Experience

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Frank and Grossman Landscape Contractors Inc.

Project Manager

August 2019 - Present (5 years 6 months)

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Oxbow Landscape Contractors Inc.

Project Manager

November 2017 - July 2019 (1 year 9 months)

Napa, California

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BrightView Landscapes

Enhancement Manager

April 2017 - November 2017 (8 months)

Pleasanton, California

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Frank and Grossman Landscape Contractors Inc.

Project Estimator

January 2012 - April 2017 (5 years 4 months)

San Francisco Bay Area

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Protea Design

Principal Designer

2005 - February 2012 (7 years)

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Suzanne Arca Design

Project Manager/Assistant Designer

May 2009 - November 2011 (2 years 7 months)

Duties Include: Design, install, and maintain medium to large scale high-end residential landscape projects. Prepare and review project drawings using CAD; conduct pre-construction meetings and on-site inspections. Efficiently managing contract creation, review and process change orders, submittals. Analysis and execution of RFP's to maximize financial and operational performance as well as minimize risk. Prepare cost estimates, project schedules, administer agreements for professional services related to all projects, coordinating and directing all activities between the City and subcontractors, maintain accurate and current project budgets and manage cost and quality controls. Create marketing material for promotional and business development.

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Tanaka Design Group

Lead Planting Designer/Project Manager

July 2006 - May 2009 (2 years 11 months)

Duties Include: Work as a team, contributing creatively in all phases of design process, from design development to construction documentation. Coordinating project details and deadlines with vendors, consultants, and clients. Attending job meetings with clients and consultants as well as site visits/verifications and punch lists. Submittal reviews, scheduling of meetings, meeting notes, and specification reviews. Providing exceptional quality service with accurate, appealing and timely delivery of products in all phases of the project.

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FedEx

Courier

July 1997 - June 2007 (10 years)

Duties Include: Assisting customers in their Express shipping needs, acquiring new sales leads, maintaining D.O.T. compliance, utilize custom technical programs to manage and update pickup and delivery schedules including dispatch information, processing airwaybills, delivery receipts, and shipping manifests. Training new employees with procedures to aid in efficiency and customer.

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Bayside Plants

Landscape Maintenance Supervisor

October 1996 - September 1997 (1 year)

Duties Include: Managing interior accounts, working with property managers to meet esthetic goals, generating new sales, supervising 5-10 members of landscape crew.

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Education

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Turner School of Construction Management

Certificate, Construction Management · (2010 - 2010)

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UC Berkeley Extension

Certificate, Landscape Architecture · (2004 - 2009)

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Merritt College

Ongoing studies, Horticulture, Design, and Construction · (2001 - 2003)

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Mills College: California State Summer School for

Arts, painting major · (1994)

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Laney College

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