Director/Program Manager

• Primary Leadership Development Course
• Ranger School
• Special Forces Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course
• Special Forces Engineer Sergeants Course
• Special Forces Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course
• Special Forces Operations & Intelligence Course
• Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials Course
• Instructors Training Course (ITC)

Education

• Villanova University Masters Certificate in Project Management
• Villanova University Certificate – The Essentials of Project Management
• Villanova University Certificate – Mastering Project Management
• USA Corps of Engineers, Quality Control For Contractors Certification

• In-depth experience as a Subject Matter Expert and expert consultant, providing liaison services directly to U.S. Government officials including the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) involving critical project operations strategies and activities.
• Knowledgeable of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources.
• Stellar resiliency to constant change with the ability to adapt to challenging situations and tackle urgent, unannounced tasks within high OPTEMPO environments in which time & resources are limited.
• Maintains the ability to navigate in a highly complex matrixed organization and operate effectively in an often-ambiguous environment.

• Key strengths include:

• Strategic Planning—contributes to the overall success of projects by seeing the bigger picture and knowing how to break deliverables down into manageable tasks.
• Project Management—skilled in setting priorities, establishing timelines, and finding solutions to issues before becoming problematic.
• Strong Communication Skills—combines an approachable style and in-depth knowledge of methodologies that instills confidence in others to get the job done on schedule and on budget.
• Effective Team Leadership—employs patience and perseverance, adapting to cultural differences and maximizing team contributions.

Professional Experience

CREC – Capitol Region Education Council – Hartford, CT                                Mar 2014 – Present

Director-Construction Services

• Responsible for the management and oversight of the Project Management Staff of CREC Construction Services, in support of the Connecticut State Department of Education and Department of Construction Services school construction program. Staff includes fifteen Project Managers with a combined project volume that exceeds $1.6 bn USD.

• Responsible as the Owners Project Manager (OPM) of the Academy of Aerospace and Engineering in Windsor CT. State project value $81,138,317.

• Responsible as the Owners Project Manager (OPM) of the Reggio Magnet School for the Arts add on work and close out. Avon CT. State project value $30,069,500.

• Responsible as the Owners Project Manager (OPM) of the Stratford High School, Renovate as new project, in Stratford CT. State project value $90,000,000.

CREC – Capitol Region Education Council – Hartford, CT                                Apr 2013 – March 2014

Business Development / Project Manger

• Responsible for the Business Development of CREC Construction Services, in support of the Connecticut State Department of Education and Department of Construction Services school construction program.

• Responsible as the Owners Project Manager (OPM) of the Academy of Aerospace and Engineering in Windsor CT. State project value $81,138,317.

• Implemented a CREC Scheduling Standard utilizing Construction Industry Standard in Scheduling, project oversight and quality assurance.

• Developed a scheduling standardand Implemented the use of Primavera P6 for cost and resource loaded scheduling across the new School Construction Projects.

• Produced new Construction Divisions brochures and flyers for distribution. Redeveloped and updated the Division Website with very positive feedback from visitors. With selective advertising have significantly increased the visibility of the Construction Division across the State of Connecticut.NASA Construction and Trade, Inc. – Afghanistan                                        Jan 2012 – Dec 2012

