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CAD MANAGER / PROJECT COORDINATOR
Executive Summary
Talented Senior CAD Drafting Manager accomplished in overseeing construction practice and principles through all phases of projects, including planning, estimating, design, inspection and financial close-out. A natural leader, effective delegator, and strong conceptual thinker with 21 years of experience.
 
Meticulous CAD Drafter with 17 years of knowledge and experience within various engineering disciplines.
Meticulous CAD Drafter with 17 years of knowledge and experience within various engineering disciplines.
Professional Experience
CAD Manager / Project Coordinator 05/2004 to 06/2016
 Flynn Midwest, LP (Dalco Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc) Plymouth, MN
  • Managed all aspects of the drafting department utilizing expert level skills and knowledge of AutoCAD.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in a leadership/management role.  
  • Supervised and trained associate drafters. Organized and delegated projects according to co-workers abilities. 
  • Provided drafting and project set-up support to the estimation, service and production staff, creating initial to final drawings.
  • Worked closely with architects and project managers to clarify conditions.  
  • Identified possible change orders and made edits to reduce project costs.  
  • Created and maintained a drafting standard.
  • Reviewed contract documents, created job files, sales proposals, submittal packages, permit applications, LEED documentation, and closeout documents.
  • Warranty applications, final inspection requests, distribution and historical tracking.  
  • Development of marketing and sales materials.
Branch IT Administrator 05/2004 to 06/2016
 Flynn Midwest, LP (Dalco Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.) Plymouth, MN
  • Effectively plan, coordinate, and communicate IT projects with management and users.
  • Worked cohesively with the user community to understand, recommend, and implement technology utilization.
  • Manage all aspects of IT  including project definition,and software requirements.
  • Work with internal and external resources performing detailed IT  functions, help desk, and IT infrastructure requirements.
  • Handled hardware maintenance, repair and replacement.
  • Drive IT towards a standardized methodology to be used company-wide to plan and execute projects.
  • Assist with implementation of  IT processes and systems while managing in house help desk, server room and infrastructure maintenance.
  • Identified areas for improvement and made recommendations, and implemented solutions.
  • Capable with development of model-based flow charts to define work flow process.
Administration Manager / Facilities Manager 09/2015 to 06/2016
 Flynn Midwest, LP (Dalco Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.) Plymouth, MN
  • Trained where needed and mentored all administration staff.
  • Accomplished goals to manage, mentor, support and coach.
  • Ensured all functions were being completed in a timely manner.
  • Develop and implemented a cross training plan. Assessed and design a development and goal related succession plan. Wrote performance reviews, set goals, identified objectives and encouraged opportunities.
  • Managed the facilities security, cleaning, and repairs.
  • Made arrangements to prepare all office spaces for use.
Senior Technical Drawing Coordinator 01/1996 to 01/2004
 John A. Dalsin & Son, Inc Minneapolis, MN
  • Demonstrated proficiency in a leadership/management role.
  • Expert level skills and knowledge of AutoCAD and managed all aspects of the drafting department.
  • Trained associate drafters and managed productivity.  
  • Drafting plans, elevations, & details for estimation, production, service department and Architectural submittals.  
  • Created a sales proposals and submittal packages.
  • Created and maintained company website. Developed sales presentations, marketing materials and advertising. Creation of trade show booth, technology, and presentation materials.
Career Accomplishments
  • Produced production drawings directly resulting in discovery and securement in missed change orders in excess of $200,000 during 2015. Drafting quality standards have directly generated opportunities and invitations to bid and secure several million dollar projects.
  • Identified a set of T.A.S.K. ideas providing the company with enhanced productivity and uniformity across all branches. Creation of a unified CAD standard for all Flynn drafting. Developed a company portal CAD open forum for information sharing and a CAD Library to share knowledge.
  • Design of a PDF block library for use as examples of construction for general submissions.
  • Created several project profiles which secured several large contracts.
  • Established a Warranty tracking system as a standard which was utilized to create an integrated company wide system model on a corporate level. Developed IT inventory tracking system resulting in a highly successful IT infrastructure merger.
  • In six months, identified and reduced annual office costs +/-$18,000.00.
  • Lead the creation of a specialized report integrating Linux accounting system with dynamics accounting system for accounting reconciliation.
  • Undertook and resolved prevailing wage reporting issue securing outstanding $61,469.
  • Instrumental in identifying issues in accounts receivable collection process enabling collecting outstanding $562,565.
Education and Training
M.M.I.S.: Management of Information Systems Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN 3.98 GPA. Coursework in information technology, risk management, and project management.
M.I.S.: Project Management Certificate Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN 3.98 GPA,  Project and risk management
Graduate Certificate(s): Systems Analysis and Design & Generalist Metropolitan State Unversity Saint Paul, MN 3.98 GPA. Coursework in Infrastructure, Design and Information Technology
MBA: Marketing and Information Technology Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN 3.87 GPA, Coursework in Business Administration and Finance
Bachelor of Arts: Industrial Technology Benidji State University Bemidji, MN 3.9 GPA, Plant design, people management, product design and manufacturing.
Associate of Applied Science: Architectural Drafting and Estimation Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis, MN 3.5 GPA: Honor Student, Graduation Student Speaker, Student Aide 
Technical Skills and Qualifications
  • Proven expert with AutoCAD
  • Software knowledge: AutoCAD, Proficient with Microsoft Project, Office, Windows 7, Visio CP, Microsoft Publisher, and FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, and PageMaker, Microsoft Server 2003, Microsoft Server 2008, Microsoft Exchange.
  • Ability to multi-task in a high paced environment.
  • Able to break a project easily into a manageable size.
  • Skilled to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level information into tangible details.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a clear understanding of Business rule definition and facilitation and deployment and implementation planning.
Professional Affiliations
  • Executive Women International (EWI)
  • Technical assessment committee, Dunwoody Institute
  • Industry day guest speaker, Dunwoody Institute
Additional Information
  • Honors & Awards: *Executive Women International Gift From the Heart Recipient
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Flynn Midwest, LP (Dalco Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc)
  • Flynn Midwest, LP (Dalco Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.)
  • John A. Dalsin & Son, Inc

School Attended

  • Metropolitan State University
  • Metropolitan State Unversity
  • Benidji State University
  • Dunwoody College of Technology

Job Titles Held:

  • CAD Manager / Project Coordinator
  • Branch IT Administrator
  • Administration Manager / Facilities Manager
  • Senior Technical Drawing Coordinator

Degrees

  • M.M.I.S. : Management of Information Systems
    M.I.S. : Project Management Certificate
    Graduate Certificate(s) : Systems Analysis and Design & Generalist
    MBA : Marketing and Information Technology
    Bachelor of Arts : Industrial Technology
    Associate of Applied Science : Architectural Drafting and Estimation

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