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James G. Smith, FMP (he/him/his)

Experienced and driven real estate professional. Kind, direct, active listener. Crack project manager, facilities professional, critical environments specialist, and health and safety champion. Keen interest and background in sustainable practices. Relationships create success; ever a student.

QUALIFICATIONS:

● Highly experienced in management of hard and soft services, preventive and reactive maintenance, CapEx and OpEx budgets and projects for complex and diverse corporate portfolios.

● Sector experience: IT, aerospace, education, warehousing and logistics, national retail, asset management, property management.

● Experience and certification in facilities management, sustainability, and health and safety. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

● Organized and efficient.

● Strong critical relationships with internal and client Vice President and above level stakeholders.

● Metrics-focused, data-driven. I use information to drive and improve results.

● Track record of reducing expenditures and streamlining processes at sensitive, critical and multifaceted sites. HISTORY:

NAI Pleasant Valley Corporation — Project Manager II Medina, OH

September 2022 - June 2023

● Directly responsible for planning, executing, and closing up to 50 projects concurrently with CapEx budgets of $50k - $2M. Managed projects from cradle to grave.

● Major clients: industry leaders in retail and commerce, property and commercial asset management, etc; Sherwin-Williams, Goodyear, XPO Logistics, etc.

● Heavy focus on mechanical systems (HVAC), construction and facility upgrades, new builds, major replacements, etc.

● Specialty lead for all projects related to client critical environments (data centers), IT, and Health and Safety or regulatory scope facets.

● Managed relationships and drove new business with clients by delivering results on-time and under budget, and with an attention to fine details.

● Critical focus on life-cycle costing and forecasting, budgeting, material takeoffs, and negotiation with internal, external and client stakeholders at a director or above level. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas (IBM) — Assistant Facilities Manager Boulder CO

February 2022 - June 2022

● Contract employee responsible for the 3.7M sq ft IBM corporate campus in Boulder CO.

● Heavy focus on critical environment and data center preventive and reactive maintenance (>100k sq ft), security and access control, and employee/building services.

● Managed IBM relationship with landlord and external stakeholders. Point of contact for all campus building services, upgrades and activities.

● Managed the end of the COVID-19 active response at the site and reintroduced employees to the office.

● Re-mapped the site (26 buildings, 2.5M sq ft) and successfully completed a full occupancy inventory for VP-level stakeholders.

Jones Lang LaSalle (Airbus Americas) — Assistant Facilities Manager Denver CO, Fort Collins CO, Seattle WA, Newport Beach CA October 2019 - March 2022

● West Coast regional manager responsible for Airbus Training Center (Denver CO), Airbus Defense and Space (Fort Collins CO), Sales and Engineering Center (Los Angeles CA) and MTM Robotics production center (Seattle WA).

● Closely managed all support services and improvements for full flight simulator infrastructure and critical data centers (roughly $250M equipment value), engineering centers etc. Heavy focus on HVAC, life safety improvements and upgrades, clean agent systems, FAA security protocols, and regulatory compliance for multiple government agencies.

● Traveled to CA and WA each once per month in order to perform building inspections, corrective maintenance, commissioning, etc for Seattle, Newport Beach, Fort Collins locations.

● National Program Manager for Airbus N. America Health and Safety Program. Worked with C-suite stakeholders to perform risk analysis, draft and implement policies covering roughly 1500 employees. Traveled to U.S. sites regularly for government and regulatory walks, audits, and to “train the trainers” on H&S policy.

● Member of a dozen project teams in Germany, France, Denmark, and China. Worked and coordinated daily in multiple global time zones.

Bridgepoint Education/Ashford University — Facilities Lead III Denver, CO

March 2018 - March 2019

● Managed 12 floors across two downtown high rise office buildings, Park Plaza and the Tabor Center.

● Directed and managed all hard and soft services for university space.

● Worked remotely as Colorado lead with team based in San Diego, CA. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

● Food bank volunteer for Corinthian Baptist Church in East Cleveland, OH (5/2023-10/2023).

● Served on Pride and Diversity Board, Airbus Americas as member and newsletter editor (11/2019-02/2022).

● Assist with events and upkeep of local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4331, Arvada CO (off and on from 2017 to present).

CERTIFICATIONS

Facilities Management Professional (FMP) — International Facility Management Association

(IFMA)

March 2019 - May 2019, Denver CO

● Finance & Business, Operations & Maintenance, Leadership & Strategy, and Project Management.

● Credential ID #7968 IFMA Denver

OSHA 30 Hour — University of South Florida

Issued June 2020, Denver CO

● Credential ID #36-900******

*References available upon request*

Facilities Management, OSHA, Compliance, Operations, Maintenance, Lease, Capital, UPS Systems, Data Centers, HVAC, Plumbing, Refrigeration, Network, IT Systems, Workplace, Security, Supervise, CMMS, BMS, Work order, Building maintenance, building systems and upgrades, critical environments, construction and trades, HVAC, electrical, fire/life safety systems, plumbing, regulatory standards and code compliance, preventive maintenance, reactive maintenance, BOMA, IFMA, BMS, CMMS, planning, forecasting, budgeting, CapEx, OpEx, proposals, project bidding, team management, stakeholder management, presentation, submittals, approvals, client management, contractor and vendor management, security and access control, transportation and logistics, aviation, IT and data emergency preparedness and disaster planning.

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