My skill set includes program management, data-driven decision-making, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and leveraging tech to optimize processes.
Location
New York City, NY
San Francisco, CA
Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
September 2016 - August 2020
degree
Bachelor's
major
Architectural Engineering
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Technical University of Denmark
September 2019 - December 2019
Work Experience
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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Senior Commercial Estimator
San Francisco, CA, United States, 94199
September 2020 - present
company
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
title
Senior Commercial Estimator
overview
Preconstruction Manager, SFSU Affordable Housing & Student Health Center
• Developed strategy to achieve budget for a $158M project for 2 unique stakeholders; organized and directed 5 functional teams to oversee design development efficiencies across different building systems to achieve $12M of savings
• Provided cross-functional data-driven design decisions on a weekly basis to our external architects and engineers by identifying and extracting key information from the estimates of an internal team of 6
• Managed a subcontractor network of 90+ companies, guaranteeing the procurement of over $80M, via interviews and scope gap analysis; provided informed recommendations to the client for 29 work categories
• Produced a conceptual cost model to forecast the budget, contingencies, fees, and margin plan to fast-track a 2-year design and construction period; provided estimate updates on a bi-monthly basis per client request
• Cultivated new relationships with 35 woman-owned or small businesses to achieve a project diversity goal of 23%
Estimating Lead, MBARI Research Institute
• Generated a new $3.3M revenue stream by spearheading the estimating effort and winning a project pursuit with a new client in the high-margin life sciences market
• Designed a roadmap to guide an inexperienced client through the value engineering process of a $42M building through bi-weekly coordination meetings with the client team and architect
• Led weekly sprints utilizing agile methodology to oversee the development and delivery of over 30 work categories
Commercial Estimator, Stanford Graduate School of Education
• Discovered $1.1M in savings through analysis of $19M worth of scope to reach the owner’s target budget of $108M
• Implemented process enhancements in the region-wide estimating template to increase user efficiency by 20%
Regional Program Lead - Summer Internship Experience
• Developed a 2.5 month program to provide a holistic experience for the largest intern class to date; curated a weekly training series to optimize learning across 3 offices and created an intern exchange program to promote cross-collaboration
• Created a standardized intern development plan template for all mentors to utilize and follow throughout the summer
• Oversaw the progress and responsibilities of 2 summer interns resulting in both successfully accepting full-time offers
Team Lead - Lessons Learned Group
• Created company-wide PowerBI dashboards to display learnings and KPIs for over 20 projects; optimized the strategy to extract this data across pre-construction and operations workflows
• Expanded influence and team growth by 50% by engaging leadership to prioritize dashboard implementation company-wide; dashboard is now permanently displayed on the front page of the internal company website
Regional Superuser - JOIN User Group
• Oversaw solutions for an external software development team of 3 by identifying user pain points in the value engineering process and providing efficient options in order to produce a streamlined program to drive company-wide implementation
Peer Group Champion - Design Phase Management and Estimating Group
• Launched a regional standardized workflow for all internal estimate reviews by defining key players, developing streamlined processes, and removing redundancies
• Strategized the learning curriculum and delivery method for estimating roles across 3 geographies and 40 employees
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Arup
Cost Consulting Intern
San Francisco, CA, United States, 94199
May 2019 - July 2019
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WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff in the USA
Project Management Intern
San Francisco, CA, United States, 94199
June 2018 - August 2018
Fun Fact
I've played piano at Carnegie Hall.
Passion
I'm currently trying to learn jazz piano and polishing up on my video editing skills. I try to better myself by learning something new every day.