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Proven outstanding achievements in the areas of managing new building construction Critical Data Network installations and building renovations. Demonstrated abilities for building site selections in multiple states throughout the US. Strong negotiation skills especially in the areas of New Building leases and securing favorable TI budgets. Directed projects for building Critical Data Network Centers including the selection of the network design team general contractors commissioning vendors and project consultants. Demonstrated ability to build strong management teams inspire work groups meet critical deadlines and come in on budget for important projects that greatly impact the bottom line. QUALIFICATIONS: Experienced in the development, implementation and administration of all phases of Facilities management. Extensive background interfacing with senior level management in the development of strategic plans for growth, expansion and keeping the focus on mission critical objectives. Previous experience in the direct management of Operations, Information Systems, Purchasing, Materials Control and Human Resources. Demonstrated proven track record of resourceful cost reduction policies and administrative procedure improvements. Creative long-range planning abilities with an organized approach to reaching major objectives on schedule. Extensive background in preparing, analyzing, reviewing budgets and experienced negotiator. Humanistic, creative, enthusiastic problem solver, with excellent communication and motivational skills. Experience in training and developing personnel and using best practice methods and procedures where appropriate in running the organization. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Director, Facilities/Purchasing - eSignal / A Division of Interactive Data Corporation - June 1991 - July 2011 Renegotiated the company's Headquarters building lease for a savings of $500k over the life of the lease which also included a condition that the landlord TI fund included the first Network Backup UPS and Generator for the Data Center. Leader of the internal management team to select the new site for the company headquarters expansion in the Bay Area. Saved the company several million dollars by moving across the bay from San Mateo to Hayward negotiating with the landlord to build the building to spec with a state-of-the art Network Data Center with redundant backup generator capability. Site selected, negotiated the lease, awarded the architectural contract and choose the general contractor to build an entire floor of 27k square feet in New York City to deploy the company's first institutional online product to the financial community. Renovated the entire floor from stripped down walls to a whole new floor with executive offices, board room and state-of-the-art presentation rooms for customers on Wall Street. Site selected office spaces in Chicago and Lombard Illinois, Houston, Texas, Boca Raton Florida. Paul Gary Fisher Page 2 Trained managers/supervisors in salary review appraisals, performance evaluations, achievement ranking, sexual harassment and employee conflict resolution with superior payoff in the demonstrated positive growth of the management team. Participated in the authoring of the company employees' handbook ensuring that it complied with all legal requirements while maintaining the company culture. * Formed (ERT) Emergency Response Team and created the ability for all assigned safety personnel to respond to the emergency within seconds with notification through the paging system. Saved the company several million dollars by moving across the bay from San Mateo to Hayward negotiating with the landlord to build the building to spec with a state-of-the art Network Data Center with redundant backup generator capability. Site selected negotiated the lease awarded the architectural contract and choose the general contractor to build an entire floor of 27k square feet in New York City to deploy the company's first institutional online product to the financial community. Renovated the entire floor from stripped down walls to a whole new floor with executive offices board room and state-of-the-art presentation rooms for customers on Wall Street. Site selected office spaces in Chicago and Lombard Illinois Houston Texas Boca Raton Florida.
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