OBJECTIVE

To secure a position with a company that values my vast experience and provides the opportunity to advance to an executive leadership position.

QUALIFYING BACKGROUND

• Over twenty years experience in general, program and project management.
• 125 Million of experience in management of construction and operations business units.
• Thirteen years of extensive direct on site supervision managing multiple trades of construction employees and subcontractors.
• Annual business unit responsibilities of profit loss, operating budgets, capital improvement, capital expenditures and business development.
• Verifiable track record and successful completion of multi-million dollar projects in agriculture, security, corrections, water treatment, education, industrial, infrastructure, sports, and health care.
• Experienced interaction with executive leadership for reporting financial and operational performance.
• Proven ability to identify, train, evaluate, motivate and lead large and successful teams of employees and contractors.
• Successful leader through coordinating and developing positive partnerships with industry professionals, owners, architects, engineers, local officials, subcontractors, vendors and clients while maintaining costs and schedules.
• Accomplished at contract negotiation, resolving impending and existing design problems, critical path project management, construction planning and scheduling, site management, estimating and job costing, vendor and materials management, budget management, time management, quality control management, document management and preparation.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Confidential

Director of Operations

• Empire Construction is a full service earth moving company with multi-faceted experience in agricultural and government water management projects. Including terraces and drainage tile, conservation projects such as revetment and bank stabilization, wetlands, and levy construction/repair. General earth moving work for land clearing/improvements, demolition, and new developments. Providing professional planning, design, installation and maintenance services, using the most up to date GPS technology, to land owners/investors, corporate entities, local, county, state, and federal government agencies in multiple states.
• Complete operational and P L responsibility, increased net profit 4 in eight months. Annual revenues in excess of 3,000,000 with almost 2,000,000 in heavy equipment assets and over twenty full time employees.
• Report directly to CEO and executive management in remote locations. General management responsibilities for sales, estimating/bidding, contract management, accounting, logistics, scheduling, forecasting, resource allocation, assigning and monitoring manpower, equipment maintenance, and equipment utilization. Prepare reports, budgets, reviews of budgets, and commentary for construction and lifecycle costs of capital expenditures and rehabilitation of the asset portfolio. Implement and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives tied to productivity, procedures, work flow, waste reduction and inventory management.
• Benchmarks
• Increased net profit by 4 and revenue by 38 .
• Increased return on assets from 13 to 25 .
• Reduced maintenance and repair costs by 20 .
• Reduced material costs by 10 .
• Reduced inventory shrink-loss to less the 3 .
• Reduced fuel shrink-loss to less than 2 .
• Management/Planning
• Established and implemented procedures creating a direct job cost accounting structure to determine production, utilization, and recovery rates that were previously unknown.
• Created a project schedule focusing on resource allocation that increased productivity, reduced non billable time losses, and decreased overtime costs.
• Implemented a structured estimate, bid, and material procurement process developing consistency in scheduling and forecasting for manpower and equipment needs.
• Established an equipment repair and maintenance plan for a 2,000,000 fleet resulting in reduced downtime, maximized utilization, and increased return on assets.
• Reorganized the management structure to utilize key employee's knowledge and experience to maximize personnel and equipment in the execution of the project schedule creating an atmosphere of ownership and accountability.
• Improved employee moral through productivity increases and creation of structured bonus plan based upon profitability.
• Utilized market position to leverage preferred pricing to reduce material procurement costs.
• Improved vendor/supplier relations by implementing a just-in-time inventory delivery system reducing capital cash flow requirements and creating a consistent and predictable sales channel for vendors.
• Created the first operating plan forecast since the company's inception.

Confidential

President

• Confidential is a residential and commercial construction and remodeling general contractor. Providing services across multiple states for residential, commercial and investment clients utilizing the highest quality suppliers and subcontractors.
• Negotiated and executed contracts for residential, commercial and industrial construction and remodeling projects. Oversaw all aspects of the business including sales, construction operations, administration, finance and budgeting. Responsible for methods, strategies and material to be used in the construction execution of the project. Responsible for procurement and supply of all material, equipment, labor and necessary services for the completion of construction project. Performed all project and contract management to effect the completion of the project backlog. Work with local, state and federal officials to ensure regulatory compliance
• Business was started as a handyman repair service with one employee.
• Transitioned the company to a full service general contractor with relationships with some of the best high end subcontractors in the market.
• Negotiated vendor/supplier services agreements with terms similar to what contractors five times larger were receiving.
• Completed extensive insurance claim work with some of the most prominent national insurers.
• The single contract installer for Sears Home Improvement Kitchens and Bathrooms in the state of Nebraska.
• An approved Wells Fargo Bank renovation contractor.
• 2012 revenues were projected to be in excess of 1,000,000.

