Profile
• Over 20 years experience as a professional executive.
• Ability to direct complex projects from development programming to fully operational status.
• Goal-oriented, organized and highly motivated individual with strong leadership capabilities.
• Skilled with the full experience of real estate development from feasibility and planning to construction and asset management.
• Proven ability to work in unison with staff, consultants, executive management and boards of directors.

Education Graduate Certificate, Harvard University 2005-present
Graduate Coursework, Penn State University 1992
B.A.., Civil Engineering, Temple University 1989
B.A., Art History, Temple University 1983

Relevant Experience & Accomplishments

Investment/Asset Management
• Initiated a wide variety of fund opportunities.
• Shariah compliant equity investing in Southeast Asia real estate strategies.
• Commenced and brought to closure numerious mixed use project.
• Successfully established two Morgan Stanley-related overseas companies in foreign lands.

Program Management/Development
• Successfully established new overseas companies, GMS China and HengGuang in the PRC.
• Team managed two individual projects $296 million budget and $750 million.
• Managed over $1,200,000,000 in building projects.
• Secured tax incremental funding (TIF) and introduced program to other municipalities.
• Designed development plans and conducted operation assessments.
• Formulated, wrote, and implemented new employee process, design and orientation manuals.
Management/Supervision
• Directed recruitment and retention of supervisors and staff of 140 employees.
• Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement management skills.
• Resulted in multilateral staff achievement of work objectives.
• Managed and developed construction and design teams into goal-oriented, cohesive group.
• Successfully refined and implemented new projects.
• Placed in foreign subsidiaries, built relationships within host country, recruit nationally, and grew the subsidiary from within.
• Understood the complexities of a host market while retaining the core business’ values and goals.

Employment Senior Vice President , AEP Investment Management, Singapore
A subsidiary of Al Rajhi Investment Group
• Maintaining and creating value of assets consistent with ownership objectives.
• Overseeing property performance with the goal of enhancing value and maximizing return to the client investor.
• Originate partnership arrangements and joint venture companies.
• Originate fund investment strategies.
• Devise and implement placement activities to solicit equity capital investors and co-development partners.

Executive Director , GMS China, Shenzhen, PRC
A subsidiary of Morgan Stanley
• Prepare financial models that include accurate investment assumptions such as: land pricing; construction costs; operation costs; lease rates; occupancy; development fees; interest rates; etc.
• Prepare investment summaries, budgets, cash flow forecast and valuation for development projects.
• Review market analysis that outlines pricing comparables, market variables, economic assumptions, occupancy rates, and rental rates.
• Develop strategies to recruit and train talented teams of executives and managers.
• Originate company-wide development, design, construction and asset management processes and procedures.

Project Executive, RF Walsh, Boston, MA
• Managing project development, planning, design, and construction of a building program involving multiple projects and multiple phases on either a single site or multiple sites.
• Responsible for the overall project programming which includes awarding contracts, procuring materials, monitoring cost and schedule, and managing the necessary reporting and communications for decision-making.
• Manage employee team relations, labor relations, community agreements, negotiations, and governmental compliance.
• Develop, review, and approve preconstruction approaches, budget estimates, and scheduling.

Real Estate Consultant, Gerson Lehman Group, New York, NY
• The Gerson Lehman Group Councils are global networks of executives, physicians, scientist, engineers, attorneys, and other professionals who deliver expertise and decision-making assistance to business, government, and investment leaders around the world.
Director, Clear Channel Entertainment, Chicago, IL
• Teamed with regional executives and operations to develop new revenue prototypes of entertainment-driven mixed uses
• Worked with legal departments concerning dispute resolution (primarily related to ADA and environmental noise issues) and various litigation cases (involving patrons, contractors, and consultants).
• Reviewed potential properties to determine viability for proposed development.
• Assisted legal department with historic tax credits, due diligence processes, large-scale contract negotiations, and corporate buy purchases.
Development Consultant, Inmobiliaria Arias Almonte, Santo Domingo, DR
• Acting on a sconsulting contract to provide development and management services.
• Assisted in the procurement of international financing and financial negotiations.
• Composed logistical entry strategies for the introduction of U.S. firms on Caribbean soil, which included the entry of K-Mart to the Dominican Republic.

Associate Director, The Mills Corporation, Houston, TX
• Manage REIT’s interest ($296 million) in a 641-acre master planned project.
• Prepared, reviewed, and held bottom-line responsibility for budgets and proformas.
• Managed $80 million tax incremental financing (TIF) bonds and reimbursements.
• Created positive community relations, generated project interest, and maintained balance between market demands and corporate goals.
Project Manager, Woodmont Corporation, Fort Worth, TX
• Conducted site feasibility studies.
• Explore development opportunities and enhancement of existing projects.
• Department store, big box, and small box user negotiations, design coordination, and jurisdictional approvals.

Architectural Project Manager, Pep Boys, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
• Conduct site evaluations and feasibility studies.
• Negotiated agreements with real estate purchases and ground leases.
• Manage design process and governmental approvals.

Director of Business Development, STA, Inc., Kulpsville, PA
• Identified opportunities and secures contracts that landed projects that increased company revenues.
• Created and developed a business plan that transitioned a survey company into a development and construction advisory service firm.

Director - Business Development, Urwiler & Walter, Inc., Sumneytown, PA
• Develop business relations with prospects, existing clients, and allies (developers, design firms, contractors, financiers, real estate professionals, property managers, etc.
• Locate and pre-qualify project opportunities as viable targets and manage preliminary consulting with prospective client.
• Implement training and career development of assigned staff.
• Oversee and respond to RFPs and RFQs.
Project Manager, Urwiler & Walter, Inc.
• Guide pre construction and construction process.
• Supervise public and private contracts.
• Manage estimates, schedules, cost controls, financial reporting, client relationship, tenant coordination, and construction activities.
• Daily management, supervision, coordination, and successful completion of projects to meet the client’s overall objectives.
Civil Engineer/Planner, Urwiler & Walter, Inc.
• Land development design and planning including conceptual plans, grading, drainage, streets, and utilities.
• Plan preparation, client coordination, and tracking project status.
• Interface with clients and public agencies.
• Solve design challenges using engineering and design principals.
• Apply concepts learned through required education and professional experience to complete tasks and projects as assigned.
• Develop budgets, schedules, and contract administration.