• Afghanistan Country Manager
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• Responsible to lead and manage a 4800 man, Other Country National Labor Contract for Fluor FGG, LOGCAP IV. Labor supplied to 69 departments across 51 Forward Operating Bases in Afghanistan.
• Responsible for 150 pieces of heavy equipment and material handling equipment, purchase orders, and subcontracts across the Fluor LOGCAP IV AOR. Overall Project Value $187,000,000+
• Responsible for 12 laundry service subcontracts in support of Fluor LOGCAP IV AOR. $10,000,000+
• Responsible for multiple construction projects across Afghanistan, staffing, equipping and supporting their successful completion. $37,000,000+Vice President, Business Development
• 77 Construction Company – Afghanistan / Iraq                                                      Jan 2009 – Dec 2011
• Responsible for the development of business for 77 Construction Co. in Afghanistan.
• First man, boots on ground with the guidance to expand 77 into the Afghan growing market.
• Booked over $239,000,000 of projects awarded in Afghanistan.
• Established Northern operations on Bagram Air Field with two (2) Concrete Batch Plants.
• Established Southern operations at Camp Bastion and FOB Leatherneck with two (2) concrete batch plants, FOB Wolverine and FOB Dwyer with one (1) batch plant each.
• Clients included CH2M Hill, ECCI, Lakeshore Engineering Services, DynCorp and Fluor, plus the RCC’s at KAF, LNK, BAF and Dwyer.
• Responsible for the development of a JV with Bryan Construction Co. that resulted in the Bryan / 77 JV being selected as one of the 10 prime contractors in the USACE CENTCOM MATOC. Director of Operations
• Peregrine Development Company – Kuwait / Iraq / Ghana                                      Aug 2007 – Jan 2009
• Responsible for the daily execution of all Peregrine operations around the world. Developed project costing structures, project development and execution schedules, and all project resource loading. Directly responsible for all P&L on Peregrine operations. Led Peregrine’s worldwide operational team with ongoing missions in the Philippines, Kuwait, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Romania.
• Handpicked to handle all operational concerns of Peregrine’s construction subsidiary – Peregrine FIRST. Personally directed from on-site the construction of our prototype and model home in Ghana kicking off a three-year, multi-hundred million-dollar construction effort by the Ghana Government. Eastern European Regional Director
• Serka Construction Company – Romania / Bulgaria / Turkey / Iraq                           Oct 2005 – Jul 2007
• Responsible for Business Development and establishing a Turkish parented company within Romania and Bulgaria. Registered the company, researched the laws, and coordinated with the U.S. and Romanian/Bulgarian Governments for future work.
• Developed PMO and ground up staffing plan and execution strategy for potential award of contracts regarding construction (Base) and services (DFAC, MWR, etc.) on one base in Romania and one in Bulgaria, in support of the USACE and the US/Romanian/Bulgarian Military. Project Manager
• Kellogg, Brown & Root – Arlington, VA                                                                 Feb 2005 – Oct 2005
• Responsible for managing all aspects of assigned projects, obtaining quotes, performing financial analyses and preparing business cases and project plans. Prepared presentations, presented project plans and funding requests to senior management. Assembled project team, chaired project team meetings. Established and monitored contracts for materials and services. Developed & implemented project plans, strategies, and schedules.
• Prepared and monitored resource-loaded project schedule using Microsoft Project. Tracked & controlled expenditures & updated financial reports. Successfully ensured projects met cost, schedule, performance, and quality requirements. Coordinated with other project managers to optimize use of resources to attain efficiency.
• Updated and maintained project schedule information in various project-tracking databases. Conducted periodic reviews with management and project teams. Responsible for proposals development in response to future work requirements with the USACE projects in Iraq, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
• Traveled extensively to these countries to vet potential subcontractors as part of the Business development strategy. Spent many weeks, in Turkey, managing the proposal effort with our teamed partners for USACE work in the CENTCOM AOR.
• Immediately deployed to New Orleans in support of Hurricane Katrina relief with CONCAP, responsible for the Belle Chase Naval Air Station repair effort and the construction of a 6,500-man camp. Deputy Project Manager | Al Ameen Power Substation
• Kellogg, Brown & Root – Baghdad, Iraq                                                               Jul 2004 – Feb 2005
• Project Manger worked in France with GIS vendor while I was onsite.
• Completed oversight of all activities from Construction, Installation, Commissioning, Cost and Schedule, QC, HSE and Security for USACE project in Baghdad, utilizing over 400 Local Iraqi Engineers and labor force, ensuring station was energized, on time and within budget ($64,000,000).
• Additional responsibilities included Force Protection, Access Control, Perimeter Security, OP’s, PSD Team & Security for Engineers doing construction of overhead transmission lines running 27 km east of the station and the underground cable running 10 km west to Sadr City.
• For three months supervised a security subcontractor, 20 Expats, 60 Iraqi guards for the facility and 60 Kurdish Pesh Merga for overhead and underground installations.
