RALPH J. WATWOOD
Winter Haven,Fl
Summary
Project Manager and Military Veteran offering over 21 years of proven experience in the United States Army and Executive Construction Management. Top level experience in establishing and maintaining professional relationships with representatives of federal, state, and local agencies. Proven ability to create work cultures where employee trust each other and openly collaborate to solve complex problems and achieve mission goals. Dependable reputation in leading large teams of over 2K employees that provided Operational Support and Project Management. Created streamlined project schedules that maximized resources and took advantage of cost saving opportunity initiatives. Recipient of multiple awards for outstanding performance and professionalism in the United States Army. Career supported by a Master of Arts in Security Management and Master Certificates in Lean Six Sigma/Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Project Management Professional.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Noble Construction
01.2023 - Current
- Senior Project Manager for a Class A Multi – Family General Contractor Managing a project in more than 64M in Kissimmee FL
- Responsible for the overall direction, completion and financial outcome of simultaneous complex construction-management projects; as well as coaching, teaching and mentoring project staff
- Directly responsible for the project success and financial outcome of The Allen – Beaumont a 321 Unit Class A Multifamily Project located in Kissimmee FL
- Start Date of the Project June 2023 substantial completion date October 2024 finishing the project in 17 months seven months ahead of the contract schedule
- Responsible for all initial planning, Budget development, Bid tab, and coordination with all consultants
- Negotiated all contract terms holding each sub-contractor accountable for to the contractual requirements
- Brief owner executives and investment groups fostering an atmosphere of trust and confidence
Senior Project Manager
Morrow Construction
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Senior Project Manager for a Class A Multi – Family General Contractor managing multiple projects in excess of 100M in Orlando and Sanford FL
- Responsible for the overall direction, completion and financial outcome of simultaneous complex construction-management projects; as well as coaching, teaching and mentoring project staff
- Directly responsible for the project success and financial outcome of Vistana Village a 6 building 309 Unit Class A Multifamily Project Located in Orlando Florida
- Directly responsible for the project success and financial outcome of a 8 Building 412 Unit Class A Multifamily project located in Sanford FL
- Responsible for all initial planning, Budget development, Bid tab, and coordination with all consultants
- Projects were ultimately put on hold for the foreseeable future due to interest rate increases
Senior Project Manager
Contravest
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Senior Project Manager for a Class A Multi-Family General Contractor, managing projects more than $60M across the Southeast region of the United States
- Constructed the Addison Sky Way Marina a 306-unit multi-family complex in St Petersburg Fl
- Constructed the Addison on Lake Bryan a 266-unit complex in Orlando, FL
- Managed over 80 sub-Contractors fostering a team environment and Project Success
- Negotiated all contracts buy out with a 3% cost savings within each project
- Negotiated all contract terms holding each sub-contractor accountable for to the contractual requirements
- Managed all budgets, schedules, and milestones
- Brief owner executives and investment groups fostering an atmosphere of trust and confidence
Senior Program Manager
Jacobs Engineering
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Provided Program Management in, logistics, engineering, financial analysis, and program support for the Program Manager Training Systems (PM TRASYS
- PM TRASYS supports Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) and Training Education Command (TECOM) requirements to identify, develop, and field materiel and non-materiel solutions as the training systems manager
- Provided budget and program analysis for contractual services more than $100 million
- Prepared Performance Work Statements (PWS) and Statements of work (SOW) for all contractual services for Marine Corps Acquisition projects daily
- Reviewed construction and engineering plans with engineering staff for projects estimated at $100 million dollars
- Conducted Site visits along the east coast and Asia recommending changes to the engineering staff of current and future changes to construction concepts in support of Marine Corps Acquisitions
- Worked with established Integrated Product Team (IPT) for all programs, to ensure adherence to schedule, budget, and scope
- Lead Preparation of project plans, proposals, negotiating statement of work (SOW) and specifications, monitoring performance to operating budgets and acceptability of terms and conditions within the contract
