Allan Kestenbaum

Experience

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  Constructora W.W. Kestenbaum, Residential Land Developing and Construction

  Jun 1984 - Sept 2008

  Housing Project Manager

  - Built approximately 60 homes (ranging from1, 600 to 8,000 square feet).- In charge of the complete process of building a residential house: creating blueprints and tracing on the land, hiring personnel, providing lists of materials needed, purchasing of materials, supervision from foundation excavations to client ready. - Surveyed and calculated areas of parcels of land (closed traverses), made complete contour line maps, traced on land open traverses for waste water lines, and supervised the complete process of setting new waste water lines (12 inch diameter, PVC) with proper slopes towards a wastewater treatment plant. - Supervised the complete construction of a wastewater treatment plant (designed for 300 homes). - Supervised the cut and fill operation of one million cubic meters of soil, for the construction site of a new mall, in an area of approximately 25 acres. - Supervised the operation and production of a concrete block/paving block plant. - Supervised the construction of new roads, setting of the curbs, and concrete casting of the curbs, laying of base and sub-base materials with proper compaction, and setting of paving blocks.- Supervised the setting of light posts, transformers, secondary and primary power lines for housing developments.- Elaboration of individual payrolls for all construction workers (approximately 70 individuals). Show less

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  Banco de La Producción, S.A.,

  Feb 1994 - Jan 1997

  Chairman

  - Financial Committee member - Real Estate Property and Home Appraiser- Defined loan policies, loan amounts- Provided insight for present and future bank investments.

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  Car After Market Accessories

  Jan 1999 - Sept 2008

  Professional Installer

  - Would supervise and install hitches, roll bars, tonneau covers, pickup bed covers, pickup bed accessories, electrical winches, brush guards, grille guards, assemble trailers, side steps, wings, bedliners

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  15th Parallel Investments, Inc.

  Dec 2008 - Sept 2009

  Housing Project Manager

  - In charge of finding adequate properties/houses for investment, flipping and reselling - Interviewed and hired personnel - Elaborated construction materials list and purchased them- Supervised labor, remodeling, and quality control throughout the flipping process prior to resale

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  El Pinguino Investments LLC

  May 2012 - now

  • Owner_Operator El Pinguino Investments LLC

    May 2012 - now

  • Owner_Operator El Pinguino Investments LLC

    May 2012 - Jun 2022
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  Five Star Painting®

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2022

  Business Owner

  - Founding owner of a new painting franchisee, supervised initial operations, hired personnel, and oversaw the successful start, and conclusion of over 200 interior/exterior painting and remodeling projects in the Woodlands, Conroe, and Magnolia areas of northern Houston.Expert Hands-on project estimator- Performed full repair and remodeling projects of properties that had been underwater over 3ft after Hurricane Harvey including cleaning and disinfection, demolition and rebuilding of kitchen, bathroom, floors, drywall, stairs and other living areas.- Managed multiple crews ranging from 2 to 6 employees and contractors for painting, plumbing, electricians, flooring, carpenters, roofing, drywall installation. Show less