Confidential

Manager Operations Business

• Perform as an integral member of the Operations leadership team responsible for establishing technical strategies, resources, and programs for capital investments. Specifically responsible for all facility construction and maintenance projects throughout the U.S. Function as an extension of the office of the Vice President of Trade Group to provide operational support to Regional Vice Presidents of the commodity trading and merchandising operations.
• Provide project leadership, expertise and direction toward successful delivery of construction and maintenance projects from asset implementation final project acceptance and closeout.
• Define and recommend the strategic direction needed to achieve long-term platform operating and profit goals.
• Define and direct administration of policies to provide best in class processes within operations.
• Formulate short and long-term operating objectives in areas such as engineering, quality improvement, cost reduction, manufacturing/processing efficiency, and new product development.
• Develop and implement plans to achieve appropriate production volumes and profit projections.
• Ensure that product quality and safety standards are met within budgetary limits.
• Provide financial reports to management to review progress against goals.
• Provide consultation to management for continuous improvement initiatives.

Confidential

Project Manager Special Projects

• Adesta is a systems integrator that brings innovative, flexible and cost-efficient thinking to the design, construction and maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication networks and electronic security systems.
• Oversee design, construction, and implementation of projects in anti-terrorism and the protection of high risk targets as part of the Critical Infrastructure Protection CISP program. Led deployments of leading-edge integrated systems in high-profile public and private sector projects.
• Annual Program Management responsibilities in excess of 15,000,000 in contracts. Manage Program financials that account for half of a 37,000,000 stand-alone profit region contributing to 100,000,000 of annual company revenue.
• Tasked with recovery of seven distressed projects, totaling 4,000,000, in the Gulf Coast following hurricane Katrina. Established and implemented recovery plans that resulted in on time delivery and project closeout. Successfully filed and negotiated an assertive damage claim with the US Corps of Engineers for 300,000.
• Tasked with recovery of six distressed projects in four western states, totaling 19,000,000, following multiple changes in general, project, and engineering managers. Established and implemented recovery plans that resulted in profit increases of 10 from the original one and half year old budgets.
• Overall responsibility for managing and directing the full range of lifecycle Program Management activities for all design, delivery, construction, and implementation of integrated physical security and electronic security systems projects including structural and civil construction elements.
• Integrated systems include access control, automated video surveillance/CCTV, intrusion detection, perimeter protection, and automated vehicle barriers.
• These projects are accomplished for multiple U.S. Government and port agencies in locations throughout the continental United States. Customers include the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Supervise professional, engineering, construction and technical staff of more than ten direct reports and a total of twenty-plus supervisory and non-supervisory in-direct reports.
• Responsibilities include planning, directing and coordinating project managers, construction managers, their subordinate staff and operations. Also provide direct supervision and staff review of accounting, engineering, contract, and data departments including support staff.
• Serve as a liaison between government sector customers and their staffs. Interface with customer contracting, technical, and site/facility personnel.
• In coordination with other company divisions and subordinate staff, provide oversight of the competitive bid process including requirements, cost estimating, construction design fund allocations, management strategy, and proposal reviews and approvals.
• Provide oversight of financial performance including cash flow, strategic and monthly financial forecasts.
• Manage Program financials that account for half of a 37M stand-alone profit region contributing to 100M of annual company revenue.

Confidential

Project Manager

• McComas Consulting provides expert construction claims services and support in the adverse and hostile environment of surety performance and payment bond defaults. Client services provided: Project Management, Litigation Support, Forensic Accounting, Payment and Performance Claims processing, and Funds Management.
• Experience in the adverse and hostile environment of surety performance and payment bond defaults. Responsibilities include investigation, analysis, remedies, defenses, and concise communication associated with defaulted contracts. Client services provided: Project Management, CPM Scheduling, Litigation Support, and Payment and Performance Claims processing.

