WILBERT GOMEZ


BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Innovative Senior Manager with strong background in Design, Construction and Real Estate Strategic Management, including nineteen years experience in the corporate sector. Motivated leader of staff personnel for consistent success in surpassing financial targets and business objectives. Extensive experience in major capital projects, site acquisitions, budget development, estimating, facility operations, project management and international customs and strategies. Fluent in Spanish.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC., Teaneck, NJ2007-Present
Director Project Management, Design & Construction
Established a Global strategy for the delivery of project management, design and construction services for the corporations 1.7 Million SF of offices and Broadcast spaces
Implemented strategy for project support by bidding and partnering with third party supplier
Established company wide space and occupancy standards and worked with area sites to enforce standards. New standard realizes real estate footprint savings of over 20%.
Provided content knowledge for all design, construction and project management contracts
Managed all design, construction and project management contracts and measured performance of all service providers
Worked with sites and engineering staff to establish construction and project management performance metrics to be applied across all projects
Developed Baseline construction estimates during real estate feasibility studies
Provided input for annual capital budget program that utilizes comparative analysis and both internal and external benchmarks
Initiated a firm-wide energy conservation and green sustainability program
Provide management support and escalation path for site level project management employees

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY, Jersey City, NJ2006-2007
Managing Director Facilities and Construction Management
Directed activities of a large-scale $400 million capital construction project, adding 22 acres to the existing 18 acres to the Main Campus, and adding 2.5 Million SF of mixed-use facilities. The Project has received two Smart Growth Awards from the New Jersey Futures Office.
The project consists of Large & Small Retail, Market Rate Housing, Student Housing, Academic Buildings, Athletic Field House, Visual & Performing Arts Center Building with a Performing Arts Theater, Large Parking Decks, Surface Parking, Under-Ground Parking and Pedestrian Malls. Project being designed to qualify for LEED certification.
Collaborated with adjacent property developers to coordinate the large scale redevelopment project to help maintain a common theme in terms of architecture design, image and circulation.
Managed all daily activities associated with planning, budgeting, scheduling, coordination/ preparation of contract documents, progress meetings, and oversight of construction activities. Coordinated the bidding process from RFP to award of projects. Managed contract documentation phase and required state documents. Obtained internal and external funding. Worked with external agencies to complete required documentation for available funding opportunities for demolition of existing buildings and the remediation of hazardous materials.


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(Professional Experience Continued)

AGERE SYSTEMS, Allentown, PA2001 2006
Senior Manager Project Management2003 2006
Directed a global organization of 6 project management professionals and was responsible for site acquisitions, feasibility studies, programming services, schematic designs, preliminary and detailed estimating, developing and managing capital budgets, value engineering, construction management, developing schedules, measuring and managing external suppliers and formulating financial business cases for executive management approval.
Developed and managed annual capital budgets for projects worldwide totaling $36.6M and expense budgets totaling $8.5M.
Established and enforced corporate space standards for global portfolio.
Developed and implemented process for project management of all real estate projects worldwide resulting in cost effectiveness, higher quality, speed of delivery and consistency across all regions.

North America Property Manager2002 2003
Developed and implemented new service delivery model; Managed all day-to-day Site Operations within North American Portfolio which included Offices and R&D facilities totaling 1.20 Million SF within 19 properties & Budget of $56.7M.
Managed all facets of design, engineering, construction, furniture, corporate space policies, vendor selection, restoration of all leased facilities, site selection and office consolidations.
Active team member in the corporate consolidation of 2.0 Million SF of office and manufacturing space to realize annual savings of $70 Million in real estate costs and $100 Million total savings to the corporation.
Implemented outsourcing initiative for support staff in Mailroom, Maintenance, Reprographics, Shipping/Receiving, Janitorial and Office Planning to realize cost savings of $750K annually.

Facilities Construction Manager2001 2002
Planned and designed construction activities within a 1.5 Million SF Headquarters campus.
Directed an organization of up to 100 headcount who was responsible for the design and construction of offices, clean rooms, data centers and R & D laboratories.
Managed annual operating expense budget of $8.55M and an annual capital expense value of $42M in construction activities.
Managed a best in class network of architectural, engineering and construction management consultants to achieve project objectives on time, within budget and best in class practices.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Warren, NJ1995 2001
Project Manager
Managed the delivery of design and construction services worldwide for corporate projects from client engagement to project closeout reports.
Directed the design effort of a $150M, 600K SF Agere Systems Headquarters Facility while maintaining an under run in the design budget of $1M (or 12% of design budget).
Led the corporate effort to develop and implement new physical standards for office and furniture systems.
Led the Design Steering Committee in developing and implementing corporations design image.
Provided feasibility surveys in support of corporations real estate negotiations and strategies.
Managed a portfolio that included projects globally requiring extensive travel.
Improved design process by authoring Process Guide for Design Management document.
Performed and managed projects in conformance with The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001).


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(Professional Experience Continued)

AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ1990 1995
Designer

LAMBORGHINI/FEIBELMAN ARCHITECTS, East Providence, RI1987 1990
Designer/Draftsperson
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
B.A., Architecture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 1987
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Project Management, 1992 1993
Union County College, Plainfield, NJ - Certification in Building Inspection, 1995

Training:
Project Management (PMI)
Microsoft ProjectMicrostation
AutoCad
AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Architects
CoreNet GlobalInternational Facility Management Association
Coaching - Baseball, Soccer