To obtain a Strategic Project Management or associated position in the Production and/or Show Service disciplines within the exhibit industry.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
*Geneva Business Management System
*Citrix Inventory Management System
*University of Texas [at] Dallas, Project Management Seminar
*Autocad
*Excel & Microsoft Office
*UL Certification Standards
*Microsoft Project
EDUCATION
Texas Tech University, Architecture, Engineering, Business 1983 - 1988
EMPLOYMENT
Exhibit Group & egRetail May ‘95 - February ‘09
Exhibit & Retail Design & Manufacturing Company Grapevine, Texas
Strategic Project Manager, Exhibits & Retail Product Lines February ‘07 - February ‘09
*Manage key exhibit & retail accounts, both existing and newly manufactured properties from design through fabrication.
*Assist with the development of outside manufacturing vendors to solidify the expansion of new retail product lines.
*Coordinate the standardization of retail units for engineering and estimate packages.
*Work with Engineering, Programming & Production to streamline retail unit fabrication for better efficiencies & profit margins.
*Main coordinator & show site answer person for the prep of all properties, pre-show contractor meetings & show site decisions.
*Travel & supervise the install & dismantle of booth properties for trade show clients.
*Oversee both labor hours & contractor services against estimated hours & costs.
*Manage client show needs with show service contractors.
*Reconcile invoicing of multiple client show supervision projects.
*Assist Sales with the evaluation of new client designs for the calculation of install & dismantle labor hours and contractor services for estimation of proposals.
Director of Project Management & Engineering, April ‘04 - February ‘07
Retail & Exhibit Group Product Lines
*Work with Director of Manufacturing to engineering & departmental workflow to production.
*Work with Lead Engineer to manage division engineering workload schedule; production timelines, carpenter staff levels & shipping deadlines.
*Assign new clients to Project Managers.
Manage both Project Management & Engineers project processes; occupational improvements for efficiencies, engineering critique against estimated costs, production.
*Assist Sales, Design & Estimating in pre-proposal process for all engineering, programming & material for improvements against manufacturing & costs.
*Recruit, interview and orientate new Project Managers & Engineers.
*Oversee & direct Project Managers reconciliation of job jackets for invoicing.
*Work with executive management & other key departmental managers to regularly assess processes & implement improvements.
*Annual rank & review all Project Managers & Engineers.
*Assess & suggest software & equipment capital Expenditures.
Senior Project Manager, Exhibit & Retail Product Lines May ’95 - April ’04
*Manage new RMU & kiosk production projects from design through production, shipping & delivery.
*Manage & coordinate exhibit clients’ new & existing manufacturing projects.
*Create material take-offs, finish lists & packing lists for retail manufacturing projects.
*Order materials & fabricated items for exhibit retail production projects, manage costs against estimates.
*Monitor outside vendor fabricated materials & verify against engineering drawings.
*Monitor shop production & oversee accuracy of assembly, manage labor hours against estimates.
*Travel & supervise install & dismantle of clients exhibit properties at trade shows.
*Coordinate & handle show floor & installer issues during installations.
*Manage & oversee exhibit properties for trade shows through Citrix Inventory system.
*Reconcile costs on exhibit & retail projects for invoicing.
Armstrong Cabinets (formally Triangle Pacific Corporation) April ’89 - April ’95
Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing Company Addison, Texas
*Design & engineer cabinet layouts for trade shows utilizing established product lines.
*Design & engineer cabinet layouts for distributor showrooms in selected facilities.
*Order & coordinate production of products & associated decorative items for above.
*Manage & oversee new manufactured booth properties via engineering drawings.
*Travel & supervise labor & contractors at trade shows, manage budget to estimates.
REFERENCES
Matthew Kelly
V.P. Operations - Manufacturing
Exhibit Group - Chicago Office
200 North Gary Avenue
Roselle, Illinois 60172
(603)351-7726
James Hamilton
V. P. Client Relations
Exhibit Group - Dallas Office
4051 Highway 121 N, Suite #100
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(972)538-3010
Rob Glen
Director of Marketing
Armstrong Cabinets
16803 Dallas Parkway
Addison, Texas 75001
(214)887-2353
Robert Tarolla
City Manager
ExpoServices - Las Vegas
4545 S. Cameron Street, Suite #D
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
(702)889-0170
Anthony Mendoza
Director of Operations
Freeman Fabrication
2940 1114th Street
Grand Prairie, Texas 75050
(817)607-2613
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