Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Highlights: History with organization includes Facility Manager for Dow Agro Sci
ences, management of facility maintenance, and construction projects for interio
r and exterior building systems, plant operations, power plant and business supp
ort; an earlier history for special project management of Dow, ConAgra, UPS, Uni
ted Waters (see page two history 2000 a" 2003).
Span of responsibilities include budgeting, cost control, administration, buildi
ng structure oversight, facilities management, managing vendors, and most recent
ly oversight of construction management.
a" Contribution examples include:
Dow AgroSciences / R&D Facility / Facility Manager
Responsible for overall management of the facility and a $6 million budget that
included nine direct reports: trade supervisors, Ararmark/cafeteria, Ikon/ print
ing, landscaping, cleaning services, special services for snow removal, and othe
r vendors a" doors and elevators as well as small construction projects i.e., la
boratory and office renovations, representing approximately 350 staff.
*Held integral involvement with budget review process, provided input on capital
project, approved and scheduled for single and multi-phased budgeting of proj
ects.
*Developed annual facility assessments of building assets for operating and mana
gement (O&M) budget plans.
*Established work agreements with vendors, bid packages and RFPas with Dow Purch
asing.
*Communicated across disciplines with Building Managers, Internal Clients, Contr
actors, Operators, and Engineering; assisted in facilitating a smooth and organi
zed facility management and worked effectively to resolved problems.
*Called upon to assist oversight ensuring compliance of OSHA and Dow Safety Stan
dards for maintenance and projects.
* Worked with Environmental Health & Safety inspectors.
* Developed work orders processes for maintenances setting out standard operatin
g procedures and set up levels of expectations for specialized R&D areas.
* Customer satisfaction: Interacted with internal clients, Building Managers, E
ngineering and EH&S. Worked cross-functionally to evaluate and afixa areas and
processes that were not working efficiently.
* Evaluated contractors and was given latitude to make vendor selections.
Accomplishments
a" Streamlined operations reducing contractors from over 80 to 52.
a" Received perfect OSHA record for contractors on-site.
a" Reassigned job tasks for a total cost savings of $289,000 for 2006.
a" Negotiated Autoclave and service contract saving $162,000/ year.
a" Negotiated Refrigerant/HVAC and repair work saving $40,000/ year.
a" Negotiated Mechanical and repair work saving $30,000/ year.
a" Throughout tenure have trained, mentored many staff workers to achieve refine
ment of their skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRADESMEN INTERNATIONAL, Indianapolis, Indiana (2003 - 2005)
Industrial Account Executive
Highlights: Launched a new, ground up, vertical market in corporate industrial s
ales for skilled tradesmen in facility maintenance. a" Contribution examples inc
lude:
Generating New Accounts / Facility Maintenance & Trades
*Charged with building new accounts and with the oversight of 30-40 skilled trad
es people for facility maintenance and project work at multiple sites. Sold serv
ices of supplementing workforce.
*Managed prospect calls, created direct mailing campaign targeting medium to lar
ge institutional, industrial and manufacturing companies locally and nationally.
*Met with and provided solution-based presentations to executives and facility m
anagers.
*Generated new profit centers with existing accounts
Mezzetta Construction Services, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana (2000 - 2003)
Facility Maintenance Director
Highlights: Managed daily operation of 4 manager, 8 supervisors and 35 hourly as
sociates assigned to on and off-site corporate facilities. Included Dow, ConAgra
, UPS, and United Water. Also, responsible for small projects division performi
ng tenant build-outs and renovations and the Re-Imaging Division over a tri-stat
e area.
a" Contribution examples include:
Contracted Services / Construction Services
*Coordinated skill trades including electrical, HVAC, carpentry, plumbing for cl
ient work orders and project work.
*Negotiated contracts with new customers, existing corporate clients and subcont
ractors.
*Assessed contract work for Dow AgroSciences.
*Project management for UPS a" interior and exterior.
*United Water - waste water treatment and sanitary lines a" maintenance for stor
m water inlets and other repair work.
*Worked closely with VP Marketing to develop new and existing business. Gave Po
werPoint Presentations
OFFICE KEEPERS, Indianapolis, Indiana (1992 - 2000)
General Manager
Highlights: Responsible for management of all business operations, sales and mar
keting that included managing, hiring, and training a workforce of 3 shifts incl
uding 2 Operations Managers, 5 supervisors and 75 hourly associates.
*Developed new accounts that generated $100,000 per month.
*Increased job efficiency and reduced labor costs by a savings of $8,500 per mon
th.