Anthony DeJesus
Hillside,New Jersey
Summary
A versatile and dedicated project manager with a strong background in project management, construction management, risk management and trade coordination. Established capabilities in budget management, documentation/reporting, data organization and verification, and production efficiency. Utilizes strong interpersonal and communications skills to guide and liaise with team members and cross-functional departments. An accomplished and analytical top-performer who delivers continuous improvement and profitability for an organization.
Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Johnson Controls
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Contracted to Morgan Stanley as part of their Corporate Security team, worked as a PM responsible for Istar Security Panel upgrades in the Americas, coordinating between programming, technology, data center, construction, and vendor’s physical security teams.
- Coordinated and oversaw security renovations and upgrades of up to 8 sites concurrently, ranging from singular site device/panel upgrades to upwards of 5 sites per week.
- Contributed to financial teams helping forecast the quarterly security budgets.
Project Manager
JLL
01.2018 - 01.2023
- Contracted to Charter Communications and worked as PM responsible for construction and build out of Charter Spectrum stores, organizing and facilitating complete construction process from planning through delivery, including meeting with architects, engineers, general contractors, and all vendors to ensure smooth project road map.
- Worked in partnership with Charter to perform duties of financial analyst, with responsibility for finances of upwards of 50 projects per year budgets ranging from $975K-$1.7M.
- Processed purchase orders, change orders, followed up on invoice reconciliation, and served as contributor to financial planning, analysis, and projection of overall construction budget.
- Oversaw renovations of up to eight sites concurrently in partnership with Valley National Bank, ranging from full scale renovations to “mini-refresh” renovations with budgets fluctuating from $435K to $1.5M.
Assistant Project Manager
METRO VISION WINDOWS AND GLASS
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Acted as liaison between ownership, senior management, and all trades involved in construction.
- Scheduled, dispatched, and supervised day to day/week to week activities of multiple field teams on multiple sites to maximize efficiency.
- Wrote and followed up with contracts, purchase orders, change orders, request for information, request of change orders, and request of potential change orders.
- Submitted daily/weekly/monthly progress reports of work to senior management, as well as ownership.
Assistant Project Manager/Project Manager
JLS COST MANAGEMENT
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Liaised between ownership, senior management, and all trades involved in construction.
- Submitted shop drawings, submittals and specifications to architects, engineers, and sub-contractors.
- Contributed as part of small team handling 15 floors of construction at Sabey/Verizon building in Lower Manhattan, dealing with all issues including scheduling, permits, coordination and supervision.
- Handled construction of 18 different floors in Barclays Corporate building as part of team, dealing with all issues including scheduling, permits, coordination, and supervision.
- Led numerous trade groups ranging from 10-60 individuals, and also sent out daily and weekly reports on progress of project as well as all RFI’s, submittals, and responses.
- Worked on Jeffrey Rudes flagship store in SoHo as APM, and helped with daily aspects of project, managing groups of up to 60 individuals including trades and laborers and tracking budget in congruence with cost of completion.
Assistant Project Manager
DAIDONE ELECTRIC
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Acted as liaison between Citi Bank Group and all contractors and teams, scheduling and dispatching multiple teams ranging from five to 30 to respective sites, making certain that all permits up to date, as well as all teams fully equipped for day's workload.
- Wrote and followed up with contracts, purchase orders, change orders, request for information, request of change orders, and request of potential change orders.
Skills
- Have overseen multi-million-dollar construction projects, including site management, trade coordination, subcontractor supervision, budgets, and documentation/reporting, also overseeing that all OSHA regulations were met
- Have led and managed construction projects of multiple varieties including but not limited to the construction of commercial monopoles/ cell antennae sites and their subsequent warehouse and office spaces, the build out of retail stores, as well as the full renovations of financial institutions
- Classified, recorded, and summarized numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records
- Checked figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, and mathematical accuracy
- Recognized numerous times for finishing tasks with outstanding quality and well before allotted time
- Performed documentation, retention, retrieval, destruction, and disaster recovery of all documents essential to business needs
- Project management
- Project planning and development
- Team collaboration
- Client relations
- Risk management
- Document management
Certification
OSHA 30 hr. Construction Safety and Health Course, (2016)
Licensed Notary Public
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish.
Timeline
Project Manager
Johnson Controls
01.2023 - 01.2025
Project Manager
JLL
01.2018 - 01.2023
Assistant Project Manager
METRO VISION WINDOWS AND GLASS
01.2017 - 01.2018
Assistant Project Manager/Project Manager
JLS COST MANAGEMENT
01.2015 - 01.2017
Assistant Project Manager
DAIDONE ELECTRIC
01.2014 - 01.2015