Project Manager Quality Assurance

Stephen G. Krecik

P.O. Box **

Freetown, IN - ***35

812-***-**** / 219-***-**** (cell)

******@*****.***

Environmental Conservation - Project Management

Proven track record, international and domestic experience managing mission-critical project

implementation with solutions under demanding time and resource constraints.

Versatile in a variety of career roles, from telecommunication project management to environmental

conservation and teaching.

Self-motivated and independent, working overseas in various capacities for nearly 10 years.

Exceptional management ability with over five years telecommunications project management

experience.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Project Management: contract management quality assurance rollout

scheduling commissioning logistics and outsourcing

Published Research Scientist: experience in experimental design, sampling, and statistical

analysis clear and consistent logical framework used with management issues

Computer Applications: MS Project AutoCAD Dreamweaver, Flash HTML,

XML PhotoShop / Illustrator Use of Java and Perl

Multilingual: Indonesian / Malay Jamaican Patios French

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE

FOREST HEALTH MONITORING ANALYST - Indiana Division of Forestry, Vallonia, IN; 06/02

present

Analyst of nation-wide Forest Service-sponsored Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) data, with emphasis on

Indiana information base.

Developing study of reported changes in Indiana s state forest health, in conjunction with the

Indiana state forest pathologist and Forest Service counterparts.

Preparing an in-depth review culminating with a paper completed by December 2002.

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING - Gunung Halimun National Park Ecotourism Development Project, Bogor,

Indonesia; 07/94 9/97

Conservation project biologist and administrator

Authored a $450,000 USAID-supported conservation program grant for an Indonesian national

park development scheme.

T eam member in administration of conservation-linked community-based ecotourism enterprise

development program for Gunung Halimun National Park.

Served as principal investigator in non-timber forest product monitoring research for Gunung

Halimun project.

INSTRUCTOR, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - BAPPENAS (Indonesian National Planning Board),

Jakarta, Indonesia; 01/94 12/96

Developed course syllabus, reading materials and assignments, and intermittently taught an

eight-week research methodology course for an Indonesian Government Ministry

Conducted this course six times over a three-year period.

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Jamaica Agriculture Development Foundation (JADF),

Kingston, Jamaica and Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan; 09/90 12/93

Designed, conducted, and analyzed agroforestry experiments conducted through the use of

on-farm trials in a targeted Jamaican community.

Provided forestry extension services for Michigan residents, chiefly answering questions

related to the care of ornamental plants and shade trees.

Conducted foliar tissue nutrient analysis as part of a project to develop a diagnosis and

recommendation system for Christmas tree fertilization.

PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER - U.S. Peace Corps Jamaica, Moneague, Jamaica; 02/88 5/90

Volunteer with the Jamaican Department of Forestry

Collaborated with a counterpart Jamaican forester to plan and supervise harvest,

reforestation, and other management activities on a 15,000 acre forestry district.

Developed a district-wide agroforestry extension program that integrated timber tree planting

with cattle production, tree crops (citrus, coffee, cocoa etc.), and agronomic crops on privately-

owned lands.

Assisted in managing a medium-sized tree nursery capable of producing one-quarter million

containerized seedlings.

FOREST TECHNICIAN - Indiana Division of Forestry, Vallonia, Indiana; 01/86 12/87

Assistant to State Forest Pathologist

Assisted the State Forest Pathologist in providing forestry extension services, surveying pest

populations, and conducting laboratory and field experiments.

Utilized current research to develop a computer program that rated state forests for Gypsy

moth hazard.

Extended Gypsy moth management information to District Foresters and State Forest Property

Managers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT

Project Manager O2Wireless Solutions; 11/00 11/01

Oversaw various stages of the construction for wireless facilities, fiber optic SONET ring repeater

stations and backbone routes

Flawlessly maintained good client relations with clients Adelphia and Alcoa Fujikura to ensure

rollout and quality assurance on projects in 5 states.

Implemented site acquisition scouting, ROW and landowner negotiations, environmental

assessments, permits and zoning, and utility service hookups.

Increased client satisfaction from previous management and rapidly promoted after 3 months

to Project Manager overseeing construction projects with client Adelphia Business Solutions in

western Pennsylvania.

