Project Manager

Brent C. Heise

(abm0ka@r.postjobfree.com)

EDUCATION: B.B.A -- Business Management. Minors in Accounting and

Economics.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Over thirty years experience in Engineering & Construction, Oil & Gas and

Telecommunications Functional experience and expertise in, but not

limited to :

Project Controls (20 yrs)-Parsons Global Services,ABB Lummus, Fluor, John

Brown, Davy McKee, Brown & Root, Granherne (KBR), Foster Wheeler Asia

Pacific, Jacobs Engineering, Dow

Planning and Analysis (22 yrs)-- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John Brown, Davy

McKee, Telecredit, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Budgeting (19 yrs)-- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee, Aramco,

Bechtel, Brown &

Root, Dow

Financial Studies and Reporting (26 yrs) -- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John

Brown, Davy McKee, GTE, Telecredit, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root,

Texaco

Accounting (28 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee, GTE, Aramco,

Bechtel, Brown & Root, Texaco

Contract Administration (13 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee,

Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Procurement (12 yrs)-- Davy McKee, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Construction Coordination (12 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee,

Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Mentoring/Training (9 yrs)-Dow, Granherne (KBR), Fluor, Davy McKee, GTE,

Telecredit, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Executive Assistant (12 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Bechtel, Brown & Root

Computer Software:

excel, word, power point, monte carlo, P3 and quick study on numerous

'in-house' speciality programs as developed and/or utilized by

employer {scope, cost. sap, jdedwards, oracle, etc}

Geographical Work Locations To-Date:

Houston Texas, New York City, Washington DC, Greenville South Carolina,

Aberdeen Mississippi, Tampa Florida, Boehlen Germany, Kuwait

City Kuwait, Krasnodar Russia, Shchuch'ye Russia, Moscow Russia.

Pattaya, Thailand. Singapore.

Typical Project Values To-Date:

1) "Confidential Project" Eastern Europe --- @$1.2 billion

2) On-Shore Processing Facility & Off-Shore Pipeline Eastern Europe ---

@$1.45 billlion

3) Pipeline Eastern Europe -- @$2.7 billion

4) Processing Plant Middle East --- @$658 million

5) Drilling Rig & FPSO South China Sea -- @$615 million

6) Processing Plant Mid-West USA -- @$88 million

7) Processing Plant Europe -- @$72 million

8) Processing Plant Mid-East USA --- @$30 million

9) Processing Plant Mid-West USA --- @$88 million

10) Many miscellaneous ranging from @$7 million to @$100 million

DETAILED EXPERIENCE:

DOW (Contract)

COST & BUSINESS MANAGER

* Ras Tanura Integrated Project -- Houston & Reading England (October

2009 - Present)

Provide Cost Management and Business Administration support for the

Hydrocarbons Project envelop of this large and complex project consisting

of multiple processing units.

Responsibilities generally include :

COST -- development and monitoring of Owner budget and expenditures; risk

management and contingency analysis; integration of schedules and estimates

into a comprehensive cash flow; analysis and evaluation of changes alerts

as to impact on change management process.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - serve as focal point for owner; review PMC invoices;

insure envelop complies with Program requirements; provide general business

support.

BRENT C HEISE - continued

INVOICE MANAGEMENT -- review and approve PMC, BEP, subcontract and

miscellaneous invoices: expedite review and approval of owner expenses.

JACOBS ENGINEERING

LEAD/SENIOR COST ENGINEER

* Staff Support - Houston (December 2008 - June 2009)

Attached to Southern Region Project Controls Department updating,

modifying and developing operating policies and procedures covering all

facets of Project Controls from Project set-up to closeout. Upon

completion of program these policies and procedures will be implemented

world-wide to create a dynamic synergism between regions and offices.

FOSTER WHEELER ASIA PACIFIC CORPORATION

PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER

*HCF Expansion Project - Singapore (August 2007 - November 2008)

Close monitoring of the multiple subcontractors performance against their

contracts, capturing, reporting and incorporating actual and forecasted

costs into master cost report and Field Instructions issued for tasks that

are in addition to their contractual work scope. Prepare monthly cost

reports as follows: project report, client report, internal report and

corporate report. Maintain approved FW manpower roster and approved FW

man-hour expenditure plan.

