CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Information:
Surname:Smith
Given Name:Robert P
Address:170 Seville Chase Drive
Winter Springs, Florida,
32708-3920 USA
Telephone: (407) 699-1736,
Mobile: (407) 802-9395
Date of Birth:November 18, 1953
Place of Birth:Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Nationality:Made in America, US Citizen
Passport: USA #202471699
Marital Status:Married with 3 children (not
Living at home)
Objective:
To secure a rewarding Construction Project Manager - Civil Engineering, Land development assignment
in the United States, Arabian Gulf and Middle East to develop, direct and manage large-scale strategic
mixed-use development projects.
Key Skills:
I am an Infrastructure Construction Management Professional, willing to relocate, who accurately
assesses development and organizational issues and puts forward innovative solutions. I am
effective in diverse forums, communicating project supervision and moving the project into action
and full deployment. Peers and supervisors have labeled me as a proactive and innovative planning
strategist, with proven leadership ability in applying best practices in infrastructure project design and
construction management, project budgeting and asset procurement, cost control and schedule
compliance, and field installation supervision to enhance real estate profitability. Areas of expertise:
Team Leadership Master Planned Mixed Use - Communities Program Management
Infrastructure design and installation Office and Industrial Development Relationship Building
Street and Utility Construction Management Contract Negotiations
CREDENTIALS & APPOINTMENTS:
Professional Registrations: Minnesota, USA #19513, Arizona, USA #47532
Appointed and commissioned by Governor Ventura as a State Official to the Minnesota State Board of
Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geo-Science, & Interior Design
2000 2004, Serving the Legislative and Enforcement Committees
Minnesota - Metropolitan Council, Real Estate Round Table, Office/Industrial Advisor, 2002-2004
EDUCATION:
1960 1972Edina Public Schools, K-12, graduated 1972, Edina Minnesota
Sept 1972 - May 1973Normandale Junior College, Bloomington Minnesota, Mathematics
September 1974 -University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus
June 1979Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Thesis (Professional Degree)
Equivalent to current Masters of Landscape Architecture
Major: Urban and Regional Planning,
Minor: Design Environments for the Elderly and Handicapped
Thesis: 1979: Minnesota Masonic Senior Care and Hospital facility
1986Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA, USA
Golf Course Architecture Certificate
1986University of Madison Wisconsin USA
Marketing Professional Services Certificate
1991-1992Hennepin County Technical College, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
AutoCAD several courses through advances use of AutoCAD
2000 - 20033 years, 4 hours weekly Middle East/Islamic cultural awareness classes
POSITIONS HELD:
May 2007 DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
July 2008LIBERTY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, Maitland, Florida, USA
[Laid off, Company lost development & construction financing]
Reporting to the CEO and responsible for 15, for 124 room Hotel development,
program management, entitlements, financial feasibility, cost to complete budgets,
horizontal/vertical construction management (6 State)
* Acquisitions: due diligence, contract negotiations, Letters of Intent,
* Financial and project feasibility, CAPEX and cash flow budgets, proformas
* Select and lead consulting teams to create plans, and solve legal issues
* Secured $102 million/1,480 room, in hotel entitlements, zoning, & permits
* Construction management, cost to complete, bid analysis, contracts awards
January 2007 GROUP MANGAGER, LAND DEVELOPMENT
May 2007CARTER & BURGESS COMPANY (consultant), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
[Resigned prior to Company sale]
Privately held national multi-discipline consulting firm of over 3300 employees
Responsible for the business management of the land development planning unit
within the Phoenix division, and Program Manager for six masters planned
mixed-use communities of 600 to 12,000 acres, (200-5000 hectors).
* Successfully recruited and managed land development and planning staff
* Managed business development and preparation of services agreements
* Prepared planning unit annual business plan, weekly man-hour budgeting,
forecasting, & financial reporting
October 2005 DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
November 2006GINN COMPANY, Celebration, Florida , USA
[Resigned - deals did not go forward - scaling back for recession]
Developer, owner and operator of upscale and 5 star luxury golf, spa and residential
resort communities.
* Perform feasibility and due diligence analysis for acquisition opportunities
* Prepared cost to complete & schedules for 3 resort proposals; value $1.26 B
* Select, manage, prepared scope and fee agreements for over 20 consultants
January 2005 CONSULTANT (contract) - LAND DEVELOPMENT
October 2005ST. JOE CLUBS AND RESORTS, Tallahassee, Florida, [division out of business]
Developer of upscale sustainable residential communities and vacation resorts
* Contract consultant updating FL coast master planned community,
sewer & wells/water treatment facilities and overseeing $32 MM in infrastructure
(grading, utility & street) construction
April 2000 DEVELOPMENT MANAGER [Management re-organization]
November 2004DUKE CONSTRUCTION, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
A top five office and industrial REIT, top 30 general contractors in the US, with
portfolio market capitalization exceeding $8 billion.
