Experience

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  Belmec construction inc.

  Jul 1997 - Jun 2012

  Director-electrical division

  Director of Electrical Division-Project Executive-Senior Project ManagerManaged administration and technical operations for the Electrical Division. Responsible for growth, sales, estimating, procurement, engineering, planning, proposals, client relations, project management, and subcontractors. Supervised a team of 12 direct reports and directed pre-award, post-award, and close out activities. Monitored budgets, schedules, and scope creep. Negotiated agreements, managed vendor relations, and identified new business opportunities in the manufacturing, industrial, institutional, energy, infrastructure, and utility sectors.• Increased profitability by streamlining workflow, introducing new procedures, and ensuring projects quoted properly.• Negotiated projects and contracts, creating joint ventures and strategic alliances with owners, general contractors, and consulting groups to develop and execute jobs.• Full life cycle ownership of all projects within the business unit.• Resource recruitment, coaching, development and retention leading to a focused aligned team with corporate strategies. Show less

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  Water, energy & power solutions llc (weps llc)

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2023

  Principal

  Oversee business operations and project management for small engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) company. Responsible for client acquisition and development, cost control, RFPs, solution design and implementation, budgeting for renewable energy and utilities infrastructure projects. Serve as a Project Management Consultant to companies and utilities and as an official representative to client partners and agencies.• Senior Project Management Consultant on a 14.56 MW DC STC Solar PV Plant + BESS project in Puerto Rico. Overcame project delays by fast tracking startup, commissioning, and integration and enabled the avoidance of a 15% penalty.• Increased WEPS’s revenue by spearheading entry into the water sector and available energy consulting areas.• Facilitated the successful completion of the integration of more than 2,000 potable water system facilities into the Puerto Rico Water & Sewer Authority’s Integrated Preventive Maintenance Program. Completed project 10% under budget by implementing continuous process optimization methodologies and new metrics Show less

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  Power design, inc.

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2020

  Chief estimator

  Chief Estimator-Preconstruction-South FloridaResponsible for the oversight of the estimating process for all operational region projects’ Electrical, Telecom and Low Voltage from preconstruction to award, contract negotiation and final design, establish procedures, methods and processes for region’s estimating team and training estimating resources in the use of the same. Oversee the proposal development from conceptual design to GMP round. Managed Division WIGS of $150M with 20% GP target. Lead and direct project hand over to business operation. Responsible for the following during the life cycle of the process.• Risk Management Oversight during pre-construction stage– Ensures Sound Financial Deal• Preconstruction Planning• Support to Sales / BD Team / Sales Presentations• Oversees the Preconstruction meetings for each project• Takes lead in preparing GMP’s/Brings GMP’s to closure• Ensures Client Satisfaction during preconstruction• Enforce/Support Project Execution Planning with Operations Ensures Involvement of Vendors and Subs for Pricing• Mentor / Leader / Motivator / Coach, teaching Ethics, Diversity, Quality, Development, etc. Show less

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  Hypower inc.

  May 2020 - now

  Senior business development manager-microgrids & ports' electrification

  Senior Business Development/Preconstruction Manager-Microgrids and Ports’ Electrification• Obtain qualified opportunities through the development of strategic relationships with architects, engineers, developers and owners. Build and maintain backlog.• Research and development of new revenue streams within areas of expertise. • Management of project’s QC & QA once in progress to assure compliance with customer expectations and project requirements.• Identify and appropriately mitigate risk associated with conceptual project budgeting.• Manage the project qualification, solicitation, quantity survey, scheduling, scoping, clarifying, and pricing effort for assigned preconstruction projects resulting in well- organized, professional correspondence and reports.• Analyze alternative means and methods to determine the most economic preconstruction alternative.• Build effective relationships with customers, design team, specialty contractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company vision, mission, and core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations Show less