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Abelardo (Abe) Perez

First Name: 
Abelardo (Abe)
Last Name: 
Perez

OBJECTIVE:

Director position working in a dynamic environment where work revolves around project teams and success is based on project results.

EXPERIENCE:

Twenty nine years of experience providing leadership to project teams and increasing organizational efficiency and effectiveness in capital projects. Diversified work experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, nuclear and defense industries.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Strategic business planning, estimating, benchmarking, scheduling, cost control, project reporting, contract management, earned value analysis, labor productivity monitoring, claims disputes and resolution, lean construction, high level presentations, multi tasking, meeting deadlines, creating win-win situations, working with teams, supervising and mentoring of employees.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

December 2006 to Present
Amgen Manufacturing Limited
Sr. Project Controls Manager
Manager of site capital projects portfolio of 15 to 20 projects in different life cycles. Responsible for project planning, estimating, benchmarking, setup, cost control, reporting, cash flow, earned value, risk mitigation, and resolving project issues and concerns. Supervised a lean staff of eight contractor resources.

  • Achieved an effective cash flow performance of 95% accuracy at end of year.
  • Successful in obtaining funding approval for 20 pharmaceutical projects.
  • Created operational excellence ideas that minimized duplication of meetings and streamlined project reporting.

March 2006 to December 2006
Lyondell Chemical Company (CDI Corporation) Houston, Texas
Project Controls Manager
Responsible for the planning, estimating, cost forecast, cash flow analysis, and reporting of 2006 Maintenance Turnaround to senior management, assessing risk, mitigation planning, and lessons learned.

  • Prepared funding estimate that was in-line with final cost of turnaround.
  • Reported the estimated cost at completion on a daily basis in real time to senior plant executives.

May 5, 2003 to March 15, 2006
Eli Lilly and Company
Project Controls Manager
Successfully managed a capital project portfolio for two manufacturing plants. Responsible for execution plans, estimating, project gate approvals, project schedules, work breakdown structures, cash flow, cost control, labor productivity, earned value, project reporting, formulation of project requirements in contract documents, risks identification, invoice approval, errors and omissions, closeout, and litigation support.

  • Increased the awareness of reasonable and customary cost for construction within owner organization.
  • Responsible for identifying errors and omissions in which the owner received $6M in work credits.
  • Successfully led the Project Controls function for the construction of a $1B Greenfield biotech facility.

December 2000 to May 2003
Pharmacia Corporation
Project Controls Manager
Assigned to the Project Management Office (PMO) managing a capital project portfolio for three manufacturing plants. Responsible for estimating, scheduling, cost control, cash flow, cost reporting, lessons learned, project closeout, supervision of resources, and ambassadorship of company capital project management process.

  • Successfully created team integration and PMO credibility after company mergers and acquisitions.
  • Created added value to organizations by providing in-house cost estimates of various design options.
  • Successfully managed $500M annual Capital plan for the three manufacturing plants.

May 2000 to December 2000
Vector Mgt Group - Consolidated Edison
Sr. Cost Engineer
Assigned as the Steam Generator Replacement Cost Engineer for the owner. Responsible for review of project estimates, schedule, contract compliance, review of invoices, and cost control, change management, earned value, and forecast of estimate at completion for $780M Steam Generator Replacement project for Indian Point #3 nuclear plant.

  • Identified $800K of de-scoped work that lead to a reduction in guaranteed maximum contract.
  • Implemented payment register with checks and balances to ensure progress was in accordance with contractor requests for payment.

April 2000 to May 2000
Fluor Daniel- British Petroleum (BP) Chemicals
Sr. Cost Engineer
Responsible for estimating cost of $7M turnaround, schedule, cost control, change management, earned value, percent completion, reporting, daily headcount of assigned resources, and special tasks as directed by management.

  • Cost of turnaround in-line with estimate produced
  • Daily cost update to senior plant management using real time data
  • Implemented the interface of site Maximo work order system to increase accuracy of cost reporting.

January 2000 to April 2000
Fluor Daniel - Koch Petrochemical Refinery
Cost Engineer
Responsible for capital cost reporting, cost forecasts, analysis of cost deviations, cost estimates, change management, project progress, the extract and manipulation of data from complex computer systems, and provide cost leadership to on-site team.

  • Took initiative to restructured monthly cost report which was well received by key stakeholders.
  • Received commendation for providing outstanding support for the restart of a Sulfolane reactor unit.

January 1993 to January 2000
South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company
Cost Engineer
Assigned to support Capital Plant Modifications. Responsible for providing Project Controls services to fifty design engineers and project managers die business planning, budgeting, formulation of economic modules on proposed projects, cost estimating, cash-flow projections, cost performance monitoring, variance analysis, project scheduling, contract compliance, and providing daily field financial leadership to onsite design team.

  • Successfully managed site project portfolio for minor and major plant modifications.
  • Led the formulation of the Site Business Plan that was rated best in the nuclear industry.
  • Active participated in restart of Unit #1 after shutdown by NRC

1988 to 1992
United States Air Force, San Vito Dei Normanni, Italy
Sr. Budget Analyst
Responsible for the administration of all funding programs, preparation and identification of budgets, funding deficiencies, allocation of funds, and formulation of status of funds reporting to support line management and financial committees.

  • Received Commendation Medal for performance above expectations during assignment.

1983 to 1988
United States Air Force, Madrid, Spain
Contract Manager
Responsible for the establishment, maintenance and validity of vendor contracts for services and materials. Responsible for the validation of vendor invoices, preparation of vendor payments, maintenance of contract supplemental, determination of contract compliance, vendor monitoring and funds availability.

  • Received Achievement Medal for quality work during assignment.

1981 to 1983
United States Air Force, Altus Oklahoma
General Ledger Accountant.
Responsible for accounting transactions and the appropriate general ledger account classifications. Responsible for month end close of all accounting ledgers, submission of accounting reports to corporate, ensuring the validity of accounts and dictating financial changes to policies and procedures.

  • Given increased responsibilities beyond grade level due to error free performance and leadership qualities.

SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Windows, Primavera Project Planner, Primavera Sure Trac, Prolog, Construct-ware, ICARUS, SAP, People Soft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, RS Means, Richardson's Estimating, Success Estimator, Fluor Daniel Cost System (FD Cost), Microsoft Word, Oracle Financials, Monte Carlo Risk, Microsoft Access, Maximo, Schedule Publisher, and @ Risk.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Oracle Data Systems, Oracle Data Browser, Maximo Maintenance System, Schedule Publisher, Primavera Sure Trac Scheduling, Success Estimating, Icarus Integrated Project Manager (IPM), People Soft Financial Mgt. Systems, Advanced People Soft Queries, Microsoft Excel Intermediate, Excel Charting, Excel Visual Basic Application, Fluor FD Cost System, Construct ware Training, Prolog User Training. SAP Financials, SAP Project Systems, Employee Diversity, Risk Management, and Project Management Training.

AFFILIATIONS
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), and Modular Builders International (MBI)

EDUCATION
Accounting & Finance Certification - US Air Force
High School - Lyford, Texas

Professional References Available upon Request

Professional Since: 
Dec-1996 (27.6 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Mar 1981 (43.4 yrs experience, WARNING: 15.8 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
38

Market Place

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