VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION

Highly focused, profit-minded and successful business executive offering thirty years of
Achievements with diversified experience in the home building industry. Background includes success in effectively managing construction costs, general business operations, budgeting, scheduling and client relations. Flexible leader with global experience who is recognized as honest, straight forwarded, and highly driven. Excellent written and verbal skills. Core professional competencies include:

Executive Management
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Start-up Ventures
Emerging Business Ventures
Executive Leadership
Sales & Marketing
Business Development
Strategic / Tactical Planning
Corporate Vision
Customer Driven Management
Team Building & Leadership
Quality Management
Strategic Partnerships / Alliances
Budget Management
Business Re engineering


EXECUTIVE CAREER & KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Legacy Communities- Atlanta, Georgia July 2006 December 2008

Vice President of Construction: Operational responsibility for 35 communities in the greater Atlanta area reporting directly to the president and owner. Accountable for all phases of construction, budgets, management and oversight of employees. Managing between 130 and 170 closings per month, 2008-2009 builder of the year.

Executive Highlights:

Reduced construction cycle time from 220-days down to as low as 50 day's, averaging 85-days. And still raising the quality of construction
Increase home construction startups.

Increased Company profits by implementing accountability and tracking systems,while utilizing the amount of employee's.

Implemented Quality Assurance program and restructure entire field process to operate more efficiently with better quality.

HOLIDAY BUILDERS Melbourne, Florida ... June 2005 July 2006

Vice President of Construction: Operational responsibility for three regions in Florida reporting directly to the company president. Accountable for all phases of construction, cost, management and oversight of one hundred and fifty employees. Regions consist of fifteen subdivisions and eighteen scattered lot showcase centers resulting in the completion of 3,500 homes in 2005.

Executive Highlights:

Reduced construction cycle time from 141-days down to 90-days.

Increase home construction startups from 2,500 to 3,500 homes per year.

Increased company profits 10% by implementing accountability and tracking systems.

Responsible for re-writing the scopes of work for all subcontractors.

Implemented Quality Assurance program and restructure entire field process to operate more efficient.

JIM WALTER HOMES Tampa, Florida ..January 2005 June 2005

Division Manager: Managerial activities included new construction, development and purchasing for a six state region. Completed construction of four hundred single family homes in 2005.

Executive Highlights:

Reduced operating cost by 22% by consolidating positions resulting in reduced headcount.

Reduced cycle time from 121-days to 96-days.

Facilitated employee accountability system measuring employees performance and quality of work.

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LAWLESS HOMES St. Louis, Missouri ..December 2003 January 2005

Division Manager: Division Manager overseeing all development and construction on condominium and commercial projects. Condominium buildings ranging in size from 14,000 Square Feet to 81,000 Square Feet with underground parking. Manager over all superintendents as well as planning and development for all new projects, team building, staff leadership and more.

Executive Highlights:

provided organizational strategy and operational direction to identify and resolve problem areas to substantially decrease construction costs.

CORINTHIAN / PRESTIGE HOMES Franklin, Tennessee...March 1997 December 2003

Division Manager: Managed twelve superintendents, responsible for all phases of construction including land acquisition and development projects in twenty-four communities throughout the Nashville and surrounding areas.

HOLIGAN HOMES Nashville, Tennessee.....January 1995 March 1997

Project Manager: Responsible for all phases of construction for as many as 145-homes simultaneously. Completed as many as 40 50 homes a month.

PARKS CONSTRUCTION AND TRUCKING Nashville, TennesseeFebruary 1992 January 1995

President: Owned and operated a successful full-scale construction company.

CONTEC CARPENTRY St. Louis, Missouri ...... January 1988 February 1992

Framing Foreman: From the time I was a second term apprentice I was running a framing crew building homes between 1,500 square feet to 8,000 square feet.


EDUCATION

CARPENTERS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP / CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHOOL. JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER / CONSTRUCION MANAGEMENT.
This school teaches all aspects of construction and management.

Bachelor of Science in Construction Management
Masters in Business management

REFERENCES

Professional and personal references furnished upon request.