MARK A. BAXTER
**** ******* *** *** **, Los Angeles, CA 90025
323-***-**** / ******.****@*****.***
C AR E E R S U M M A RY
Project Management professional with 7 years experience in the construction and real estate services
industry. Managed $100 million project budgets and met scheduled goals. Leader in achieving project cost
control objectives.
E D U C AT I O N
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Science in Building Construction (Project Management), December 2001
Additional Courses: Economics, Accounting, Finance, Calculus, Physics, and Art/Architectural History.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tishman Speyer Properties, Los Angeles 01/08 – 12/09
Assistant Project Manager
Served as an Owner’s Representative on a commercial office real estate development from project
conceptualization through successful completion of base building construction and tenant improvement
build out.
Supported Senior Director with management of design and construction team.
Developed a companywide methodology for project budget forecasting and
reporting.
Monitored and reported on project budget status. Managed Project Accountant.
Expedited project controls process, which included contracts administration, change
order analysis, invoice approval, lender coordination, progress verification, and project closeout.
Trammell Crow Company, Los Angeles 02/06 – 12/07
Assistant Development Manager
Project Engineer
Served as a Cost Engineer and Owner’s Representative on a commercial office high rise development 2000
Avenue of the Stars.
Led cost control efforts and successfully negotiated change order reductions totaling
$1,000,000+.
Interfaced with clients, designers, contractors, city officials, property management,
and leasing.
Promoted to Assistant Development Manager.
PCL Construction Services, Los Angeles 12/03 – 02/06
Field Engineer
Served as a Field Engineer on an office project and UCLA residence hall high rise project.
Conducted RFI processing, shop drawing and submittal review, production of layout
and lift drawings, quality control, scheduling, change order pricing, and project coordination.
Utilized Primavera P3 to manage the project’s cost loaded schedule.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Prolog, Primavera P3/Suretrack, MS Project, Expedition, Timberline, WinEst, AutoCAD, MS Office, Acrobat,
Photoshop, and Illustrator.