Project Management Data Center

Marcel Korman, CGC, LEED AP, CEM

954-***-**** Boynton Beach, Florida 33437 ******.******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/marcelkorman/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly skilled, proactive and proven Facilities, Construction and Design Management Professional with extensive and diverse industry experience in smart-city networks, MEP infrastructure, retail, commercial, hospitality and multi-family construction projects with industry leading companies. Unique ability to quickly identify and interpret design plan obstacles and oversights that interfere with full systems integrations. A proactive, inquisitive self-starter with well-developed analytical and problem-solving abilities, able to build strong and productive relationships. Focused on integrating and aligning transformative engineering strategy with facility management in achieving high quality, cost effective projects that drive sustainability initiatives, improving the human experience. Fluent in English, Spanish and French. Certified Energy Manager and General Contractor with additional competencies and known for achieving the following:

ROI, Profitability, & Communication Retrofit Strategies Budget & Expense Tracking

Due Diligence Assessments PCAs Benchmarking Construction Management

Pre-construction & Value Engineering Spatial Proficiency Procurement & Cost Control

Sustainability & Renewable Energy Energy Auditing Ground Water Remediation

Operational Efficiencies & Safety Fiber Optic Networks Project Management

Scheduling, Reports, Documentation Master Planning Mission Critical Facilities

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Energy, water, and internet audits to align strategic metrics for sustainable utility cost reductions.

Operations Director, Brickell City Centre, Miami - the largest mixed-use facility south of Manhattan.

Executive Director, Century Village Master Association with 8508 condominiums in 256 buildings.

Nationwide infrastructure assessments for Fortune 500 companies owned large property campuses for compliance, remaining useful life of plant equipment, efficiencies and deferred maintenance.

Project Management for the 10,000 sq. ft. doubling of Univision raised floor, mission critical, broadcast tech center, video editing forwarded from multiple studios realized with fiber-optics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

City of Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility Jan 2023 - Present

Manager, Project Management Office

Strategic deployment of electric utility capital improvements to reduce outage frequency and duration by 62% through grid system hardening, system operations and maintenance procedures.

Innovative management of the utility telecom pole attachments and joint use agreements receiving $742,000 licensing revenues.

Authored components of the $23,462,167 Grant Award from Department of Energy resulting from planning and coordination of field activities, building/facilities services and public safety.

Perform life cycle cost analysis, developing cost estimates and budgets, and project funding requests.

Accelerate permit approvals with Authorities Having Jurisdiction relationships to develop utility reliability improvement strategies, overhead to underground conversions and utility operations.

Communicates effectively with members of the general public, elected officials, and other government agencies, including effective public presentation/speaking skills.

Hotwire Communications, LLC., Fiber Optic Networks Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2022 – Jan 2023

(On-site Construction Management, Manage multiple projects, Quality Assurance, Safety)

Construction Project Manager

Leveraged infrastructure configuration experience with power and fiber companies to optimize scheduling and dealing with meter sets for communications facilitating network deployments.

Reduced 548 home fiber network deployment by 6 weeks with existing utility partner fiber routes.

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Fostered enterprise-wide thinking to drive execution of corporate programs and initiatives to address challenges stimulating team intuition for non-destructive solutions to project completions.

Communicated clearly and persuasively in presentation settings as the face of the Provider.

Demonstrated strong customer service skills and results focused leadership.

Drove accuracy for timely project status reports, processes and closeout documents standards.

Converged Services, Inc., Technology Advisors Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2017 - 2022

(Fiber Optic Network Deployments for Data, Video, Wireless and Sustainability)

Vice President

Established database for utility network design review, budgets, timelines, water/energy automation and execution processes. Effectively represented communities to identify scope, Provider selection, quality assurance, schedule adherence, review payment requests, and project closeout. Created schedules to track underground utility plant construction, WiFi, permitting, means and methods, conflict resolutions and space planning. Expedited controls connectivity to community management dashboards.

Strategic perspective using data driven project controls and scheduling to accomplish contractual milestones for project implementations. Intellectual property contributions to AT&T, Comcast, Summit Broadband, Verizon, Hotwire, Charter and Cox Communications projects.

Reduced 10 year water cost $852K for apartment campus by integrating Smart network strategies.

Reduced electricity cost with HVAC commissioning using IoT analytics.

Shepherded mixed-use community fiber network design for 11,000 homes, planning to completion.

Developed utility engineering capabilities by acquiring Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credential.

Slashed restoration costs, accelerating utility construction with underground boring technologies.

Swire Properties, Inc., Miami, FL. 2015-2016

(Mixed Use Commercial Office, Hospitality, Retail, Entertainment & Multi-Family Development)

Operations Director – Strategy and Pre-Construction

Devised and implemented technical, systems and facilities management teams for Phase I of LEED certified Brickell City Centre, with Retail, East Hotel, 2 hi-rise condos and 2 office towers totaling 5.4 million sq. ft. Evaluated annual and 5 year facility technical budgets and strategic asset life-cycle analysis. Directed smart building engineering strategies, plant commissioning, risk control, maintenance management, security and tenant coordination. Optimized sustainability practices and energy efficiency performance cost and ratings. Provided pre-construction value engineering, due diligence research and conceptual estimating.

Integrated MEP automation and hosted facilities control platforms with security control networks.

