career profile

highly-skilled professional with strong expertise in real estate development and construction. driven personality excellent for client relations and managing a group of multi-functional staff including project managers, development managers and superintendents. knowledgeable of design, construction, lease-up or sale, and asset management with relation to multi-family residential, retail, commercial office or institutional projects.

 

real estate development / project management / construction / asset management

 multi-family residential / commercial and retail properties / general contracting

teambuilding & leadership / profit and loss / policies and procedures

significant accomplishments

  partner in an organization that is 1 of the top 5 national multi-family residential development companies capturing $600mm/yr in gross sales. (wood partners)

  headed up the turnover of 4000+ residential condominium and apartment units in georgia, tennessee, and florida. (wood partners)

  consistently surpassed expected profits after the completion of all projects. (bovis lend lease)

 

director/partner, 2004 c present

wood partners, atlanta, ga (www.woodpartners.com)

• direct and coordinate financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency; resolve issues with upside down projects and projects not complete within time constraints.
• analyze operations to evaluate performance of the company and its staff in meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.
• plan and implement policies, objectives, and activities of business to ensure continuing operations, to maximize returns on investments, and to increase productivity.
• responsible for a variety of functions including program development, property design, construction, upgrades, sales and marketing, end-user inspections and turnover on behalf of the developer or home owner association (hoa).

 

sr. project manager, 1995 c 2004

bovis lend lease, atlanta, ga (www.bovislendlease.com)

• demonstrated strong leadership ability when interacting with superintendents/project managers focused on leading project management teams.
• held accountable for overall financial performance and completion of all construction functions such as estimating, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, quality, safety, reporting, means and methods, problem solving, change management and project team approach.
• established and built relationships with clients and financial partners while simultaneously remaining accessible to internal staff to advise on daily operations and assure quality of construction techniques.
• provided construction development expertise for projects including high-rise office towers, retail malls, and multi-family residential mid-rise and high-rise projects.

 

 

 

 

project manager, 1991 c 1995

merit construction, atlanta, ga

• oversaw scope, schedule, and budget for given project and interface with contract design, construction, and estimating resources, as well as internal organizations to enable property design and construction.
• managed project team, dependent on span of assignment, efforts include definition of scope, completion of detailed design, development of project budgets, schedules, and safety requirements, and facilitating project completion.
• handled a variety of projects including new construction on institutional projects, offices, hospitality, warehouses and tenant improvement work on retail and offices.

 

vice president of operations, 1990 c 1991

weaver mechanical company, atlanta, ga

• directed human resources activities, including the approval of human resource plans, the selection of high-level staff, payroll, estimating, and purchasing.
• established and organized major projects such as new construction of a student housing project.

 

estimator and assistant project manager, 1988 c 1990  

ed taylor construction, atlanta, ga

• performed estimating and project management tasks while on-site for construction projects.
• handled quantity take-off, submittal review and approval process, material and labor scheduling, document control and change order management.
• facilitated various projects including tilt-up office/warehouse, institutional projects, hospitality projects, and commercial office buildings.

education

bachelor of science in building sciences

school of architecture at auburn university, auburn, al, 1984 c 1988

real estate development program

georgia state university atlanta, ga, 1990 c 1991

 

professional development

general contractor's license for the state of georgia
leed accredited professional
bell leadership institute, an authorized continuing education university sponsor

professional affiliations

association of builders and contractors (abc)
urban land institute (uli)
green building certification institute (gbci)