GRANHERNE (subs of KBR)

PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER

*Concept Select Contract - Moscow, Russia (April 2006 - August 2007)

Responsible for Cost, Estimating, Planning and Document Control for Concept

and Selection studies under contract with TNK-BP. Duties include creation

of, development of procedures for and staffing of a full-service grass-

roots Project Controls operation to service both internal and external

customers. Ultimate charter will include internal and external financial

reporting, operations and administration - and more.

PARSONS GLOBAL SERVICES

PRINCIPLE COST ENGINEER

*Chemical Weapons Destruction Program - Shchuch'ye Russia (Oct 2004 - April

2006)

Served as Principle Cost Engineer and most often as Acting Project Controls

Manager for Construction phase of project . Initial focus on ensuring

released contracts and purchase orders in phase with WBS, etc. Responsible

for Validation of progress billings for 20 sub-contracted construction

packages ranging in value from $6 to $25 million each. Focal point for

implementation of EVMS (Earned Value Measurement) system on project.

ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL INC (Dec 02 - Nov 03)

SENIOR PROJECT COST ENGINEER

*Sakhalin 1 EPC 1, Moscow, Russia (Dec 2002 - Nov 2003)

Responsible for controlling costs for the Client (Exxon-ENL) within budget

during the design, procurement and construction phases of the project.

Prepare and monitor weekly project progress report utilizing a drawing

register, monthly cost report, manpower plans for staffing and forecasting,

change control, identified trends/areas of concern . Work with Discipline

Leads on progress reports, weekly project roster updates, manpower plans

and weekly projects report. Download manhour information create Excel pivot

tables to input data into manpower plans. Monitor charges to the project to

insure validation of charges.

Client "suspended" project.

FLUOR DANIEL (1995 - 2002 )

SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST

*Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Moscow, Russia ( Apr 1998 - Nov 2002)

Project Controls Manager for the engineering and design of a new pipeline

traversing some 800km in southern Russia. Engineering and design performed

by local Russian subcontractor with my main

BRENT C HEISE - continued

responsibilities being to develop a viable Project Control function within

their organization and to train a local-hire in planning/scheduling

techniques utilizing Primavera software. Helped subcontractors'

engineering personnel define their project deliverables and to properly

report progress against them. Compiled, analyzed and reported cost,

schedule and progress information to Fluor and Client Project

Management. Upon completion of engineering/design in mid September (99), I

relocated to southern Russia (Krasnodar Krai) for the pipeline construction

phase of the project. In early March (00) I relocated back to Moscow to

work in the Project Management finance and controls group and to support

the Systems and Communications Project Team. Assisted client in some

extremely sophisticated and detailed financial investigations and

disclosures required by host Governmental bodies - this involved seven (7)

intense months after the completion of the project.

*EQUATE Infrastructure Project, Kuwait City, Kuwait ( Aug 1997 - Apr 1998 )

Assignment in Kuwait included identification, packaging and recording of

vendor and subcontractor backcharges and obtaining requisite

documentation. Performed numerous other financial studies to facilitate

project close-out.

*Acrylate Monomers Project, Hoechst Celanese Chemicals Group, Boehlen,

Germany (1997 - Aug 1997)

Project Controls Manager for a split execution workshare project requiring

global interface between multiple offices ( Houston, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf

and Leipzig ) with total authority for all project controls functions.

Responsible for the Engineering and Construction Management schedule

development and maintenance. Oversee maintenance of the project cost

recording and reporting system. Analysis of actual and forecast cost data.

Prepared project controls procedures which included requirements for the

workshare offices and completed Client, Management and Department reports.

Total project reporting responsibilities including Client costs and

forecasts.

*Acrylate Monomers Expansion Project, Hoechst Celanese Chemicals Group,

Clear Lake, Texas (1996 -1997)

Project Controls Manager for a split execution workshare project requiring

global interface between

multiple offices ( Houston, Calgary and Manila ) with total authority for

all project controls functions. Responsible for the Engineering schedule

development and maintenance. Oversee maintenance of the project cost

recording and reporting system. Analysis of actual and forecast cost data.

Prepared project controls procedures which included requirements for the

workshare offices and completed Client, Management and Department reports.