Introduced drone assisted thermal imaging for building envelopes commissioning to identify/map building air and water leaks producing 15% savings in HVAC efficiency and humidity control.

Championed additional chiller $452,000 installation justified with reduced energy costs, sized for effective occupancy load transitions with 3 years accelerated cost recovery payback.

Identified design inconsistencies and delivered pre-construction recommendations for systems capacities and integrations, space planning, traffic flows and infrastructure for Phase II.

Commissioned 4 - 1000 ton to 1900 ton chiller plants and 6 - 1 to 2 MW emergency generators.

CVE Master Management Company, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL. 2013-2015

(Facility Projects Management, Strategic Development Planning, Supply Chain)

Executive Director

Led $13 million annual facilities budget. Eliminated obstacles to board approvals with focused project analyses. Leveraged technical skills to facilitate infrastructure implementations. Resource leadership of project teams for cutting edge initiatives for 8508 condominium units in 256 buildings. Delivered annual and 10 year capital budgets for roadways, transportation system, access control, potable water system restoration and efficiency, irrigation distribution with networked Smart IoT digital automation controls to improve curb appeal, communications, safety, bandwidth, controlling energy and operating costs.

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Awarded transportation vendor contract and collaborated new vehicle specifications with gasoline engines effectively replacing diesel power limiting capital and fuel costs, for a $6.8 million transportation system with community route optimization.

Optimized $8.2 million capital project management best practices for schedules and change orders of cutting edge irrigation project, saving $305,000 net annual maintenance costs.

Accomplished $47,000 annual energy savings by delivering energy friendly automated schedules maximizing available electric utility rate structures for large pumping stations.

Successfully delivered 13 month capital investment ROI for an LED lamp project, managing the RFP, bid analysis, board approval process and procurement to retrofit 348 street light pole fixtures.

Lenko Corporation, Weston, FL. 2010-2013

(Facilities, Construction Management and Sustainability Consulting Services)

Principal, Owner-operator

Contracted by client companies to identify effective energy friendly processes by which accountability was determined to meet goals. Performed Property Conditions Assessments (PCA) for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire/life-safety (MEP) systems and structural solutions, identifying cost and timing for capital improvements and preventative maintenance costs. Managed P&L performance and implemented Yardi Systems software. 262 room hotel renovation project. Identified and implemented feasibility strategies for LEED/Green initiative/EPAct upgrades by combining utility rebate/reductions, tax incentives, component energy efficient strategies, PACE and cost segregation analysis funding. Spearheaded best practices enhancing property asset integrity for developers and asset managers, providing independent 3rd party assessments of maintenance performance for numerous high rise complexes and corporate real estate.

Accelerated the timely launch for doubling Univision Network’s 24/7 mission critical Tech Center, facilitating editing via fiber optic network interconnectivity of multiple studios video productions for the Fusion Network joint venture, MEP installations, commissioning and space planning.

Developed capital improvement project budgets with energy audits for facilities optimizations and requirements for Prudential Real Estate, TIAA, Jones Lang Lasalle, Bank of America and The Carlyle Group generating ROIs of 1 to 3 years for multiple campuses. Successfully implemented systems and solutions to reduce time, with an average estimated 30% improvement of maintenance cost.

Conducted plan reviews and value engineering to reduce potential change orders expediting construction process with an average 10% reduction in project completion times.

Handled all aspects of a $12 million construction management project for a new FBI Miami field office and subsequent expansion. Managed $1.4 million structural enhancement project for Shops of Mayfair renovation; a $1.4 million terrace restoration project for the 25-story Towers of Quayside; and a $2.2 million construction project for Viacom International Media Networks (MTV) administrative offices and studios. Each project completed on time and each project under budget.

Adler Realty Services, LLC, Miami, FL. 2007-2010

(Commercial Office, Retail & Industrial Management Companies)

Director of Operations

Effective resource leadership and influenced quality assurance for best practices for infrastructure solutions for 87 buildings with 78 staff, totaling 3.8 million sq. ft. throughout the states of Florida and Virginia. Managed bids, contracts, supervision, billing and close-out documents for tenant improvement projects.

Bolstered $3.8 million Class A office tenant improvements project - 1170 LLC, Bay Harbor Island, FL.

Managed aviation fixed base operations (FBO), fuel storage, aircraft refueling and facilities.

Successfully achieved Energy Star certifications for 8, 30+ year old buildings ranging from 26,000 sq. ft. to a 253,000 sq. ft. hi-rise using energy-friendly retrofits and BAS, which lowered effective rental rates with reduced operating costs, increasing the occupancy rate from 86% to 95%.

Collaborated with consultants in eliminating the $3 million Short-Term capital requirements for a commercial loan refinancing for an office campus, through efficient infrastructure solutions.

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

ADDITIONAL TRAINING and CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Association of Energy Engineers, Orlando, FL

LEED® AP, University of Florida, Treeo Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Florida State Certified General Contractor (CGC), Allstate Construction College, Miami, FL

Clean Energy Green Corridor & PACE Certified Contractor, Ygrene Energy Fund, Miami, FL

Project Management Professional (PMP) candidate, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

IBM Data Processing Basic Systems Training, York University, Toronto, Canada

Honored with IBM Special Contribution Award for systems engineering to Bank of Montreal

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

US Green Building Council (USGBC)

Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB), State of Florida

Energy Star (Partnership between the US EPA and the US Department of Energy DOE)

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