Management Manager

THOMAS I. RAMSEY **** Gracewood Drive • Greensboro, NC 27408 • 336-***-****

OBJECTIVE: administrative, management, planning, purchasing, analyzing, training and communicating

skills.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

Consultant in Community Planning, Management and Compliance (Present)

Community Planner and Community Development Representative:

U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, (HUD), Greensboro, NC

Director of Comprehensive Planning: Neuse River Council of Governments, New Bern, NC

Community Planner: NC Department of Local Affairs, Washington, NC

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS

•Skilled in executive leadership for developing, coordinating, monitoring, auditing and managing all

Community Development Block Grant Contract (CDBG) grants applications and programs in assigned

territory and the State of North Carolina’s CDBG Small Cities Program. I also acted as State Field Office

Director responsible for 200+ people during the Director’s absenence.

•Negotiated more than $600,000,000 funding for 15 water and sewer facilities local governments

contracts throughout the State of North Carolina and other Federal Agencies.

•Established and directed a planning department for a nine (9) county planning region and supervised

planning work program of seven (7) professionals and two (2) secretaries. While at HUD I spearheaded a

training method that taught each staff person to ease transparent management and finance of federal

programs. I developed 6 new water and sewer systems.

•Performed as a Database Manager for 30 staffers in the Community Development Division. Redesigned

our computerized information system and enhanced the City of Raleigh and Wake County’s Community

Development Systems. Assisted in developing the first data processing systems used to transfer progress

and receipt of funds from Federal and State governments who previously used voice via telephone and

manual filing logs. Responsible for converting 20 units of governments to an Integrated Disbursement

Information System within 14 months, beating the target date by 10 months.

•Enhanced compliance with community development grants and other federal grant totaling more than

400 million dollars annually. This includes administrative and management oversight of some 25 housing

development projects, non-profit activities, and water and sewer projects, neighborhood revitalization

projects, economic development projects, parks and open space projects and 3 downtown revitalization

projects. Ensure the deadline compliance both internally and externally during the application process.

Worked with more than 50 non-profits and developing start-up organization and compliance with federal

and state regulations; assisted with finance and organizational structure.

•Represented the Director and Program Manager in their absences. Participated in the review and

recommended underwriting approval of more than $10,000,000 + for single family and multifamily

housing projects for FHA Insured Mortgages in the Mortgage Credit Division. Performed work in a Loan

Management Division to fix the collection delinquencies. The collection rate improved 88% over 120

days. This involved improving phone call contacts, meeting with delinquency account clients and

developing a fast tract pay off system via the legal section.

PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SKILLS

•Managed and improved collection of delinquent accounts by 42% under the Title I Federal Housing

Insurance Program, ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 during a 6 month by redesigning the collection

system.

EVALUATION AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS

•Served as team leader in the analyzing of audit findings of assigned Community Development grantees

and recommend and create corrective action needed to resolve any outstanding audit findings.

Experience with grant research and management, experience reviewing grant announcements/eligibility

information for applicability to clients and experience completing grant applications.

COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RELATIONS and SPECIAL TECH SKILLS

•Served as a canvasser for the United Way Campaign Funds and served on the HUD Training Committee.

•Assisted Duke University Medical Center’s Back and Spine Center for Clinical Effectiveness develop a

video for patients with back pain.

•Served as a skilled Physics Laboratory Technician at Corning Glass Works for 18 months operating the

Immersion refractometer developing and testing lens for airplane photography for Wright Patterson Air

Force Base.

•Served as a Chemical Laboratory Technician in the Chemistry Laboratory at Duke Hospital in Cancer

Research on a Grant for The National Institute for Health.

•Served as a Newspaper and Magazine Route sales rep for North Carolina News in Durham, N.C. Rated

as one of the top sales rep in a team of eight sales representatives.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, NC - Certificate, Municipal and County Administration

Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, NC - Certificate, Capital Budgeting

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - Social Planning Certificate

NC Department of Natural and Economic Resources - Certification in Community Planning

US Department of HUD Certificate in State CDBG Program Management

US Department of HUD Certificate in State CDBG Advanced Monitoring Compliance

North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC - BA, Geography

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