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Computer Integrated Facilities Manager
Oct 2008 - Present (16 years)
Through contract with Unisys Corporation federal.unisys.com
Firm Description: Public Buildings Service(PBS) is landlord for US Gov Federal Civilian Agencies & is therefore largest property owner in North America.
Assignments:
- [Business Program Management] "Duties focus on configuration, testing, & maintenance of CIFM software. Primary point of contact in region regarding implementation & technical support for national & regional applications related to Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM), Spatial Data Management (SDM), Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)."
- "Second set of duties involve programming, data analysis & application development."
Accomplishments:
- Primary author of hugely influential GSA CAD Standard & co-author of industry leading GSA BIM Guide Series
- Primary developer of one of a kind software product GSA Drawings Analysis Program & technical consultant for cutting edge USACE Revit Model Checker
- Founding member of & initial data architect for bleeding edge GSA Central Facilities Repository(CFR) built on open source stack of bimserver.org and Alfresco.com.
- Co-author of multiple forward thinking NIBS buildingSMART Alliance NCS and NBIMS ballots.
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Founder & Technical Director
Jacksonville, FL
Dec 2005 - Jun 2011 (5 years 6 months)
Firm Description: 'Not-for-profit' building information modeling consultancy that achieved keeping dozen skillful CAD Managers gainfully employed during US Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 & resulting Housing Industry down market. We expertly provided 1/cloud based 2/BIM services before either term was commonplace.
Assignments:
- Developed custom technology implementation for site built platform framing system based on Patent licensed from AccuFrameSystem.com dramatically expanding their market.
- Created VisionRez structural options solution for Southern Development; VA decreasing time for permits by half.
Accomplishments:
- Managed +$200k in BIM and drafting consulting contracts on time & on budget.
- Converted entire library of home design models from ArchiCad platform to AutoCad Architecture platform using IFC & DWG files for Dostie Homes; Jacksonville, FL providing 500% ROI.
- Developed interface & trained all structural engineers on first fully automated hsbCad wall framing panel line in North America for Toll Integrated Systems; Morrisville, PA completing most efficient digital workflow ever attempted.
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Corporate CAD Manager
Philadelphia, PA
Dec 2001 - May 2007 (5 years 5 months)
Firm Description: Toll is consistently ranked #1 home builder in North America by CNNMoney & is publicly traded corporation that was ranked within Fortune 400 at time I left.
Assignments:
- Managed Helpdesk for 215 Autodesk AutoCad Architecture users spanning 7 cities reducing service level agreements to under 4hours & increasing user skillsets from intermediate to advanced.
- Extensive custom LISP software programming development delivering solutions that were used for five full years after I left.
- Managed 5 direct report Assistant Cad Managers across 3 cities mentoring each of them to take over & free me up to go do something more interesting.
Accomplishments:
- Defined all corporate architectural cad standards & published web based manuals providing unprecedented improvement to both quality & speed of production drafting.
- Started & remained Technical Consultant for Digital Artwork Studio of 10 staff which became >$1M budget.
- Managed +$100k worth of outsourced drafting Vendor contracts on time and in budget.
- Hundreds of hours researching project management database solutions & 3d framing modeling empowering upper management to make much more informed business decisions.