Results-driven contracts professional with diverse experience in contract management, procurement, construction and engineering (EPC/EPCM) projects bridging prime contracts, subcontracts, procurement and supply chain management. Possess comprehensive knowledge of project, contract, subcontract and supply chain (multi-phase cradle to grave) processes. Detailed analytical proactive problem solver, adept at establishing and maintaining solid client relations to promote and accelerate business growth. Offers a proven track record of driving revenue gains and successfully directing project lifecycles. Dynamic, energetic, resourceful leader, master negotiator with excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, computer skills and high-level competence of terms and conditions.

CONTRACT/SUBCONTRACT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

●Contract/Subcontract Administration and Management- including project contracts and resource contract processes cradle (prime flowdowns) to grave (project closeout/turnover) ●Contract/Subcontract proforma language/template formation ●Processes, policy and procedure implementation ●Project Management ● Project Controls including budget, cost, scheduling, forecasting and spend; metrics ●Contractor/Subcontractor Qualification Management ●Construction/Engineering Management ●Prime Contract/Subcontract flowdown requirements ●Invoice/Subcontract/Sub-tier subcontract auditing ●Labor relations ●Contract/Subcontract negotiation ●Risk assessment/commercial and technical evaluation and management – specific process improvement with integrative lessons learned, preemptive and/or corrective measures plan/ contract proforma/insurance compliance ●Business development ●Client-Owner liaison/specialist client liaison representative ●Estimating ●Tax application ●Continuous process review report development and improvement.

CONTRACT/SUBCONTRACT PROJECT STANDARD EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

●Contract/Subcontract Administration and Management incorporating Prime Contract, company / project / client / division / department policies, practices, standards, procedures, schedule, site conditions as well as computer input processes. ●Contractor qualification including sub tiers and major vendor vetting financial, legal, scope, insurance, risk, safety, change management history and schedule adherence experience. ●Maintain contract division sections ●Pre-award RFP process including technical, commercial, financial and risk assessment, evaluation including alternatives and recommendation/sign-off including appropriate section distribution of contractor proposals ●Post-award and pre-mobilization/kickoff processes including contract management of contractor’s financial, insurances, bonding, technical, commercial, earned value/project control requirements, invoicing and risk management including project contractor reporting/metrics, communication, weekly meetings ●Documentation/distribution of communication, contractor, client/internal meetings ● Electronic and hard copy filing and distribution requirements ●Contractor performance management ● Earned value management/performance percent complete and invoice compliance/management ● Invoice sub-tier subcontract auditing ●Change management continuous integrative review ●Maintain continuous required company/industry training

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS

Subject Matter Expert (SME) state government project/contract compliance (research/commercial/technical pro forma development) and contractor flowdown and commercial requirements/business tax incentive program flowdown management-administration.

SME cost/price/proposal/commercial/technical/detail evaluation

Lead a team in a key role obtaining a $100M contract with Honda (repeat client) by successfully delivering presentations and examining cost analysis and long-term ROI.

Led a team in securing the shortest schedule ever obtained in automotive plant construction for a critical $300M project.

Played integral contract management roles in the facilitation of a $1.2B project for the School District of Greenville County – the largest public project in South Carolina’s history.

Authored “Managing the Contract” process manual.

Authored Contract BEST PRACTICES and preliminary (Contract) ISO certification manual.

Key member of project team(s) negotiating major procurements/contracts of key contracts and multimillion-dollar capital equipment.

Project Subject Matter Expert (SME) tax auditor/ liaison multiple state/project tax business incentive and compliance programs. Authored, managed/administered project contractor/subcontractor tax incentive flow down contract attachments.

Received numerous promotions/special assignments/roles due to outstanding performance levels and consistently exceeding assignment objectives and willingness to work over and above standard work hours.

SME contract/processes/ subcontract technical/commercial scope development with specialization and emphasis management and administration i.e. bidder/contract type, formation/award terms and condition subcontract adherence and technical scope development compatibility with commercial, project, regulatory and prime contract requirements.

