Mark Bradley

11110 Wayfield Road

Riverside, CA 92505

951-314-1418

MSBradley13@gmail.com

 

Executive Summary

 

Strategic and tactical manager across multiple industries with purple squirrel type skills set. Relational management style and rigorous intellectual planner with strong communication, analytic/problem solving skills. Bilingual, results oriented leader with a “Can Do”, “Solutions not Excuses” mind set interested in leading a collaborative, out of the box strategies type team in the landscape industry.

 

v    Skills Set

Applied technology. Digital Landscape Design, GIS/GMS asset identification and management. MS Office and Design Suites, On Screen Take Offs/Digitizing. Revenue cycle, capital expenditures budget development, operations budget forecasting and resource allocation/management. Due diligence and real estate asset evaluation. Sequencing, fleet scheduling, in house manpower and subcontractor operations management at numerous sites over wide geographic areas simultaneously. Sustainability practices and centrally controlled irrigation systems programming, trouble shooting and management. Public works processes, procedures, commercial, resort and high end residential design, construction and maintenance with contracts from $10,000 to $5,000,000. Plant identification, soils analysis,  Workplace and public safety program development, research, operations analysis. Continuous development of people, processes and procedures integrating all for continuous improvement best practices.                                                                                        

 

v    Career highlights

 

·                      Vegetation management

Awarded prestigious Core Values award for “Growth” in first year

Led emergency response operations

Guided the largest swing from operating loss to operating profit in company history during first full year

Lead division from worst to first in workplace safety and DOT, EPA and OSHA compliance in second full year

Significantly reduced fleet costs through innovative resource allocation, sequencing and scheduling

Restructured entire business unit from procurement to services delivery

Resolved land use conflicts and eliminated governmental code violations by leveraging GIS/GMS technology

Developed Continuous Improvement Best Practices though relentless research and innovation

Consistently delivered the highest customer satisfaction survey results

Assisted University of Missouri, Bayer Corp and Dow Corp herbicide research programs

Successfully headed multiple offices and sub-contractors in Northern and Southern California, Arizona and Nevada

 

·    Facilities Management

Assessed the needs for and developed strategic asset plans for eleven hundred facilities sites statewide

Identified, negotiated, monitored and directed the work of numerous subcontractors at multiple sites

Reorganized and integrated several separate business units into a single corporate structure to leverage market share

Developed and implemented innovative strategies for reducing EMR

Guided the company from operating loss to operating profit

Created strategic partnerships to with key vendor slashing materials costs

 

 

·    Landscape construction and long term management

Slashed costs and increased profit margins in landscape maintenance, construction and arbor care divisions

Developed Eucalyptus preservation protocol for Irvine Company Northpark master planned community

Led transition from landfill use to sustainability practices

Significantly reduced lost time incidents, accidents and EMR

Developed Capital Expenditure programs and performed due diligence for numerous high end real estate assets

Authored low volume irrigation standard contract specifications for Equity Residential Inc.

Completed system restoration for clients with centrally controlled, ET based irrigation up to 260 acres

Worked with Dr. Dahlston, UC Berkeley for Lerp psyllid control research

Deployed innovative solutions which increased operating profit while maintaining high standards in services rendered

Implemented Lean Management principles

Effectively directed multiple offices and sub-contractors in Northern and Southern California                                 

 

 

v    Career Experience  

 

GM/Operations Manager Platinum Landscape Contractors

6/2014 to present

Commercial, residential, public works construction and custom Design/Build projects from $10,000 to $1,500,000 from Apple Valley to Oceanside with a staff of 130. “Hands On” direction of estimating and purchasing departments.

 

Railroad Division Manager De Angelo Brothers Inc.

7/2008 to 3/2014

Railroad Right Of Way vegetation management, Awards for operations excellence and public safety services for railroad ROW in CA/AZ/NV managing contracts from $25,000 to $5,000,000.  Slashed labor costs and increased both operating profit and customer satisfaction for a portfolio of $12mil.

 

Operations Manager Dworsky Services DBA ABM services

2/2007 to 6/2008

Statewide commercial design, construction, sustainable maintenance and full facilities services with a $13mil portfolio and staff of 200 focused on public works and commercial/retail sites with PC based centrally controlled irrigation systems to 260 acres. Directed estimating, purchasing departments and the roll out of statewide contract for 1100 sites until company was sold to Brickman.

 

Director of Operations Land Graphics Enterprises

11/2001 to 12/2006

Recruited by ownership to open a Los Angeles metro area profit center for commercial design, construction, maintenance and arbor care services. Grew staff from 4 to 55 engaged in high end multifamily residential, master planned communities and public works with PC based centrally controlled irrigation systems to 260 acres. Developed Historic Tree Conservation plan for The Irvine Company “North Park” development. Authored low volume irrigation conversion design for Equity Residential.

 

Director of Operations LANCO/Silverwood Landscape

11/1999 to 11/2001

Restructured and reorganized the commercial design, construction, maintenance and arbor care services with a portfolio of $19Mil and staff of 200 for ultra-high end multifamily residential sites by CalPac, Shea homes, DR Horton, Master planned communities by the Irvine Company. Developed site specific fertilization program and delivery system.

 

Field Supervisor Accurate Landscape

6/1997 to 11/1999

Commercial landscape maintenance services for Orange County assessment districts with PC based centrally controlled irrigation systems and the Irvine Company apartment communities.

 

Veteran USAF Honorable Discharge

AA El Camino College Biology/Botany 1982 to 1989

Certified Arborist

Qualified Applicator License 

 

Hobbies and Interests are camping, writing/recording music, horsemanship, target shooting, volunteering, indoor cart racing, live theater.                                      

 

v    Partial Client List

 

WEBCOR

Merit Property Management

Disney

Universal Studios

Hathaway/Dinwiddie

Irvine Apartment Communities

The Irvine Company Community Development

Rudolph & Sletten

City of Orange

Equity Residential

NEFF Construction

Lewis Operating Corp

County of Orange

McCarthy Construction

Balfour Beatty

City of Tustin

Morley Builders

California Pacific Homes

City of Irvine

Toll Brothers

Pulte Homes