Manager Project
Resume:
Barry Sowell
ac7zp4@r.postjobfree.com
Areas of Expertise
Disaster Recovery Program Management
Quality Control
Residential and Commercial Development
Residential and Commercial Construction
Insurance Repairs and Remodeling
Years of Experience
33 Years
Education
1975-1976 Northwest Jr. College/ Business
1976-1979 Mississippi State/ Finance
License
Licensed Contractor/ Ms
Chronology
Oct 2012- June 2018 Senior Project Mgr. / American Integrated Security Group
Dec. 2009- May 2011 Contract Employee/ MEMA
1996- Present, Owner/ Barry Sowell Construction Co., LLC
1997-2008 Superintendent- Project Manager/ Paramount Construction Co.
1996- 1997 Superintendent/ Thompson and Associates
1995-1996 Company Manager/ Tunica Supply
1994 Shift Foreman/ Jamison- Gibson Const. Co.
1989-1994 Carpenter- Foreman/ Gardner General Const. Co.
1979-1993 Co-owner/ Crest Home Improvement
Barry Sowell
October 2012- June 2018
American Integrated Security Group
Barry was hired as a Project Manager by AISG to oversee installations of high tech integrated security systems protecting solar sites. AISG was in need of someone who had experience in heavy construction including industrial and commercial sites.
In May of 2014 Barry was promoted to Senior Project Manager of AISG. his new responsibilities now included supervision of all of the other project managers and techs, input on the nationwide coordination of jobs, and pricing of construction related tasks.
While at AISG Barry was responsible for jobs that integrated many types of surveillance hardware and software into a system that met the needs and budget of our customers. Barry was mainly kept on the larger jobs consisting primarily of solar sites. AISG was the first security company to design a viable solution to secure sites that may have fifteen miles of fence, multiple gates and control buildings. Aisg developed a system using Flir ptz cameras, Fiber Synsis fiber optic detection systems and Wavestore analytics to meet these needs. These jobs would include Aiphone intercoms to control gate access, fire and burglar alarms along with door access systems in the substation control buildings, and all of the above as well as cctv in the O&M buildings.
As senior project manager Barry managed these jobs and was over other project managers that installed camera and door access controls in schools, hospitals such as Cleveland clinic, JFK airport, and multiple retail customers such as Bed Bath and Beyond, Burlington Coat Factory and Victorias Secrets. Each of these jobs may contain cameras, maglocks, people counters, card readers or keypads and all were monitored in New York by AISG.
Barry helped train techs to install camera poles from the ground up to the installation of solar panels for power the cameras, strobes, sirens, wireless antennas and switches needed to communicate to the head end. Several of these techs went on to be project managers.
Barry was hired by MEMA as a contract employee to serve on the executive staff of the team hired to make the transition from private company management (PBSJ) to MEMA management of the Katrina Cottage Program (MAHP). After serving as Construction Manager thru the transition phase Barry was asked to stay on to help facilitate the permanent installation of the Katrina cottages.
Mississippi Alternative Housing Program
Barry served as quality control supervisor/ transition site manager of the program designed to place Katrina victims in affordable permanent housing. This position included the responsibilities- to work with contractors to install the cottages per contract, supervise all QC staff, act as liaison with the local jurisdictions, verify the elevations of cottage set in flood zones, hiring and management of impediment contractors and management of the transition sites.
Barry Sowell Construction Co., LLC.
Owner/ Operator of a Ms. Licensed contracting co., specializing in new construction/ development of residential and commercial projects.
Paramount Construction Co., LLC.
Partner
Project Manager- Set-up and oversee all aspects of many residential and commercial developments.
Superintendent- Planning and control of all aspects of each individual job from preliminary government approval through warranty period.
Safety Director- Worked with OSHA to set-up and direct a safety program for Paramount Const. Co. and Sister company Whitfield Electric.
Thompson and Associates
Controlled all aspects of new contraction.
Tunica Supply
Company manager – supplying contractors and casinos with construction related items
Construction manager of sister co. Lane Sales- overseeing special construction projects for North Ms. Casinos.
Jamison-Gibson Const. Co.
Supervised construction crews in building several casinos.
Garner General Const. Co.
Worked on and supervised crews on large commercial building projects.
Crest Home Improvement
Co-owner
Residential repair and remodeling, largely insurance repairs.
References
Mike Womack- Director of MEMA
Jamie McDaniel, MEMA
Keith Ferrel, Ferrel Properties
David Standard, Creekside Homes
Mike Womack Jr.
Rocco Lipari, AISG
Ross Ose BTB Consulting LLC
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