Matthew Folk

Experience

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  World Financial Group

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2008

  Insurance and Mutual Fund Representitive

  Helping clients choose the best possible investment and insurance options.

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  Miller Waste Solutions Group Inc.

  Jul 2009 - Jun 2014

  Contract Manager

  Managed up to 30 employees and temp workers in the collection of multiple streams of waste for the City of Vaughn. Achievements in this position: contract renewed without going to tender (2013); increase in productivity every year of my tenure; the company received a letter of reference from the municipality I serviced to be used in future tenders; developed multiple employees into leadership positions.

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  Total Restoration Services, Inc.

  Aug 2014 - now

  Provide leadership, training, and mentorship to project managers, coordinators, estimators, and internal tradespeople. Create and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with external trades. Foster a positive and team-oriented environment to better achieve department goals and retain and grow company talent.Find ways to boost the quality, productivity, and efficiency of structural projects and look for opportunities to expand our company’s client base. Work to improve existing client relationships through frequent and honest communication. Collaborate with Emergency Department to ensure smooth transition between departments and work to balance work of staff shared between departments.In conjunction with with General Manager and HR, evaluate, hire, discipline, and terminate structural department staff and maintain employee records. Show less Manage all aspects of multiple, concurrent, projects of predictive and hybrid life cycles with varying scope and timelines. Responsibilities include: emergency assessment, estimating, scheduling, coordinating, reporting, invoicing, deficiency resolution, stakeholder management, vetting of new trades, completion of monthly Work In Progress reports, oversight and training support staff to assist in the preceding. Achievements in this position: our company increased invoicing by almost 300% while maintaining office staffing levels; frequently requested to take over “problem files” from other restoration companies. Show less

  • Structural Department Manager

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Project Manager

    Nov 2016 - now

  • Rebuild Coordinator

    Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Warehouse Manager

    Aug 2014 - Nov 2015