Construction

Clark Construction Group, Bethesda, MD

Project Executive, 2014 – 2015
Recruited by this national construction company for expertise in general contracting and real estate development as a strategic planner. Created and directed a master planning services group that became a valued service for revenue by creating multiple concepts with new tools to evaluate options in collaboration with real estate owner, design team and general contractor. Other roles included strategic planning and business development of construction opportunities in commercial office buildings, tenant interior work, and campus design.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Bethesda, MD

Project Manager, 2001 – 2013
Joined this national construction company while completing graduate degree in engineering from University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering. Underwent intense training in a rotation of the rigors of project management, including preconstruction and on-site work. Position evolved into strategic planning and business development roles, with major projects including embassy, hotel, academic multi-family, academic, theater, and commercial office construction. Formed component roster of a design-build-finance team to bid, win, build, and operate an historic and abandoned theater into a thriving community jazz center.

– Member, Whiting-Turner national historic preservation group and its national LEED group
– Member, Contract Documents Committee, ConsensusDOCS Green Addendum Project, Associated General Contractors of America, 2008 – 2009
– Technical Advisory Group on Existing Building Code, District of Columbia Construction Codes Coordinating Board, Voting Member, 2009