Experience

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  UT-Battelle

  • Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

  • Project Manager, US ITER

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

    As Project Manager, responsible for providing leadership, guidance and oversight to project and staff management functions of the U.S. ITER Project, with emphasis on ensuring that the project’s technical, budget and schedule performance objectives are achieved in a safe and environmentally compliant manner.

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  Corning Incorporated

  • Corning, New York, United States

  • Manager, Capital and Facility Projects

    • May 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Corning, New York, United States

    Manage the development and implementation of complex and high visibility facility and capital projects involving cross-functional teams and coordinating activities between development, engineering, manufacturing and commercial that are focused on the construction of new or existing manufacturing facilities. Provide direct supervision of the project managers

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  National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

  • Oak Ridge, TN

  • Federal Project Director, Mechanical Electrical Building Subproject for Uranium Process Facility

    • Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
    • Oak Ridge, TN

    Responsible for the oversight of design and construction phases of major, multi-year capital asset acquisitions or improvement projects. Provides overall project management, technical direction, and guidance to contractors to ensure that long range project plans are properly developed, including conceptual design, preliminary design and final design efforts, and that construction and production schedules are met. Defines project objectives, scope, cost, and schedule and manages the allocation of project resources and authorization of work activities. Ensures that projects are developed to design safety authorization bases and constructed in accordance with approved designs and with DOE/NNSA and commercial standards applicable to nuclear and non-nuclear facility construction.

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  Naval Education and Training Command

  • United States
  • Construction
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Logistics, N4 Naval Education Training Command

    • Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

    Directed the delivery of facility capital investment planning and programming, base operating support, and logistics services for 236 training sites and two higher education institutions supporting 30,550 students and a staff of 12,000. Optimized utilization and planned life cycle support of over $12.6B in property, globally dispersed in over 100 locations.

  • Chief Operating Officer (Operations Officer) NAVFAC Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia

    • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

    Led a 1,100-person engineering and acquisition organization in delivering $760M in construction and maintenance service to 50 sites located in 14 countries across Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. Strategic advisor to Regional Leadership for infrastructure, environment and energy.

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  U.S Navy

  • City Administrator (Base Executive Officer), Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, MS

    • Jul 2010 - Aug 2012

    Responsible for the operations of CBC Gulfport, a 1100 acre complex supporting industrial operations, education campus, administrative facilities, commercial center, individual/family housing and social services in support of 10,000 military and civilian personnel. Directed a $42M operating budget and workforce of 545 professionals, to include: Fire, Security, Emergency Management, IT, Budget, Administration, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Housing.

  • Chief Executive Officer (Commanding Officer) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE

    • Jun 2008 - Jul 2010

    Responsible for the training (individual and team) and employment of a 650-person engineer battalion as well as the maintenance of $75 million in construction equipment used in projects throughout the Pacific Region. Spread across 17 locations, safely completed a wide range of quality projects: administrative buildings, community centers, schools warehouses, fire stations, bridge, roads and drainage projects.

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  Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)

  • United States
  • Construction
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Facilities (Public Works Officer)

    • Jul 2006 - Jul 2008

    Led all public works and environmental functions for the third largest naval complex in US: $1.2 billion plant value, serving 15,000 employees, with a $114 million annual operating and capital budget. Supporting air and port operations as well as standard installation operations.

  • Director of Construction, Hurricane Ivan Recovery Operations

    • Nov 2004 - Jul 2006

    Led the planning, engineering, acquisition and delivery of $300 million worth of disaster recovery construction over 18 months at four Navy bases in Pensacola, FL. Completed $35M in repairs to Navy’s primary Naval Aviation Technical Training Center in 89 days.