Project/Program Manager
Resume:
DAVID J. LOWENFELD
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147
aceort@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/dlowenfeld/
CAREER PROFILE
Professional Manager with an extensive career in management and award
winning team leadership within diverse and challenging situations. Proven
performance with a high level of technical competence and an ability to
deal effectively with internal personnel, clients and subcontractors,
producing Win-Win results. A self motivated, dynamic, result oriented
manager, with flexibility and confirmed skills in team building, proposal
preparation, market research, strategic partnering, negotiations, marketing
and advertising development/production, contract management, with cross-
functional successes in varied industries.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
. Provided project management support to multiple divisions at NASA Safety
Center - Technical Excellence (Training), Information Dissemination
($1.2M budget/ 8 FTEs), IT Infrastructure ($1M budget/ 7 FTEs).
. Obtained "Exceptional" rating on Government contract evaluation (CPAR) as
Project Manager for Leadership, Organizational Development and Coaching
(LOC) contract at NASA Glenn Research Center
. Developed and implemented successful sales and purchasing strategies,
training, and processes.
. Winner of George M. Low Award - NASA's Quality and Excellence Award for
contractors as Project Manager for NASA Contract ($1.7M budget/ 18 FTEs/
11 separate programs.
. Selected Employee of the Year from over 300 employees.
. Developed and implemented strategic marketing and outreach programs,
increasing attendance by 30%.
. Established Glenn Research Center as Lead Center for Aeronautic Exhibits
program by NASA HQ.
. Managed government agency's largest aeronautics outreach event ($.8M
budget/ 1M+ visitors).
. Introduced a start-up company into a highly competitive engineered piping
industry with favorable results and wide acceptance, producing revenue of
over $2M within two years of establishment while creating a major
presence in Central American market.
. Led only division of prefabricated, engineered piping system company with
consistently increasing revenue, record of $10.5M annual profitable
contracts, in a mature market (11 FTEs/ 65 representative offices).
. Managed the single largest complex engineered project/product
installation in the company's history ($5M)
. Scheduled on-time plant production with an annual output of approximately
$8 million in annual sales.
. Reduced inventory levels by 23% through establishing Just-In-Time
purchasing.
. Developed enduring, mutually beneficial strategic partner, customer and
vendor relationships.
CAREER PROGRESSION
Functional Project Manager/BD Manager; NASA Safety Center, Alphaport, Inc.;
Cleveland, Ohio; 2010 to Present.
Sales/Customer Service/Purchasing Manager; Audio Video Interiors, Medina,
Ohio; 2008 to 2010.
Project Manager; NASA Glenn Research Center, BTAS, Inc.; Cleveland, Ohio;
2000 to 2007.
Exhibits Manager; NASA Glenn Research Center, Thigpen & Assoc., Inc.;
Cleveland, Ohio; 1996 to 2000.
Sales Manager; Urecon Systems, Inc; Jacksonville, Florida; 1994 to 1996.
Vice President of Institutional Projects; RICWIL, Inc; Brecksville, Ohio;
1990 to 1994.
Director/Assistant Director of Institutional Projects; RICWIL, Inc;
Brecksville, Ohio; 1986 to 1990.
Project Manager; RICWIL, Inc; Brecksville, Ohio; 1981 to 1986.
Draftsman/Production Manager/Estimator; RICWIL, Inc; Brecksville, Ohio;
1975 to 1981.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Project Management Certification; Career Academy; Needham, MA (current
enrollment)
OSHA 30 Construction Certification; OSHA Education Center
Lean Six Sigma; NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Proposing to Win; Shipley Associates; Cleveland, OH
Writing Federal Proposals; Shipley Associates; Cleveland, OH
Project Management; Battelle Institute; Columbus, OH
AA; Philosophy; Cuyahoga Community College; Cleveland, OH
AS; Mathematics; Cuyahoga Community College; Cleveland, OH
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