Romel R.

Head of North America | Construction Leader | Building Projects and People | Architect → PM → Owner’s Rep → Consultant | Workplace, Retail, Hospitality, Data Centers

New York, New York, United States

About

Head of North America | Athena Blue Global Most people in construction sit on one side of the table. I’ve sat on all of them — architect, GC, owner’s rep, project manager, consultant. That cross-functional fluency is how I see what specialists miss. 15+ years delivering complex programs across three verticals: Workplace — Corporate buildouts and portfolio rollouts for Fortune 500 tech companies. Strategy through close-out. Retail — High-volume, multi-site programs where speed, consistency, and brand standards don’t get to compete with each other. Data Centers — Mission-critical environments where tolerance is measured in fractions and downtime isn’t an option. I lead teams that deliver projects on time, on budget, and aligned with business strategy — not because that’s the pitch, but because that’s the standard. I also build people. Junior PMs become project leaders. Teams become cultures. That part doesn’t show up on a Gantt chart, but it’s the thing I’m most proud of. At Athena Blue Global, we help organizations solve real estate and construction problems across workplace strategy, sustainability, technology optimization, and program management. A construction leader who builds projects and people.

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