My leadership and integrity along with strong operations, administrative and program management accomplishments in the competitive global market and my strong desire to direct my career sector to an international business environment and application is a good balance with the posted requirement.
I am a results-focused leader with proven experience in high-pressure, rapidly changing domestic and international environments. As an astute analyst and problem solver in project management, operations, and labor issues, I have resolved problems in numerous global environments maximizing top and bottom lines while meeting all deadlines.
Examples of my capabilities include client management, fiscal and fiduciary analysis, performance analysis and measurement, compliance verification and analysis, maximizing competitive advantage, saving costs, Best Practice process improvement, peer audits, project execution calculations and assumptions.
Others have noted my ability to identify core issues, turn around troubled projects in domestic and global situations, meet “impossible†deadlines consistently and profitably, merge multiple organizations into cohesive and successful business units, maximize competitive advantage and build and mentor teams of resourceful problem solvers.
Key Skills: Self-starter and catalyst who thrives at identifying needs and implementing action plans to address them. Able to integrate concepts and processes into successful operations. Build cohesive teams and drive positive results. Organizational assessment, restructuring, and process improvement.
I have a Master of Business and a Diploma in Business Management and am a Quantity Surveying. Outside the workplace, I am a member of the Houston Rodeo Association, the Gulf Coast Conservation Association, Trout Unlimited. I am an antique motorcycle enthusiast and fly fisherman.
My ability to analyze operational, financial and program management processes, and implement effective solutions is combined with a strong ethical and practical background. My resume is included but full verification and references are available on request. If you believe my experience and abilities would be of value to you, please call me.
Vice President – Program Director
Startup / Turnaround / Change & Crisis Management / Contracts / Procurement / Planning / Budgets / JV / ERP
Loss Prevention / M&A / Restructure / Risk & Cost Management / Negotiation / Global / Training / ISO & TQM
I am a results-focused leader with proven experience in high-pressure, rapidly changing domestic and international environments. As an astute analyst and problem solver in project management, operations, and labor issues, I have resolved issues in numerous global environments maximizing top and bottom lines while meeting all deadlines.
ï± Turning around troubled projects in domestic and global situations
ï± Meeting “impossible†deadlines consistently and improving profitably
ï± Merging multiple organizations into cohesive and successful business units
ï± Maximizing competitive advantage
ï± Building teams of resourceful problem solvers
Key Skills: Self-starter and catalyst who thrives at identifying needs and implementing action plans to address them. Able to integrate concepts and processes into successful operations. Build cohesive teams and drive positive results. Organizational assessment, restructuring, and process improvement.
My Master of Business and Technology is from the University of New South Wales, Australia. I received a Diploma in Business Management from the Damelin Management School, South Africa.
Selected Accomplishments
Maximizing competitive advantage, projected saving $5M in overhead costs. Engineering services multipliers, and overhead costs were too high. Introduced an integrated Work Breakdown Structure and automated system for improved efficiencies and drove savings to the bottom line.
Identified impact caused by delays on project work, smoothed project flow and improved profitability. Costs of out of sequence work, deliverable delays, and approval delays not tracked. Implemented linking system and ERM planning identifying problem areas and areas for schedule acceleration. Saved millions.
Implemented change management ideas after merger of 15 entities, improved communications significantly. New team was housed in six offices across the US. Set up Town Hall video conferencing calls. Provided score card results and focused on relevant events and information. Improved team awareness.
Minimized losses on lump sum project, increased revenues 30%+. Project was budgeted for a $7M-$8M loss. Set revenue improvement targets with rewards. Worked closely with client to minimize changes. Reduced overall losses to $1M with significant revenue increase and $2M additional overhead contributions
Improved reporting on $1B revenue on 60 projects, provided early warning of potential issues. Interim completion reports were inaccurate and inconclusive. Implemented Best Practice measurement process and introduced peer audit to verify calculations and assumptions. Verified accurate monthly profitability position for management for the first time.
CAREER HISTORY
With Technip, (global oil and gas engineering, technology and project management company with $7.5B in revenues), 2000 to 2009. Directed numerous overlapping assignments.
VP - Manager USA Region Project Controls, Technip USA, 2007 to 2009. Led upstream, downstream and sub-sea, oil and gas project analysis, proposals and estimating, planning and scheduling, cost management, risk management. Handled over 60 projects. Region staff of 140 with department budget of $12M.
Senior Project Manager, Technip Oceania and Gulf Marine Fabricators, 2003 to 2007. Responsible for teams of up to 500 with a $100M project budget in managing and trouble shooting directional drilling, subsea flexible line, tie-ins offshore and onshore and offshore structure installations and fabricated compliant tower section for West Africa.
Also served as: Manager of Project Risk USA Region, 2005 to 2007. Senior Project Manager, Technip Louisiana, 2003 to 2004. Manager Project Controls, Aker / Coflexip / Technip, 2000 to 2003.
Business Manager, Brown & Root Joint Ventures, 1992 to 2000. Handled Business Services, Contractual Administration, Project Controls, Client Management, and Operations Management. Previously worked for Marathon Oil, Brown & Root Marine, Rider Hunt International and others.
Additional: Outside the workplace, I am a member of the Houston Rodeo Association, the Gulf Coast Conservation Association, Trout Unlimited and Federated Farmers. I am an antique motorcycle enthusiast, farmer and fly fisherman.
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