Mark Schwedel

** ***** **. • North Attleboro, MA 02760

MOBILE: 207-***-**** • EMAIL: ac52kv@r.postjobfree.com

CONSTRUCTION • SUSTAINABILITY•FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

SENIOR PROJECT EXECUTIVE

Multifaceted Senior Management with expertise, project management lifecycle, strong team-management background, and extensive track record of innovation and success to enhancing firm’s bottom line, carbon footprint and sustainability across multiple industries. A combination of skills that crosses for specific Information System/Technologies, Critical Infrastructure areas supporting verticals of Government, Utilities, Hospitals, etc.… The Data Center environment for enhanced reliability, security, efficiency and sustainability. Voltage distribution, ups equipment, switchgear, controls, SCADA systems, and DC power supplies.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

●Senior-level professional experienced as Owner Representative/Data Center Facilities Manager since 2004.

●Over 20 years’ managing experience of engagements for Construction/Facilities Management for Data Centers

●Highly analytical decision-maker with extensive experience in building new, focus direction, and operating companies, along with proven history of increasing productivity, lower expenses and turning around difficult situations.

●Seasoned executive with in-depth understanding of emerging technologies and their commercial applications, as well as international business expertise, having conducted business in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

●Motivated self-starter who repeatedly works on striving for better carbon footprint.

SUMMARY

Results-oriented, Construction Project Manager recognized for planning and constructing expertise. Able to lead owners’ team and interface with all internal groups. Effectively partners and manages contracts with design/engineering firms, specialty consultants, contractors, and vendors. Familiar with all aspects of a project lineage. Skilled at executing production equipment de-installation, shipment and reinstallation globally. Recognized for attention to detail, organization skills and for providing a global perspective .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Program Schedule MS OFFICE – WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT

Construction Drawings and Specifications Construction Contract Documentation

Change Management Energy Efficiency

Renewable Energy Negotiations

Low/Medium /High Voltage Distribution & Equipment Cabling Layer 1

Sustainability Networking Design/Architect Layer 2 and Layer 3

Data Center Floor Layout Vertical/Horizontal Cabling

Industries

Federal Government, State Government, Utilities, Renewable Energy, Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Health Care, Transportation, Education, Defense, Information Technology, Higher Education, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, Construction/Facilities Management, Critical Infrastructure, Sustainability

SFIVE Consulting

Founder/CEO

LinkedIn Blogs (Data Center Sustainability ROI & DCOI and DCEP) 2009- Present

Blogger for Critical Infrastructure, Sustainability and Return on Investment

SUSTAINABILITY AND RESCUE, North Attleboro, MA 01/2017 – Present

VP of Technology and Operation

Sustainability and Rescue’s is a sister company to SFIVE Consulting establish enterprise-wide Consulting Organization is dedicated to Sustainable Construction/Facilities/Technology methods and process to help Environmental Conservation and Animal rehabilitation and welfare. Assist in implementation of Technology to produce least impact of Earth Resources is our expertise. Performing Education, Training and Consulting Services..

SFIVE CONSULTING, Scottsdale, AZ 12/2004 – Present

Owner/Consultant

SFIVE’s is an establish enterprise-wide consulting firm for Construction/Facilities/Technology Program or Project Management. Consulting firm committed to delivering a world class secure and reliable solution to our clients in the Critical Infrastructure Space needing expertise in addressing special conditions and regulations with higher security needs (Physical/Informational).

