Chuckkel

Chuck Kelecic PMP, CMfgE 3231-C Business Park Drive, PMB 223, Vista, CA 92081 (North San Diego) [login to view URL] Senior Engineering Project Manager Project Management ~ Process Improvement ~ Six Sigma Quality ~ Strategic Planning ~ Financial Analysis SUMMARY: Extensive hands-on, cross-discipline experience in the engineering, project management, facility operations, construction, manufacturing and Information Technology areas. Saved companies over $60 Million to date by using Continuous Improvement analyzing methodology and implementing solutions that streamline workloads and reduce bottom line costs. Strong financial background in budgeting and cost analysis with proven expertise in achieving superior value engineering cost reduction benefits. A leader with vision, flexibility and strategic thinking. Provided expertise as a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), and a Motorola-trained Six Sigma Quality award winner with a successful record of accomplishments and a consistent history of utilizing engineering solutions to increase accuracy and productivity while reducing expenditures. Strong understanding of Government FAR Acquisitions, Earned Value Management, cost accounting contract management, risk management, issue management, scope planning, project definition, scheduling, and flow charting. Able to provide personal leadership that encourages ethical business practices, compliance with all government regulations, and responsness to the needs of customers. U.S. Citizen open to self-relocation throughout the USA. TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY • CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP): The Project Management Institute • SIX SIGMA QUALITY (6 ): Motorola-Trained Black Belt Candidate • CERTIFIED MANUFACTURING ENGINEER (CMfgE): The Society of Manufacturing Engineering • AutoCAD, MS Project, Primavera, Visio, Filemaker Pro, Oracle, Maximo, TMA CMMS Systems EDUCATION • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, Illinois Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Specializing in Project Management, Manufacturing & Finance • KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Chicago, Illinois Master in Business Administration Courseswork • ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE, Rockford, Illinois FAA Airframe & Power Plant Mechanics Program, Licensed Private Pilot with Instrument Rating • Real Estate Agent License: IL and CA EXTENSIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM: Lean, Kaizan, Facility Management, Six-Sigma Quality, Quality Circles, Successful Negotiator, Dale Carnegie Management, Covey Personal Leadership, Interpersonal Skills, Risk Management, Government Contracts, Building Construction Management, Continuous Improvement, Dealing with Difficult People, Effective Leadership PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NCS) – Vista, California 5/2009-Present Solar Division ( [login to view URL] ) Solar Power Design and System Integration Senior Consulting Engineer / Project Manager - Solar Engineering Consultant, Training, Business Startup, Executive Management, Business Planning, Business Development, Project Management, Design, Biding, Contractor Oversight. • Specialing in new Solar Power company startups and power developments. Provide extensive assistance, training and hands-on assistance in the areas of sales, installation, feasibility studies, owner's representation and solar component sales. • Cost Accounting: vendor pricing analysis, new technolog cost analysis • Utility-Scale solar project funding and power purchase analysis for up to $250M projects. SILIKEN RENEWABLE ENERGY – Carlsbad, California 5/2008-5/2009 Solar Power Panel Manufacturing and System Integration Director of Operations - Executive Management, Business Planning, Business Development, Project Management, Design, Biding, Contractor Oversight, Construction • Provided New Business Startup guidance for a Spanish solar power panel manufacturer and integrator by opening a San Diego, California manufacturing plant and Corporate Headquarters. • Engineering: Solar Power Systems Integration, Solar Statement of Work (SOW) creation, design/layout of standardized solar field to control costs, solar product review and selection. • Business Development: managed three Directors of Business Development, developed client relationship with potential customers, provided them Feasibility Studies and recommendations. • Proposal / Bidding: Analyze and respond to Request for Proposals (RFP) and authored Bid Responses for residential kits to 39 megawatt Utility-Scale solar fields. Developed standardized bid responses to shorten turnaround time. $240M project value. • Cost Accounting: construction costing for rooftop, ground and carport mounting methodologies, Solar Integrator/Vendor vetting and bidding, component and installation costing. • Manufacturing: Solar Panel UL certification, factory layout and remodeling. • Operations: order processing, website design ([login to view URL]), company brochure design, software selection, desktop & server backup, office layout, and specialized communication system. NATIONAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NCS) – Vista, California 4/2001-5/2008 Corporate