Motivated, highly organized manager, with twenty years of experience developing and building high profile projects: Background; last 11 years constructed government buildings, medical and assisted-living projects, private office and retail parks, with a heavy concentration on faith based facilities: First 9 years built award winning custom homes and multi-family residences: Detail oriented and focused on forging positive relationship with clients, managing timelines and budgets, and galvanizing project team.
Professional Experience
Topsider Building Systems Clemmons, NC 2006 - 2008
• Topsider Building Systems designs, manufactures, and ships custom post and beam panelized structures worldwide for resort, residential, and commercial clients
Senior Client Services Manager
• Analyzed client/project portfolio to identify preproduction requirements; funding, design, permitting, and contractor.
• Led daily production meeting of senior managers to identify and correct critical problems; reduce overhead expenses, improve operating processes and systems, resolve quality and warranty issues
• Worked closely with clients and sales team to ensure confidence and close sales agreements.
• Delivered weekly cash flow analysis for operating activities to owner
• Staff management of Client services, Construction services and Quality control departments
• Diffused and resolved client conflicts, contract disputes and warranty claims
• Responsible for screening and interviewing all management and sales positions
• Led contract negotiations with Walt Disney World Resort for 3- phase 36 million dollar Tree Top Village project.
J. H. Batten, Inc Walkertown, NC 2002 - 2006
• Commercial design build general contractor focused in the faith based building sector. Typical project design and scope; 20, 000 – 30,000 square feet, 2 to 6 million dollar budget
Project Manager
• Identify and acquire development approvals and building permits as required by local, state and federal regulatory authorities
• Locate, negotiate terms, and prepare agreements for subcontractors and venders
• Managed all project activities; preliminary design through warranty punch out.
• Other management duties; oversee estimating, particularly creating project scope of work and conduct comprehensive review for formal bid documents
• Led the construction and estimating staff meetings
• Worked as part of the sales team in project presentations, trade show exhibitions, and seminaries
• Responsible for screening and interviewing superintendent and project management positions
• Built key relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, venders, and subcontractors throughout the Carolinas, Virginia, North Georgia and East Tennessee
…Continued
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Professional Experience
Landmark Builders of the Triad Winston-Salem, NC 1999 - 2002
• Commercial general contractors work includes office, health/medical, warehouse/distribution, manufacturing, industrial, church and retail projects
Project Superintendent
• Recruited as project superintendent: assigned to build a series of assisted living facilities successively through out North Carolina
• Acquired development approvals and building permits as required
• Direct management of all phases of construction – site, utility, and building
• Expedite delivery of materials and equipment while maintaining quality control
• Locate, negotiate terms, schedule and supervise qualified venders and subcontractors
• Promoted to Assistant General Superintendent to over see all projects requiring North Carolina Division of Facility Services (NCDFS) approval
• Excelled at relationship building and having positive temperament to facilitate and guide anxious clients; most notable church building committees
• Projects range from 26,000 square foot assisted living facility, 95,000 square foot church project, to 600,000 square foot distribution center.
JDL Castle Corporation Winston-Salem, NC 1996 - 1999
•Commercial Real Estate Developers Specializing in Government office and service use projects for Federal, State, and Local Government
Construction Development Manager
•Recruited to oversee all new construction development in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
•Work with Federal General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) agents from project award through warranty punch out, to stay in compliance with government and project specifications
• Identify and acquire development approvals and building permits as required by local, state and federal regulatory authorities
• Locate, negotiate terms, and prepare agreements for subcontractors and venders
•Majority of the projects were Social Security Administration Offices; 10,000 – 20,000 square feet, 12 locations between Albemarle, NC and Beaufort, SC. One Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) combination project in Savannah, GA; 60,000 square feet
* KTM Contracting LLC Kernersville, NC 2005 – present
•General Contractors Specializing in subcontracting concrete construction and unique framing projects
*Project Supervisor, (Partner)
•KTM Contracting LLC was formed in part out of necessity to have qualified contractors perform some of the more specialized work on projects: especially in the more remote or rural areas
•Todd Thames holds the general contractors license for KTM in North Carolina and Virginia
Education
BS, Business Management
UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
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