Project Manager Real Estate

PATRICIA RUIZ

**** *. ****** ******, *******, IL 60640

(Cellular) 602-***-**** E-mail: abjs0x@r.postjobfree.com

PROJECT MANAGER/SITE ACQUISITION

Extensive consulting experience in commercial real estate transactions. Conduct and present various business case analysis

scenarios for clients to ensure the achievement of financial goals, project objectives and aggressive timelines. Develop

positive tenant and corporate relationships. Areas of expertise:

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Draft Contracts/Lease Negotiations Market/Research Analysis

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Site Selection Analyses Real Estate Acquisition

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Portfolio and Project Management Financial Analyses

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Team Building/Staff Training Performing Due Diligence

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RFP Process Zoning Analysis and Presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

T-Mobile

Chicago, IL (January 2008-Present)

Collocation Specialist

• Responsible for driving all collocation applications through collocation and ancillary processes in order to

ensure excellent customer service.

• Ensure all contractual obligations are satisfied throughout the collocation process, which include FAA/FCC

compliance, environmental compliance, land lease compliance and pre-existing user rights.

• Communicate directly with Territory Managers – Business Development and customers to ensure they are

updated on the statuses of all application in process.

AAV Project Manager

• Manage fiber to cell site project. Oversee team of 5 real estate specialists who analyze easements to ensure

fiber runs within existing easement.

• Manage communications between fiber providers and T-Mobile to ensure conservative timelines are met.

Responsible for all states in the Midwest.

• Work closely with construction managers to ensure fiber is correctly designed to stay within easements and

coordinate Landlord contact.

Site Development Project Manager

• Managed site acquisition and architectural and engineering vendors in efforts to build 120 new cell sites.

• Tasked with managing various projects including site modifications of over 140 sites. Project included

managing lease renewals, lease reviews to understand site modification requirements, drafting lease

amendments.

• Worked closely with construction managers to ensure accuracy of site design per zoning and leasing

requirements.

• Management of in-building agreements for DAS systems T-Mobile.

• Solicited various building owners for possible in-building coverage via DAS services.

• Responsible for RFP process when engaging new vendors and sub-contractors.

SALT RIVER PROJECT

Phoenix, AZ (April 2007- December 2007)

Site Development Manager

• Hired to facilitate and coordinate efforts of various carriers to collocate onto Salt River Project’s transmission

towers, and build new cell sites in substations. Clients included T-Mobile, Clearwire, Sprint and Verizon.

• Managed Master Lease Agreements between Salt River Project and the various carriers.

• Responsible for securing zoning and building permits in various Phoenix area jurisdictions.

T-Mobile

Los Angeles (Independent Contractor/ May 2006 – April 2007)

Site Acquisition Manager

• Responsible for site acquisition and zoning for 45 wireless facilities in the Los Angeles area.

• Due to experience and positive track record, assigned difficult properties in order to acquire all permits from

difficult municipalities in the Los Angeles area.

• Effectively coordinate creative efforts of construction and municipality demands to have sites approved by

jurisdictions and the carrier.

• Negotiate long-term wireless leases and licenses with commercial properties expeditiously to meet strict

timelines and goals.

Sprint PCS

Los Angeles and San Diego Markets (Independent Contractor/ March 2003 – April 2006)

Chicago Market (Independent Contractor /April 2000 – January 2003)

Leasing and Zoning Specialist

• Recruited based on strong track record and reputation for successfully revitalizing troubled markets.

Challenged to undertake problem markets by reorganizing project development process, close deals over five

years behind schedule, negotiate multi-carrier leases, improve tenant relations, and team build.

•Developed positive relationships with wireless carriers increasing cooperation for co-location projects and dramatically

decreasing the cost and need of new wireless facilities.

•Performed project support with all levels of management, in-house and outside staff in order to expedite the development of

the wireless network.

•Developed and maintained positive relationships with municipalities and zoning boards both in the Chicago and Los Angeles

markets to expedite zoning and building permit processes.

•Closed out Sprint’s Top 10 problem sites within an eight month time frame.

Nextel Communications, Inc.

Los Angeles and San Diego Market (Independent Contractor/ January 2004-October 2005)

Chicago Market (Independent Contractor/ October 1999 – March 2000)

Leasing and Zoning Specialist

•Obtained to manage and oversee all real estate transactions for 85 telecommunications facilities.

•Negotiated contracts between Nextel and the Chicago Board of Education allowing for co-location of at least 30 facilities

reducing the cost and necessity of new facilities.

•Obtained a record thirty-two lease agreements in one month.

•Obtained zoning permits from several municipalities by presenting before zoning boards and offering evidence of the need of

telecommunication facilities in the communities.

Spectrasite Communications (March 1999-September 1999)

Zoning Manager

•Assisted in the opening two of the company’s satellite offices.

•Performed pre-zoning analysis on all new search rings to assist in the site acquisition of the most effective properties for

wireless facilities.

Site Acquisition Consultants, Arlington Heights, Illinois (October 1997-February 1999)

Leasing and Zoning Specialist

•Negotiated lease agreements, and provided zoning analyses to telecommunication carriers.

•Developed important relationships with municipalities in order to facilitate obtaining zoning and building permits for

placement of telecommunication towers.

•Reviewed title and performed title curative work.

Equis Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (October 1996- September 1997)

Lease Administrator

•Lease review, drafting and abstracting.

•Solid track record of reducing occupancy costs and managing corporate real estate portfolios.

•Tax and operating expense auditing, preliminary audit reporting.

•Database administration and development.

EDUCATION

VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL-Indiana

Juris Doctorate, May 1995

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE

Mexico Summer Law Program at University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, IN

Bachelor of Arts, Communication, May 1990

LANGUAGES

Read, write, and speak Spanish.

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