REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE
30 years of national executive level team building experience for development, construction and project management of complex developments in a design build environment. Successful in identifying, conceptualizing, entitling, budgeting and building multi-use projects in urban environments. Entrepreneurial by nature in combining my wide network of real estate and development professionals to join and advise on present and future projects. Maintained a life long process to develop personal creative and management skills through experiential learning in other professions such as internet technology, music, film & TV production, acting and foreign languages to keep up my range of capabilities to:
• Negotiate Major Contracts
• Author Major Business Plans
• Prepare Long Range Plans
• Profit/Loss Responsibilities
• Administer Large Projects
• Identify Acquisition Projects
• Strategic Planning & Alliances
• Establish New Business Standards
• Expertise in Financial Strategies & Plans
• Program Initiation & Management
• Bid Manager for RFP Response Teams
• Trained & Experienced Public Presenter
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Identified sites and managed construction of Western Region for Embassy Suites Hotels totaling over $300 million.
• Successfully managed complex projects totaling over $350 million in New York City including the renovation of Madison Square Garden and addition of the 5600 seat WaMu Broadway Theater over Penn Station. Personally managed the Multi-Media Broadcast Technology upgrade to the Garden.
• Owner’s Representative for $100+ million LEED Platinum high-rise residential project in Dallas.
• Advisor to LA Green Exchange’s 600+ Green Technology companies and board member of start-up solar panel manufacturer, Watts Up. Advisor to “Net Zero Energy†Building technology non profit, Life Resources.
• Worked with top management to initiate and coordinate construction and transfer of $3 trillion publicly traded Bear Stearns data center and operations after first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
• Acted as Director of Finance for $120 million branch of international consulting firm.
• Executive Consultant for publicly traded $10 billion technology outsourcing company CGI in Montreal.
• Owner’s representative for construction of Houston, Texas’ 3 most prestigious luxury condominiums including penthouses owned by the Saudi Royal Family.
• Successfully started, marketed and operated own general contracting company in New York City.
• Acted as a primary consultant to the Xian, China High Technology Incubator’s 200 startup companies as part of an international team of business development and finance executives.
• Acted as Staff to Chief of NASA Logistics Division.
PROJECTS SUMMARY
COMMERCIAL PROJECTS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ARENA RENOVATION + 150K SF RETAIL – TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE $220,000,000
5600 SEAT WAMU BROADWAY THEATER ADDITION $ 35,000,000
BEAR STEARNS COMPANY DATA CENTER RELOCATION $ 22,000,000
EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL TIMES SQUARE- 44 STORIES + 30K SF RETAIL $150,000,000
HISTORIC RENOVATION OF 1914 PALACE THEATER ON BWAY $ 15,000,000
EMBASSY SUITES HOTELS SANTA CLARA, CA - 22 STORIES $ 24,000,000
SAN ANTONIO, TX – AIRPORT - 10 STORIES $ 20,000,000
AUSTIN, TX. DOWNTOWN - 10 STORIES $ 20,000,000
IRVINE CA. – AIRPORT - 10 STORIES $ 28,000,000
LA JOLLA, CA - 12 STORIES $ 38,600,000
SAN DIEGO, CA. - DOWNTOWN - 12 STORIES $ 40,500,000
TORRANCE, CA. METRO CENTER - 10 STORIES $ 38,200,000
PLEASANT HILL, CA - 11 STORIES $ 32,500,000
ROSEWOOD - METRO CENTER - 10 STORIES $ 40,000,000
NYU CHEMISTRY LABS RENOVATION $ 2,100,000
CHRYSLER PARTS DEPOT RENOVATION $ 4,400,000
HIGH-RISE, RESIDENTIAL, MIXED USE & LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
HOLLYWOOD & VINE APARTMENTS – 12 STORIES + 375 APARTMENTS+50K SF RETAIL - LEED $ 250,000,000
WOODLAWN REDEVELOPMENT– 20 STORIES + 400 CONDOS + 20 STORY HOTEL+ 180 SF RETAIL $300,000,000
