Real Estate Project Manager
Resume:
DEBORAH S. BACHNER
St. Thomas, USVI ~ 00803
**************@*****.***
Cell: 210-***-****
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Currently a live in Household Manager and Nanny. A versatile and visionary executive and entrepreneur: driven to learn,
improve and succeed, seeking new professional and personal challenges. Accomplished, assertive and enthusiastic, with
an extensive knowledge of business operations, an unsurpassed worth ethic and a strong sense of honor and integrity, I
thrive in dynamic, challenging and fast-paced professional environments, remaining calm and poised in high pressure
situations. I possess a unique capability to leverage in-depth knowledge of industry trends and shifts to offer valuable
intuitive insights on opportunities for new business opportunities, growth and expansion.
SKILLS
Business Administration
• Management & Clerical: Effective and efficient in the management of others, excellent communications skills,
complex problem solver, uber organized, and a multi tasking Master. Schedule maintenance and logistics
coordinator. Complex and change processes analysis and recommendations. Development of project plans, SOPs,
job descriptions and RFPs as well as monthly status reports including financials and details of significant events and
future critical paths.
• Legal: Familiar and adept at most laws regarding construction, real estate and privacy as well as knowledgeable
with most applicable labor and discrimination laws governing employment, commerce, discrimination, independent
contractors and vendors. Competent in drafting Independent Contractor Agreements, Employee applications,
scopes of work, Power of Attorney's, Confidentiality Agreements, and most legally binding documents connected to
real estate and construction.
• Accounting: Basic Bookkeeping, an Excel wizard, development of budgets, variance reports, and costs savings
techniques. Day to day operations of all finance and accounting functions, from daily cash flow maintenance, to
month's end balancing and reporting. I have held positions wherein I had total P&L responsibility with as much as
$250k cash flow a month.
• Human Resources: Developing and ensuring that the proper job titles and descriptions of required duties are in
place. Ensuring all governmental regulatory and legal compliance is met. Formulation and implementation of
employee, independent and vendor application procedures: documentation, verification, and screening processes.
• Information Technology: Proficient in the following, but not limited to: all Microsoft Products; Lotus and Excel
wizard; most accounting programs such as Solomon, Peachtree, Quick Books, Quicken.; integrated real estate
programs such as AMSI, YARDI, Timberline; MLS systems, including residential and Loopnet; critical path programs
such as MinuteMan Project, Harvard Project Manager, Microsoft Project, and PlanTrax; and some childcare
management programs
ESTATE ELEMENTS
• Energy Efficient & Smart Homes: Have extensive construction management experience, particularly in the areas of
green and energy efficient emerging technologies and am familiar with many that may give potential tax credits
and/or abatements. Also experienced with most of the latest technologies involving integrated computer and other
platform interactions with the residences including physical home systems, security systems, data, media and the
integration of all.
• Soil & Water: Landscape architecture; organic, xeriscape, hydroponic and aquaponic gardening knowledge;
homeopathic preventive and alleviative herbal and dietary knowledge for symptoms and diseases and the growing
of same. Knowledgeable and familiar with many pools, spas, and water features such as waterfalls, streams, wall
falls, et al.
• Fine Arts & High End Toys: Several clients have been world renowned in their fields and I had the honor of meeting
several whilst modeling for Ford and Elite. Art history, methodology, valuation, auctions and the business side of
same. A natural at photography with an intuitive sense of composition, lighting, and have a firm grasp on most
software editing programs involving same. I can pilot boats up to a 75' Sportfish and can fly single and twin prop
planes adequately, helicopters will less skill. I am familiar and know my way around motor yachts; spent significant
time deep sea fishing and have lived aboard a 120' Fedship. Very familiar and competent with smaller recreational
boats and related activities involving same.
CONSUMMATE CHEF & EXTRAORDINARY EVENT PLANNER
• Culinary Goddess: My creativity shines the brightest in this field. My first teacher was the head chef at The Sign of
The Dove in NYC. I have been told more than once that my cooking is divine and perhaps worth marrying for, LOL!
More than adequate skills in shopping, food cost control, budgeting and menu developing. Specialize and adore the
followings cuisines: Floribbean, American, Italian, Middle Eastern, and Thai; I can cook just about any international
or ethnic foods once exposed to same as I have an innate talent for being able to duplicate what I have eaten.
Knowledgeable and familiar with healthy, organic, paleo, and special dietary needs such as gluten and dairy free.
Skilled at creating youth oriented food loves and making same healthy but unnoticed.
• Event Planning Diva: Having spent some time working with Barton G in South Beach, proficient from the extremes
of extravagant, over the top to the sublime, and everything in between. Experience in themed venues, black and
white formals and fund raisers to casual pool parties and rustic barbecues. Knowledgeable with all key design, space
planning and logistics of banquet operations and off site catering, as well as prop rental, design and leasing, lighting,
staging, floral and greenery, table service, catering and bar set ups. Attended Emily Post School of Etiquette.
W ORK EXPERIENCE
HOME NATION REALTY, San Antonio, TX 12/2006 – 12/2012
Broker of Record/COO: Property management, leasing, and sales of high end REOs and private homes, estates and
ranches. Remodeling, rehabilitation, construction oversight, preparing of scopes of work, bidding, vendor selecting and
supervising. Landscape gardening and outdoor entertainment area enhancements. Project management and accounting.
CENTURY 21 UNITED, San Antonio, TX 02/2006 – 06/2007
Director of REO: Direct supervision and management of the day to day operations of the REO Department; company
consisted of approximately 350 employees/brokers located in eight offices. Cash flow management of day to day
operations and monthly financial reporting. Property preservation, evictions, CFKs, BPO and appraisal production.
Reported directly to the CEO and Board Members.
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY COMPANIES & INDIVIDUALS 06/1993 – 10/2005
South Florida, London, NYC, Chicago
Nanny / Estate & Household Manager / Private Chef / Art & Real Estate Broker / Consultant
Clients: Have included a world renowned artist, private wealthy individuals and their related asset holding entities,
estates and households; retail and service companies including a top national telecommunications firm; several upscale
hotels, including a Marriot and the Palm Bach Hotel, Harrods; two large motor yachts for both the families and at times,
charters and a company specializing in early childhood development on an international level. Served as acting CFO for 8
months, for the merger of Brandon Cos./Tramell Crow, Southeast Retail Division with eight offices in four states. Served
9 months as acting Assistant Vice President for Reichel Realty, analyzing and implementing change management.
E DUCATION
Texas A&M University – Real Estate Sales and Brokers License, Estate Management
College Station, Texas
CCIM Institute - Commercial Real Estate & Law
Chicago, Atlanta, Miami
Gold Coast School of Real Estate - Real Estate Sales and Brokers License, Estate Management
West Palm Beach, Florida
Pegasus Aviation – Helicopter & Plane Flight Instruction
West Palm Beach, Florida
University of Florida - Business Administration & Accounting
Gainesville, Florida
Pine Crest Preparatory School & Anglo American School – Honors & Advanced Placement
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida & NYC, New York
Emily Post School of Etiquette – Manners, Decorum & Protocol
Palm Bach, Florida
John Robert Powers - Modeling
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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