Experience

The Hales Group & Structural Coatings Inc.

• Sales, Marketing & Estimating

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Responsible for inside sales, estimating and customer service for Structural Coatings, Inc., part of The Hales Group. Structural Coatings Inc. has been operating since 1983 and is located in the Raleigh area of Clayton, North Carolina. SCI is one of the largest, most sophisticated and experienced coating and blast cleaning companies in the entire Southeast. SCI specializes in liquid applied coatings, fireproofing and metallizing. With State of the art equipment and facilities SCI has the ability to handle large pieces of steel of +-100’, up to 80,000 lbs in an environmentally controlled 3 bay building totaling just over 55,000 square feet.



Rodan + Fields

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Business Owner, Entrepreneur

  • Apr 2018 - Present



Vermeer North Atlantic

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Service Manager, Heavy Equipment

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Responsible for all Service Department customer accounts by maintaining strong positive customer relationships. Perform routine sales calls to increase business revenue and market awareness of dealership services. Perform all marketing and business growth projections for the Service Department, maintain strong relationships with company Sales and Parts departments, as well as customers and vendors. Responsible for all Service Department repair work and new equipment preparations for sale. This included daily communication and coordination of operations in the shop for all repair work to ensure work is satisfactorily completed to dealership standards and customer expectations, on time and within budget. Responsible for department P & L, department strategic planning, and business development. Prepare monthly budget reports of department and summary income reports with Excel spreadsheets. Review all Service Department paperwork and communicate and direct personnel with daily objectives. Manage all Service Department customer billing, issue purchase orders, and work with accounting office for invoicing and receiving of department funds, income, and expenses. Maintain all Service Department employee personnel schedules, hours worked for labor recapture, employee profile records and performance reviews. Communicate with shop for monthly goals to meet and performance percentages achieved, and schedule training sessions. Ensure shop met OSHA standards and monthly safety inspections completed. Oversee all parts ordered for equipment repairs, and supply orders for shop needs were done. Oversee processing of warranty claims for recovery for parts and labor on all applicable repairs. Coordinate, schedule, dispatch, and order necessary parts required for all road call service work. Coordinate and schedule the delivery of new equipment to customers, deliver repaired equipment to customers, and/or deliver equipment to corporate events and demonstrations as needed.



Thru The Woods, LLC

• Business Manager, Owner

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2014

  Thru The Woods, LLC is a forestry services management company. We help carefully manage tens of thousands of state and private forest acres throughout New Jersey with Certified Foresters. Our specialized low impact machinery is used to help manage our natural forest resources. We specialize in pine forest thinings resulting in healthy trees, improved wildlife habitat, as well as some recreational uses such as hunting, trail improvement for horseback riding or hiking, or just beautification of a property. These methods help prevent some diseases and pests such as the Southern Pine Beetle, as well as, wood fuel load reduction which helps minimize the devastating effects of wildfires. The resources obtained from our forest management efforts are then used to make premium pine shavings and is then sold to over 200 local equine facilities. This sister company is Gateway Pine Shavings. Shavings are manufactured from the responsibly and selectively harvested pine timber and delivered in bulk or a bagged product. • Responsible for all company customer accounts (over 100) by maintaining strong positive customer service relationships. • Responsible for coordination and operations of work from forest management initiatives to product production. • Schedule all product deliveries, equipment maintenance, and personnel schedules (equipment and mill operators, delivery drivers, service technicians). • Maintain all company accounting, financing, HR management and benefits, strategic planning, business development • Perform all marketing and business growth projections, and grant applications. • Order all equipment, parts, schedule repairs and preventative maintenance work on all equipment, ensure work is satisfactorily completed. • Work with and maintain strong relationships with many state agencies, departments and other industry professionals. • Perform routine sales calls to increase business revenue and market awareness of product and services.



XO Communications

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Architectural Engineer

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Responsible for 20+ Core Long Haul and Co-Location Data center switch sites in the South West region of the United States for fiber optic and telephony infrastructure. Areas of coverage include: Energy efficiency, HVAC cooling, power usage vs. availability, adequate generator backup, electrical single line diagrams, fire suppression systems, floor plan expansion for new equipment, engineering documents and blueprints, OSP fiber paths and building entry and terminations, manage project budgets, coordination and procurement of service providers and contractors, and overall project management for each site. • Coordinate and oversee regularly scheduled preventive maintenance work on building/site systems, perform vendor walk-thru’s, review/reward bids, and coordinate with onsite manager. • Close communication and coordination with Facility Engineers on site to ensure that all projects and work performed would transition and/or cut-over seamlessly, and completed to company standards.• Work with a special team of engineers to identify company energy usage inefficiencies to help develop Green Energy reduction solutions to be implemented at all sites across the nation and to minimize costs and spending avoidance.



Rutgers University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Project Manager - Telecommunications

  • Mar 1998 - Jul 2009

  • Project manage the telecom component for fiber, data, voice and video and wireless points, structured cabling (ISP and OSP) of high profile University projects at any one given time with budgets ranging from $15K to +$1.5M in both new building construction and building renovations.• Responsible for the coordination of data, voice and video planning, design, and construction implementation on new building renovations and addition projects taking place throughout all five campuses in New Brunswick.• Develop project blueprints and detailed scope of work for proposals, obtain vendor and subcontractor quotes/bids, conduct contractor/vendor walks on site, review/reward bids, and manage daily work onsite, and conduct final inspections of work and prepare punch lists for contractors, initiate final invoicing for contractors.• Develop detailed budget tracking with Excel and daily use of Microsoft Project for managing/tracking of key project milestones for all projects. • Work closely with peer PM’s to maintain continuity and coverage of all University telecom projects. • Coordinate the administrative support of the OIT Project Management/Construction Office and act on behalf and in the absence of the Associate Director.• Successfully manage and maintain master project tracking for all +200 telecommunications projects at any given time taking place throughout all campuses in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden.• Oversee and lead daily OIT PM operation, coordinate with peer PM’s to ensure standard operating procedures are met, processes are properly implemented, and assure project proposals are distributed to appropriate funding sources.• Continually assess operations and process flow, suggest and implement changes to maximize OIT PMO/Construction department processes.• Responsible for monthly project budget reports of up to +$5M for all funded projects, approve and receive project funding, track all project purchase orders prepared in University Oracle database.