Regional Manager

• Jul 2021 - Present

Development Services Administrator

• Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

Court Administrator

• Jun 2014 - Aug 2020

Responsible for leading a complex limited jurisdiction court with responsibility for fiscal management, personnel administration, facility planning, record and information management, and legislative review and analysis. Conducted a staffing re-organization and employee engagement program focusing on staff training, professional development and individual empowerment. Improved on existing performance evaluation processes. Oversee and direct the expansion of grant funding opportunities through a collaborative grant review and application process resulting in an increase of $400,000 in annual grant funding. Represent the Municipal Court to city departments, elected officials and outside agencies. Identify and respond to judicial, community and City Council concerns, issues and needs; participate on a variety of boards, commissions and committees. Establish the strategic direction for the Court in alignment with City Council and City of Las Vegas strategic priorities. Exercise direct supervision over Executive, Appointive, Supervisory, Professional, Technical and Clerical staff of roughly 160 employees and a budget of approximately $24 million. Overseeing a $57M new courthouse capital project beginning with RFP and intergovernmental agreements for buyout of mutual use facility. Prepared multiple RFP's for security and facility maintenance.

Interim Budget Consultant

• Feb 2014 - May 2014

City Manager

• Aug 2013 - Jan 2014

As the chief executive officer for the City, plan and direct the activities of all City departments, through subordinate department managers and others. Perform various duties as contained within the City Charter. Function as the City officer with full authority for the resolution of personnel issues and departmental actions requiring City Manager approval. As the chief executive officer for the City, plan and direct the activities of all City departments, through subordinate department managers and others. Perform various duties as contained within the City Charter. Function as the City officer with full authority for the resolution of personnel issues and departmental actions requiring City Manager approval.

Interim Finance Director

• Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

Responsibility for working with staff to guide the implementation of significant procedural changes in the annual budgeting process for an annual budget of approximately $96 million for roughly 650 employees. Worked collaboratively with elected and appointed officials to implement an adaptive change related to overall budgeting philosophy and utilization. Along with the Budget Review Team, met with elected and appointed officials and fiscal staff to review budgetary requests relative to correlation to strategic plans and goals for the next fiscal year. In tandem with the senior budget analyst, reviewed and analyzed existing budget trends and historical practices as well as recommend alternative methodologies for achieving departmental operational goals and objectives for the coming fiscal year. Implemented capital reserve programs for computer and VOIP system replacement schedules. Mentored budget staff in developing strategies for implementing a year round budgeting mindset with external departments.

Deputy County Manager

• Apr 2009 - Feb 2013

Oversight of five legal service divisions and served as liaison for multiple elected officials across the government structure. Primary responsibility for building collaborative approaches to justice and public safety issues among traditionally adversarial agencies. Oversight of approximately Sixty-Five Million dollars ($65 million) of budget in 133 different funds. Responsible for legislative issues affecting short and long term county operations, on both a proactive and reactive basis, including successfully stopping a proposed State inmate shift back to the county. Direct responsibility for approximately 65 employees and indirect responsibility for approximately 400 employees. Design and implementation responsibility for major systemic program reform involving both technical and adaptive changes which resulted in recognition of the new program by the receipt of a National Association of Counties Achievement Award in 2012. Achieved reduced external costs of roughly $500,000 through reallocation of existing internal resources. Increased inmate cost recovery from roughly $40,000 per year to over $900,000 per year, with no additional expenses incurred. Coordinated, wrote and reviewed Intergovernmental Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding involving Jail fees, Consolidated Courts, animal control, facility usage and medical fees.

Public Defender

• Mar 2001 - Apr 2009

Re-organized and completely re-staffed an indigent defense office with a budget of over $2.5 million and a staff of 37 employees. Assisted in organizing Arizona’s first statewide organization for indigent defense staffs. Selected to the Mohave County financial and strategic planning committees. Designed and developed extensive in-house training and recruiting programs as well as one of the first fully funded Loan Repayment Assistance Programs to reduce turnover in government legal professionals. Increased average length of service for professional staff from 8 months to almost 5 years. Project lead for a $800,000 remodel project to create new facility space which included a training courtroom developed through a public private partnership with local attorneys and businesses.

Assistant District Attorney

• Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

Responsibility for management of an annual budget in excess of $400,000 and a staff of 12. Responsible for office policy on administrative, budgetary and case disposition matters. Coordinated law enforcement efforts among seven agencies in a two-county jurisdiction to ensure efficient sharing of intelligence and joint enforcement efforts. Worked in conjunction with Clerk of Court and Judiciary to implement a new software interface between prosecution office and court. Implemented and trained personnel on new statewide defendant database. Primary litigation responsibility for all felony trials. Prepared budget requests and analysis for presentation to elected officials across a two county jurisdiction.

President

• May 1992 - Dec 1999

Ran a small firm with up to two lawyers and five support personnel. Revenue growth from $40,000 per year to excess of $500,000 per year. Conducted “Ask a Lawyer” radio call in show on top morning show in Colorado Springs. This practice encompassed the entire state of Colorado and clients in the Phoenix area. Ran a small firm with up to two lawyers and five support personnel. Revenue growth from $40,000 per year to excess of $500,000 per year. Conducted “Ask a Lawyer” radio call in show on top morning show in Colorado Springs. This practice encompassed the entire state of Colorado and clients in the Phoenix area.

Deputy District Attorney

• Sep 1990 - Mar 1992

Extensive trial load and overall case load in County, Juvenile and District Court criminal cases requiring strong time management skills. Dealt with over 450 cases per month. Extensive trial load and overall case load in County, Juvenile and District Court criminal cases requiring strong time management skills. Dealt with over 450 cases per month.

President and Chief Operating Officer

• May 1989 - Sep 1990

Developed and ran a small start up company dealing with the acceptance of credit cards by fast food retailers, grocery retailers and movie theaters. Paved the way for these marketplaces to be opened up to credit cards. Dealt with senior level personnel from McDonald’s, Citibank, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and other major market providers in the credit card industry. Developed and ran a small start up company dealing with the acceptance of credit cards by fast food retailers, grocery retailers and movie theaters. Paved the way for these marketplaces to be opened up to credit cards. Dealt with senior level personnel from McDonald’s, Citibank, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and other major market providers in the credit card industry.