10241 Island Rd, Ventress, Louisiana 70783 | H: 225-638-8460 | C: 225-747-0310 | owenbello@bellsouth.net
OWEN J JIMMY BELLO
Summary
Versatile results driven management professional with diverse experience spanning various fields. Broad scope of
experience encompassing problem resolution, client/vendor relations, team leadership, skilled in refinery based planning
and scheduling, project management and policy and program development, with a commitment to excellence. Adept in
assessing operational capabilities, creating and implementing process improvements, and streamlining overall
operations for optimal efficiency.
Highlights
Refinery T/A Planning & Scheduling
Safety Driven
Deadline-oriented
Creative problem solver
Primavera P6
Microsoft Word & Excel
Problem Resolution
Organizational Skills
Accomplishments
Completed 2015 $80 million dollar outage for Alon USA at their Krotz Springs, LA refinery.
Worked with parish leaders, first responder's, FEMA & multiple federal, state and local agencies in the successful
emergency response and recovery during the 2008 Hurricane Gustav disaster. Cost $10 Million.
Reduced employee lost time & injuries by 20% through implementing new Safety Program, and Employee Manual.
Annual savings $40,000.
Experience
T/A Schedule Planner
Brand Infrastructure & Energy Services Prairieville, LA Providing Project Planning & Scheduling services for
refinery outages throughout all outage phases; pre, during and post outage.
Use of Primavera P6 software.
Planning and scheduling manpower, equipment and materials.
Obtaining cost of materials and services and coordinating with contractors.
Interacting and providing refinery administration and planning department's with updated reports to manage a
safe and cost effective transition from outage to startup.
09/2014 to Current
Parish Administrator
Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury
Responsible for the day to day operations of the Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury.
Overseeing a $20 million dollar annual budget, 70 employees in 8 departments.
Served as a parish representative at local, state and federal meetings and workshops.
Fostered a climate of collaboration between the general public, police jury members as well as state and federal
agencies.
Served as the main point of contact following Hurricanes Katrina & Gustav.
Drafted and edited written materials including agendas for police jury meetings.
Gathered and analyzed data for studies and reports and made recommendations based on findings.
Collaborated with members of the police jury, staff, other public agencies and private organizations to institute
new animal control and building ordinances.
Co-created the annual budget and submitted it to the police jury for review and approval.
Implemented new employee manual and employee safety practices manual, resulting in reduced employee injuries
and workers comp cost.
Respectfully responded to citizens' complaints and requests for information and services.
09/2005 to 08/2014
New Roads, LA
Network Manager
BellSouth Telecommunications
Began carrier as a lineman and advanced to the position of Network Manager.
Managed 20 employees in providing telecommunications service's which included; installation, maintenance and
repair in the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville.
Point of contact for local governments and customers.
Police Juror District 5
Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury
Elected to the office of Police Juror District 5 in 1993, served in this capacity through August of 2005.
Resigned to accept position of Parish Administrator.
Love of public service and working to improve services that enhance the parish residents quality of life and
well-being.
Provided leadership in collaboration with police jury, constituents and state, parish and municipal officials to
provide needed parish wide infrastructure improvements to roads, utilities, buildings, drainage,parks and
ecosystem.
Maintained a tight balanced budget while providing the daily parish services.
Education
Primavera P6
Global PM
Certification training in Primavera P6 software implementation
Economic Development
Louisiana State University
Completed Louisiana State University/LIDEA Economic Development course.
Management
BellSouth University
BellSouth Management Training Program
Public Speaking
Louisiana State University
Continuing education in Public Speaking
Business
Louisiana State University
Continuing education in Business Accounting 1973-1974
Agri-Business
University of Southwestern LA
Studied Agriculture Business 1972 -1973
Skills
Budgeting, Interpersonal, Community relations, Finance, Leadership, Public Speaking, Organizational, Excel, Office,
Word, Primavera P6, Public Communications, Process improvement, Program evaluation, Job quality, Job Safety,
Scheduling, Telecommunications, Public Utilities, Project Planning & Scheduling, SAP
2014
Slidell, LA, USA
2014
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
2000
Atlanta, GA, USA
1998
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
1974
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
08/1973 to 10/2005
Baton Rouge, LA
01/1996 to 01/2005
New Roads, LA