WORK EXPERIENCE PROJECTS Continued

Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MassDOT), Boston MA 8/2017 – 02/2018

Data Center Facility – Data Center Project Manager/Owner's Rep. Consolidation and Retrofit of 1 Million Square feet of Multi Use Building and restructuring and placement to consolidate dedicated Data Center Space. Scope is all Facilities Environment for: Power down to circuits from Building entrance to rack, HVAC, Fire, Safety, Physical Security, IT/Cyber Security Network Cabling (Fiber & Copper) and Circuits. In an existing live Production Data Center that needs to Increase Power to an already condition room and the building cannot add addition power or not in needed timeframe. Audit of Facilities, Safety and Sustainability. Shift Services and Power Draws systematically for temporary use and final configuration. Addressing IT Disaster Recovery, Physical Security and Cyber Security planning, migration and final state. Upgrade Fiber cable Topology (Vertical and Horizontal), Pulling all new home runs from Telecom Closets to New Data Centers. Decommission unused data center, remove all dedicated environmental controls and outfit room for office space. Obtain grants and rebates from utility company for energy reduction. Close out and transition to IT Operation Production final state.

Pre-Construction

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis

●Ensure Budget Management and Tracking

●Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

●Ensure document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc) process is in place

●Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps

●Ensure tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc is being enforced

●Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants

●OverSee Commissioning and controls

Close Out:

●Initiate close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in advance with the client doc control team, setting timelines and responsibilities

●Establish close out documentation requirements. Ensure receipt of all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.

●Ensure punch list, substantial completion and final completion process through onsite Construction management team

●Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes

●Process and track any final invoices, payment applications, retention payments, etc

●Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget

March 2016 – 07/2017 REI/GSA/OMB/OGP - Washington DC in support of Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Subject Matter Expert for MEP, Building and Information Security - Support GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy to work across multiple federal agencies to encourage sharing of data center services, consolidation/optimization of federal data centers, and reliance upon cloud alternatives. Managing Partner - Subject Matter Expert performing as agent on Addressing New Business for Shared Service Provider, Partner Issues, defining -develop-implement - Governance, Strategic Planning and Thinking addressing focus on Cost Reduction, Energy Reduction, Data Center Optimization and Closure Of Data Centers identification, policy, procedures, tools and support Strategy/Operations for Critical Infrastructure space, an estimated $10 billion could be saved by moves to improve power consumption, capacity, physical footprint, speed, and security. - Responsible for Energy Efficiency/Carbon footprint and Operations of Data Centers - I am not in procurement - The role is Construction, Facilities, and IT Operations efficiency and Itemization to create a reliable, enhanced security more sustainable IT Organization.. Assist Federal Government Data Center owners - reduce cost, increase energy efficiency, identify opportunities and solutions for issues. The need to transition to more efficient federal IT solutions was underscored last month by the directive signed by the White House freeze on data center expansion and construction by federal agencies accelerate colocation and cloud deployments. If an agency wants to build a data center or expand an existing one, it must make the case that there is no better alternative, such as using cloud services, leasing colocation space, or using services shared with other agencies.

Developing data center performance measures and service level agreements for data centers, advising agencies on implementation of those measures

Identifying/evaluating and advising federal agencies regarding tools to improve data center performance,

Helping federal data center owners evolve operations to support multiple customers/tenants

Assisting OGP to evaluate policies and standards that affect federal data center services

Participating in the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI)

Implementing and utilizing tools such as Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software to improve data center efficiency and performance.

May 2014 – Nov 2015 National Grid – $4 Million SMART GRID – Sustainability Construction/Network/Substation Project Manager for Volt Var Optimization Project is the validation project of savings and monetize savings in dollars and, Greenhouse Gas, Energy Creation and monetize savings in dollars for generation side and end customers use, Energy Used on line feeders using advanced energy management system to narrow range of operation by controlling grid devices (Capacitor Bank Controls, Line Voltage Monitors, Voltage Sensors, Re-closer Controllers, etc.) wirelessly and integrate into BACKHAUL. Role Architecting and managing the coordination, integration and transition to operations for all of Information Systems responsibilities for this project and the new architecture for base of new SMART GRID activities for third Party Vendors (Verizon, CSC, Wipro, Utilidata and Trilliant). RFP process of vendor selection, define Information Systems requirements, designs, implementation, integration of a Vendor to provide a Field Area Network to support this project, design build and implement a new IPV6 implementation and integration to IP Version 4 network. Define and implementation and integration of Field Area Network (FAN), Distributed Area Network (DAN – Broadband, Mesh, MPLS, PTMP, and PTP existing and new to Backhaul) to the National Grid Tier 1 Network (Utility Core IP network (Fiber, Copper, PTP, Microwave, Wireless Radio Networks). Designing and implementation of access controls for wireless, users access, building access overall IT security.

