Manager Management

Jesus A. Guzman

**** ********** ****** *****

Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563

Cell 850-***-****

E-mail: *************@*****.***

Objective:

I have the ability to bring to your organization my success and unique experience with over

25 years in Property Management, both at the level as a Property Manager and Regional

Manager and Director overseeing multiple properties. My experiences, especiall y in this

current economic climate have given me a strong understanding and foundation to

accurately assess the strengths and weakness of a property, determine the best strategy to

achieve stated goals and increased financial stability and to ensure that the team members

at the property are in the positions best suited to achieving these goals.

Summary Qualifications:

• Proven success in managing over 1200 units from 120 to 449 unit apartment home

communities.

• Ability to accurate determine properties needs, strategize and achieve financial

stability.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Successful track record in leasing, marketing and budgeting.

• Experience in the understanding of Financials, General Ledgers, and Auditing

Reports.

• Skilled performance as a Leasing Director, Property Manager, Regional Manager

and Housing Director.

• Competent in the use of Property Management Software.

2013-September 2014: Property Manager, MRD Management Inc., Hopkinsville

Kentucky

• Successfully managed 180 units that had a 60% occupancy and within three

months stabilized the property and increase occupancy by 95%. Hired a new

manager for my position since I was promoted a Zone Manager as of December 1,

2013 and oversaw 7 properties totaling 1000 units.

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2009-October 2011: Property Manager, SMG Management Inc., Mt. Dora and

Eustis and Kissimmee, Florida

• Successfully manage 349 units consisting of three communities.

• Increase occupancy from 64% occupancy to 95% currently and 98% pre-lease.

• Develop all marketing and advertising programs as an affective resident retention

program.

• Develop and administer property budgets.

• Increase banks deposits through leasing, renewals and affective collection policy.

• Negotiate with vendors and suppliers to achieve cost savings yet maintaining

quality of products and services.

• Direct involvement in training and supervision of all maintenance and

administrative personnel to develop a winning team approach to achieve property

goals.

2005-2009: Co-Owner of Ice Cream Parlor, Café and Gift Shop in Navarre, Florida.

2001-2004: Senior Property Manager, Director of Residential Division, Foxfire

Property Management, Inc., Concord, NH. Responsible for supervision of Multi- Site

Portfolio of market rate condominium and apartment complex.

• Supervision of the property managers

• Supervision of eighteen person maintenance crew

• Supervision of all subcontractors

• Liaison between property managers and owners

• Prepare and Administered Property Budgets

• Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Variance Report and Property Reports

and presented to Condominium Board of Directors and Investors

• Conducted Annual owners Association Meetings.

1997-2001: Regional Facilities Manager, Bright Horizon, Family Solutions,

Watertown, MA. Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:

• Generating and implement capital improvement projects in the Northeast Region

and managing a yearly budget of $ 1.7 million.

• Developing proposal specifications soliciting bids, preparing contracts; overseeing

renovation and expansion; interfacing with architects and designers and

monitoring construction.

• Inspecting and accepting work; processing payment.

• At all centers ensuring that landlord obligations are fulfilled in compliance with

leases.

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• Verifying the integrity of services contractor’s work and re-bidding if necessary to

ensure cost effective service.

• Inspecting all safety systems, managing repairs and maintenance; developing a

network of contractors, establishing rates and qualifying them for work in our

centers; maintaining insurance certificates.

• Conducting due diligence investigations for potential acquisitions.

• Making all decisions on replacement and repair and monitoring staff Call Center

hotline.

• Managing all documentation; developing and maintaining database and

drawing/specification files for all call centers; issuing site visit reports and

workorders for all maintenance and purchases, services contracts and capital

projects; maintaining a directory of service providers.

1995-1997: Director of Management, Cruz Management, Inc. Roxbury, MA.

• Developing/implement the administrative, financial and maintenance departments

while supervising 55 employees and 2 consultants.

• Recruiting, training, evaluating all employees; overseeing all aspects of

governmental funding; HUD, MA Housing Finance Agency and Boston Housing

Authority (included monitoring of low-income Housing Tax Credit Compliance).

Also responsible for marketing/occupancy.

• Training professionals in the preparation of annual budget.

• Fostering healthy relationship with residents, banks, contractors, real estate

companies and various agencies. Publishing a monthly newsletter for residents

and an employee handbook.

1992-1995: Vice President of Management, MCR Property management, New Haven,

CT. directed the management of residential and commercial holding equivalent to 2,000

units and 32,000 square feet of retail space. Responsibilities:

• Recruiting, training, supervising and evaluating 62 employees; developed

employee handbook.

• Establishing market program; increased occupancy from 75% to 98%.

• Overseeing all financial aspects of the operation, annual budges and capital

improvements; increased collections from 60% to 90%.

• Maintaining sound relationship with clients, agencies, vendor, bank and real estate

companies; sustained good rapport with residents through community activities/

newsletters; fostered staff growth; kept morale high.

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1988-1991: Senior Property Manager, MB Management Corporation, Boston, MA.

For the first two years of my tenure with MB management, I was Site manager to 449

residential units ad numerous commercial lease spaces.

As Senior Manager, I directed the management of residential and commercial holding

equivalent to 700 residential units and 12,000 square feet of leased space.

• Supervised administrative and maintenance staff, oversaw all aspects of

government funding, including HUD and MHFA; marketed properties. Was given

“Exceptional” rating by the MHFA for implementing their guidelines/procedures

to the benefit of residents and property owners.

• Initiated/implemented $3.5M budget and $5M budget for capital improvements;

scheduled work and evaluated performance of employees and again acted as

liaison to residents, CEO and Board members.

Other: Experience in Peachtree, AMSI, Libra and Yardi Management software.

Languages: English and Spanish

*Able to relocate for position.

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