Greater Chicago Area
An innovative and performance-driven Commercial Real Estate professional, with years of experience planning, developing, and leading large-scale development projects and programs. Key member of the leadership team, with exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Thought leader and influencer, with the ability to build robust and mutually beneficial business relationships at all levels. ♦ Expertise: Full life-cycle project management including scope development, design, bid, contracting, kick-off, change orders, purchasing, commissioning, and closeout processes, financial management, vendor management, process improvement, as well as building, training, and leading high-performing teams. ♦ Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) ♦ Project Management: Extensive experience conceptualizing and executing complex development projects and programs from planning to completion. Collaborating with key stakeholders and executives, managing deadlines, understanding and articulating priorities, architecting solutions, and delivering results. ♦ Risk Management: Able to proactively identify and mitigate gaps and other project risks, and operate as a facilitator of risks, issues, and change control/management process. ♦ Mission Driven: Passion for creating vision, setting course and aligning people, processes, resources and relationships to deliver operational excellence. CORE COMPETENCIES ★ Real Estate Development ★ Project Management ★ Consulting / Strategy ★ Leadership / Management ★ Customer Relations / Success ★ Project Budgets / Cost Controls ★ Procurement ★ Quality Control ★ KPI’s / Metrics / Reporting ★ Risk Management / Mitigation ★ Vendor Management ★ Process Improvement ★ Root-Cause Analysis ★ Financial Management / Analysis ★ Cross-Functional Collaboration ★ Contract Management
Promoted to serve as executive of the Design & Development Group, Lead high-profile Development and Real Estate Consulting Services. Achievements: ★ Grew Site Portfolio at 34% YoY ★ 100+ Commercial Development Projects Completed ★ Responsible for over 10M in FFE Procurement Spend ★ Won Multiple Design RFPs from Fortune 500 Companies Key Functions: • Provide consulting, design, and project management leadership: design management, bid preparation and bid analysis, pre-development services, scheduling, creating scopes, processing POs, managing RFIs and submittals, tracking material deliveries, forecasting, billing, commissioning, and project closeouts. • Full financial accountability - develop budgets for the project management office, manage and monitor financial KPIs, project budgets, vendor expenses, and other expenses. • Ensure project target achievement for quality, time, and budget without sacrificing customer satisfaction. • Lead continuous process improvement initiatives, employing lessons-learned and improvement methodologies. Support quality improvement and cost reduction targets. • Develop project performance reporting methods, lead project meetings, provide updates on scope and schedule, financials. • Provide leadership and management of vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders. Monitor KPI’s and serve as project point-person and subject matter expert. • Generate RFP, review vendor SOW, negotiate vendor contracts, and manage vendor deliverables, holding vendors accountable for delivering the scope, timeline, and business benefits as promised in statements of work. • Engage stakeholders and cross-functional subject matter experts to identify potential issues and coordinate the development of plans and controls for their mitigation throughout the project life cycle.
Led the design, development and consulting group. Worked closely with clients, understanding and anticipating the priorities of their strategy through building productive working relationships. ★ Executed all design, pre-development, project management, quality control, and post-development responsibilities within concise timelines. • Managed workforce across multiple locations by overseeing and monitoring all vendors and consultants during the execution of multiple development projects. • Responsible for providing support and change order cost control. • Collaborated with various multidisciplinary workstreams to achieve project milestones and provide overall operational support. • Provided project reporting at the executive level - including project status and performance, variances, risks, issues, mitigation plans, and new business development plans. • Consulted on and carried out design processes and project fulfillment from start to finish. Worked closely with vendors to achieve budget parameters. Completed all submittals, RFIs, and punch list items for project closeout. • Championed strategic procurement process that reduced costs and played an essential role in delivering incremental value through cost efficiencies.
Coordinated and co-led multiple full-lifecycle projects. Served as a liaison between client and internal teams, facilitating relationships and ensuring projects met client’s expectations and were completed on time and within budget. ★ Conducted job estimates and bids. Successfully expanding the company client portfolio and increasing repeat business metrics. • Managed bidding, negotiation, and vendor selection process to ensure services were obtained at competitive rates. • Co-led project teams, ensuring alignment with client goals. Managed change orders and timeframes, participated in project status meetings, and managed project processes from inception to completion.