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Construction Executive @ Overseas LLC High rise and heavy civil construction management activities in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Panama. From September 2012 to July 2016 (3 years 11 months) USA, Europe and Middle EastChief Operations Officer @ Imstar Construction Company A General Building and Electrical Construction Company located in Corona, California. Built seven hospitals, trauma centers, emergency...

Construction Executive @ Overseas LLC High rise and heavy civil construction management activities in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Panama. From September 2012 to July 2016 (3 years 11 months) USA, Europe and Middle EastChief Operations Officer @ Imstar Construction Company A General Building and Electrical Construction Company located in Corona, California. Built seven hospitals, trauma centers, emergency care, and skilled nursing facilities in four states and three counties including experienced in OSHPD, and HFSSA (Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act) regulations, AHEA/FHCA (Florida Health Care), and Gold and Silver LEED requirements, From January 1998 to January 2003 (5 years 1 month) ICE District Project Director @ Stantec Ice District, Canada’s largest mixed-use sports and entertainment district in the heart of Edmonton.25 acre, 4 billion dollar development project including: Edmonton Tower: 27 story, designed to LEED Gold standards, and is the offices to the City of Edmonton,Grand Villa Edmonton Casino: world class gaming, dining and live entertainment facility,Public Plaza: vibrant 365 days a year public plazaJW Marriott: 356 room luxury hotel,The Legends: luxury private residences, and premium condominiums,Stantec Tower: 60 stories, and AAA office facility,Residences Tower: 1,300 luxury residential units. From July 2016 to March 2017 (9 months) Edmonton, Canada AreaProjects Director @ AMIAS Holdings I am managing the design and construction for AMIAS Holding’s in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Here is a list of our current projects with brief descriptions: The Kempinski Hotel & Residence Tower is a 69-story (260m) mixed-use tower located on the northern section of the Jeddah Corniche with excellent views of the Red Sea and close proximity to the Jeddah International Airport, the Mall of Arabia, and the Red Sea Mall. The tower consists of 242 hotel keys, including 18 serviced apartments, and 108 residences, including a Penthouse. There are three restaurants, three lounges, a large banquet hall, a state-of-the-art business center, health clubs for both men and women, a kids club, and an exclusive members club. Moreover, the property benefits from a ten-story parking structure (plus 3 underground floors) with a capacity of more than 570 cars. I have enjoyed the challenges in working with and coordinating the design and engineering documents with multi cultural consultants such as the Architect's Perkin Wills in New York, the Structural Engineer's Boll und Partner in Stuttgart, Germany, the MEP Engineer's ICEM in Uxbridge, England, and the Interior Designer's Peter Selling Associates in Hong Kong. AMIAS Real Estate is also developing a number of commercial and residential projects, including the Rocco Forte Hotel and Assila Towers on Jeddahs Al Tahlia Street and two hotels in the holy city of Makkah, the Omm Al Qura Makarim Hotel and the Al Bait Makarim Hotel. The company is also developing the Al Jazira Riyad housing compound in Jeddah. The Rocco Forte Hotel and Assila Towers is a mixed use development, 2 towers, 23 stories, 197 hotel keys, 17 story apartment tower with 82 serviced units, 2 restaurants, roof top swimming pool, with men and women health clubs. From March 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 6 months) Saudi ArabiaVice President of Construction @ SVG Power Our reliance on fossil fuels has created a false marketplace wherein we avoid paying the real cost for our energy because that cost is subsidized (via tax breaks and government aid provided to oil, gas, and coal companies). Fossil fuels are subsidized 12 to 1 over clean energy alternates. (www.tnr.com/blog/the-vine/76750/fossil-fuel-subsidies-still -dominate). Also, the current political unrest in turbulent regions of the world strongly reinforces America’s need to reduce our dependence and produce more energy at home.We provide leading technology and project development for renewable energy in solar (thermal and photovoltaic), wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric systems.We provide complete design, engineering, and management services, plus we are a licensed and bonded contractor. We offer an experienced work force that has the capability to complete 100 percent of the construction. We offer service and maintenance programs. We can bring more efficiency to your existing system; regardless of how well a system is designed, improper installation can result in poor performance. From August 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 8 months) Executive @ Construction Design and built facilities that produce renewable energy including a process called “dry fermentation.” Essentially the process creates energy by placing bio mass (in the form of food waste, green waste, or wood waste) in a concrete bunker, fermenting the bio mass over a 28 day period, collecting the final result – energy in the form of biogas, electricity, heat, compost and fertilizer.When it comes to the future of renewable energy, “we find ourselves suffering not from a shortage in energy options, but from a lack of imagination”. We are paying too much for our current power supply, when you add in all the hidden costs associated with fossil fuel consumption—like the health effects of air pollution, expensive environmental remediation, and the amount of money (and energy) needed to collect, treat, and deliver all the water needed to keep our energy systems running—the amount we really pay for fossil fuels is almost incalculable. One estimate—from a report released by National Research Council (NRC) in 2009—indicates that the US pays upwards of $120 billion every year in hidden costs associated with the country’s current (fossil fuel dominated) power generation system (www.wri.org/stories/2006/11/fossil-fuel-consumption-and-its-implications). Renewable energy captures the imagination—we can all imagine a landscape powered by solar panels and wind turbines. But renewable energy cannot stand alone; in order to succeed it must partner with distributed energy. We can make the transition from a fossil fuel-dominated power system to a cleaner, cheaper alternative by focusing on a plan that includes energy efficiency and onsite power, along with clean energy. By incorporating the flexibility, reliability, and energy storage capabilities of distributed generation, we can go beyond our present oil guzzling, centralized energy system and move into a smart energy future. From July 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 9 months) Senior Project Executive @ Echelon Resorts, Boyd Gaming I have the ability to create a cultural system that brings out the best of people in their work. I communicate a vision of what is to be accomplished, the challenges, and provide the necessary motivation.Echelon Resort and Casino project, actual construction value of 5 billion dollars, built on an 85-acre site, two million cubic yard site excavation, and off haul. A 5,000 room luxury hotel (five 800’ high poured in place concrete towers), 400,000 square foot casino, 800,000 square foot meeting center, 400,000 square foot retail shopping mall, and 27 specialty restaurants. Also included are: Five health spas, top of Podium 6 acre pool deck, two performing arts theaters (a 4,400 seat, and a 2,200 seat), 24,000 square foot skylight, and atrium, 5 -8 story concrete parking structures, roadway, and underground tunnel construction. Central Energy Plant, a construction value of 295 million dollar project, a 34Kv Electrical Generation, diesel, and natural gas electrical generators, Photovoltaic utility intertie system to generate solar power, 48” diameter hot, & chilled hydronic lines. From January 2006 to May 2009 (3 years 5 months) Senior Project Executive, Construction @ Boyd Gaming - Echelon Resorts Through my knowledge of estimating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing processes, I saved over $13 Million on one change order alone! Additionally, I uncovered a $654,000 adding mistake by the contractor. I am a competent, energetic, garrulous, passionate and goal oriented commercial senior level construction manager overseeing in excess of $4.25 billion dollars in annual construction related activities. I understand the concepts, and process of strategic management with the ability to compare the actual progress with the planned progress, and provide guidance on what is required to get back on the correct trajectory. Developed, and implemented effective procedures for controlling the multi faceted phases of construction, including preconstruction planning, architectural, engineering, and interior design. Also effective in scheduling, estimating, procurement, and controlling MEP trades for an individual project of over $8 billion dollars in value. Knowledgeable in interpreting detailed Civil, Architectural, Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering specifications, and drawings. From 2006 to 2009 (3 years) Constrution Executive @ Consulting Services Equinix Project and Program Manager for the West Coast. I do the right things for the right reasons in the right ways. It is not the critic who counts; nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spend himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat. United StatesProject Executive @ Perini Building Company The Trump International Hotel and Tower project: a 65 story, 765 foot high poured in place concrete, luxury hotel, and condominium project located in Las Vegas, Nevada with a construction value of: $580,000,000.00. This project includes 2,000,000 square feet of luxury building space, 2,000 high-in living units, retail spaces, health spa, and exercise facilities, top of podium swimming pool, five fine dining restaurants including kitchens, and a central energy plant. From January 2003 to January 2006 (3 years 1 month)