Project Manager Real Estate

Rodney Thomas

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** *. *******

City: Chicago

State: IL

Zip: 60649

Country: USA

Phone: 773-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $100,000

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Rodney Thomas

Chicago, IL

Phone: 773-***-****

Email: *********@********.***

SUMMARY

Project Management Lead with 21 years of commercial, retail, industrial, critical facility, and technology project management experience. Experienced business program/project analyst. Developer of program/project chartered scopes of services, goals, and objectives. Effectively manages and aligns the work of cross functional business functions to ensure the achievement of program/ project chartered deliverables. Proficient in developing strategic capital plans, managing purchasing, installations, implementations, and LEED certification/sustainability initiatives.

LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma (6) Green Belt, Green Globes Professional (GGP), IL Real Estate Sales Professional, Chicago Local School Council Board Member

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Core States Group

2012-2013

Sr. Program Management Lead Chicago, IL

Sr. Program Management Lead for Walgreens 2012 Southeast Well Experience initiative.

Direct, coordinate, and report on the planning, development, entitlement, design, IT, installations, and implementation activities related to the 2012 southeast Walgreen`s Well Experience development program.

*Provide expertise in the development of strategic capital plans and the execution of a regional retail interiors development program

*Direct, coached, and mentored program managers, project managers, real estate service coordinators, and merchandisers

*Facilitate the municipal site planning and permitting due diligence process

*Direct the progress of preliminary and post- design; development, and the approval of phasing plans

*Manage the development of bid, entitlement, permit, and construction documents

*Managed to acquisition and installation of fixture, furniture, and equipment (FFE)

*Mange the general contractor bidding and contracting process

*Facilitate, monitor, manage, and report on the progress of the planning, design, IT, and implementation, and merchandizing phases

JONES LANG LASALLE

2004 - 2012

Program Management Lead Chicago, IL

Provide year over year business analysis expertise in the development of program/project capital plans for business expansions, consolidations, installations, re-stacks, and/or infrastructure, initiatives. Manage the work progresses of Senior and midlevel project managers to ensure that quality planning and development initiatives are delivered in compliance with Six Sigma (6) DMAIC and PMP principals. Manager of various cross functional project management teams for clients, such as, Microsoft, Bank of America, Motorola, Citibank, Xerox, and National City. Project Management Lead for Microsoft`s Unites States and Canadian real estate portfolio. Microsoft Furniture, fixture, and equipment Team Lead for all project initiatives in North, South, and Central America. Project Management Team Lead for Bank of America`s Midwest commercial real estate portfolio.

*Project management lead for Microsoft Sales, Technology, Development, and Laboratory project initiatives within their US Central, Western, and Canadian real estate portfolio.

*Fixture, furniture, and equipment management lead for the Microsoft`s Americas real estate portfolio

*Program management lead for Xerox commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions and construction initiatives

*Project management lead for Bank of America (BAC) Home Loans and Insurance (HL&I) and Merrill Lynch line of business project initiatives in the Central Region.

*Delivered five (5) LEED certified initiatives

*Developed a project estimating tool (PRESTO) for determining multi regional pricing of administrative and retail capital/expense projects.

*Directed, coached, and mentored mid-level project managers, coordinators, and administrative assistants.

*Managed the planning and development of retail banking centers in Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.

THOMCO ENTERPRISES, INC.

2001 - 2004

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Chicago, IL

Led the strategic development and expansion of Thomco`s operations into the Illinois market. Managed U.S. Corps of Engineers and U.S. Postal Service operations business unit. Managed the Resident Management System and the Three-Phase Quality Control System. Established general goals for the Illinois region and was responsible for all the decisions made by those within the division.

APV

1998 - 2001

PROJECT ENGINEER Rosemont, IL

Developed consumer product processes to for various US based food manufacturers. Lead cross-functional teams for new-product process installations. Increase profitability through process development, equipment installation, development of improved energy efficient processes, waste reduction and rework implementations, customer awareness training, and COGS/margin management.

NESTLE USA

1996 - 1998

PROJECT ENGINEER Solon, OH

Coordinated and developed manufacturing capacities to match market research and product development requirements. Enhanced Industrial Manufacturing facilities and processes. Improved the energy efficiency of the manufacturing processes. Developed capital budgets for facility rehabilitation and/or expansions

UNILEVER

1991 -1996

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS MANAGER Green Bay, WI

Engineering liaison between operations, product development, and marketing. Developed, designed, and installed mechanical process and packaging systems.

EDUCATION

M.B.A. 2001

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, IL

B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1991

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

AWARDS

2006 Project Manager of the Year

Chicago Commercial Real Estate Award

CERTIFICATES / OTHER

LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

U.S. Green Building Council

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute

Six Sigma (6) Green Belt

Jones Lang LaSalle

Green Globes Professional (GGP)

Green Building Initiative

Real Estate Broker

State of Illinois

Local School Council Board Member

Chicago Public Schools (Kenwood Academy)

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