Director of Project Management
UNITED STATES ARMY
01.1995 - 01.2016
- Served as the senior advisor to the Commander of over 12,000 employees spanning across the Southeast Region of the United States to include Puerto Rico; consultant to organization’s tactical and strategic communication, personnel, intelligence, and security operations; identified vulnerabilities and developed initiatives that addressed solutions
- Provided leadership and management in organizing, training and equipping personnel in operational management and security operations while accounting for over $1B worth of equipment and associated components
- Orchestrated an increase in leader development by 25% through developing a robust training program focused on physical and mental agility and leadership development, a $500K yearly savings on repeating course
- Interacted with organizations’ senior leadership, provided candid assessment to executive level management on organization’s infrastructure and mission readiness
- Developed a comprehensive safety and accountability program, collaborated with interagency senior leaders resulting in a 99% decline in Serious Incident reporting’s, increasing availability of 50K+ man hours devoted to mission requirements
- Analyzed and identified gaps in operational plans, saving the government $1M during 10 major training events; boosted relationship with tactical and strategic planners
- Observed the operations of 3 Tactical Operations Centers (Emergency Control, Tactical Operations, and Tactical Assault Centers); coached staff in coordinating and designation Aircraft and Air Corridors, refined their emergency plans to maintained fluidity
- Conceptualized the development of 8 standard operating procedures focused command operations, base defense, mass casualty and medical evacuation operations; standardizing processed eliminated 20K man of useless hours a $1.5M salary savings; identified proper equipment and minimizing unneeded medical, communication and security equipment, personnel needed
Education
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II -
Project Management
No Degree - Building Inspector/Plans Examiner
Goldcoast Schools
Coral Springs, FL11-2024
Master of Arts - Security Management
American Public University
Charles Town, WV07-2016
Master of Arts - Security Management
American Public University
01.2016
Lean Enterprise Solutions -
Villanova University
01.2016
Project Management Professional -
Villanova University
01.2016
Six Sigma Green Belt -
Villanova University
01.2016
Lean Six Sigma -
Villanova University
01.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Strategic Intelligence concentrated in Terrorism
American Public University
Charleston, WV01.2009
Skills
- Planning Processes
- Schedule Management
- Construction Management
- Leadership/Supervision
- Budget Development
- Labor Management
- Project Management
- Verbal/Written Communication
- Client liaison
- Multi-project management
- Site plan creation
- Cross-functional coordination
- Project goals and milestones
- Project Planning
- Project Scheduling
- Time management abilities
- Change Management
- Microsoft Project
- Vendor Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Multi-stakeholder asset management
Degrees
- MA
- PMP
- SSGB
Careeraccomplishments
- Operations: Briefed senior executives, stakeholders and other US Military forces on strategic and Operational vulnerabilities which increased international awareness and promoted cross function partnership.
- Change Management: Facilitated After Action reviews and lessons learned; provided positive leadership that drove change cross the organization while inspiring and motivating excellence in performance.
- Project Management: Developed matrices to identify all gaps in operational plans as well as current operations ensuring all deficiencies were corrected before they had a chance to manifest as strategic or operational problems.
- Supervision: Prioritized work and special projects based on employees’ capabilities and difficulty of assignments; allocated personnel and resources from various functions.
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Noble Construction
01.2023 - Current
Senior Project Manager
Morrow Construction
01.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Project Manager
Contravest
01.2019 - 01.2022
Senior Program Manager
Jacobs Engineering
01.2016 - 01.2019
Director of Project Management
UNITED STATES ARMY
01.1995 - 01.2016
Master of Arts - Security Management
American Public University
Lean Enterprise Solutions -
Villanova University
Project Management Professional -
Villanova University
Six Sigma Green Belt -
Villanova University
Lean Six Sigma -
Villanova University
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II -
Project Management
No Degree - Building Inspector/Plans Examiner
Goldcoast Schools
Master of Arts - Security Management
American Public University
Bachelor of Arts - Strategic Intelligence concentrated in Terrorism
American Public University
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