Mike Montero

• Supervised 63 employees performance, preventive maintenance, and safety.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors for cost-effective procurement of parts and services, maintaining strong working relationships.
• Delegated tasks selected employees in alignment with company goals.
• Managed a team of technicians, providing support for skill development and performance improvement.
• Collaborated with other departments to verify completion of production tasks.
• Mentored new hires in company procedures for their roles as maintenance professionals.
• Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.
• Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired cast.
• Cultivated positive rapport with fellow cast.
• Collaborated with other department managers to coordinate maintenance activities around production schedules, minimizing operational interruptions.

• Part of the team that developed the Magic Happens Parade.
• Assisted with developing Scope of Work for parade units.
• Assisted in the bidding process with outside vendors
• Coordinated shop visits with, production team, quality control and parade partners.
• Procured key parts and equipment for the parade floats.
• Performed Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests on all parade assets, as well as providing punch lists for all vendors.
• Managed all logistics for all parade assets being delivered to the resort.
• Managed outside vendors during float assembly.

Oversaw assembly and integration of Shanghai Disneyland's first parade.

• Managed 12 third party employees in float assembly
• Traveled to different to companies throughout China to oversee progress on parade elements.
• Assisted in procuring equipment for the newly constructed Parade Maintenance building.
• Assisted in training of permanent Parade Maintenance cast.
• Performed some of the float testing on the parade route ss a subject matter expert