Experience

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  University of california, irvine

  May 1999 - Mar 2004

  Plant manager

  • Provide management direction, leadership, and coordination for the maintenance and operations activities of central plant, building engineers, and the HVAC department, comprised of 43 union team members.• Foster stewardship ideology of the University’s investment in the physical plant and mechanical spaces.• Nurtured an environment that is customer service oriented, strives for continuous improvement and supports the University’s mission while maintaining an enjoyable, healthy and safe work environment for it’s empowered team members; promote risk taking and finding creative solutions to problems amongst team members.• Participated in the Natural Gas procurement negotiations, assist with budget line items and purchase utilities expenses in excess of ten million dollars annually.• Analyze Cogeneration feasibility proposals and identification of potential funding sources.• Represent Facilities Management at conferences and meetings with various levels of campus representatives, outside contractors, vendors, design engineers, architects and utility representatives.• Member of Facilities Management negotiating team for Local 501 union contract. Show less

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  Ucla

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Senior superintendent

  • Supervise, manage, and lead the South Zone Engineers who provide service call support and environmental conditioning to 2.5 million square feet of campus research space in an efficient and effective manner. • Ensure compliance with all applicable codes and regulations, responsible for safe and reliable operations of all zone mechanical systems. • Manage 2.25 million dollar budget, identify staffing needs, and provide team training and development, present monthly safety topic presentations to staff. Efficiently schedule, analyze, and prioritize human resources and materials for infrastructure optimization.• Involved in zone facility condition assessment program to manage infrastructure and instrumental in identification, planning and implementation of deferred maintenance projects, minimizing adverse effects to vital research space. • Departmental advocate for the reduction of lower operating costs and providing heighten awareness of energy conservation opportunities and strategies for accomplishment.• Intimately involved in the resolution of chronic operational issues and keenly aware of the departmental desire to minimize interruption of service to our valued customers.• Work collaboratively with Building Managers to minimize impact to their mission while conducting necessary infrastructure upgrades to ensure future repeatable and accurate data acquisition in support of academic research. • Foster inter and intra departmental communications to help provide world-class service to all of our customers, faculty, staff, students, and campus visitors. • Promotion of an organizational learning environment via in house vendor supplied training and informal South Zone “Employee of the Quarter Program”. Show less

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  California nanosystems institute

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Building manager

  • Work collaboratively with campus entities and contractors in the design, construction, and commissioning of over 10 million dollars of building infrastructure enhancements. • Share energy conservation strategies and space utilization percentages with campus facilities to help reduce operating costs for both parties and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.• Coordinate the move in of all new researchers and the procurement of all infrastructure needs to assist with the campus research mission.• Intimately involved in the design, planning and construction of a new 6000 square foot BSL-3E laboratory. Show less

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  University of california, san francisco

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2015

  Senior associate director, facilities services

  • Helped reduce water consumption by 11% in recent months utilizing various strategic methods. • Integrally involved with a 21% reduction in energy consumption over an eight year time span. Working on strategic planning effort to reduce GHG (greenhouse gases) to 1990 level by 2020. • Intimately responsible for the leadership and management of a diverse workforce of 80 skilled and semi skilled building engineers, crafts personnel, building maintenance workers utilized in the operation and maintenance functions for five independent university research and educational delivery locations.• Involved in Co-Gen operational enhancements, working closely with local utility to effectively improve system operating reliability and improved customer service.• Responsible for the perpetual maintenance, repair, and replacement of all mechanical, electrical, controls, boiler plant, and utility systems.• Integral part of the Senior Management team for operation, maintenance, planning, contributor for the University mission and vision development and the efficient and effective delivery of services across the majority of business enterprises.• Responsible for the development of key business performance indicators and analyzes data to identify opportunities to enhance service lines and increase resource efficiencies. • Department budget development, identification of future resource allocations, efficiently manages overtime expenses, and participates with consultants for the development of utility long term master planning effort.• Worked effectively with the Campus State Fire Marshall and OSHPD involving structural modifications and code compliance issues as we manage campus renewal funded projects in an accelerated format.• Work collaboratively with the Purchase Utility committee for natural gas bidding, Direct Access electrical contracts, as we progress into the wholesale marketplace. Show less

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  St. marys medical center san francisco

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Chief engineer

  Leadership role in a urban medical center, involved with capital improvements, renovations, accreditation, EOC, central plant operation and maintenance, reliability of Co-Gen unit, lighting retrofits, department learning and skill acquisition. Recently obtained CHFM certification

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  Peralta community college district

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  Director facilities and operations

  Leading the maintenance and operations aspects of a four college community college district in the bay area. Inspiring staff to exceed customer expectations, seeking business process improvements and collaborations with all community stakeholders to achieve our educational mission.Partnering with industry colleagues to incorporate best practices and helping to benchmark our key performance indicators, collaborating to identify and embrace energy conservation opportunities.

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  Jewish community center of san francisco

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2020

  Director of facilities and operations
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  Able services

  Sept 2020 - now

  Chief engineer

  Intimately involved in the M&O and upcoming TI for this 250K sq foot facility.