Experience

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  Empire Properties AZ, LLC

  • United States

  • Head Groundskeeper

    • Mar 2021 - Present
    • United States

    Selective trimming and planting, touch up painting and general property maintenance and improvements with design and color vision for aesthetically pleasing, and functional outdoor space.

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  Wells Fargo

  • Vice President - Corporate Properties Group Property Portfolio & Project Manager

    • Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

    Retail property portfolio manager of 91 leased and owned real estate properties in Orange & Los Angeles counties.Gallup Strengths: Strategic - Achiever - Ideation - Relater - Arranger

  • Assistant Vice President / Property Portfolio & Project Manager

    • Apr 1991 - Dec 2018

    Nine (9) times Service Star recipient in eight years; recognized "Creme de la creme" by former CFO as a Western Regional Bank; Orange County region Circle of Stars most valuable group/liaison recognition; several Service Excellence awards from partners & other lines of business for customer service, communication, cost savings achievements in retail, administrative, critical facility property & project management. Los Angeles & Orange County Retail region strategy participant; So. California region parking lot and ADA bulk bid process initiator.

  • Capital/Asset Preservation Planning Leader - Standards and Process team

    • Apr 2014 - Jun 2016

    National position, over 100 property/project managers' hundreds of yearly planned, unplanned construction and maintenance projects - approvals gatekeeper between national community bank, mortgage, wealth management properties leader and finance. Met budget date, scope change and dollar amount thresholds. Developed approvals tracking device for weekly 11 regional directors portfolio approvals. Developed project data reporting and analysis. Delivered property and project manager training in budget, forecast, asset preservation budget planning, project execution and completion. Lead improvements in on-time, on-budget and on-scope performance through key performance indicator reporting and training. Improved efficiency of reporting with drop down selections and universal SharePoint spreadsheet.Brand and Image Professionalism Team Leader for Retail Corporate Properties Group, educational tool for mandatory over 100 property manager BASE training.

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  Tishman West Companies

  • Los Angeles, CA

  • Property Manager

    • 1990 - 1991
    • Los Angeles, CA

    Three mid-rise commercial office buildings in Century City, West Los Angeles, and Culver City for investors, Metropolitan Life Insurance, and Tishman West owned. Several television and theatre production companies, and public company headquarter offices. Million dollar tenant improvement constr...

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  Sares-Regis Group as The Sammis Company

  • Irvine, CA

  • Asset Manager

    • 1989 - 1990
    • Irvine, CA

    Single user and multi-tenant industrial manufacturing, office, retail, warehouse, self-storage, and automotive business parks. Trained and supervised administrative and maintenance team.

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  Columbia Savings and Loan

  • Irvine, CA

  • Property Manager II

    • 1988 - 1989
    • Irvine, CA

    Region property manager for three commercial office buildings and twenty two retail bank branches in Orange County. Direct reports included assistant property manager, administrative assistant/reception, and properties engineer.

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  Charles Dunn Company

  • Newport Beach, CA

  • Property Supervisor

    • 1987 - 1988
    • Newport Beach, CA

    25 acre shopping center, mixed use industrial park, three office buildings, four specialty retail properties in Orange and Riverside Counties. Initiated, interpreted and renewed leases, budgeting, capital improvement, shopping center security, maintenance, and contracted services. Reported fina...

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  Investment Concepts, Inc.

  • Southern California

  • Property Manager

    • 1985 - 1986
    • Southern California

    Supervised on-site resident managers, marketing, and maintenance teams in Orange and Riverside Counties including several-hundred unit communities, and small unit residential buildings. Specialized in "red book" properties with negative and break even cash flows. Budget, capital impro...

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  Northwood University

  • Midland, Michigan

  • Resident Assistant, Maintenance, Security

    • 1981 - 1983
    • Midland, Michigan

    Financed my private business university education as Resident Assistant (RA) for the men's dormitory, providing leadership, information, advisement, and enforcement for freshman and sophomore students on-campus housing. Northwood University maintenance team, painted dormitory rooms between s...