Matthew P. Grayson

PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT - COORDINATION - OPERATIONS

Professional Profile:

I am a motivated, ethical, composed leader who has handled virtually every aspect of private industry business and development, having worked both alone and within team organizations. I am a result-based facilitator with the ability to keep multiple projects moving forward on parallel tracks while maintaining a focus on details as well as the higher level objectives and vision.

Led and orchestrated all aspects of large real estate development projects acquisition, entitlements, zoning, architecture & engineering oversight, project management, community and municipality liaison, budget, schedule, marketing, sales and finance.

Construction to launch of a $135 million private world-class hotel and resort.

Managed two overseas business enterprises (Asia & UK) through the creation of systems, policies and manuals, training, business planning and execution, outsourced networks and technology platforms.

Upper level management of construction through event operations working in the 1996 Athletes Olympic Village for The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG).

Successfully coordinated 12 restaurant openings in five states for $100 million parent company, including development and construction management, budgets and management training, ordering & purchasing, operational manual development, hiring.


Employment History:

IBG Partners / St. Johns Yacht Harbor, Charleston, S.C. (2006 Present)
-VP, Development

Responsible for all aspects of one of South Carolinas largest marina redevelopments entitlements, zoning, site study, program & master planning, permitting, contracts, contract negotiation, architectural & engineering oversight, sales, marketing, public & community relations, web.

James Doran Company / Northshore Town Center, Knoxville, TN. (2004 2006)
-Project Manager

Managed $500 million mixed-use town center project. Job scope included project management, master planning, architectural & engineering oversight, zoning & entitlements, city approvals, tax increment financing initiative, contract negotiations, led ARB / DRC of approved homebuilder, landscape architecture and program development.





The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, Kiawah Island, S.C. (2003 2004)
- Project Manager

Team member for a $135 million oceanfront resort hotel which has secured a 5-Star, 5-Diamond rating for multiple years. Project responsibilities included oversight of landscape architecture and landscape / hardscape installation, one of the largest mature tree transplantations in the U.S., outbuildings, swimming pools & facilities, dunes management, coordination with Town of Kiawah & Kiawah ARB and coordination of all building and way finding signage.

Bancroft Ventures (UK) Limited, London, England (2000 2003)
-Manager, North American Activities

Promoted from within former organization as operational and development officer for a private international business group. Primary goal was developing and refining business and operational plans and directing an international team to anticipate and fulfill the needs of both domestic and overseas clients.

American Export Partners, Charleston, S.C. (1996 2000)
-Executive Vice President

Accountable for all aspects of this high volume international business facilitating the U.S. Immigration Services Foreign Investor Visa Pilot Program; a U.S. economic-based citizenship program. Developed an international promotional network in Asia, training programs, as well as budgetary, operational and immigration aspects for more than 170 foreign clients through personal trips and coordination of an international network.

Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA (1996)
-Operations Manager; Athletes Olympic Village

Recruited by a former superior to head and manage a team responsible for the construction, transition, and execution of the Olympic Village Foodservice Operation during the games, consisting of both temporary and permanent facilities. Operated a short-term, high-level $55 million budget with the goal of providing 16,000 + athletes, staff and volunteers with 4 meals daily in one of the worlds most secure environments at that time, which was also the largest peacetime feeding in the world.

Apple South, Inc., Madison, GA (1992 1996)
-Lead Corporate Training Coordinator

Recruited by parent company as the first hire for a new restaurant development concept. Responsible for creating and maintaining a full launch and operational training plan, assembly and management of multiple (traveling) training teams and coordination of all aspects of restaurant launch from permitting and construction finals to hiring, training and management implementation. Successfully executed 12 openings in five states.

Personal:
-Graduate of Wofford College (Spartanburg, S.C.).
-Well traveled internationally both personally and professionally.
-Leader, Boy Scouts of America; Member, Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
-Originally from Miami, Fla., fluent in Spanish.
- References available once mutual interest has been determined.