Peter S. McGough

870 N. 28^th Street

Apartment 101

Philadelphia, PA 19130

(215) 964-2528

Email: petersmcgough@aol.com

 

 

Experience

                                         

February               2006-              Hill international                                                                                                  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 2011              Project Engineer

                            Responsibilities:

·          Managed or assisted with the management of seven (7) elementary and

intermediate schools.

·          Worked on the design and preconstruction phase of two (2) major prison projects.

·          Served as the document controls manager of a major prison construction project. 

·          Worked as a field representative for a major citywide residential house demolition project.  Provided

extensive work in closing out this project.

·          Designed and deployed the cost estimate model used in a major airport project.

·          Provided research, collected and analyzed data relating to a number of CBA’s.

·          Served as a mentor for a college intern.

 

 

January 2002-              AHP Settlement Trust                                                                                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 2005              Senior Communications Paralegal

                            Responsibilities:

·          Worked directly with attorneys and individual claimants with respect to

status of claims.

·          Communicated with the various departments in the company (over 500 employees), coordinating information, and insuring the information was completed and updated. 

·          Trained new department employees.

·          Assisted in the development and deployment if the paralegal procedures manual.

 

 

March 2001-              Weingarten, Shurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes, LLP                                          Boston, Massachusetts

December 2001              International Patent Prosecution Paralegal

                            Responsibilities:

·          Created and updated both PCT and domestic patent filings.

·          Tracked and answered any office actions (OA’s), reviewed and updated

any other patent or trademark related information. 

·          Maintained 25 – 30 active patent filings.             

 

 

July 1999-              Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotillow, Ltd                                          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 2001              Intellectual Property Paralegal

                            Responsibilities:

·          Worked on a variety of cases from patent to trademark and copyright cases.

·          The work involved file upkeep and maintained, legal research, trial preparation and

one trademark trial.

·          Other duties included, patent and trademark "knockout" searches, patent and trademark

legal research and case summaries, patent and trademark specimen creation.

·          Maintained between 10 – 15 active patent and trademark litigation cases.

 

 

March 1998-              Lavin, Coleman, O’Neil, Ricci, Finarelli & Grey, LLP`                                          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 1999                            Litigation Paralegal

                            Responsibilities:

·         Functioned as a litigation paralegal working on mainly GM product liability cases.

·         Provided a variety of document review services including but not limited to: deposition transcription and summary, file review and upkeep, legal research, subpoena generational nod service, witness testimony preparation, trial preparation.

·         Maintained between 10 – 15 active litigation cases

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Certification

 

                            Project Management Institute

                            Project Management Professional (PMP) (inactive)

 

                            Construction Management Association of America

                            Construction Manager in-training   (CMIT)

 

                            United States Green Build Council

                            Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

                           

                            American Society for Quality

                            Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)

 

                            Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                            OSHA 30 hour Construction Safety Certification

 

Education

 

                            Temple University                                                                                                  Philadelphia Pennsylvania

                            Masters of Civil Engineering (MSCE)

                            Anticipated Completion Date: December 2013

 

                            Philadelphia University                                                                                    Philadelphia Pennsylvania

                            MBA (Specialization in Finance) August 2010

 

                            Temple University                                                                                                  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                            BS Civil and Construction Engineering ,May 2007

 

                            Villanova University                                                                                    Villanova, Pennsylvania

                            American Bar Association Approved Paralegal Education Program

                            Certification; March 1998

 

Villanova University                                                                                    Villanova, Pennsylvania

                            BA English; May 1996

 

Specialized Training

 

                            Envision

·         P6 Web Version 7 Training

Course focused on creating, updating and analyzing project schedules using the Primavera Project Planner Version 7 Web-based scheduler.

 

                            Catalyst

·         Course 102 Primavera Project Planner Version 6 Training

                                          Course focused on creation, building and manipulation of project                                                         schedules using Primavera Project Planner Client Server software.

 

                            Temple University

·         Certificate in Database Design and Management

                                          Certificate focused mainly on learning about the fundamentals and                                                         advanced techniques in the use of Microsoft Access.  The certificate                                                         also included coursework in database design and development.  Finally,                                           a course focused on SQL was required.

 

*Detailed descriptions of individual projects and specific tasks are available upon request