• For the first 3 months, one of only two KBR employees on-site and by end of October the Iraqi and Expat guard force were replaced by an all Kurdish guard force, which was brought up to 150 men, leaving me as the only American on-site.
• Personally trained the Kurdish guard force to perform all security tasks to US Military Standards. Organized personnel into platoons and squads, set up an arms room and ammunition holding area, conducted individual and collective training on First Aid and trauma response, site security, weapons training, vehicle search techniques, small unit tactics, physical training, leadership training, mission planning and convinced them to accept personal responsibility for their actions.
• Only KBR employee, in all of Iraq, to be on a site unaccompanied by U.S. Forces managing the project with all Iraqi engineers and labor with Pesh Merga Security – all with minimal losses or casualties. Deputy Project Manager
• Kellogg, Brown & Root – Al Anbar Province, Iraq                                                   Feb 2004 – Jul 2004
• Responsible for the support of seven bases in the Al Anbar province.
• Responsible for managing all on-site functions in establishing a start-up of the Al Taqaddum Airbase, a Logistical base located between Ar Ramadi and Fallujah.
• Responsibilities included project start-up and subcontracting strategy, planning and management of over $50,000,000 of infrastructure, and service development, security, organizational development, camp layout plan and construction, team building, and staff recruitment and augmentation. All tasks carried-out IAW the CJTF-7 SOW in coordination with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and DCMA. Project Manager
• Kellogg, Brown & Root – Mosul, Iraq                                                                   Jun 2003 – Feb 2004
• Responsible for managing all on-site functions in establishing a bed down and start-up, on five bases, to support 28,000 active duty Military personnel in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Responsibilities included project start-up and subcontracting strategy, planning and management of over $178,000,000 of infrastructure, and service development.
• Approved and managed the budgeting and expenditure of $130,000,000, 160 civilians and 1,500 multinational personnel in accomplishing the task.
• During the start-up managed the construction of five DFACs, eight MWR facilities, 7,000 living containers, prime power, sanitation, trash disposal, laundry, well drilling and ROWPU site development and production.
• All tasks carried-out IAW the CJTF-7 SOW with close coordination with the command structure of the 101st Abn Div and the DCMA. Close Quarter Combat Instructor
• Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI) – Camp Udari, Kuwait                Feb 2003 – Jun 2003
• Served as instructor in CQB and CQM marksmanship to U.S. Army personnel deploying north to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Training consisted of marksmanship training and qualification on flat range, from two and four man clearing teams up to Company sized dry and live fire exercises, in small room shoot houses and a village live fire complex. Observer Controller (O/C)
• Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI) – Hohenfels, Germany               Jan 2003 – Feb 2003
• Served as the O/C for the Liaison Officers, LNO’s to the Joint Military Attaché (JMA) during MRE 23 with the 26th INF NG unit preparing to deploy to Bosnia for an SFOR rotation.
• Responsible for an accurate assessment of the readiness of the officers I was assigned.
• Observed document trail, and logged all correspondence generated by the LNO’s and attended all meetings with foreign Officers.
• Advised and assisted in any way to allow for success of the LNO’s prior to their deployment to Bosnia.Senior Operations Sergeant
• U.S. Army | John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School – Fort Bragg, NC               1999 – 2001
• Served as S-3 Senior Ops Sergeant of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) comprised of four Special Operations training battalions and one support battalion with a total authorized strength of 1,120 military and civilian personnel and a student load of over 10,000 students per year.
• Managed the planning, development, coordination, support and execution of over 65 courses – each ran multiple times per year spanning several CONUS training locations. Managed a staff of 9 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers and three DOD civilians with a budget larger than I can disclose. Civil Affairs Coordinator
• U.S. Army | 96th C.A. Bn – Fort Bragg, NC                                                                   1998 – 1999
• Served as humanitarian aid coordinator, utilizing language and cultural training in Asia. Planned, trained, advised, assisted and executed humanitarian construction projects, as well as other programs to enhance the U.S. military and Department of State to meet and accomplish national objectives. Senior Engineer Sergeant
• U.S. Army | Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha – Various Duty Stations               1992 – 1998
• Managed, planned, trained, conducted and supervised construction and demolition projects. Conducted Engineer cross training, advised foreign commanders in all aspects of military engineering operations.
• Accountable for $500,000+ worth of special equipment, with a detailed database and account system.

• Leadership
• Management
• Contract Negotiations
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Strategic Planning
• Operations Management
• Business Development

Client Managment, Public Speaking, Quality Assurance, Teaching, Team Building

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