Innovative Professional with demonstrated success in project/program management, business development, project control, and business process reengineering

As a mature, seasoned professional, I possess the macro and micro expertise along the entire spectrum of the project management life cycle to manage your initiatives, wherever and whenever they arise

Diverse Project Management Skills

• Program Management/Business Development along the complete spectrum of project management timeline

• Managed a variety of large and small projects in diverse areas, including design and construction, manufacturing, information technology, operations, research and development.

• Managed large and small teams of personnel

• Construction and/or Engineering Management of numerous small and large design, design-build, construction, R&D, and operational upgrade/renovation projects

Proven Leadership Skills

• Implemented visionary PM efficiency initiatives

• Integrated business management philosophy throughout all operations and projects

• Strong communications and proven leadership skills

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Program Manager, Consultant, Blue-Green Management LLC (2007-Present)

• Project/Program Management

• Business and Proposal Development

• Facilities and Operations Management

• Project Control

• Contracts Administration

• Construction/Engineering Management

• Claims and Contracts Consulting

Program Manager, Akima Construction Services (2016-2017)

• Reinvented 100% of all onsite business operational processes

• Built a highly functional team of ACS staff, union craft management, and craft workers to ensure all projects completed under budget and ahead of schedule

• Concurrent management of multiple construction projects (20-50), including multiple craft and corporate staff (50-75 FTEs)

Owner, Program/Project Manager, Business Development, AR Acosta Ltd., Reno NV (2007-2015)

• Successfully Built a Native American-owned SBA 8(a) certified firm, WMBE, WOSB into a Multi $M firm operating in 12 western states

• Negotiated and Managed a FS Concessionaire for 14 campgrounds within the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest

• Program/Project Manager for a variety of contracts, for a variety of clients

- Numerous Federal Agency Renovations/Contracts (GSA, NPS, DOL, FS, USCOE)

- Facility Operations (EPA, DHS, GSA, FS, VA, Army, USAF, Air National Guard, USCOE)

- Commercial Clientele

FDI/DealerTrack – national DMV process contractor

Microsoft Licensing – PM initiatives and staffing

Cyanco - Multiple EPC upgrades associated with sodium cyanide plant

Project Manager, Facilities Manager, Department of Energy (1991-2007)

• Implemented a Project Management Office, an integrated cost and schedule control system ($500M FY budget), including Monte Carlo risk management. Managed multiple contract deliverables, budget, finance, MOUs/As for multiple engineering/science disciplines, National Labs and other Government Agencies.

• Facilities Manager for all YMP-NTS operations ($80M FY Budget)

• Construction/Site Manager, Yucca Mountain Project, Exploratory Studies Facility, including construction, operations and maintenance

• Managed construction of a Total System Life Cycle Cost estimate ($65B, 110 years duration; complete C/S integration) and Capital Asset Management Plans, integration with OMB mandated for submittal with yearly budget requests

• Managed Project Control Operations for large programs, including strategic planning, integrated cost and schedule programming, budget and finance, as well as variance analysis

• Managed a team to design, procurement, construction and implementation of the Integrated Management System, a completely digital system (ERP with VPN-Enterprise Resource Planning/Virtual Private Network) that will eventually incorporate every work process and business administration function governing repository development/operations

• Implemented a Performance Indicator System, combining traditional Earned Value with data mining of business process for metrics, management information system dashboard, and decision support systems (EIS/MIS-Executive and Management Information Systems)

• Design Manager for subsurface and waste package repository systems

• Reengineered YMPs project procedures, policies and plans, business process management systems

Contracting Officer, Construction Management, Project Manager, Bureau of Reclamation (1980-1991)

• Construction Manager/Site Engineer for large Government construction and supply contracts including pump and pump/generator plants, siphons, piping systems, utility relocations, tunnels, roads, bridges, canals; flood prevention structures (dykes/levies; cross drainage structures); utility relocations; contract administration ($5M-65M)

• Contracting Officer for the Central Arizona Project including the formulation of, and engineer’s estimate for, numerous contracts; managed negotiated proposal evaluations/negotiations ($10M-$75M)

• Implemented a Project Control system (master integrated cost and schedule control system (MIS)) for all operational facets of the BOR’s $5B Central Arizona Project.

• Managed Claims Branch to analyze, estimate, negotiate, litigate large construction/supply contract claims against the Government ($1M-$35M)

• Team Lead for the redesign, and overall construction of massive warehousing and facility control systems associated with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District governing operational facilities

Project Manager, Fox & Associates (1978-1980)

• Managed Phoenix AZ office for geotechnical/geological consulting (commercial and residential building projects, high-rise office buildings)

• Project Manager for the design, implementation and installation of all control instrumentation associated with the geotechnical investigations associated with modifications to ASU’s Sun Devil Stadium

EDUCATION and CREDENTIALS

B.S, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY

Professional Engineer (PE), State of Arizona

Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), PMI

Certified Professional Contract Manager (CPCM), NCMA

Certificate Degree in Government Contract Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix AZ

Six Sigma Green Belt

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