EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Real Estate executive capturing market value to maximize ownership returns in a portfolio of owned and leased real estate assets.  Creating leadership frameworks to balance risk and opportunity, improve visibility of performance drivers, harness team effectiveness, reduce project expenditures, and create long-term stakeholder value.  Daily oversight of opportunity assessment, cross-functional team effectiveness, multi-party contract management, and program management of planning, design and construction teams.  Building adaptive business systems and processes to reveal strategic opportunity and aligning project management teams for organizational effectiveness.

Personal and Business Ethics • Value Creation • Organizational Effectiveness • Results Driven Problem Solving • Resource Alignment • Data Driven Analysis and Decision Making • Change Leadership • Performance Management • Critical Thought, Analytics and Execution • Strategic Frameworks • Entrepreneurial Mindset • Business System and Process Development • Asset Management • Stakeholder Negotiations • Written, Graphic and Oral Persuasion • Contract and Lease Negotiation • Project Valuation • Financial Analysis • Monte Carlo / Stochastics • Npv, Irr, Roic •

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                    

Haverty Furniture Corporate Real Estate:  120+ owned and leased assets in 16 states.          Atlanta, GA               

Director of Store Development and Design                                                                              2010 - Present                                                             

•  Developed real estate Asset Optimization Framework to align real estate department capital planning with company’s strategic objectives for business growth, brand differentiation, and customer engagement.  Framework identifies and leverages cross-functional data flows through regression-based analytics and stochastic modeling techniques enabling data-driven decision making for a 7 million square foot retail / industrial portfolio.

•  Created Project Delivery Platform to translate corporate strategy to actionable items for a team of internal and external managers to monitor implementation of a multi-year +$100,000,000 showroom and warehouse upgrade program.  Platform establishes clear objectives and kpi’s for project success, and orchestrates cross-functional talent to prepare real estate investments for executive approvals, project execution and lifecycle optimization.

•  Authored standard lease verbiage in tandem with in-house legal counsel to mitigate tenant’s contract risk and promote favorable deal terms on 12 new 35k sf showrooms within a mix of capital and operating lease structures.

•  Developed facade design language for differentiated-brand positioning and negotiated civic entitlements with external stakeholders for community support as required in 120+ store remodel and construction program.

•  Led Building Design segment of corporate sustainability initiative that helped achieve 32% reduction in energy costs from 2008 baseline.

•  Built portfolio and project level development protocol for scope, schedule and cost management of Consultant, Contractor, and Vendor contracts. 

•  Created competitive bid and contract requirements for hiring General Contractors resulting in average construction cost savings of 10% over baseline costs per square foot.

U.S. Department of Interior:                                                                                                               Atlanta, GA    

Contracting Officer Technical Representative                                                                                   2009 - 2010      

•  Provided Project Management services to the US Government for a $15,000,000 sustainable, LEED Silver targeted Office Building and Educational Center at the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. 

•  Led design and construction teams in redevelopment of three existing Wildlife Refuges in Mississippi, securing contracts at 5% under department budget target.

•  Streamlined contract review and approval process by implementing scope, schedule and budget checklist protocol, ensuring compliance with performance targets set by US Department of Interior.

Mstsd, Inc:  60 person Architectural / Master-planning / Interior Design Firm                                   Atlanta, GA

Associate / Client Manager / Project Manager / Project Architect / Intern                 1998 - 2000 / 2001 - 2009

•  Developed new and repeat business in tandem with CEO, from multiple retail / corporate office clients with project average profit margin of 28%.

•  Negotiated design fees, project schedule and consultant contracts, set incremental performance goals and quality standards, met jurisdictional regulations for a $13,000,000 corporate office expansion and data center, with interior build-out in Cary, North Carolina.

•  Advanced company’s in-house project scheduling protocol for complex, multi-phased retail and office projects.

•  Led multiple teams of architects and engineers in redevelopment of six different shopping malls throughout the south-east, navigating entitlements with local authorities, identifying and solving existing site and building challenges through extensive due diligence efforts, executing tenant work-letter requirements and maintaining profitability through effective team leadership.

•  Managed multiple facets of corporate office and retail construction and interior build-outs, including client relations, fee negotiations, budgeting and scheduling, due diligence, entitlements, and contract administration.

•  Served as multiple clients’ main contact, supporting their projects’ goals and objectives, reviewing monthly financial draws and providing follow-up efforts to ensure that clients are satisfied and up-to-date with projects.

•  Collaborated with wide range of consultants and vendors to identify, prioritize and resolve critical project issues, bringing value to properties and ensuring projects meet established scopes, schedules and budgets.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business:                                                  Atlanta, GA

Executive MBA   (3.95 gpa - Gamma Beta Sigma Honors)

Financial Times US 24th and Global 89th ranked program focusing on Executive Leadership, Corporate and Financial Strategy, Global Relations, International Marketing, Operations, Business Process, Quality Assurance, Business Law.

Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction:                                           Auburn, AL

Bachelor of Architecture   (3.2 gpa - Dean's List)

Georgia Registered Architect:  RA011863                                                                                active Since 2007

PSMJ Project Management Bootcamp                                                                                                           2007

MEMBERSHIPS AND skills

•  National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)

•  American Institute of Architects

•  International Council of Shopping Centers

•  World Affairs Council

•  Celebration Church Facilities Committee; Flowery Branch, Georgia

•  New Life Advance International Masterplan Committee; Villa Nueva, Guatemala

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Project                                                                               Argus Enterprise

Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Auto Cad, Revit, BIM                                                                        Power BI, Tableau