10/97 - 8/00 Project Manager (Jack & Cohen, Palo Alto, CA)
• $3 million project for Los Altos United Methodist Church including addition to existing church building, a new conference center, a new preschool and play yard, and extensive site work (parking areas and landscaping).
• $300,000 project for the City of Redwood City adding a portable building and related utilities to an existing community center complex. Acted as project manager and field supervisor.
9/96 - 8/98 Acting Assistant Professor, Construction Management Program (Stanford University Civil Engineering Department)
Teaching and research related to innovation and organizational learning in the construction industry. Taught “Construction Equipment and Methods” Winter Quarter, 97/98.
2/96 - 6/96 Visiting Scholar, Chalmers University, Gothenberg, Sweden & Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark
Developed a research plan and related working paper for a study of organizational learning on the Øresund fixed link project between Denmark and Sweden.
4/95 - 7/95 Research Associate, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
Contributed to a study of technology development and diffusion in the Norwegian offshore oil industry.
6/90 - 9/90 Researcher, Shimizu Corporation Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Investigated R&D management in one of Japan’s largest general contractor’s R&D institutes.
6/86 - 6/89 Civil Engineer (City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power)
Worked on trunk-line design, in-plant inspection, and soils engineering
5/83 - 5/84 Project Manager’s Assistant (Jones Construction Management, Los Angeles, CA)
Prepared cost reports, job summaries, and invoices for construction of N.M.R. facility on job site at Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
6/82 - 1/83 General Contractor’s Site Representative (Goldrich & Kest, Los Angeles, CA)
Prepared cost and material submittals, negotiated with subcontractors and project principals, and maintained project documents. Located on job site at 72-unit Faculty Housing Project for U.C.L.A.
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