EMPLOYMENT

●Various Nov/2012- current

Home Management -assisting elder family member Mar/2014 - current

Day Trading (work from home) Jan/2019 – Mar/2020 suspended trading

Small construction management business in progress/on hold

Tri Histel (temp. part time seasonal) Jan/2018 - May/2018

NCCI/RP Services (part time) delivery for mortgage docs Nov/2017 - Jan/2019

LiveOps (part time-home office) Independent Contractor Phone Agent June/2016 – Feb/2018

OceanX Customer Service Phone Agent Oct/2016 - Oct/2017

US Commerce Department/Census Div. (temp) Aug/2016 - Nov/2016

Ingles, Customer Service Merrimon Ave. Asheville, NC Oct/2015 -Oct/2016

Belk, Sales Associate lady’s shoes May/2015 - Oct//2015

DSW Asheville, NC Sales Associate “opened store” temp Sep/2014 – Nov/2014

●Belcan Corporation for Bayer CropScience LP IGAP Project Sept/2013-Feb/2014

Bayer Sr. Project Contract Consultant/CH2M Hill Prime/Project Contract management and administration process, procedure, compliance, consultant advisor overseeing/auditing CH2M Hill.

●Bechtel National/DOE, WTP Vitrification Project Dec /2009-Nov/2012

Sr. Subcontract Specialist utilizing FAR -subcontract formations- bidder development, bidder qualification, technical scope review, preparation/sent (RFP) Request for Proposals, commercial & financial bid analysis and recommendation of successful subcontractor/bidder, award of package. Subcontract administration; change orders through closeout/turnover.

●Michels Power Jan/2009-Nov/2009

Contracts Manager -provided commercial flowdown requirements for bid proposals and subcontracts. Identified key commercial risk contract factors for bid estimates and subcontracts. Assisted in marketing efforts. Wrote procedures and processes for “managing the contract” including projects’ flowdown requirements, subcontractor qualification, daily work sheets, change orders, status reports, insurance and request for quotations. Wrote BEST PRACTICES and ISO process for the contracts department. Managed the contract administrators. Streamlined and defined contract administrators’ roles and responsibilities. Provided input and assisted in company’ pre-qualifications. One of the six key leaders of the leadership team of Michels Power. Reviewed, audited/edited subcontracts, contracts from prime and/or subcontract/contract performance and financial compliance.

●LG Constructors, Inc. /CH2M Hill Sep/2007-Feb/2009

Senior Subcontract Administrator (lead) -provided subcontract management from bid through subcontract administration for the Empire Generating Project, as EPCM, a 535 MW combined cycle cogeneration power production and delivery facility located in Rensselaer, NY with project labor agreement (PLA) on a brown site. Original project value $700M. Educated LGC Empire staff on processes and procedures for subcontract and change order documentation including contract type and pricing types, contractor equipment and union wage rate bid review and invoice audits; subcontract flow down requirements and project processes from prime contract; payment and performance bonds; prebid meetings, bid clarification meetings, pre-construction meetings, invoice and payment monthly and final subcontract contract compliance application audits. Subcontract Administration included subcontractor financial and safety pre qualifications, bid process through award/execution and additional or changed scope as change orders. Wrote the subcontract language and was the project /subcontractor tax liaison for the limited agency tax exemption from the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency. Sole subcontracts representative for the 1st 8 months of the project. Invoked earned value management experience with subcontracts and bid evaluation.

●Parsons Commercial Technology Group, Inc. Jan/2007-Sept/2007

Senior Contract Administrator Sr. Project contract and procurement lead for EPCM project for Bristol Meyers Squibb pharmaceutical facility located in Devens, MA (former army site). Responsible for subcontract administration (usual standard duties of subcontract administration formation – closeout) including subcontractor qualification, bidder selection, document type selection, terms and conditions, negotiation, award and change order –invoice approval process, insurance, bonds. Maintained/managed seconded agreement with SKANSKA, Inc.

●Various Oct/2005-Jan/2007

Independent and freelance marketing and sales contractor, Subcontract Administration. Responsible for freelance marketing and sales activities including auditing and product promotions for Charlotte Observer. Temporary Subcontract Administration assignments for Jacobs Engineering (Greenville) and Bank of America (BOA-Charlotte, NC). Obtained pharmaceutical sales certification and pursued pharmaceutical sales positions. Recognized for contract terms/conditions knowledge and experience by BOA. Recognized as top producer in marketing, product promotion and sales (3rd party contractor). Recognized by Jacobs for strong relationship ties with clients.

