Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Customer-focused property development leader passionate about building tailored programs that empower teams to excel. I lead a high-performing group of professionals, dedicated to removing barriers to their growth and effectiveness. I bring a data-driven, analytical approach to uncover opportunities and drive innovation within our industry. With a Six Sigma Green Belt, I’m always on the lookout for process improvements, using technology, data, and benchmarking to boost efficiency and impact.
• Provide strategic leadership over national facilities operations spanning 450+ restaurants, ensuring operational reliability, fiscal discipline, and alignment with enterprise growth objectives. • Manage a $44M portfolio encompassing $24M in operating expenses and $20M in capital programs, optimizing asset performance through analytics, lifecycle planning, and disciplined forecasting. • Champion a data-driven culture by leveraging analytics and predictive modeling to uncover cost trends, enhance asset uptime, establish enterprise KPIs, and establish vendor scorecards that drive continuous improvement. • Define and execute the company’s capital strategy with an ROI-centered focus, aligning asset lifecycle planning and reinvestment priorities to maximize long-term enterprise value and operational efficiency. • Optimize team and workload distribution through data-driven modeling to increase efficiency and support across markets. • Leverage AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) for reporting and analysis. • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior executives, translating facilities and asset data into actionable insights enhancing profitability and guest experience.
•Directed the strategic planning and execution of multimillion-dollar capital projects for all 700+ Raising Cane’s restaurants. • Led cross-functional teams—including internal stakeholders and external partners—to ensure projects were completed on time, within budget, and met quality standards. • Conducted comprehensive capital investment analyses to optimize return on investment (ROI), reduce costs, and align projects with strategic objectives. • Developed and implemented standardized processes for managing the capital project lifecycle, enhancing transparency, accountability, and efficiency across the organization. • Collaborated with executive leadership to define and execute capital improvement strategies, balancing innovation with operational requirements. • Delivered high-impact projects that enhanced brand standards, improved customer experience, and increased operational efficiency, directly contributing to company growth and profitability.
• Selected to lead a newly created department to execute remodels and large scale projects (multi lane drive thru initiative, land acquisitions, specialty construction projects) to our existing 700+ restaurants. • Scale the pipeline strategy of projects to meet the needs of our business. • Unlock value of our existing portfolio to increase throughput, speed of service, sales, and competitive edge. • Oversee construction, innovation, bid process, entitlements, and design feasibility. • Focus on the crew and customer experience executing projects all while our restaurants are operational. • Collaborate with other departments to focus on innovation, strategy, and execution. • Lead and develop a team of crew members that perform at a high level.
• Oversee the field facilities function and property totaling over 1.7m sq. ft. building and 500 acres of land. • Lead a team of facilities professionals strategically placed throughout the US to support the needs of the restaurants. • Operate within a $30m expense budget for reactive maintenance, preventative maintenance, and project spend. • Utilize a $6m capital budget for building improvements, equipment replacements, and special projects. Use BI tools to analyze KPI’s, vendor performance, facilities manager performance, and spend optimization. • Develop field facilities strategy focusing on capital planning, asset management, BI systems, and vendor development.
• Direct the facilities services division for all 150 locations. • Lead a team of 4 regional facilities managers and over 25 field technicians. • Full control of multi-million dollar facilities capital and expense budgets. • Implement strategies to improve efficiencies and productivity. • Plan and execute company wide facilities renewal plan. • Lead operational initiatives related to the facilities program.
• Directed the facilities strategy of all full-line luxury retail and outlet locations totaling 2.2 million sq. ft. in the Southeast. • Lead a team of field engineers to uphold the highest level of maintenance standards. • Managed capital projects with the objective of obtaining best pricing, mitigating interference, and reducing downtime. • Analyzed vendor performance by identifying deficiencies and utilizing actions plans to increase service levels. • Worked with new store construction team on establishing warranty process and resolving open construction issues. • Partnered with director and vice president on long term strategies and efficiencies.