PRIMARY SKILLS
LEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING
Strong leader, excellent written and verbal communicator. Organized and managed construction teams of up to 1000 workers on a single project. Organized and managed in-house workers and subcontractors on over $750 million in military, education, and commercial facilities construction, maintenance, and repair, disaster recovery and heavy civil projects. SENIOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Career-level experience in planning, scope of work development, estimating, scheduling, budgeting, bidding, buyout, subcontractor management, pre-construction, construction, closeout and warranty, financial accountability in accordance with specifications, quality control and OSHA safety standards. STRATEGIC PLANNING
Successfully led a large group of subject matter experts through value stream and process mapping for a 50 year old San Antonio company. Streamlined all field operations, identified effort duplication and waste, and trained over 100 employees in new procedures. Developed and published operations manuals for all Project Managers, Estimators, Superintendents, and Contract Administrators, resulting in 30% workforce reduction and increased profitability company-wide.
GENE
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PROFILE
30-plus years of budgeting, planning,
estimating, scheduling, and job cost
tracking for commercial projects and
construction, maintenance, and repair
at large institutional and military
campuses.
Inspiring, motivational leader with
exemplary customer service and
public speaking skills. Talented
vision-caster and communicator,
adept at distilling complex ideas into
actionable items.
Determined, dedicated and disciplined
- delivering consistent leadership in
highly-matrixed organizations.
WORK EXPERIENCE
TBC COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION Senior Project
Manager
Dec 2019–Present
PM for CVS #11323 Fort Worth, TX. Prototype 2-story ground up, store 10,000 in CVS inventory. Responsible for execution of all project management.
HOLLAND-DRISKELL Vice President of Operations
Aug 2018–Present
Developed and published corporate business plan, won SBA-approval for mentor-protégé agreement, wrote technical and pricing proposals in response to RFP’s, estimated over $50 million in civil engineering and heavy construction projects for the federal government, developed and trained procedures for all personnel.
ALPHA BUILDING CORPORATION Senior Project
Manager
Feb 2016–Aug 2018
Responsible for project managers, estimators, superintendents and contract admins for a $10 million annual portfolio that included construction, maintenance for UTSA, Alamo Colleges, COSA, Bexar County, IDEA Schools, and NEISD.
CONTACT
PHONE: 210-***-****
EMAIL: ********.****@*****.***
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONSULTANT - Principle
Feb 2007–Dec 2015
Consulted with 8 different construction firms in the federal sector estimating new construction for Southeastern US military installations; federal contract identification and acquisition; authored all technical, management proposals including Design/Build; developed budgets and project metrics; authored application content for firms seeking SBA Section 8(a) status, and developed Mentor-Protégé Agreements.
LJC DEFENSE CONTRACTING – Senior Project Manager
Jan 2002–Dec 2006
In concert with executive leadership, took company from $3 million to over $100 million annual revenue at 30% gross margin. Wrote technical proposals in response to federal RFP’s. Capture rate over 40% Estimated $600+ million in construction work. Managed project managers, superintendents, and quality control personnel on critical emergency repair and large infrastructure projects.
HAMMER LJC – Senior Project Manager / Regional Vice President
April 1999 –Jan 2002
Responsible for acquisition, proposal writing, estimating, and Senior Project Management of multi-year, multi-discipline, simultaneously executed Job Order Contract at Fort Rucker, AL; and SABER Contracts at Keesler AFB, MS and Columbus AFB, MS. Estimated and managed federal sector hard bid portfolio. GRACON CORPORATION/BENECO – Business
Development Manager / Senior Project Manager
Jan 1995 –Mar 1999
Responsible for identification, acquisition, proposal writing, estimating, and management of over $300 million in multi-year, multi-discipline, simultaneously executed Job Order Contracts at Fort Hood, NY; Fort Bragg, NC; Fort Polk, LA, Fort Hood, TX; and Fort Rucker, AL
MCC CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION – Project
Manager/Area Project Manager/Business Development
Manager
Jan 1990 –Dec 1994
Responsible for identification, acquisition, proposal writing, estimating, and management of for negotiated multi-year, multi-discipline, simultaneously executed Job Order Contracts for private clients including the University of Rochester, NY; Abilene Christian University, TX; Regis University, CO; Anheuser-Busch. Negotiated site plant agreements with local unions. Project Manager for military JOC contracts, at Fort Hood, NY; Fort Bragg, NC; Fort Polk, LA, Fort Hood, TX; and Fort Rucker, AL
ADDITIONAL PROFICIENCIES
Excellent relationships with a large,
multi-discipline subcontractor base
throughout Texas Southeast US.
Excellent relationships with Architectural
and Engineering firms throughout Texas
and the Southeast US.
Expert in all Microsoft Office applications
including Word, Excel, Project and Visio.
Proficient in R.S. Means, and other unit
price estimating datasets for facilities.
Proficient in takeoff and estimating for
large, complex projects.
Proficient in use of several scheduling
programs including MS Project,
Primavera, and Timberline.
INTERESTS
4th Generation BBQ Pit Master
Formula 1 Racing
Travel
College Football
Day Trips anywhere in Texas
REFERENCES
Craig Holland, CEO Holland-Driskell
Kathleen Acock, CEO Alpha Building
Corporation
Jonathan Rogero, President/COO Alpha
Building Corporation
Elizabeth Buba, Project
Manager/Architect Chesney-Morales
Kathryn Pearson, PE. Director of
Institutional Projects, UTSA
Sandy Hammer, CEO Hammer LGC
Laura Clark, CEO LJC Defense
(Phone and email for above upon request)
EDUCATION/OTHER
Loretto Heights College – Denver, Colorado
OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety and, Health
(#26-602******)
US Army Corps of Engineers – Contractors Quality
Control
Certified PlanGrid Project Management Trainer
Legislative Affairs Committee - Associated Builders and Contractors
Construction Industry Advisory Council