Maria Garza-Carter

2525 S Dayton Way #1110

Denver, CO80231

(303) 994-9634

Objective:

To obtain a challenging position with an organization in which I can apply

my skills while making a contribution to the goals of the company.

Experience:

January 2008-Present

MEIZ Development Company

1912 Logan Street, Denver, CO80203

Mark Meiser, Principal (303)832-7525

Executive Assistant / Office Manager

  • Result oriented team player
  • Able to work under pressure and deadlines
  • Detail oriented and organized
  • Excellent people and communication skills
  • Construction Management skills and experience

Work directly with company principal to evaluate projects for critical path issues, completion timing and requirements, site logistics, local entitlement, required permitting procedures and lease exhibit evaluations. Establish project specific design and technical criteria, contractor rules and regulations, reporting systems, and tracking devices. Rothschild Downes liaise with development team, tenants, tenant coordinators, architects, contractors to ensure quality design and construction with minimal conflict and maintain compliance with all governmental and Landlord regulations. Monitored deposit collection and net reimbursables, punch list completion and closeout documentation. Managed and maintained personal business and highly confidential information, scheduling, traveling for principal and his family.

January 2007-November 2007

Integrated Builders, Inc.

1202 Dragon Street, Suite 104, Dallas, TX75207

Liz Watson, Human Resources (214) 559-0157

Office Manager-Denver

  • Execution of Contracts with Subcontractors
  • Set up and Maintain Subcontractors files and reports
  • Invoices, Payment Applications, Schedule of Values
  • Budget maintenance for each job

Managing the day-to-day operations of the branch office in Denver, CO. Management of new and existing customers for both Commercial and Turnkey Residential Divisions, perform analysis and preparation of reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated parameters, ensure accurate data input into job budgets by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, incorporate contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baseline, serve as primary liaison between Corporate Office, Project Managers and Subcontractors, good communication skills, organizational skills, ability to prioritize action items, capable of creating business correspondence from general ideas, manual and automated filing systems, mail distributions and processing, ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization and analytical skills to make sound decisions.

December 2005-November 2006

JG Environmental Services, Inc. (A Division of TC Interiors, Inc.)

320 S. Belt Line Rd., Suite 105, Irving, TX75060

Jeremy Golightly, Vice President (972) 986-8465

Office Manager

  • Collections-98% Complete Collection
  • Payroll
  • Subcontractors files, reports and payments
  • Employee-hire documentation, reporting and terminations

growing construction clean-up and fencing company, performed various routine bookkeeping and general accounting tasks including reconciling accounts payable, accounts receivable and bank statements, ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, incorporate contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baseline, experience dealing with senior managers and field personnel.

May 2004-November 2006

T.C. Interiors, Inc.

320 S. Belt Line Rd., Suite 104, Irving, TX75060

John Globensky, Commercial Division Senior Estimator (972) 313-0065 x 107

Commercial Division Administrator

  • Accounts Payable
  • Payroll-HUD/OCIP
  • Collections/Liens-98% Complete Collection
  • Purchase Orders
  • Invoices, Payment Applications, Schedule of Values

Management of new and existing customers for Commercial Division, perform analysis and preparation of reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated parameters, ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, incorporate contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baseline, serve as primary liaison between Project Managers and field personnel, good communication skills, organizational skills, ability to prioritize action items, capable of creating business correspondence from general ideas, manual and automated filing systems, mail distributions and processing, ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization and analytical skills to make sound decisions.

October 2003-May 2004

December 1999-September 2002

Fenimore-Blythe, LTD

2300 Higgins Lane, Fort Worth, TX76111

DR Cummings, Project Manager (817) 834-6301

Assistant Project Manager/Administrative Assistant

  • Accounts Receivable
  • Entered Accounts Payable
  • Insurance Forms and Payments Performance Bonds
  • Payment Applications/Schedule of Value
  • Collections

Management of new and existing customers, purchasing/purchase orders, contact suppliers for price quotes and negotiated prices for materials, oversee delivery of materials to jobsites, serve as primary liaison between General Contractors, Project Managers and Field Personnel, provide administrative support to Project Manager to include RFI’s, CO’s, Submittals, ensure that contracts were within negotiated parameters, close out documents, ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization and analytical skills to make sound decisions, organizational skills, ability to delegate and to prioritize action items.

October 1995-August 1996

American Airlines

4700 American Blvd., Fort Worth, TX76010

Domestic and Spanish International Reservations

  • Customer Service/In Coming Calls
  • Data Entry
  • Spanish Translations

Experienced in all phases of office administration including telephone answering, manual and automated filing systems, responsible for verifying customer flight reservations were accurate and complete, informing customers of any new FAA regulations which might effect their travel.

Education:

College:

  • Texas A & M: Major: Business
  • Del Mar College: Major: Restaurant Management

Professional-Work Related Courses:

  • Introduction to Construction
  • Liens and Collections
  • Human Resources-Recruiting and Maintaining
  • Zig Ziglar Seminar
  • Zinger Miller Courses

Skills:

  • Bilingual-English/Spanish (Spoken, Read and Written)
  • Notary Public
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • QuickBooks
  • Bidtec (Accounting Program)
  • Typing 45-55 wpm
  • Ten Key-Sight/Touch

References:

Available Upon Request