Engineering Consulting Services - Project Management Contractor Services: Provided diverse full-scope technical planning, risk review, financial analysis and operational assessments based upon Six Sigma and Voice of the Customer principles. • Business Analyst: Develop business plans, addressing all issues, including client investment analyses, and buying and leasing strategies operations, policies, corporate structure, and web site development. • Manufacturing Process Improvement & Cost Reduction: Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma Quality, Kaizen, facility design and relocation, automated assembly equipment, standardization. • Financial: Budget development, review of current business operations, implementation of operational enhancements, strategy development, real estate holdings analysis, investments, facility space planning. INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, Chino, California Municipal Wastewater District Solar Consultant / Project Manager - Contractor - Project Manager, Design, Biding, contractor Oversight, Construction • Solar Power Plant Project Engineer for the design and construction of four solar power plants totaling 3.5 megawatts using rooftop and ground mounted fixed / tracker-style systems. Performed feasibility studies, authored Request for Proposal, vendor bid review, vendor selection, Award of Bid: $32M project value. PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, Laguna Woods, California Property Management / Engineering Senior Engineering Analyst - Planning, cost justification, recommendations, contracting and construction management • Corporate-level engineer providing Board of Directors with realistic analysis and proper long-term recommendations for major maintenance and construction of public facilities (seven clubhouses, 850 seat theater, equestrian center, five pools, roadways, sewers, 8,000,000 sq ft of roofs, and 36-hole golf course) throughout Laguna Woods Village, the largest privately-owned senior city in the United States consisting of 12,733 housing units on 2,100 acres with valuation over $8 billion. • Project Manager for high value facilities, including fuel stations, elevator restoration, theater audio/seating renewal, energy conservation, life-safety systems and other municipal-scale projects. U.S. DEPARTENT OF THE TREASURY / FEDSOURCE, Brea, California Federal Contracting Office Construction Engineering Manager / Business Development – Federal Contracting Office engineering advisor providing architectural, engineering and business development assistance to nationwide Federal Agencies and Military Bases • Provided prompt customer support and cost-effective design for bid and vendor analysis, process improvement, site assessment and site work verification; authored Statements of Work, process design/improvement scenarios with metrics to track and control the process. • Project Manager for installing US Government’s 2nd largest solar photovoltaic power system at Navy Pearl Harbor Hawaii generating 309 kilowatts. $1.3M project value. • Extensive large-scale experience in complex design & construction: Building renovation/demolition, airfields, solar voltaic systems, environmental remediation, and facility lighting retrofit. • Guided government’s Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) via Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) in the review of incoming customer work requests, selection of proper contract vehicle, management of the Project Coordinators and other FedSource Construction Engineers. FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION: Santa Anna, California Real Estate Title Insurance Information Technology Consultant • Developed Data Center Financial model & pricing for company’s new retail hardware/software. EBI ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS: Los Angeles, California Property Condition Analysis Property Condition Engineering Auditor • Performed large-scale commercial building pre-sale Due Diligence analysis for real estate property lenders by completing Property Condition and Environmental Site Assessments per ASTM E-2018 standards. MOTOROLA - World Headquarters, Schaumburg, Illinois 1984-2001 Telecommunications / Electronics Information Technology Manager 1999-2001 - Oversaw Facilities IT operations for 2.3 million square foot & 10,000 employee corporate facility campus. • IT Help Desk: Developed quality metrics; managed servers, desktops and data warehouse systems. • Deployed Automated Facility Management using IT based resources such as: o Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) that managed one-thousand maintenance and repair work orders per month within the facility; also tracked major facility equipment and subsystems (maintenance history with development of a reoccurring maintenance schedule and forecast of future failure expenses) using TMA Systems. Contributor on the Maximo Analysis Team. o OSHA Material Safety Data emergency application with a sheet rapid electronic distribution function across a large facility in case of chemical spill. o Web-based Conference Room Self-Reservation System reducing headcount by two. • Video Conferencing: Designed and deployed standardized facility requirements, equipment and web