Highlights

 

Summary

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  • Over $10 Billion USD in project construction value delivered

  • Award winning leader in high rise building industry

  • Collaborates with world class development, design and construction teams to bring avant-garde properties to iconic skylines around the world

  • Sole responsibility for business unit operations and P&L

  • Single point responsibility for strategic direction of each project

  • Senior stakeholder engagement

  • C Suite interactions - advances client interests in private and public settings

  • Project management - team of 10+

  • Multi sector experience - Public & Private

  • Global experience - Europe, Middle East, Asia, U.S. and the Caribbean


 
  • Effective negotiator who secures agreements and approvals from diverse stakeholders, including statutory and regulatory authorities

  • Delivers design, feasibility, value engineering, independent peer review and expert witness services

  • Expert in ground up construction, adaptive reuse of existing properties, hyper-scale projects and construction sequencing in complex dense urban environments

  • Proactive oversight and course correction to optimise design-construction alignment, minimising cost and maximising value created.

  • Drives innovation and alternate system studies to determine project best fit.

  • Steers automation and optimisation initiatives

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  • Appoints external consultants and manages performance

  • Develops new business & manages client relationships

  • Team/project/technical leadership

  • Operations management

  • Financial management

  • Risk management

  • Crisis resolution

  • Quality assurance and quality control

  • Performance management - mentors team to empower autonomy and support career goals

  • Creates content to support marketing strategies

Roles

 

Vice President, Associate & Project Manager

WSP | New York, NY

Jan 2012 - Mar 2022

Senior Project Engineer & Project Engineer

Axis Design Group International LLC | Newark, NJ

Nov 2006 - Dec 2011

Project Engineer & Design Engineer

Tobin Consulting Engineers | Galway, Ireland

Mar 2004 - Oct 2006

Graduate Engineer

Leo Wilson Associates | Galway, Ireland

May 2003 - Mar 2004

 
 

Awards

 

The XI

2021 ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Platinum Award

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2020 ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Diamond Award

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2020 6sqft.com Building of the Year Award

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2020 SEAoNY EiSE Best New Building Award

 

The XI

2020 CIB Special Recognition, Mixed Use Award

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2020 CIB Special Recognition, High Rise Residential Award

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2020 WSP Project of Year Award

Portfolio Highlights

Education & Qualifications

 

Harvard Business School Online

CORe - Financial Accounting, Business Analytics & Economics for Managers

2021

Project Management Institute

PMP - Project Management Professional

2017

State of New Jersey, U.S.A.

PE - Professional Engineer

2010

Engineers Ireland

CEng MIEI - Chartered Engineer

2009

University of Galway, Ireland

BE - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honors Degree)

2003