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ROBERT PANIZO

**** ***** ***** ***** ***** Richland Hills, TX 76182

H 817-***-**** md96wr@r.postjobfree.com C 682-***-****

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Delivery through Performance and Leadership

PROFILE

Highly motivated Construction Management professional experienced in the introduction and support of a wide variety of projects, able to motivate, work with, and mentor diverse professional teams, while leading by example. A proven leader, who quickly and successfully responds to ever-changing environments and situations, consistently achieves goals within critical project deadlines and budgets, and is able to leverage an eye for detail, ensuring success, quality and client satisfaction. Proven track record in the project environment; effective timeline management skills, pro-active decision making skills and ability to see the big picture.

Confident, highly energized, effective, and persuasive communicator with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Detail and results-oriented with a proven ability to demonstrate flawless execution, and implementation of innovative strategies. An analytical and strategic thinker with the highest professional standards and personal integrity and values. Ability to quickly and accurately analyze key issues or situations; make sound, logical and timely decisions even with limited information.

• Extremely focused on teamwork and leadership. Well aware of the bottom line and exceeding both internal and external customers’ expectations for success. Challenges are to be sought out and met, tested against, and ultimately overcome through hard work and insight gained by making cost effective, strategic contributions. Proven track record managing a diverse group; developing, coaching and mentoring others. Working knowledge of project accounting and financial systems. Initiative and independence with a bias towards action.

• A welcome addition to any team, with a demonstrated ability to deliver highly critical projects with tight schedules and budgets, willing and able to function in any role necessary to ensure project success and on-time project delivery. Results-driven professional who has successfully initiated and directed cost and time reduction projects. Expertise in maintaining constructive internal and external relationships while effectively navigating organizational barriers and negotiating through political situations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management • Risk Management • Cost Engineering • Effective Communication • Mentoring

Critical Thinking • Process Improvements • Client Relationship Management • Team Leadership

Pre-Construction • Problem Identification • Strategic and Tactical Planning

Scheduling and Estimating • Contract Negotiation

OSHA regulations • Subcontractor/Vendor Management • LEED Program

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reduction of budget costs up to 25% by value engineering, planning and buy-out. Design team guidance on constructability awareness for cost efficiency of client’s needs. Reduction of schedule duration by 20% due to flow of work throughout the building and proper phasing. Management of 30 employee staff members. Management of 50 project teams members. Facilitate and lead partnering programs. Profit margins increased 5 to 10% due to contractual leveraging. Leadership, scheduling and cost control of 28 separate projects ongoing on-site and throughout a region. Existing building projects undisturbed daily operations as massive renovations and additions are produced in hospitals, airports and public locations. Multiple repeat business clients retained and secured for reoccurring contracts. Helped to create USGBC LEED program refinement at its infant stages. Process improvements as needed for quality, safety, cost control, mentoring and managing.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EE REED Construction L. P. Dallas, Texas 2008 – 2011

Regional Manager / Senior Project Manager

Identified as key management leader tasked with planning, pre-construction, estimating from schematic to final design, CPM scheduling as well as budget analysis, buy-out and cost engineering. Constructability reviews, logistics, site planning and office/field management. Subcontractor coordination, control, and detailed contract writing / procurement. Implement and direct all safety and quality control programs. USGBC LEED program mentor.

• Managing the client to ensure effective and trusted repeat business relationships, maintaining effective relationship and interactions in the community, developing presentations and reports for the client, community outreach, management team and teammates. Managing projects in accordance with policies and procedures.

• Ensure project profitability, managing cash flow and achieving expected requirements. Directing project controls activities, establish and managing of effective change control and risk management. Developing and implementing an effective project resource management plan. Developed all estimates and proposals.

Meridian Commercial L.P. Dallas, Texas 2002 – 2008

Project Executive / SPM

Subject-matter expert accountable for the budget implementation utilizing extensive value engineering procedures to reduce project cost and time. Detailed change order analysis and cost reduction. Coordinated, documented, processed, and mentored all USGBC LEED Program participants. Analyzed subcontractor and vendor bids for procurement of contracts and buyout. Developed all estimates, proposals, budgets and accounting practices.

• Airport operations area coordination, TSA and Customs involvement with design, function, coordination, design management, secure area logistics, concessionaires coordination with construction activities, terminal security coordination, airline partnering, and communication.

• Preconstruction / Design Interpretation with entire design team, Establish project reporting status for the project team, management and clients. Establish and conduct effective project kickoff, client alignment, status and progress meetings. CPM scheduling using Primavera or Microsoft Project.

• Managed all project team members and their understanding of performance expectations with relation to project and client. Accountable for the overall detailed project planning and scheduling, from pre-construction through close-out/warranty. Effective management of all aspects of contract administration, invoice processing and payments.

SABRE Holdings Group Southlake, Texas 2000 – 2002

Project Executive / Construction Manager

Owner’s on-site construction manager representative overseeing and reporting all aspects of design and construction of the program manager and general contractor to CEO and Board Members. Held accountable for the overview management, coordination, procurement, and implementation of projects. Delivering completed project successfully and ensuring all project measures of success are achieved.

• Coordination with design team for contract-document procurement, change-order processing, review and analysis of all requests, pre-con to final cost estimation. Management of personnel assigned to site. Quality engineering deliverables to the client’s expectations. Daily hands-on management of the design team and field staff to facilitate Owner’s requirements and expectations related to budget and schedule adherence.

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• Overall management of the design team and construction team coordination, scheduling, planning and procurement for Owner FF&E requirements. Interface with all IT data center installation program teams and effective turnover. Establish and implement Facility Operations turnover, training, proper and required systems usage, commissioning and warranty procedures using experience and extensive background in MEP and BMS systems.

• USGBC LEED program design input, control and monitoring, refinement from version 1.0 to 2.1 with USGBC members. Project was sixth in the U.S. to achieve Silver certification from LEED inception.

Thos. S. Byrne, Inc. General Contractors Fort Worth, Texas 1998 – 2000

Senior Project Manager / Project Executive

Robins and Morton Group General Contractors Birmingham, Alabama 1983 - 1998

FE, PE, Superintendent, Project Manager

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Construction Sciences

University of Florida Gainesville, Florida

Primavera/Suretrack and Microsoft Project, Microsoft Windows and Office, Prolog, BIM, D-Profiler, Timberline.

USGBC LEED program, Green Advantage and OSHA Trained.

(Attachments: Project List and Supplemental Information)

3/19/2011

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