*Monsanto Debottlenecking Study, Monsanto Chemicals Company, Houston, Texas

(1995 -1996)

JOHN BROWN-GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA (1995)

PROJECTS COORDINATOR

Administrative/Operational assignment allowing involvement within all

functional areas requiring support. Involvement has included providing

support to Human Resources, Finance, Project Controls, Procurement, and

Project Management. One might refer to the position as "General

Troubleshooter" One example was assistance to a major on-going project

acting as informational liaison between engineering and the Canadian

construction subcontractor.

JOHN BROWN/DAVY MCKEE-HOUSTON, TEXAS (1990 - 1995)

COST ENGINEER

Cost engineer on the following projects: Chemdahl Corporation (Mississippi)

$30MM ( this assignment included 4 months at the field site to finalize and

close the project ), Phillips Petroleum International (South China Sea)

$615MM, ElfAtochem North America $12MM, CP-4 (Shell Chemicals) $88MM,

Fortron PPS Plant (Hoechst Celanese -North Carolina) $62MM, Acetic Acid

Tank (Hoechst Celanese) $6MM, Polybutene & 2 Paraxylene Units (Amoco) $5MM"

Chlorothalonil Purification Unit (Fermenta) $3MM. Fractionator/Gas Con.

Revamp (Crown Cntrl) $9MM, and numerous small projects.

Duties included: budgets, estimates, change orders, internal and external

reporting, presentation preparation (internal and external), manpower, cost

and expenditure forecasts, actual and forecast progress (quantity

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based).

GTE/FLORIDA - TAMPA, FLORIDA (1989 - 1990)

STAFF ACCOUNTANT (AT&T Account)

Supervised mainframe accounts receivable tracking system. Tracked invoices,

prepared monthly receivables, and prepared trend analysis reports. Managed

staff of four.

TELECREDIT INC - TAMPA, FLORIDA (1986 - 1989)

MANAGER OF DATA ENTRY - CREDIT CARDS

Supervised 45 employees processing $20MM transactions/year valued in excess

of$l billion ($65MM/Day). Managed budgets, scheduling, wage & salary

administration. Converted processing from Tandem to PC-

based system which increased departmental productivity by 20% with a first

year savings in excess of $80,000. Initial employment was to plan and

identify all requirements necessary for company to provide processing at

multiple locations with closer proximity to client bases in order to

provide enhanced quality service to customers. Was asked to take over data

entry section and return it to profit center status (which I did!).

ARAMCO SERVICES CO. - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1983 - 1985)

ADMINISTRATIVE / OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

Supervised 10 employees handling widely ranging and often unique requests.

Responsible for contract administration, budgets, estimates, subcontract

payment approval and processing. Coordinated relocation of Houston office

to new corporate facility (1600+ employees) including move contract,

relocation scheduling, property release options, budgets, etc. Project was

completed 14% ($30,000) under budget and one (1) month ahead of schedule.

Responsible for construction of and relocation to new offices in Washington

DC for government affairs division which required a seven (7) month

relocation to Washington D. C.

BECHTEL PETROLEUM INC - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1981 - 1983)

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - REFINING & CHEMICALS

In addition to plethora of personal and corporate activities, developed

operational and financial systems and procedures for departments

activities, interpreted corporate policies and guidelines, developed and

reconciled operating budget. Also acted as general contractor for all

leasehold improvements.

Duties included: budgets and estimates, vendor selection and negotiation,

contract administration, craft scheduling and completion dates, contractor

payment approval and processing. Served as "General Contractor" for

construction of new 790,000 square foot corporate headquarters building

responsible for all interior build-outs. Project was completed 28% ($2.3mm)

under budget and two (2) months ahead of schedule.

BROWN & ROOT INC. - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1974-1981)

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - POWER GROUP

In addition to plethora of personal and corporate activities:

interdivisional liaison for executive. Supervised administrative and

clerical personnel assigned to power plant projects including: budgets,

personnel staffing/wage and salary administration, manpower and space

requirement forecasts, systems and procedures, and office supplies

procurement. Provided Project Controls (Cost) support to South Texas

Nuclear Project.

TEXACO INC. - HOUSTON TEXAS (1971 - 1974)

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Headed project team investigating premature "retirement" of equipment

assigned to the refining department.

STAFF ACCOUNTANT - New York City (1972-1973)

Corporate office - New York City: Member of task force conducting

profitability studies. My area of responsibility was the Western European

operations.

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT

Accounting functions within controllers department.

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