Pre-Construction (Cellular Tower/Wireless Network/Network/Radio Network/Substations)

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis

●Ensure Budget Management and Tracking

●Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

●Ensure document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc) process is in place

●Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps

●Ensure tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc is being enforced

●Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants

●OverSee Commissioning and controls

Close Out:

●Initiate close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in advance with the client doc control team, setting timelines and responsibilities

●Establish close out documentation requirements. Ensure receipt of all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.

●Ensure punch list, substantial completion and final completion process through onsite Construction management team

●Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes

●Process and track any final invoices, payment applications, retention payments, etc

●Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget

Feb 2013 – May 2014 National Grid (Construction/Network/Smart Grid/Substation)– $30 Million SMART GRID Pilot 15000 Customer Base, Managed Construction and Installation vendors, Communication Engineering design, Wimax, AMI, ITRON Mesh network, ITRON Meters/CGR, Verizon MPLS, Verizon Cellular, Hardware upgrades/Firmware upgrade, Home Area Network Assist client in scheduling, coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors, consultants. (HAN), conversion from AT&T backhaul to Verizon, Wireless 3G to 4G upgrade, Substation Retrofit Construction. Took over to redesign and implement a new IP Network for the pilot to address fixing the current and growth needs. Work with Verizon to build a new MPLS network that would be isolated from other corporate traffic and maintain private network for security. Managed Security Penetration testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Design tools for troubleshooting and processes for operational control. Focal Contact for Networking to Vendors, internal IS and SAAS providers. Mange Vendor for installation and completion of work in accordance with all define required codes, specifications and contract.

Pre-Construction (Cellular Tower/Wireless Network/Network/Radio Network/Substations)

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis

●Ensure Budget Management and Tracking

●Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

●Ensure document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc) process is in place

●Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps

●Ensure tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc is being enforced

●Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants

●OverSee Commissioning and controls

Close Out:

●Initiate close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in advance with the client doc control team, setting timelines and responsibilities

●Establish close out documentation requirements. Ensure receipt of all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.

●Ensure punch list, substantial completion and final completion process through onsite Construction management team

●Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes

●Process and track any final invoices, payment applications, retention payments, etc

●Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget

●Assist client in scheduling, coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors, consultants.

May 2010 – Oct 2012 Green Data Center Alliance $3 Million performing oversight and technical SME for Building, Facilities and MEP assistance for their clients, States and Utility companies. NYSERDA working on foundation for Data Center Energy Efficiency Framework.

●Design process and Metrics for NYSERDA to use as guideline include IT, Budget and Customer ROI

●Create Repeatable procedure for others to do to lower PUE and Utility Cost

●Define a Data Centers metric Standard for NYSERDA

Dec 2009 – Nov 2012 Cadmus – Subcontractor to EPA Energy Star group as Subject Matter Expert (MEP/Building) performing GREEN Data Center evaluations and reports direct to EPA, business partners and customers. Top Twelve Data Center Energy Efficiency Strategies (http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.datacenter_efficienc)

