Professional website for Edd Polaski

Project Manager

Client Relations Negotiation Skills - Project Safety - Space Planning

 Projects include retail banking initiatives, ATMs, office expansions, data center relocation, retail store renovations, vendor shops, hospitals, research laboratories and hotels.

­­Industry Honors & Awards

       ­Customer Service Award

       New England Team Building Award

       ATM Service Installation Award

       Member of Golden Key International, Phi Kappa Phi & Sigma Lambda Chi CM Honors Societies

­PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

Archer Corporation, Malden, Massachusetts                                                                                   ­                                                7/2008-10/2009

www.archercorp.com

­­­Project Manager

• Enforcement of project standards, maintained quality assurance procedures to minimize exposure and risk
  
• Identified resources needed, assigned tradesmen, inspired coworkers to attain goals and pursue excellence
  
• Utilized team members, supervised operations, scope reviews & deliverables for clients

CB Richard Ellis, Waltham, Massachusetts                                                                                      ­                                               8/2005 - 7/2008

www.cbre.com

­­Project Manager (Bank of America account for Retail Banking Initiatives)

       Managed project life cycle including client meetings, construction documentation, vendor contraction relations and budget administration

       Proficient in multitasking, managing multiple separate continental projects and competent  in all facets of management including; controlling costs, establishing meeting minutes, creation of RFIs, contract negotiation, scheduling of contractors, architects and various subcontractors within project planning systems

       Skilled in all phases of Corporate Real Estate Project Management activities, including, but not limited to Program Development, Budgeting, Planning & Design, Project milestone scheduling, Services Contracting of multidisciplinary project teams, Conflict Resolution, Project Implementation oversight and Project Closure

       Identified resources, assigned individual responsibility, managed contract administration, interacted with trade/union negations and adept at managing multiple continental concurrent projects

       Managed relocation of  lock-box centers, retail banking, relocation and coordination of banking infrastructure including print centers and data centers in high-rise buildings

       Provided measurement tools, presented initial identification of success factors, communicated measurable value-add services to all clients

­­­The May Company, Boston, Massachusetts                                                                                                                                                   9/2002-8/2005

­Project Coordinator/Manager

­ (dba Filenes-Kaufmanns Department Store interior renovations for retail department store chain)

       Managed 200 fast-paced projects, $10,000 to $700,000, totaling $10,000,000

       Projects included office expansions, retail store renovations and vendor shops

       Developed turnkey solutions for all projects with field assessments, development of detailed phase plans, construction evaluation of planned space requirements, established real-time comprehensive matrix for status and critical path analysis

EDUCATION 

 MCM Candidate for Master's of Construction Management, East Carolina University - 2011 current GPA 4.0

­BPM Project Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology GPA 3.4

­AAT Associate of Applied Technology in Architecture, Wentworth Institute of Technology (cum laude)