Responsible for development and construction of new office and industrial parks
and individual buildings for corporate portfolio and turnkey build to suite
office/industrial/healthcare/education buildings for Minnesota Division.
* Lead land acquisition activity for new park and individual site selections
* Prepared: proformas, land improvement reports and budget forecasting
* Secured all entitlements, zoning amendments, and building permits
* Completed $175.8 MM in office and $142 MM in industrial development
* Manage consultants, deliverables, value engineering, land basis reports
* Managed pre-con cost to complete, bidding, construction contracts, Construction
Management, Change Orders and pay applications
February 1998 VICE PRESIDENT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT [Funding ended, company closed]
January 2000SENIOR COTTAGES OF AMERICA, LLC Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Initiated all land acquisition deals nationally. Responsible for driving fast track
approvals and construction to satisfy Internal Revenue Service regulations to move
from tax credit award to first C of O in 18 months on 13 deals.
* Secured local consulting teams, obtained all entitlements and oversaw construction
management and hard rock infrastructure installations
* Prepare proformas/financial analysis for senior community development
* Prepare budgets and forecasts for ownership & executive management
April 1996 VICE PRESIDENT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT [Division staff re-organization]
January 1998TOWN AND COUNTRY HOMES, INC Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Responsible for land acquisition and development of town home and single-family
residential communities, delivering finished lots to home building unit
* Secure all entitlements, approvals, negotiating development agreements
* Managed civil engineering plans, contract awards, construction schedules
* Direct management of site construction and infrastructure installation
November 1990PRESIDENT AND OWNER [self employed]
April 1996RP SMITH LAND PLANNING CONSULTANTS, INC Minneapolis, MN USA
(Ended consulting career began development career, business closed)
Consulting firm; providing land planning, site design, construction plans, entitlements
and infrastructure construction management
* Land planning, due diligence, entitlements, construction plans, and CM for over
2,500 home sites, 160 Gas/C-stores and 112K Sq Met of commercial
* Preparing project costs and proformas for developments
* Managed infrastructure construction for thousands of acres of work
July 1988 DIRECTOR OF LAND PLANNING [laid-off recession, business closed]
November 1990RON KRUGER AND ASSOCIATES Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
RKA was a land planning, engineering and surveying consulting firm Responsibility
for managing Planning and Civil Engineering Departments
* Designed residential subdivisions, retail/office/warehouse developments
* Project proforma/cost, and site analysis, environmental assessments
* Managed Civil construction plans: lift stations, grading, utilities and streets
July 1985 LAND PLANNING MANAGER (1985 1988)
July 1988DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (1986 1988)
HEDLUND ENGINEERING [partnership not offered - resigned for Krueger]
Land planning, engineering, construction management and surveying consulting firm.
Responsible for managing land planning, civil engineering project management and
cost estimates.
* Residential subdivision design, preparation of civil construction plans. Site and land
use analysis, zoning amendments to obtain entitlements.
* Overseeing field installation of grading, utilities and miles of streets
June 1983AIRCRAFT MECHANIC HELPER [union strike ended airline career]
December 1985NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Commercial Jet airline mechanic helper. High security airport clearance.
October 1981 JOB SHOPS - Various contract jobs drafting and design,
June 1983contracted into: IBM, St. Jude Medical, Data Card Corp.
March 1979CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
October 1981GLAD CONSTRUCTION [laid off - continuing recession]
Assist land acquisition, development, general contractor site supervisor of franchise
restaurant, apartment, subdivisions and homes.
June 1979URBAN PLANNER/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT [laid off recession]
March 1979BRW INC (consultant) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Prepared master planned mixed use and residential community plans.
June 1973LAND SURVEY CREW CHIEF,
June 1979JOHN J. RYAN COMANY St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Employment during college: land surveyor instrument man and crew chief
REFERENCES:Mike Mikkelson, CEO Liberty investment Property, Inc (Former supervisor)
Maitland, FL 32715 USA
Telephone - Direct 321-441-1845
Jay Cooper, Design Manager (Former subordinate at Carter & Burgess)
TDIC Tourism Development & Investment Company
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mobile: 050 106 1964 outside UAE 011 971 50 106 1964
Al Block, (Former supervisor at Town and Country Homes)
Castle Rock, Colorado
Mobile: 303-883-8166
End of CV - Robert P. Smith
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