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P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E D E T A I L S

City of Beverly Hills - 2005 – Current
Assistant Director of Public Works – 2014 – Present
Duties and Responsibilities
 Approximately 140 Employees and Operating Budget of $47,500,000
 Parks and Open Space comprising over 100 acres, including neighborhood mini-parks, public
gardens, play grounds, community centers and historic Greystone Mansion
 Part of the Real Estate team for property acquisition, disposition and valuation, lease negotiations, City
infrastructure Capital Improvement Projects (City Buildings and Property)
 Over 9100 parking spaces in 19 facilities and 2700 parking meters throughout the City
 Oversight of over 3.2 million square feet of building space in approximately 70 facilities, 60
Elevators and Escalators, HVAC and Life Safety Equipment; Over 400 Pieces of Fleet Equipment
(including light, medium and heavy duty vehicles and public safety up-fitting)
 Support department divisions of Engineering – including Streets, Street Lighting, Signals, Paint and
Signage and Right-of-Way CIPs, Project Administration (City Facility CIPs), Utilities – including Water,
Wastewater, Storm Water and Solid Waste, and Administrative Support – including Purchasing,
Customer Service, Administrative Assistance and Management Analytics
 Support and peer review of Community Development programs and processes collaborating with
Public Works for developments – In-lieu parking, development agreements, and conditions of approval
 Ensure the City is meeting and exceeding the expectations of residents, visitors,
businesses, employees and other customers within the division and department
 Coordinated agendas, meetings, goals and objectives of the Public Works Commission by
providing staff oversight of the meeting and support to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission
as the staff Liaison to this Commission
 Recommend, present and respond to five-member City Council and Council appointed five-member
Commissions (Public Works and Traffic & Parking Commissions), community groups, NGOs,
professional organizations, JPAs, and intergovernmental agencies and committees
 Responsible and accountable for the goals, objectives, policies, procedures and priorities of
the department and operating division(s) of Public Works
 Leadership and management of the selection, training, development retention and performance of a
diverse working unit, including six municipal bargaining groups which include classified service,
exempt, confidential, management, supervisory and part-time classifications
 Strategic planning for division, department and general City programs, including budget, fees and
charges, operations, new facility construction, new program development, and customer service
delivery

Achievements
 Led negotiations for the following:
 Purchase of real estate (commercial and residential) for new water production and tenant properties
 Lease of City/Authority owned restaurant/retail and office space, including leasing agent negotiations
 Lease of community park concession stand
 Lease of Water Utility property to neighboring jurisdiction for Public Parking Revenue Share
 Implementation of service request, work order and asset management system for Public Works
 Opening of the City’s first dog park from bid to grand opening in 4 months
 Initiated and completed a staffing and performance analysis of Park Services Division – Metric based
staffing
 Negotiated with Municipal Association (MOU) to transition City employee work to service contracts
 Installation of space monitoring systems in public parking areas
 Integrating parking reservations/sales with ticket sales with regional preforming arts center partner
 Three Strategic reorganizations of the Public Works Department (and former Capital Assets Dept)
 Assisted and implemented multi-departmental work group transitions and reorganizations