Manager Office

Derek Chowning

*** ** *** **, *****, FL *****

Mobile: 415-***-**** Email: *************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-chowning-744b253b

Summary: I am a highly experienced Senior Facility Manager and a HSE (Health, Safety, Environmental) manager who directs the managing of facilities, safety, and operations. I create safe and efficient work environments that improves business performance and optimizes staff productivity. I help companies with strategic planning to identify and minimize environmental impacts and create measurable financial value for the company.

Experience

The RealReal, Inc. May 2017 – PRESENT (3 years, 10 months)

Senior Facility Manager, West Coast/Midwest Operations

•Implemented and oversee all safety programs and safety policies company wide, including E-commerce centers, corporate offices, and private properties. OSHA standard. HSE certified.

•Manage and support facility operations for corporate offices in San Francisco, Miami, and Los Angeles, E-Commerce centers in Brisbane, California and valuation offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Chicago.

•Project manage large-scale maintenance projects and forecast long term programs and upgrades. Familiar with all procurement and finance programs regarding inventory and budgets including but not limited to Netsuite, QuickBooks, and Adobe.

•Responsible for internal audits and external audits to maintain a high standard for all facilities. I oversee all vendors and contracts within our company regarding facilities.

•Responsible for code compliance programs as it relates to corporate offices, e-commerce centers, standard warehouses, and private properties.

•Interprets, plans, executes, monitors, and manages all required fire, health, safety, and maintenance standards required by law.

•Coordinated remodeling and refurbishment initiatives, testing equipment, forecasting space needs, ensuring compliance with zoning laws, coordinating relocations, and negotiating lease agreements.

•Proficient in the collecting and disposing of hazardous waste and following the EPA and OSHA guidelines.

•Vast knowledge of implementing and managing electrical, network, and HVAC systems including but not limited to: auto-baggers, compactors, receivers, heating/air vac systems, augers, and bailers.

•Project managed from the ground up our new 100,000 SF corporate office in Los Angeles. Including foundation install, electrical install, network install, construction teams, and hvac install.

•Oversaw and coordinated corporate office relocations with over 1500 employees including finding new office spaces in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas.

•Proficient using CAD and various other programs suited to floor plans, blue prints, and office spaces. Familiar with Adobe, AutoCAD, BuilderTrend, and AutoDesk Design.

•Planned and executed construction of our e-commerce centers from the ground up to make them sustainable centers.

•Manage a staff of over 40 employees on my Facilities team.

Sungevity Inc. October 2010 – May 2017 (6 years, 6 months)

Senior Facility & Sustainability Manager

•Manage and support office operations for our 3 Bay Area locations, maintained office and facility supplies for over 900 employees.

•Reduced operating costs by standardizing processes, negotiating terms, and streamlining supplier channels.

•Comprehensive support of Finance and Human Resources team’s daily tasks: onboarding, background checks, candidate screening, interviews, ergo setups, and all supply ordering.

•Provide strategic oversight for multiple building moves by drafting contracts with construction companies for office build outs and new locations.

•Work with construction companies, contractors, and building management companies to find the most efficient, reliable, and self-sustaining locations for our company.

•Highly productive in all facets of facilities including internal/external office moves, on-boarding, off-boarding, and administrative tasks.

•Accounts managed: Dell, Salesforce, Office Depot, Give Something Back, Cliff Bar, Tesla, Cold press Coffee, Ikea, Pitney Bowes, and FedEx.

•Technical skills include all MS Office applications, CRM, Salesforce, Netsuite, Zendesk, QuickBooks, FMX, Adobe, Google apps, and all PC/Mac programs.

Riggs Abney Law Firm December 2006 – October 2010 (3 years, 10 months)

Facility Manager & Paralegal

•Fulfilled a broad range of administrative and legal tasks such as filing documents on a district, state, and federal level.

•Drafted discovery for plaintiff cases and prepared legal documents such as contracts, wills, appeals and closings.

•Maintained all office ordering including supplies, furniture, and kitchens for staff of 75.

•Managed 25 attorneys’ day to day calendar.

•Improved new hire orientation program to include human resources information and company resources.

Education

Oklahoma University – Norman, OK 2002 – 2006

Bachelor of Management degree

Certifications

Facility Management Certification

HSE (Health, Safety, Environmental) Certification

Volunteer Work

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention September 2014 -Present

Raised 20k for the annual suicide walk in honor of thousands of lives lost to suicide.

Actively promoting information about the AFSP.

In Good Company September 2015 – Present

Volunteered on several endeavors within Good Company including rebuilding the Rim of the World outlook in Yosemite National Park as well as constructing a 100-sq. foot watershed at the basin. Restored fire damaged land in the Stanislaus National Forest and rebuilt a local nursery.

References are available upon request.

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