To continue improving my skill sets with the thirty plus years of professional experiences I have working with elements in real estate, entitlements, city planning, land development and construction and project management in over 250 jurisdictions.
George Ditchman
16860 S. Laramie Ave.
Oak Forest, IL 60452
gditchman[at]comcast.net
Home 708-560-8226
Mobile 708-307-3935
Cricket Communications
Chicago, IL 9/2008 - 01/2009
Senior Project Manager-Utility Installation Chicago & Milwaukee
• Manage a team of 20 people, responsible for provisioning power and telco for 1083 cell sites in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana for market launch.
• Coordinate weekly deployment calls with AT&T, ComEd and Verizon’s senior management.
• Communicate project status reports to the executive leadership team including risk assessments and mitigation plans.
• Train 12-utility coordinators on best practices for engineering design with the local phone company’s OSPE and the power company’s GSR.
• Monitor process improvement initiatives and identify process improvement needs.
Cricket Communications
Chicago, IL 10/2007 - 09/2008
Project Manager-Site Acquisition and Development
• Oversee site development activities for Chicago South market including overseeing deployment team comprised of employees, independent contractors and site acquisition firms.
• Build, manage and motivate a site acquisition team to attain both their fully executed lease and construction start launch goals, 6 months prior to network launch (115 of 121).
• Develop and track project objectives, personnel influx, and due diligence timelines.
• Manage $45M dollar budget, forecast capital spending for site acquisition and construction costs while managing progress against defined cost objectives.
MPA-Metropolitan Properties of America
Chicago, IL 01/2007 - 10/2007
Project Manager
• Coordinate design engineering for a $22M renovation project of a 900,000 square foot mixed use building (583 residential units, 3 commercial/residential lobbies, five-story parking structure, fitness center, relocated laundry facility, and 12 story condo conversion).
• Develop renovations project budget, scope of work and all bid documents.
• Create multiple project phase plan allowing tenants continued use of all facilities.
• Review and monitor all master service contract agreements and bid documents.
KB HOME
Schaumburg, IL 04/2005 - 12/2006
Project Manager-Land Development
• Manage the installation for all civil infrastructure improvements including, water, sewer, sanitary, roads, street lights, street signs, curb/gutter, landscaping, electrical, phone, cable and gas for 7 residential developments. Total of $98M in civil improvements.
• Oversee civil engineering design is compliant with Joint Development and Annexation Agreements, local requirements and accepted by municipality upon completion.
• Meet and negotiate with local community leaders, city planners, and building departments on zoning requirements to expeditiously eliminate restrictions to civil site development.
• Member of Regional Execution Team sharing Best Management Practices.
• Coordinate As-Built and test results for subdivision acceptance by municipality.
George Ditchman
T-Mobile USA
Chicago, IL 07/2000 - 03/2005
Civil Construction Manager-Wireless Infrastructure Development
• Coordinate engineering, permitting and installation of 125 sites in Chicago’s Downtown, Chicago North and the Northern Suburbs in 9 months to make launch date.
• Implement quality checklist and standards designs reducing cost and improve system quality.
• Lead design team to redesign power protection cabinet, grounding standards and installation specifications saving $2.3M
• Part of cost savings team to develop and implement the electronic reverse bid system.
American Tower Corporation
Crest Hill, IL 07/l999 - 07/2000
Project Manager
• Manage the installation of 150 telecommunication sites, providing $1.1 M of Gross Profit.
• Achieved Regional Top 3 Project Managers status for gross revenue for 11 months in a row.
• Responsible for the inspection and acceptance of 180 new tower sites pre-purchased by ATC, built by Illinois PCS in a build to sell contract.
• Hire, train and manage multiple tower crews throughout a five state region.
Andrew Corporation
Orland Park, IL 07/1995 - 04/1999
Project Administrator
• Manage the installation of complex telecommunications system projects for the PCS and Cellular industry for over 1100 new sites.
• Coordinate 5 separate market launches of PageNet’s –VoiceNow system in 5 Midwest states of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.
• Work closely with site acquisition specialist, surveyors, zoning and permitting coordinators to locate new site locations.
Education
University of Missouri
Field of Study- Business Education, 1989
Graduate Assistant Football Coach at Central Methodist College
Central Methodist College
Degree-Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, 1986
Minor in Philosophy
Northwestern University
Field of Study- Communication Studies, 1983
Athletic Scholarship- Football
Certifications
Land Development II/ Site Development and Management- Northern Illinois University
National Stormwater Summit Attendee- National Stormwater Summit
Level 1 Segmental Retaining Wall Installation- The National Concrete Masonry Association
Computer -Business Applications
Word, Excel, Power Point, Project 2000, Sitera, SAP,
Interests
Coaching youth sports- Football, Wrestling and Baseball.
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