sites. • Implemented NT Data Servers, workstations, data backup, website and national crisis management system. • Provided internal customers with technology strategies, budgeting, best practices, processes, vendor analysis, risk assessment, procurement, contract documentation authorship, and Crisis Management support. . Facility Engineer 1998-1999 - Facility Support Services: Project Management, Design & Construction, Space Planning, Fit-out • $5 million of internal construction projects--provided the operational design, bid & review, contract-construction-payment management, secured bids, negotiated pricing, terms and management of external contractors. Also provided space planning, furniture layout, procurement and budgeting. • Data center and electronic laboratory construction involving HVAC, life-safety, chillers, power system enhancements and environmental remediation. • Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) analysis and installation. • Fast-track construction of 43,000 square foot building at $1 million under budget, and ahead of schedule. Real Estate Asset Manager / Facility Services Manager 1993-1997 - Facility Management: Planning, Facility Consolidations/Relocations, Cost Reduction, Construction • Portfolio management of over 80 remote-site offices and field service centers throughout the USA and Europe. • Enterprise-wide Real Estate Asset Management Database Software Development - led Team of 13 international managers in the creation and deployment of real-time software managing over 750 worldwide facilities. Software has been since released as a retail product. • Developed an award-winning, six sigma, Rapid Real Property Disposition Process to sell commercial real estate in 45 days. • Construction Project Manager: design and construction of the Federal Radio Repair Facility in Washington, DC; the sole facility repairing all U.S. Government radios in the world. Deliverd a new facility with new internal production methodologies that decreased repair labor costs by 30% and had the lowest facility operating cost company-wide. • Environmental Engineering work providing Phase-1 studies and managing Phase-2 remediation. Cellular Telephone Systems Implementation Engineer 1986-1992 - Electronic Equipment: Product Development, Production, Installation, Customer Service, Data Center, Base Station Cell Sites, Business Development. • Functioned as Field Service Engineer/Consultant in all areas of building layout and construction, including nine Main Telephone Switching Centers, data centers, telcommunication interconnect technology, DC power systems, RF/microwave systems, towers, antennas, FAA filings, and as-built documents. Advanced Technology Manufacturing Engineer 1984-1985 - Product Development, Design for Manufacturability, Lean Manufacturing, high volume electronics. • Served as Technical Operations and Quality Assurance liaison for the Product Development Design group involved in Printed Circuit Boards and two-way Communication Radio Stations. • Provided training to instill “Design For Manufacturability” and “Design For Assembly” techniques. • Saved the company over $100,000 annually by redesigning cellular base stations to lower construction costs. AMPHENOL SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS, Chatsworth, CA & Broadview, IL 1982-1984 Lead Manufacturing Engineer: Peacekeeper (MX) Ballistic Missile Program, - Low Volume, high quality, Aerospace, Military, National Emergency Production Status, Nuclear Weapon Component Prototype Development to Production, Full Development Cycle • Prototype Design & Manufacturing Engineer for the Missile Umbilical System; developed process, selected vendors, reviewed contracts, trained production/quality personnel and assembled systems. • Served as Facility Relocation Engineer for the entire production facility from California to Broadview, IL • Material Review Board member auditing incoming material and dispostion of out of specification components. • Received US Air Force "Best Subcontractor" Award received for achieving quality and cost objectives. SIGNODE, Glenview, Illinois 1980-1982 Industrial Engineer / Methods Analyst - High Volume Strapping Material and affixing Machines, Environmental Management • Lean Manufacturing saved $508,000 by reducing scrap reduction on rolling mill and slitter operations. • Reduced plant-wide chemical waste by over 90%. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES / AMERICAN BOSCH, Cincinnati; Ohio 1979-1980 Manufacturing / Facilities Engineer - New Product Design and Facility Deployment for High Volume, Environmental Management • Design of a 430,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art gasoline fuel injection manufacturing plant for Ford Motor Co. FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION: Bearing Co. of America, Greensburg, Indiana 1977-1979 Manufacturing Engineer - Machining, Assembly & Packaging, Environmental Management, High Volume, Full Production Cycle • Utilized Lean Manufacturing techniques; saved $120,000 by developing automated robotic assembly machines and implemented program to put one of the first lasers in the world onto the production line. • Designed/constructed centralized machining coolant filtration equipment and related supply piping.