AZURE TOWER CONDOMINIUMS – 31 STORIES + 202 LUXURY SUITES – LEED PLATINUM $105,000,000
BAYOU BEND TOWERS CONDOMINIUMS - 22 STORIES + 103 LUXURY SUITES $ 50,000,000
SPIRES CONDOMINIUMS - 40 STORIES + 178 SUITES $ 38,000,000
HUNTINGDON CONDOMINIUMS - 33 STORIES + 106 LUXURY SUITES $100,000,000
SAN LUIS RESORT HOTEL & CONDOMINIUMS - 15 STORIES + 80 SUITES + 200K SF RETAIL $ 40,000,000
“SHADOWROCK†– TOWNHOUSES - 5.4 ACRES + 125 UNITS $ 50,000,000
“BACHMANN SPRINGS†– 1,710 ACRES + 1,125 LOTS, FAZIO GOLF COURSE, CLUBHOUSE, VILLAS $700,000,000
"ETHAN'S GLEN" - TOWNHOUSES - 80 ACRES + 150 UNITS $ 36,400,000
"EPERNAY" – TOWNHOUSES - 45 ACRES + 218 UNITS $ 35,600,000
"WALKER'S MARK" – TOWNHOUSES - 30 ACRES + 150 UNITS $ 16,900,000
"COTTONWOOD" – TOWNHOUSES - 6 ACRES + 30 UNITS $ 2,500,000
"CARDIFF ESTATES" – TOWNHOUSES - 4 ACRES + 14 UNITS $ 5,300,000
"WESTHEIMER WEST" - SF LAND DEVELOPMENT - 80 ACRES FOR ZERO LOT LINE $ 5,700,000
“MEMORIAL EAST ESTATES" - 12.5 ACRES FOR 80 UNITS $ 3,250,000
"18TH AT WALDEN" – TOWNHOUSES - 9.5 ACRES + 116 UNITS $ 3,500,000
"WOODLANDS" - FHA ELDERLY HOUSING - 25 ACRES + 500 APTS $ 10,000,000
CUSTOM HOMES – 3 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES $ 2,900,000
5 PARK AVENUE – LUXURY CONDOMINIUM RENOVATION $ 2,600,000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MANSION HOUSE, LTD. – Los Angeles, California (1/2008 TO Present)
President - Construction Manager
LEGACY PARTNERS – Los Angeles, California (3/2007 TO 11/2007)
Senior Construction Manager
HILL INTERNATIONAL – Las Vegas, Nevada (5/2006 TO 12/2006)
Developer’s Project Director
MANSION HOUSE, LTD. – Dallas Texas (9/2005 TO 5/2006)
President – Real Estate Developer
HARWOOD INTERNATIONAL – Dallas Texas (9/2004 TO 9/2005)
Developer’s Projects Manager
Extensive prior experience in high-rise hotel and luxury residential projects nationwide including New York City and throughout California and the Western US.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) - Graduate Master Builder Certification - 2003
University of Houston - Bachelor of Science – Physics, Minor - Computer Science
University of Houston - Graduate School of Business Administration (9 credits MBA-Finance / Marketing)
Member World Affairs Council (US State Dept.) – to host world wide building and construction professionals.
United Nations Association – Charter Member UN Business Council
SMU – School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Graduate Level Certification – Project Management 1987
Graduate Level Certification – e-Commerce – “Architecting the Solution†1999
IBM Partner Training – e-business Advisor – “Consultant†Certification 1999
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Series 7, Series 63 License 1995
Registered Investment Advisor - New York & Texas 1995
National Seminar Leaders Association - National Seminar Leaders Professional Trainer
Professionally Trained Producer / Director / Actor – Dallas Theater Center, Kim Dawson Studios, Hollywood Film Institute, Fresh Squeezed Entertainment-Darin Scott, Dallas Community TV, iMedia
Leadership Training – Landmark Education – 4 year Leadership Program - 2005 to Present
Executive Consultant - Xian China High Technology Incubator and its 233 member companies – 2000
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Broad background in accounting, scheduling and e-Commerce software including all Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, MS Project 2000, Primavera Scheduling – Expedition & SureTrak, Accounting software including Master Builder(Sage), QuickBooks Pro, PeopleSoft, Great Plains(MS Dynamics), Navision(MS Dynamics), MAS90 (Sage). Estimating software including Timberline (Sage), WinEst, and CDCI Builder. Project Management software including Timberline (Sage) and Constructware.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
London, Edinburg, Paris, Nice, Monaco, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Zurich, Geneva, Prague, Berlin, Moscow, Leningrad, Hong Kong, Beijing, Xian, Macao, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Kyoto, Mexico City, Buenos Aires
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