Experience

Berg & Associates

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants and Monitoring

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Director of Strategic Planning

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE• Spearheaded a lessons learned initiative implementing over 200 best practice items improving project design and business performances. • Designed, standardized, and supervised the administrative systems, policies, and procedures to improve project and contract reporting. • Developed a qualitative and quantitative approach to analyze employee survey data for employee engagement and mission statement development.• Developed a sustainable creative multi-layered project management toolbox kit that included 70 project templates and resources for all new projects to build organizational capacity. • Collaborated in the creation of a new cloud-based management system for project to track and monitor project records. Show less

• Contract Administrator

  • Nov 2021 - Feb 2023

  $5,992,025.00, SR-55 Water Crossing Relocation Project for City of Santa Ana• Performed a Post-Award review of contractor’s Bid Proposal for Title 49 DBE Requirements• Improved the City’s Procore workflow procedures for project management to maximize efficiency. • Facilitated and chaired over 40 weekly contractor coordination meetings, set agenda items and generated meeting minutes, coordinated with several stakeholders including Caltrans, OCTA, City of Tustin, City of Santa Ana to limit traffic impacts on SR-55. Show less

• Contract Administrator

  • Apr 2021 - Feb 2023

  $13,480,000.00, Metrolink Platform Project for Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)• Generated monthly construction progress reports documenting the project’s cost and schedule. • Trained staff members on the project’s new project management cloud-base management system. • Provided quality assurance and audits for project documentation and contract compliance.

• Administrative Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

  $8,076,213 Roadway Improvement Project for City of Torrance• Interpreted and ensured compliance with public contract code, local, state and federal laws and ordinances, local and Caltrans regulations, including NPDES requirements. • Monitored and managed RWBQ, Caltrans, City, LA County permits; generated multiple Change Orders, reviewed, and processed RFIs, Submittals, design revisions, and progress payment applications.• Supervised 4 inspectors and 2 document control specialists’ work. Show less

• Contract Administrator

  • May 2021 - Nov 2021

  $507,115, Safety Median Improvement Project for City of Menifee• Collaborated with the Resident Engineer in the planning, management, and execution of construction contract from Pre-Construction to Post-Construction with $5,000 under construction budget.• Interpreted and ensured compliance with public contract code, local, state and federal laws and ordinances, particularly on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) programs.

• Administrative Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2021

  86,000,000 Road Widening and Grade Separation Project for San Gabriel Valley Council of Government (SGVCOG)• Managed and oversaw 9 consultants with a total budget of over 1.5 million dollars tracking scope of work and monitored financial components. • Collaborated with the Resident Engineer to direct and evaluate work activities of 26 staff members including inspectors, schedulers, interns, and consultants throughout the project. • Analyzed and evaluated multi-million dollars of claim damages and provided claim strategies based on contract, public contract code and state requirements and regulations. • Coordinated and collaborated with inter-departmental agencies and organizations such as Union Pacific Railroad, Caltrans, Los Angeles Sanitation District, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, third party utilities to support project goals and initiatives. • Oversaw and managed the project controls of over 208,000 files in 18,000 folders in OneDrive and Procore networks and hard file records with zero audit findings. Show less

• Contract Adminstrator

  • Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  $1,000,000 Sewer Lift Station Project for City of Rialto• Enforced and monitored over 4,200 hours of certified payroll records to evaluate compliance of state labor code requirements in California. • Generated a reporting tool to streamlined certified payroll records review and tracking project wide.

• Office Engineer - Jr.

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2015

  $43,000,000 Realign Rail Track Project for Port of Long Beach• Generated weekly and monthly project management funding reports for the duration of the project, reporting on the project’s financials, schedule impacts and achievements. • Generated and processed several change management documents including contract change orders, Board memos, and other written communication briefs.• Prepared and delivered a presentation to Port officials on the pilot program I headed to modernize inspection daily reporting practices. Show less



MOSTE: Motivating Our Students Through Experience

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor

  • Sep 2019 - Oct 2020

  Mentor and guide young women from Los Angeles. Mentor and guide young women from Los Angeles.



School on Wheels, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor

  • Mar 2014 - Jan 2019

  Tutor students who are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. Tutor students who are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.



South Bay Workforce Investment Board

• United States
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator (Acting)

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2012



California Conservation Corps

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator (VISTA) - Region II

  • Dec 2009 - Dec 2010



Turner Construction Company

• United States
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounting Assitant

  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2009



U.S. House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Congressional Intern

  • May 2008 - Nov 2008

  Congressional Intern for US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis Congressional Intern for US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis



City of Colton

• Police Cadet

  • Nov 2006 - Aug 2007