●Design process and Metrics for US EPA to use as guideline

●Create Repeatable procedure for others to do to lower PUE and Utility Cost

●Design an Energy Star Standards

●Fly to client and audit and report finding

●Certify Data Centers meeting US EPA Energy Star Standard

July 2009 - Dec 2012 Commonwealth of Mass – $110 Million Senior Construction Project Manager, Lead Facility and Computer Room Architect/Owner’s Rep. Responsible for design through Construction for tier III data center for 40,000 square feet whitespace floor for Ground up Construction of 149,000 Square foot Building, retrofit and upgrades for several other data centers varying sizes from 500- 1000 Square Feet for Energy Efficiency, cooling issues, Temp (space, cooling, and power) working on live data center for interim location. High concentration of security and access control. Supporting Federal and State access control for the building, users and systems, utilizing biometrics plus live pulse detection, CCTV, user badge access on rack, integrated surveillance system to existing remote location providing the utilization of existing staff for after hour support and newest technology.Outside Cable Plant, Vertical and Horizontal Cable (Fiber/Copper) pathways, redundancy to include connectivity, testing, conversion of media types, and capacity planning.

Pre-Construction

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis

●Ensure Budget Management and Tracking

●Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

●Ensure document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc) process is in place

●Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps

●Ensure tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc is being enforced

●Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants

●OverSee Commissioning and controls

Close Out:

●Initiate close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in advance with the client doc control team, setting timelines and responsibilities

●Establish close out documentation requirements. Ensure receipt of all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.

●Ensure punch list, substantial completion and final completion process through onsite Construction management team

●Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes

●Process and track any final invoices, payment applications, retention payments, etc

●Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget

●Assist client in scheduling, coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors, consultants.

May 2010 – June 2010 Kwik Trip/Logicalis Construction PM/Owners Rep– $5 Million Retrofit Overseeing Retrofit of Existing Data Center (Additional UPS, In Row Cooling, Hot Aisle Cold Aisle Configuration), Build of New Data Center for High Availability/Disaster Recovery with heightened user access, with additional surveillance systems. IBM iSeries (AS/400) Hardware refresh P6 upgrade and Replication (Itera). Worked with FOC (XCEL ENERGY of Data Center Rebates) Managed Electrical and Mechanical subcontractors to contract, code compliance and customer satisfaction.

Pre-Construction

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis

●Ensure Budget Management and Tracking

●Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis

●Ensure document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc) process is in place

●Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps

●Ensure tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc is being enforced

●Coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors working with supply chain and consultants

●OverSee Commissioning and controls

Close Out:

●Initiate close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in advance with the client doc control team, setting timelines and responsibilities

●Establish close out documentation requirements. Ensure receipt of all close-out documents until completion, including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, etc.

●Ensure punch list, substantial completion and final completion process through onsite Construction management team

●Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes

●Process and track any final invoices, payment applications, retention payments, etc

●Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget

●Assist client in scheduling, coordination and management of all Owner-direct vendors, consultants.

Sept 2008 – April 2009 Cargill. Construction PM Less than $1 Million define current state and requirements for application relationships and hardware used in 4 US data Centers and 3 Europe Data Centers for Power and Cooling and space.

Pre-Construction

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

April 2008 – Sept 2008 EXCO Resources Inc. –$1.5 Million Current state and design Data Center Relocation Project from in-house data center to Co-Location., Define – network/cabling, power, space and cooling requirements.

Pre-Construction

●Site Selection

●Obtain Client's Requirement (Identify Clients equipment list, heat/Power load, new location,Commissioning)

●Presented Client’s Requirements to Architect (Translated Requirements in to Floor Loads, redundant power in Rack Space and Watts per Square Foot, cooling in N+ configuration, network number of Strands by cable type by location)

●Pre-construction/ Design/ Planning

●Work with GC and AE to create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and key milestones

●Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs

●Support contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client’s PM and legal counsel, including establishment of all GC “business terms” including mark-ups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.

●Coordinate Design Team activities

●Ensure AE is completing the complete list of City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.

●Coordinate Constructability review of the project documents

●Provide / Gather cost estimates working with subs and other vendors for scope gaps/changes

●Coordinate Value Engineering effort

Construction:

●Manage GC and other directly contracted vendors by working with the onsite Construction Management team

●Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay

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