Experience

CBRE | Heery
• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Project Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present


Texas Central

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Control Manager

  • 2015 - 2020

  Managing project controls for the$20B Texas High-Speed Rail Project, I spearheaded numerous complex integration programs across multiple internal and external stakeholders encompassing the owner's engineer, Japan Central Railway, and civil design-builder and internal departments to facilitate timely resolution of complicated problems. I liaised with diverse project leadership and partners to determine the release of information to the general public. I also assisted in the implementation of document management systems to logically archive project documentation and reviewed and approved monthly contractor invoices, identified discrepancies, and informed contractors of resubmission requirements. Select highlights include: • Developed and oversaw overall program schedule, ensured Federal regulatory compliance and permits, coordinated 10 - 15 contractors, and delivered monthly updates to senior leadership. • Collaborated with Director of Civil Infrastructure and Fixed Facilities to create robust strategies to resolve concerns related to regulatory compliance, right-of-way, civil and core systems. • Tasked as owner representative to develop technical and performance specifications for core components, rolling stock, civil, track, and power designs in conjunction with operations and maintenance team, Japan Central Railway team, and owner's engineer. • Managed contractors change orders, delineated effects of changes on budget and schedule, obtained CFO and executive approval • Supervised schedule, budget, SOW for geotechnical services for 900+ field locations to determine impacts on design and placement of temporary, borrowed, and fixed locations along 240 miles of track. • Audited architect and engineering contracts and reduced costs by 5% - 10%. • Initiated non-disclosure agreements to protect project documentation. Show less



H. J. Russell & Company

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Controls and Performance Assessment Manager

  • 2009 - 2015

  Leading the $1.3B New Parkland Hospital construction project controls I established a project management plan in conjunction with hospital personnel, consultants, and the project architect and engineer. I communicated with key stakeholders to overcome potential challenges with the budget, change orders, and diverse project milestones and conducted regular project documentation QA audits to verify the accuracy of RFIs, submittals, financials, and contractual compliance. Select highlights include: • Managed 15+ onsite employees as lead project manager for $102M JV alliance contractor, supervised revenue and monthly invoicing, resolved ongoing concerns. • Executed RFID onsite security system to control access for 1500+ hospital employees, construction workers, and visitors and eliminate unauthorized entrance. • Supervised three distinct phases of $500K simulated construction encompassing coordination of architect, engineer, contractors, vendors, budgets, construction schedule, QC, project safety, permits, and documentation. • Developed "Lessons Learned" construction seminars to delineate potential problems with proposed products and installation methods, generated 15% savings by mitigating cost overruns and quality concerns. • Generated 50% savings in document reproduction costs and delivered real-time updates to contractors and clients through strategic implementation of an electronic document management system for 4000+ project documents. • Collaborated on the development of electronic project change orders. • Created Dallas JV permit management system to avoid certificate of occupancy and temporary certificate of occupancy delays. • Managed kitchen equipment vendors' training with hospital staff during project close-out. • Liaised with security contractor and hospital neonatal team leadership during project close-out to resolve infant security system implementation and training • Voluntarily managed groundbreaking event, 200+ events for $150M fundraisers Show less