●Global Performance, LLC. Sept/2002-Oct/2005

Contracts Manager; Contract and Procurement Manager, Sr. Contract Administrator, Construction Manager

Contract Manager under Institutional Resources –financial management company for the School District of Greenville County, new construction (green site) and remodeling Greenville County schools’ projects $1.2+B.

Contracts/Construction Manager directing Turner Construction on Greenville County schools project utilizing SC Purchasing Regulations (equal to and modeled after FAR) procedures and processes (AIA documents) SDB/MBE/WBE utilization.

Procurement and Contracts Manager Honda multi projects Ohio, Alabama and Georgia. Combined value of 3 projects $50M – 2 engine plant additions/modernization and one engine green site simultaneously constructed.

Sr. Contract Administrator – performed bid process-award in accordance with the South Carolina Procurement Regulations (based on FAR) and AIA contract proforma (modified for project/risk)

Procurement and Contracts Manager Honda Mfg. of Alabama, Lincoln AL A2 Project– expansion of A1 project - primary manufacturing HHG for Odyssey vans, LLC (joint venture between Hanscom, Faithful and Gould; Harbert International and Global Performance) Project value approx. $600M. Nationally recognized award project for 1st automotive plant of its size to complete construction in shortest amount of time. Singularly awarded approximately 30 contracts and 15 major equipment purchase orders. Contractor/Supplier prequalification through contract/PO project closeout including special state/project tax exemptions and supplier diversity requirements/reporting.

●Fluor, Inc./Duke-Fluor/Fluor Daniel April/1989-Sept/2002

Lead Subcontract Special Project (Auditor)-Duke Fluor Newington NH Identified $5M overbilling to recapture inaccurate subcontractor billings.

Principal Procurement Specialist Duke Fluor Aliso Viejo, CA – 5 Power projects. Designed new accounts receivable process and “time is of the essence-just in time” rebar and structural steel tagging-marking/delivery system- multiple projects.

Project Procurement Leader DuPont for Specialty and Advanced Fibers business unit- DuPont procurement and contract representative on site in DuPont’s engineering office-Wilmington, DE as procurement/contracts client representative liaison for projects located in Spain, Luxembourg, Ireland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey et.al. Wrote subcontract/procurement project and execution plans and oversaw (Fluor as the Contractor) NOMEX (tm) project.

Principal Procurement Specialist- various chemical and plastic (PET) process projects. Eastman-Chemical Corporation.\

Contract Manager- AMOCO (chemical) Augusta, GA.

Project Procurement Manager- Great Lakes Chemical Corp. Isoflurane Project El Dorado AR/Memphis TN.

(Special) Project Manager- Special retrofit project Eastland Chemical Corp. Mexico

Project Controls Engineer- DuPont multi-projects; TVA Bellefonte Nuclear, et.al. Primavera (P3) project scheduling and budget/cost control, Earned value subcontract management (EVMS) experience.

EDUCATION

BS, Business Management and Administration, Limestone College, Gaffney, SC

AS, Mechanical Engineering, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC

EPC EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Procurement, contract, subcontract, project, schedule, cost, project, construction and management services for many high-profile projects ranging in value from $1M to over $12B+. These projects served multiple industries located throughout the United States, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, Canada and Spain and vendors /subcontractors from 5 continents. Interactions included overseas, foreign owned, multinational and multicultural diversified contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, owner/clients as well as disadvantaged/MBE/WBE businesses for all work scopes including civil through electrical/instrumentation engineering/construction (complete engineering through startup and commissioning). Client relationship-building and personal performance standards have directly contributed to business with a combined value of over $500MM of awarded new work/millions of additional scope.

EPC INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Chemicals and Plastics Institutional

Government-Federal/State/municipal/DOD/DOE (FAR/DFAR) Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Health

Automotive Mining and Metals

Power Nuclear

International Food and Beverage

Commercial/Industrial Airport

Oil/Gas

Volunteer/Community Service - adult literacy, children, women, health, animal, disadvantaged as well educational and other civic charities and nonprofits.

National Association of Professional Women - Woman of the year 2012-2013

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