernstein, LP, New York, NY 6/2005 – 5/2006

Assistant Vice President – Facilities Management –International & Domestic

Managed 120,000 square feet of Class A office spaces for Alliance Bernstein London, UK.

Domestic responsibilities included: facilities management, move management, procurement,&

coordination of build outs and expansions for 25 national offices in the Alliance Bernstein domestic

portfolio. In addition, my responsibilities included: Design & Construction, Security Services,

Reprographics, coordinate end-user programming for project completion on time & within budget,

bid procedure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404. Construction Projects completed in 2005 @

2MM include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, Denver & Dallas.

Adecco - Johnson Controls – Johns Hopkins University, Sparks, Maryland 6/2004- 6/2005

Manage the implementation of energy conservation projects. Involved with: RFP preparation, bid

analysis, contractor interview process, permits and providing conceptual drawings utilizing

AutoCAD 2000. Projects included: air distribution, water conservation and HVAC controls. Worked

directly with Designers, Contractors, Facility Managers and Energy Consultants.

(Howard Harris Cont.)

OLS Trading Inc, Gaithersburg, Maryland 5/2002 – 5/2004

Responsible for space planning, design and account management of high-end corporate businesses.

Work in conjunction with end users on asset procurement, installation, project and move

management. Recent responsibilities include the redesign of major telecommunications firm’s

space. Two buildings in two New York totaling 50,000sf, and flagship location in New York State of

40,000 sf.

Deutsche Bank 1982- 2002

Vice President, Facilities Manager, Portfolio Manager

Baltimore- Responsible for real estate related projects throughout the domestic portfolio, managed

projects with budgets in excess of eight million dollars, responsible for financial analysis, test fits,

coordination of space planning and designs with architects/engineers, telecommunications

infrastructure, HVAC and move management for multiple locations simultaneously.

Vice President, Facilities Manager, Portfolio Manager, 1997 – 2000

Nashville- Managed build out of 65,000 sq. ft. of vacant space with a projected cost of $7,000,000

bringing it in under budget by $300,000 with completion ahead of schedule. Managed 225,000 sq.

ft. of Class A office space including Engineering infrastructure, Y2K compliance, disaster recovery,

planning, Project management, critical systems compliance, space planning and design.

Assistant Vice President – Facilities Management, 1982 – 1997

New York- Responsibilities spanned three metro New York offices and one regional office totaling

5000 people and included capital budget planning, disaster recovery planning, security and critical

systems, data center, large project design and construction and food services. Designed,

implemented, and supervised crucial relocations, build outs and installations in multiple locations.

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Swiss Bank Corporation, New York, New York 1980 – 1982

Managed electronic funds transfer to SBC clients & financial institutions.

Long Term Credit Bank of Japan, New York, NY 1977 – 1980

Responsible for receipt/delivery of federal funds and cable transfers

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Herbert M. Lehman College, Bronx, New York 1975 - 1976

Economics Major

Bankers Trust Award for Excellence (three)

Professional IFMA – International Facilities Management Association, Nashville Chapter -

Certified Facilities Manager (CFM) 1999

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Jackson Township Planning Board, New Jersey – Member

Technology Council of Maryland

Professional Bowlers Tour - Member

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