One where my previous knowledge and experience compliments the objectives of the company and the client, but also to be challenged with new situations demanding my abilities to learn, adapt, and succeed.
BUSINESSMAN / CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE
Veteran construction professional with significant project and executive management experience in multi-family and commercial construction, including mid-rise; very knowledgeable in an extensive variety of construction methodologies and applications. My success is the attitude of “fast-track†whether my contract was design/build or “at-risk†guaranteed max. My strengths include:
EFFECTIVE LEADER: Proven record of high profits; adroit scheduler; highly effective in obtaining and retaining customers and employees. Entrepreneurial spirit - experienced with building, sustaining and growing a business. Approachable by staff, consultants, and customers. Excellent communicator who inspires and builds competent teams.
EXPERIENCED BUILDER: Managed new construction of 15,000+ apartments, student housing, condominiums, townhouses, and extended-stay hotels in 13 U.S. states. Rehabilitated 5,000+ units. New construction of office buildings, medical-professional buildings, warehouses, conference centers, parking garages, and shopping centers up to 12 stories.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Thoroughly familiar and experienced with wood framing, light and heavy gauge metal framing, structural steel construction, structural masonry construction, hollow-core plank, Hambro & Vescom systems, pre-cast, poured-in-place and post tension concrete, tilt-wall, and tunnel-form type construction.
COMPUTER SAVVY: M/S Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, Visio
EXPERIENCE
· Hands-on leader; P/L responsibility for residential and commercial construction activities
· Start-up as well as existing company senior management experience
· Coordinated interaction between development, construction & professional services as a general contractor as well as in-house development companies.
· Adapt at finding, interviewing, hiring, training and mentoring professional office and field staff
· Solicited, entertained, negotiated new business (multiple projects in 13 different states)
· Responsible for innovative construction techniques, value engineering and problem solving.
· Skilled at interaction with general contractors, subcontractors, developers, banks, other business ventures
· Quantity survey, estimate, bid, contract, value-engineer, buy-out, schedule, cost report and oversee office and field managers
· Orchestration of office and field operations; serving as liaison with customers and outside support businesses including banking, insurance, bonding, accounting, and legal
P/L responsibility for an 84-unit apartment complex in Tennessee
Venetian Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, NV 2006 - 2008
General Superintendent / Project Manager
· Guided the subcontractor work force in building an $800 MM, 47-story luxury condominium on a .62-acre site on the strip.
Erickson Retirement Communities, Naperville, IL 2005 - 2006
Director of Construction
· Assisted construction activities – 2 story 50,000 SQ.FT. Vescom composite steel community building w/ full kitchen, dining, banking, post office, and office facilities, plus pool and exercise facilities.
· Responsible for all construction activities – 1 story 5,000 SQ.FT. Marketing Office & related site work.
Business / Construction Consultant, Westlake, OH
Owner 2004 - 2005
· Retained to consult on various projects.
· P/L responsibility for the projects that were underway.
· Responsible for recasting company, procedures, subcontract agreements, scopes of work, job descriptions, etc.
· Guided construction efforts for $50+ MM work on 3 condominium projects and 1 professional building in 2 states.
· Completed 1 student housing condo project in GA consisting of 60 condos in 3 buildings and 124 condo cottages in 74 buildings - $17.4 MM on time and in budget
· Consulting with real estate investors for renovation costs and scheduling
Zaremba Contractors, LLC, Lakewood, OH 2000 - 2003
Director of Residential Construction
· P/L responsibility
· Responsible for recasting company, procedures, subcontract agreements, scopes of work, job descriptions, etc.
· Guided construction efforts for $110+ MM work on 6 condo and 2 apartment projects in 3 states.
· Completed 6 condo and 1 apartment project on time and in budget – $91+ MM
· Developed policies and procedures and managed the customer service department for condo sales.
Bigelow Development Corporation, Dallas, TX 1999 - 2000
Vice President – Construction
· Responsible for all construction activities and personnel
· Guided and completed construction 6 projects consisting of 2,214 units - $82+ MM on time and in budget.
· P/L responsibility for apartment construction.
· Guided construction activities for 5 apartment projects in 3 states – $35+ MM that were taken back by the construction lender.
· Solicit, survey, estimate, bid, contract, buy-out, and manage problem projects
· Guided construction activities for 5 apartment projects in 3 states
· Guided and completed construction 2 projects consisting of 216 units - $10+ MM on time and in budget.
Business Strategies, Houston, TX 1989 - 1996
President
· Planned, designed, bid, and managed construction of 350-seat church facility including 14,000 square foot educational wing
· Inspected and designed rehabilitation packages for 30+ apartment projects in 3 states
· Consultant (hired by lender) to set up and operate $10+ MM apartment rehabilitation project
· Consultant (hired by the owner) to rehabilitate 150,000 square foot shopping center - $.5MM
Gray Construction Company, Houston, TX 1983 - 1989
President
· Pioneered sister company, strictly multifamily construction business, achieving $1+ MM net worth in 3 years
· At the completion of the first year, in addition to being president of the multifamily corporation, I was assigned the position of executive vice president of the larger, commercial construction company. Two years after that, both companies were merged, for bonding purposes, and I was promoted to president of the surviving company.
· P/L on all commercial and multifamily construction - $100+ MM annual volume in 5 states – all on time and in budget.
· Solicited and contracted work providing 40%+ work company’s annual volume
· Orchestrated all office and field operations and served jointly as liaison with customers and outside support businesses including banking, insurance, bonding, accounting, and legal.
Construction Supervisors, Inc., Houston, TX 1975 - 1983
Vice President
· Guided estimating, project management and field operations for all multi-family and commercial construction. (4 to 6 projects on going per year - $20+ MM annual volume)
· Solicited new work.
· Implemented innovative construction techniques and design for value engineering, which resulted in securing one-third of the company's business volume.
· Taught various construction estimating and job site management seminars to developers and to other general contractors through professional builder associations resulting in company name recognition leading to future business.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, BBA degree – Marketing and Finance
Unlimited general contractor licenses – Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona (none current)
References and a complete project list are available upon request.
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