Instrumental in program management team that designed program flows for our client, Nokia, in

wireless service upgrade project in the New York City area.

GENERAL MANAGER - Asiabumi Furukawa, Jakarta, Indonesia; 02/98 11/99

Managed several telecommunications construction projects from tendering to acceptance testing,

including most administrative, commercial and engineering functions.

Developed a wide range of contacts among major operators in the Indonesian

telecommunications and power transmission fields, securing work contracts.

Coordinated the repair of nearly 20 km of buried urban cable networks in Borneo. Supervised

6 technical staff and more than 40 laborers.

Under a tight deadline, managed the work on two 4500-line telecommunications construction

projects (in Java and Borneo) from tendering to acceptance testing, thus enabling the project owner

to avoid significant liquidated damages.

CONTRACTS MANAGER Furukawa Electric Company Ltd., Balikpapan, Indonesia; 02/98 09/99

Managed telecommunications outside plant construction projects in Borneo and Java.

Handled contractual matters for Furukawa s 237,000-line telecommunication outside plant

construction project, located in Borneo

Maintained communications and other contract management instruments both between EPC

management contractor and Furukawa subcontractors. Documented projects variations, cost

claims, time extensions, force majeure, and other related matters

Negotiated project termination issues with project owner and settled for more than US $ 7 million

in cost claims as part of project settlement

EDUCATION

Purdue University, graduated December 1985; BS Forestry.

Michigan State University, graduated December 1993; MS International Forestry.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

J.M. Roshetko, D.O. Lantagne, M.A. Gold, R. Morikawa, and S. Krecik. Recommendations for

establishing and managing Calliandra calothyrsus as a fodder resource in Jamaica. In: International

workshop on the genus Calliandra. D.O. Evans (ed.). Winrock International Institute for Agricultural

Development.

Morikawa, R.T., D.O. Lantagne, M.A. Gold, S.G. Krecik, J.M. Roshetko.1995. Management of

Calliandra calothyrsus for fodder production in Jamaica. Tropical Grasslands 29 (4).

Krecik, S.G., D.O. Lantagne and M.A. Gold. 1993. Effect of two cutting frequencies on Leucaena fodder

production and two cutting heights and frequencies on Calliandra and Gliricidia fodder production.

Nitrogen Fixing Tree Research Reports. 11:18-21.

Lantagne, D.O., S.G. Krecik and J.B. Hart. 1991. DRIS: A new approach to the old problem of fertilizer

recommendations. Michigan Christmas Tree Journal 33(1): 24-26.

F UNDED GRANT PROPOSALS

(Gunung Halimun Consortium). 1995. Development of local enterprises in and around Gunung Halimun

National Park. Funded by the Biodiversity Conservation Network. Award: US $450,000.

S.G. Krecik. 1990. Fodder tree establishment and production in seasonally dry areas of Jamaica.

Department of Forestry, Michigan State University. Funded by the Jamaica Agriculture Development

Foundation (JADF), Kingston, Jamaica. Award: US $ 30,000.

Porter, K., S.G. Krecik and J. Duplissis. 1989. Proposal for USAID Hillside Agriculture Program (HAP)

for Rio Cobre and Rio Minho watersheds. Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Forestry and Soil

Conservation, Kingston, Jamaica. Funded by United States Agency for International Development.

Award: US $ 350,000.

REFERENCES

Dr. Jatna Supriatna Dr. Joyo Winoto

Conservation International National Development Planning Agency,

Indonesia Program Director Government of Indonesia

Jl. Tanah Baru Raya No. 98 Head - Bureau for Multilateral Economic

Depok 16421 Cooperation

Jabar - INDONESIA 6th Floor, Main Bldg. - Bappenas

Phone/Fax: +62-021-***-**** Jl. Thamrin Suropati 2, Jakarta 10310

INDONESIA

Phone/Fax: +62 (021) 336-207 / 390-5650 ext.

1212

Mr. Koji Matsumoto

********@***.***.**

General Manager, Indonesia Office

The Furukawa Electric Company Ltd.

Jl. Borobudur No. 20

Jakarta 10320

INDONESIA

Phone/Fax: +62-021-***-****/8

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