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CAREER SUMMARY
Property development executive with broad based expertise in land acquisition, planning, financing, and marketing who has a track record of successfully working with communities in the review and approval process of sensitive and complex properties. A real estate expert with extensive knowledge of property and housing that has innovatively produced and sold residential properties in soft market conditions. An effective communicator with a multi-faceted education, experience, and leadership background in government, land planning and development, extensive work with engineers and other professionals in team building leading to 100% project approval success. Demonstrated ability to lead in change situations and innovatively manage results with strong interpersonal, negotiation and problem solving skills.
EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1980 to Present
President and Chief Operations Officer

Business development; initiation, identification and evaluation of potential projects, multi-family, residential, institutional, commercial or infrastructure.
Develop estimates for potential construction projects
Develop site evaluations for acquisition, entitlements and permitting
Develop construction drawings and supervise construction management from ground up and complex building and renovation construction
Manage sub-contractors by developing and evaluating bids; locating and qualifying sub-contractors; obtaining and maintaining sub-contractor documentation; inspecting adherence to drawings, specifications and schedules.
Initiate identification and evaluation of potential partnerships with other organizations.
Negotiate and approve terms with local jurisdictions, investors, lenders, joint ventures and other potential partnerships.
Represent the organization at speaking engagements, public hearings and other public forums. Represent the company on outside boards or other committees
Coordinate all aspects of the construction process on a variety of projects.
Negotiate and approve contracts with attorneys, architects, engineers, and other professionals.
Review analysis of activities, costs, operations and forecast data to ensure the meeting of objectives.
Extensive knowledge of civil, architectural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines.
Extensive knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and ordinances
General contracting, design/build (for land and homes); renovations and consulting,

Project Examples
Negotiated with the community to provide he necessary off site water line improvements for two developments, general contracted the public improvements installation at 35% below the engineer's estimate of cost making the development of the properties feasible. Reviewed and revised the sanitary district's engineering feasibility study to show the proposed development areas could be served by gravity feed without a lift station that would have increased the costs $174,000.00, and negotiated cost sharing in the projects.
Results--Saved both the community and the sanitary district money in the installation of water and sewer services and eliminated the off site improvement costs for the subdivisions making the two proposed developments cost feasible in a difficult market.
Negotiated the contract purchase of property from the Arch Diocese of Joliet where a church building was unfeasible due to storm water and wetland concerns, devised an innovative plan for small lot clustered homes under a PUD R-3 zoning preserving the wetlands and enhancing the hydration with detention.
Results--Saved the cost of creating detention, preserved the environment, received the density of homes to make the project cost feasible, created a new market niche at a lower price point by designing a full maintenance community for small lot single family homes by successfully working with the community and their planning and engineering staff.
Contract purchased a property where rezoning was required for the construction of a town home project and insufficient area for storm water detention was available on site which required negotiation with the adjoining apartment property to use part of their unusable area between properties for added detention.
Resultssuccessfully negotiated the maintenance agreement for the added offsite detention allowing the planning and design for the necessary density and community planning and engineering approvals.
Negotiated the purchase of property rejected by a major development company because evidence of bad soil conditions and developed an estate home subdivision by planning around the poor soils incorporating it into the detention area and preserving the historic home on the property into the site layout for 43 lots. Pre sold half of the home sites to another builder and kept the original property owner involved through the development stage to reduce the cost of development.
Resultsthe diminished value of the property due to bad soil was eliminated and a high value estate home community was approved. The total cost of development was reduced due to the owner participation.
Negotiated the purchase of property that others failed to properly plan or over looked due to extremely bad soil condition. Devised a single family attached plan around the worst of the soft soil, and engineered a foundation solution for resolving the building of units. Designed and developed a single family attached concept combining single family home design into town home components sharing only a common foundation wall with two separate frame walls producing reduced costs and a more desirable home product.
Resultsduring the down turn in the economy of the early 1980s we successfully marketed a home product that met the custom home expectations of the buyer at a cost far below the competition and successfully sold homes where double digit mortgage
rates persisted.
1977 to 1983 General Partner/Owner; Land acquisition, site planning, engineering, general contacting and marketing; Full responsibility for the development of land plans and the coordination with the engineering consultants. Created three major custom single family subdivisions establishing a new tier of custom homes in this apartment and production home community; Acquired three properties that had streams and other storm water and environmental conditions and successfully engineered the site plans that created 347 home sites while incorporating and preserving the natural wooded and water areas; developed a direct lot sale marketing approach to individuals and small builders where most lots were held by large building companies for their own inventories. Pre Sold 50% of the first phase of development to individuals and small builders for custom home;, pre sales and an approved plat of subdivision increased the value of the land so that 100% financing was available.
1976 to 1978
Planning and Administrative Consultant; Design and layout, land planning, annexation renegotiation.

1972 to 1976
Community Development Director--Acting Finance Director--Assistant Administrator-- Acting Administrator
Review and update all building, subdivision and zoning ordinances, review and recommend approval, participated in the acquisition of the Village Greens Golf Course and managed its transition and development of a full service restaurant, passing the municipal bond issue, assumed the responsibilities of an acting village administrator for eleven months during selection process.
Education
MPA, City Management and Planning Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL 1974
BA, Pre-Law, Political Science and Speech major, Taylor University, Upland, IN., 1969

Military Service
Presidential Honor Guard 1970-1972 US Army, 1st Battalion Reinforced 3rd Infantry (The Old Guard), White House and Pentagon clearance, SP5, legal clerk, Army "team handball" member.

Professional Affiliations
National Association of Homebuilders, Northern Illinois Homebuilders Association as past President, board of directors member, Governmental affairs committee, Finance Committee, 11 Cavalcade of Homes participants, past president of six homeowners associations.

Activities and Interests
International construction trips to participate in the construction of schools, community centers, churches and site development (nine to date); enjoy travel with family and friends, golf, tennis and skiing.