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    • Board Experience
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Experience in Detail

Large Scale Infrastructure Program/Project Experience

Los Angeles      Community College District Bond Program Executive ($15B) - executive leadership responsibility for this 20 + year, $15B nine (9) Community College Campus Building & Infrastructure Municipal Bond Program. The Program Management Staff included more than 500 field and office staff including dedicated consultants, partners, subcontractors and contract employees. Typically, across the 9 campuses, as many as 100 active projects were underway including; a) new building construction and/or existing facility renovation, b) energy, utility, water and telecommunications systems upgrades/modifications/relocations, c) Transit systems appurtenances including bus stops, light rail and subway related interconnections, and d) project and monthly reporting/review/approvals to the LACCD Board, Publicly appointed oversight entities and individual campus Presidents/Committees.


Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education/TBC School Program Executive ($30B) -Executive leadership of this 5 + year Saudi Ministry of Education directed, $30B + schools program having a long-term objective of constructing more than 5000 new schools Kingdom-wide; as well as renovation/upgrade of more than 3000 existing education facilities. The project design and construction staffing incorporated a multi-national workforce of more than 350 people across the Kingdom; with regional and project offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar. 


Saudi Arabia Ministry of Interior Housing Development Program Executive ($20B)– Ministry of Housing project in Saudi Arabia involving construction at 11 sites throughout the Kingdom characterized by: a) Fast-track Design/Build of more than 75,000 precast concrete apartments and villas up to six stories b) Incorporation of all roads, utilities, and associated infrastructure including electrical grid, potable water, wastewater treatment and conveyance, and landscaping and c) Design/Build of neighborhood facilities including mosques, schools, police and civil defense facilities, commercial and retail outlets, and University and Hospital site facilities.


Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade ($2.5B) Executive Director – This massive program/undertaking involved a Five-Year Major Facility Upgrade of the largest Watewater Treatment Plant in the US at that time including the following major elements: a) New Residuals Facility, b) Tank Battery Reconstruction, c) New Control Building Construction, d) Sludge Barging Facility construction and e) Major Renovation and Upgrading of the Main Control Building


Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Flood Protection System Project Executive Advisor ($2.5B) – A member of the Executive Review Team associated with the Design Build of the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier in response to Hurricane Katrina. At that time it was the largest Design Build Project completed by the US Army Corps of Engineers; and included a two-mile concrete Barrier wall approximately 38 ft above Mean Sea Level (MSL) using a combination of: a) 94-ton vertical concrete piles, b) 248 ft. long Steel Batter piles, and c) a combination of precast and concrete caps. The Barrier System also contained a 500-ton Sector and bypass barge control gate, as well as a 150 ft wide Navigation Lift Gate at Bayou Bienvenue.

Additional Notable Large Scale Infrastructure Project Executive Responsibility


Design Build of SR91 ($870M) from Riverside to Anaheim including 15 Miles of New Toll lanes and modification/new construction of 33 Bridge Structures associated with entrance/exit ramps and overpasses. 


Upgrade of New Jersey Turnpike Exit 7 ($400M)

  • Design Build of New Yankee Stadium NYC Metro Rail Station ($70M) 
  • Construction of 5 miles at grade Light Rail for Sound Transit ($250M) connecting      SEATAC Airport with downtown Seattle
  • Croton Domestic Water Treatment and Conveyance – ($2.8B) Construction of the Dissolved Air Flotation System and Aqueduct for NYC as part of the overall Domestic      water supply upgrade program under the direction of NYDEP.
  • City of Honolulu WWT Facility ($250MM) - Design/build and initial startup and operation of Hawaii’s largest wastewater Treatment Facility
  • City of Atlanta Snapfinger WWT and Conveyance System – ($170M) - Design and construction management of Snapfinger and Pole Bridge WWT plants, storage and conveyance systems in DeKalb County, Georgia including 4.5 miles of 28ft. diameter CSO Tunnel.
  • City of Boston CSO System Construction - ($150M) - North Dorchester Bay shallow CSO tunnel with a 17 ft. diameter for 2 miles adjacent to the Boston Harbor; completed under budget and ahead of schedule for Massachusetts Water Reclamation Authority (MWRA)
  • Construction of Brightwater conveyance tunnel, Pump Station and Outfall Facility ($230M)
  • Design/Build/Start-up of 2 new 60 million gallon/year Ethanol Production Facilities ($150M)     as well as upgrading of a 3rd facility to increase production      to that level.
  • Design/Build of infrastructure ($100M) for 1200 New Housing Units at 5 locations      on the Island of Oahu.

New Yankee Stadium Transit Stop


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