Project Manager Technical Support

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE AMBITIOUS

To continue developing and expanding my professional abilities, while honing my project management proficiency and dexterity, within a secure and expanding multidisciplinary organization. Concurrently harnessing my previous experience and skills to contribute and lead within a dynamic production environment. Motivated

Driven

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACCOMPLISHED

2007 - 2009 Griggs Group Inc. 20 Year Career

17 Hotels

50 Restaurants

3 Convention

Centers

2 Casinos

23 Military

Installations

Performing Arts

Center

9 Auto Dealerships

and Service Centers

Production Design Manager and Project Manager responsible for all aspects and phases within the design and construction process; with a primary focus directed toward the hospitality industry, including restaurants, specialty retail and entertainment facilities.

Additional responsibilities included complete client interaction, specification authoring, building and energy code analysis, development of marketing and presentation materials, and review of shop drawings and construction submittals.

Personally directed the employment, training, and mentoring of all junior design team members, including corporate provisions for the NCARB Intern Development Program. Those efforts yielded very strong communication abilities and team building skills.

Proven ability to direct, complete, and coordinate highly detailed and accurate construction documents, on large scale commercial projects. 2002 - Present redWORKX Design Inc. CLIENTEL

Managing Executive for an Independent Architectural and Engineering CADD Services and Information Technology company; specializing in Production CADD Design, utilizing Autodesk Applications; primarily AutoCad, Architecture

(Architectural Desktop), and Impression for all Building Construction Disciplines.

Responsible for primary design and sub-consultant coordination throughout schematic, design development and construction documentation project phases; including specification authoring and managing contractor bidding / negotiations. Published designer on over 90 projects with more than $300 million dollars in construction.

Strong knowledge of ADA, UFAS and IBC Accessibility requirements and regulations; also fully licensed to perform Texas Accessibility Standard plan reviews and site inspections.

Extensive on-site supervision and observation of numerous sub contractors and general construction actives; including staged punch listing, fast track design / build coordination, and agency interaction.

Army Air Force

Exchange Service

Hilton Hotels

Embassy Hotels

Hyatt Hotels

La Madeleine

Scott & White

Hospital

Blue Canyon

Restaurants

Texas Parks &

Wildlife

Keller ISD

2004 Carter & Burgess, Inc. TOOLS

Architectural Designer and Client Design Specialist for the Army Air Force Exchange Prototypical Community Shopping Center Development Program, which encompassed the schematic and design development of new branded themes and image upgrades on six prototypical shopping centers.

Responsible for design and coordination of Army Air Force Exchange Service concerns surrounding the facilities, which ranged from 76,000 square feet to 320,000 square feet, and typically included a Food Court with 3 to 6 separate concessions, back of house support kitchens, a two story indoor playground, an outdoor living garden center, and a diverse array of personal services shops. Autodesk

Architecture

Autodesk

Impression

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Adobe Photoshop

1998 - 2002 Presnell Associates, Inc. DISTINCTION

Senior CADD Designer on a wide range of projects, with very diverse requirements, within a multi - disciplinary office.

Responsible for architectural design support for numerous notable projects, several of those being, The Palace Indian Gaming Center, a very large casino development, a ten story 1100 guest room hotel, a six story 2100 space parking structure, and performance theater; several regional healthcare centers for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Keller ISD Administration Building Renovations; and a Water Storage and Distribution System for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Native American

Federal

Government

Educational

Infrastructure

1990 - 1998 Halff Associates, Inc. DIVERSE

Environmental Division CADD Coordinator and Lead Production Design Draftsman; as well as a professional environmental consultant and engineering technician.

Responsible for production and scheduling of full time and contract CADD staff, included supervising the AutoCAD training of entry level operators, coordinated and implemented CADD standards within firm and for outside clientele. In depth experience with facility management and planning, mechanical and chemical process design, environmental related processes, large scale industrial projects.

Served as an environmental consultant providing technical support in the completion of hazardous waste site assessments and remedial clean-up actions, including; project oversight, comprehensive multi-media sampling investigations and biological specimen collections on a wide diversity of sites.

Provided engineering technical support, specializing water and wastewater; including the evaluation and pre-design of distribution / collection networks, regulatory compliance and process / treatment systems. Architecture

Civil

Structural

Chemical

Environmental

Mechanical

Plumbing

Piping & Petrochem

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS CONSTRUCTION

Currently pursuing certification and undertaking coursework for Project Manager Certification under the Project Management Institute (PMI) PMBOK Guide – Forth Edition. Texas RAS

CSI Member

OSHA

MSHA

Registered Accessibility Specialist

EPA 40-763 Asbestos Inspector

OSHA Permitted Confined Space Entry

OSHA Lead Standard Compliance

OSHA Site Supervisor Safety Training

Contractor Safety Awareness

State of Texas - TDLR Number 1140

State of Texas - TDLR Number 60-0236

OSHA 29 1910.120

OSHA 19 CFR 1926.62

Industrial Hygiene and Safety Technologies

Texas Safety Association

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES INVOLVED

Planning and Zoning Commissioner

Construction Specifications Institute

AutoCad Users Group International

National Fire Protection Association

Town of Pantego - Place 5 (term expired)

Active Member

DFW Local User Group Officer

The National Groundwater Association

Local Politics

AEC Industry

AUGI

EDUCATION

1989 Draughons College : Associates of Applied Science – Commercial Drafting Major 1988 Howard Payne University : Associates of Arts and Humanities Professional References Available Upon Request

Detailed Summary of Individual Projects and Portfolio Available Additional representative information can be viewed at www.redWORKX.com

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