Senior Facilities & Purchasing Leader with 30+ Years Experience

Seasoned Facilities Supervisor and Purchasing Manager with over 30 years of progressive experience at a leading Wall Street firm. Proven expertise in facilities operations, procurement, budgeting, asset management, and vendor relations. Trusted contributor to disaster recovery efforts and organizational rebuilds. Known for strategic sourcing, internal move coordination, cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Adept at managing vendor relationships and high-performing teams in fast-paced corporate environments.

Facilities Operations Management

Vendor & Contract Negotiation

Team Leadership & staff Supervision

Strategic Purchasing & Inventory Control

Entertainment & Client Hospitality Mgt

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Cross Departmental Collaboration

Building Management Liaison

Software & System Proficiency

Health & Safety Compliance

Career Highlights

Agilant Solutions March 2025 to October 2025

Purchasing Agent

Purchasing Agent is responsible for Submittal Process 0f IT Purchases, Installation/Scheduling Process and Project Completion/Close Out Installation/Scheduling Process,

Validate and confirm all equipment is delivered to the proper location (i.e., PCS Vendor warehouse, 3rd Party Vendors & to Notify Purchasing Manager that all equipment is Purchased & received and ready to be scheduled for delivery.

Provide install date to PM, update equipment tracker and follow up on all DOAs for repairs or replacements. Once DOA repaired/replaced, notify PM.

Project Completion/Close Out Process

Integrator Tech notifies you all documents have been uploaded to the Oracle Net Suite computer system.

Remove clients from equipment tracker

Cantor Fitzgerald & BGC Partners NEW YORK, NY 1991 – 2023

Purchasing & Facilities Supervisor 2010 – 2023

Manage Maintenance Staff and annual budget for firm and tri-state affiliates.

Served as a liaison to the Resnick & Hines management representatives and additional building management companies.

Oversaw over 25 internal and external moves nationally, including executive and trading floor buildouts.

Managed $5M Entertainment budget and managed corporate Season Tickets for Yankees, Mets, Knicks & Rangers.

Sourced & Purchased Broadway tickets & Concert Tickets through Ticketmaster, StubHub & Ticket Brokers.

Purchased Facilities-related materials such as custom-made trading and standing desks, monitors & wall mounts.

Managed infrastructural reconfigurations during Covid to comply with state regulations and signage requirements.

Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Purchasing Manager Finance Budget Analyst 2009 – 2010

Worked with IT to manage schedules and ensure proper departmental booking.

Worked with Global Accounting members on monthly and quarter end expenditure reports to ensure accuracy.

Created Global month end schedules for IT expenses, T&E’s, Marketing and Promotion Fees, Benefits, Legal Fees,

Audit and Tax Fees.

Collaborated with Finance to create Budget reports using Oracle Financial.

Purchasing Manager 1999 – 2009

Solely responsible for procurement and negotiating the price of all IT equipment in North America and asset management of all computers and related equipment and managing the annual budget of approximately $15 million.

Responsible for the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and purchasing procedure for license purchases and for

year-end “true ups.”

Responsible for all yearly hardware & software maintenance agreements and renewals.

Responsible for purchasing of all Communications requirements which includes Data Lines, Trading Turrets (IPC

& BT), Blackberry devices, licenses and support agreements. Also responsible for tracking all equipment.

Instrumental in developing the internal Cantor Purchasing System using Microsoft Office.

Developed a transitional Asset Tracking System using Microsoft Access.

Responsible for the purchase, distribution and tracking of all entertainment events for Cantor’s clients, amounting

to $3M annually.

Key Member of Cantor Fitzgerald’s Disaster Recovery Team. Collaborated with Senior Executive Management and other surviving managers to rebuild Cantor’s infrastructure at its Disaster Recovery Site and its new headquarters after the September 11 attacks.

Worked side by side with accountants and lawyers to research and itemize all capitalized assets lost in the September 11 disaster to guarantee maximum insurance recovery.

Reestablished purchasing protocol in the aftermath of the disaster.

Purchased all assets for Disaster Recovery Site prior to September 11.

Managed department responsible for all computer hardware, software and supply purchases, allocation and capital asset tracking.

Responsible for allocation and re-allocation of computer equipment in compliance with the departmental budgets of all departments within the firm.

Organized procurement and delivery of equipment to all of Cantor’s branch offices and customer sites in North America.

Created and analyzed various RFP’s consolidating purchasing power and stability for all of Cantor’s acquisition needs.

Purchasing Agent 1998 – 1999

Initiated the development of eProcurement, cutting process time and minimizing errors.

Verified internal requirements and specifications for products and services.

Validated supply sources obtained price and delivery quotes and processed requisitions by issuing purchase orders.

Fully knowledgeable with all aspects of computer desktop and server hardware, software, and network equipment; including accompanying maintenance and upgrade agreements.

Coordinated deliveries to meet the requirements of internal and external customers.

Purchased furniture and maintenance supplies for the entire firm.

Responsible for processing invoices to be sent to Accounts Payable

Logistics Manager 1996 – 1998

Managed business transformations and senior management transitions internally and with the media. Responsible for all shipping and receiving of computer equipment.

Maintained inventory of computer supplies.

Performed inventory of entire firm’s capital equipment.

Supervised repair of all equipment in and out of warranty.

Volume Control Clerk 1992 – 1996

Trafficked trade tickets to and from brokers in a fast paced, high-volume trading room.

Verified prices of issues, amounts bought and sold, commission codes and customer account numbers.

Responsible for the approval and clearance of electronic trades.

Mailroom Clerk 1991 – 1992

Performed basic mailroom duties and served as a bonded courier.

Education

Baruch College New York, NY

Purchasing Management I & II

Skills Oracle Net Suite Oracle eBusiness Suite HardCat Asset Management Software Asset ProV3.5 Clarus Purchasing

Activities Lead guitarist & Band leader Downhill skier International Travel Hiking

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