Project Management

• Over 11,000 hours and 42,000,000 of Project Management experience and training by top industry professionals including architects, engineers, lawyers, construction, and insurance experts.
• Clients included AIG, Zurich, Firemen's Fund Insurance Co., National American Insurance Co., Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., Employer's Mutual Insurance Co., and Mid-Continent Casualty.
• Swiftly assembled and led new teams, trades, and over 100 subcontractors as well as effective in-field coordination and supervision of junior project managers and field superintendents on a daily basis.
• Recovered over 15 distressed projects by efficiently organizing and scheduling project details, cost effectively procuring materials and equipment, and delivering completed assignments on schedule through on site management of multiple trades of employees and subcontractors.
• CPM Scheduling
• Goals: Determined surety exposure to time and money constraints and potential claims risk, through project investigation.
• Analysis: Identified and synthesized traditionally unforeseen conditions with current circumstances to achieve realistic schedule milestones.
• Scheduling: Created schedules based on project goals and analysis to complete project within given constraints.
• Implementation: Mobilized manpower, equipment, and materials for allocation to schedule objectives.
• Progress Evaluation: Assessed weekly work for schedule updates reflecting progress. Performed weekly updates of published schedule to allow for re-allocation of resources to maintain goals.
• Schedule Maintenance: Updated schedule activities as well as additions of activities and relationships for unforeseen and changing conditions.
• Litigation Support
• Provided technical support for expert witness testimony and reporting for surety claims.
• Application of project management experience in efficiently analyzing records to identify contractual obligations and responsibilities.
• Assignments consisted of investigating, reviewing and reporting on project contracts/subcontracts, documents and drawings, changes and modifications, and all related correspondence.
• Extensive work with and for premier surety attorneys across the nation.
• Payment and Performance Claims
• Over 80,000,00 of claims and completion work.
• Over 7,000,000 of electrical related claims and completion work.
• Scrutinized record documents and work to determine project status, remaining work, and defective work of parties related to claims.
• Processed contractor and subcontractor payment claims relative to performed and remaining work.
• Extensive correspondence experience as surety representative during claims processes.
• Comprehensive contract funds analysis to determine surety exposure, obligations, and project budgets.

Confidential

Grain Merchandiser

• CGB has been an innovative and progressive leader in the grain and transportation industries operating a global enterprise in more than 70 locations with over 750 employees, overseeing a diverse family of businesses.
• Total trading responsibility of near 50,000,000 bushels.
• Initiated six state, five-commodity origination program while increasing market share 200 equaling 20,000,00 bushels annually.
• Initiated and maintained export program of 25,00,000 bushels of wheat and milo annually.
• Established and procured truck freight and execution for 20,000,000 originated bushels and barge freight for 40,000,000 export bushels.
• Developed and maintained business relationships with producers, terminals, brokers, and product users while increasing margins and market share.
• Analyzed and communicated market conditions, competitive values, and logistics to subordinates and superiors.
• General Management
• Responsible for annual profit and loss of accounting, trading departments, and export terminal operations.
• Provided annual and semi-annual forecasts, including commodity quantities, profit margins, capital improvements, maintenance, and personnel to corporate offices for budget purposes.
• Created and maintained business relationships with producers, terminals, brokers, and product users while increasing margins and market share.
• Accountable for state regulated inspections for daily, semi-annual, and annual inventory of bulk commodities.
• Initiated and conducted weekly meetings of facility personnel for sharing of ideas and scheduling, resulting in teaching and cross training within the organization and efficiency above expectation.
• Operations Management
• Integrated and managed inbound truck freight deliveries for 20,000,000 originated bushels and barge freight line-up for 40,000,000 outbound bushels annually.
• Implemented and successfully operated barge-to-truck transfer operation of 20,000 tons of fertilizer annually.
• Developed and supported annual and semi-annual maintenance schedules, including capital improvements, for multiple facilities.
• Monitored and enforced corporate safety policies related to all facility operations.

Confidential

Grain Merchandiser

• Utilized previously acquired business and client skills to perform and excel in the commodity and futures trading markets.
• Assumed responsibility for Tyson Foods sales contract of 2,000,000 bushels within first 5 months of employment.
• Originated grain purchases of corn and milo from 3-state area totaling 160,000 bushels per month, to fulfill sales obligations to Tyson.
• Performed Tyson logistics execution of just-in-time grain deliveries through contracted freight transportation.
• Developed contract negotiation, execution, dispute resolution, and fulfillment skills through execution and origination responsibilities.

Confidential

Owner/Operator

• McComas Farm Service offers growers and retailers innovative advances in agricultural products and services.
• Initiated and operated successful farm service business, providing retail sales and application of fertilizer and chemicals to agricultural customers.
• Transformed self started, one-state, 100,000 annual revenue farm service retail business into a custom application provider of agricultural fertilizer and chemicals for retail dealers and distributors.
• Increased base to approximately forty clients throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa.
• Improved annual sales revenue to approximately 250,000, servicing 100,000 acres.
• Managed, operated, and provided mechanical maintenance to a 350,000 fleet of heavy equipment
• One of the youngest professional applicators to be licensed by the State of Oklahoma at age 15.