RESUME

 

Richard Chase, PE                         16612 NE 117th Ct.

                                                          Redmond, WA 98052

                                                          rc@richardchase.com
                                                          425.698.0201 (C)

                                                          425.896.8829 (H)

 

 

SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE

 

 

 

Facilities Management:

  • Senior facility manager for over 2M SF of R&D and manufacturing space, as well as educational, call-center, and general office space. Key responsibility was management of the $100M central plant.

 

  • Provided facility management expertise in managing the infrastructure for 435 software and hardware labs for Microsoft, a total of 500K SF of data center type space.

 

  • Managed 3.6M SF of facilities on Diego Garcia Navy base, including medical, retail, housing, office, food service, and plant operation.

 

 

 

Construction Management:

  • As owner’s rep, delivered over 300 construction projects totaling $70M+ yearly at the world’s largest corporate campus, comprising 200 buildings and 17 million SF of office and hardware/software lab space.

 

  • As owner’s rep, provided capital planning, budgeting, and delivery for 2M SF in a R&D/office/plant environment.

 

  • As contractor, sole provider of construction services on Diego Garcia Navy base, averaging $7.5M yearly.

 

 

 

Property Management:

  • Property manager functions for University of Arizona Science and Technology Park, a position that required lease negotiation and administration, utilities metering and collection, and rent administration for over 34 tenants.

 

 

 

Business Strategy:

  • Developed two major processes at Microsoft that improved business strategy:

·         Methodology that uses the ratio of the cost of delivery to the cost of construction, weighted for several factors such as complexity and dollar value per project, to drive resource decisions.

·         Applying a weighted criteria matrix to capital projects to assure rational decision-making and provide successful executive buy-in and communication.

 

 

 

Portfolio Strategy:

  • Helped position Microsoft strategically to move to a more mature campus master planning paradigm, by driving capital building renewals from an annual plan to a multi-year program, with linkage to the campus master plan. This effort will help drive costs down as long-range corporate goals are meshed with building life expectancy.

 

 

 

Partnering:

  • Coordinated with other partner vendors such as CBRE and Compass. Facilitated the “Functional Vendor Integration Committee”, which is the core team that drives interactions and engagement between the disparate outsourced components of Microsoft Real Estate and Facilities group.

 

 

 

Growth:

  • When I started in 2007 as Director of Infrastructure Services, the scope of work was the lab services division. By earning the trust of the owner and providing near-flawless execution and expectation management, we grew from $18M and 13 employees to present levels, in effect tripling the business in 1-1/2 years, at which point I accepted my new position as Senior Director.

                                                           

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

 

Senior Director, Construction Project Services

2008 to 2010

 

Grubb & Ellis Management Services Redmond, WA

  • Oversaw more than 300 construction projects totaling $70M+ yearly at the world’s largest corporate campus, comprising 200 buildings and 17 million SF of office and hardware/software lab space, set in a suburban environment in Redmond, Washington.

 

  • Sole provider of construction services for MAC, facilities capital renewal, 26 cafeterias, over 1,100 conference rooms, and all construction work other than large-scale S&C/major TI work. My role was to manage the team as owner’s rep, subcontracting to selected general contractors and major trades, serving at the fulcrum between a large, active constituency and the work. The projects were classified into software/hardware labs (435 labs @ 500k SF), general MAC/migration (non-lab occupant requests and migration), and capital renewal projects. Energy conservation measures were also included in the renewal budget, as were major MEP efforts such as chiller plant upgrades.

 

  • Managed a staff of 35, with an operating budget of $4M.

 

  • In 2009 delivered the Redmond Ridge 1 managed server lab building, a $100m effort to consolidate the software labs into a single, modular, managed lab core. This building is 57,000 SF and can accommodate 35,000 servers. The project involved extensive negotiations with the landlord, local municipalities and regulatory agencies, and the utilities company, and was brought in under budget and within schedule.

 

 

Director, Facilities Infrastructure

2007 to 2008

 

Grubb & Ellis Management Services Redmond, WA

 

 

  • Facilities management and construction activities for the 430+ hardware and software labs (mini-data centers) in the Puget Sound campus of Microsoft.

 

 

Senior Facility Manager/Site Engineer 2003 to 2007

 

Grubb & Ellis Management Services Tucson, AZ

 

  • Senior Facility Manager/Site Engineer for the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park, a high-tech manufacturing, laboratory, office, and school campus with over 2M SF spread throughout 18 buildings.

 

  • In charge of a staff of 21, overseeing the operations and facilities management of this high-end R&D complex. Unique challenges included an extensive and comprehensive central plant, with utilities including chilled water, heating hot water, steam, city water, deionized water, nitrogen gas, industrial waste processing, sewer plant and potable water plant. There was also a 3M gal chilled water storage system to maintain.

 

  • Property management responsibilities included lease administration of the over 30 tenants, rent management, and utilities metering and collection.

 

 

 

Principal/Program Director

2001 to 2003

 

CEI

Manila, Philippines

 

 

  • Principal for consulting engineering and contracting firm. Engaged in design/build of a US$56 US Navy construction package, Special Project R11-99(R2), "Reconstruct North Ramp sections NPA/002 and TWC/002" on the island of Diego Garcia.

 

 

Public Works Director, 1992 to 2001

 

DG21, LLC

BJS International Associates

Diego Garcia, BIOT

 

  • Director of Public Works for base operating support (BOS) contractor for US Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Controlled all aspects of Public Works, Facilities Management, and Plant Engineering for this 3000-personnel military base. Responsible for 600 workers; $20M budget; maintenance, repair, and capital construction of over 90 facilities totaling 3.6M square feet, including retail, cafeteria, and medical facilities; 400 vehicles including construction support equipment; 50 miles of roads; 16MW of power production and distribution; 2,000 acres of grounds maintenance; 200 tons solid waste per year into 100 acres of landfill; 200M gallons per year city water; pest control; sewage systems; steam systems; shore erosion control; and engineering and maintenance control.

 

 

 

Project Engineer, 1983 to 1992 

 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

 

  • Project manager/engineer in Plant Engineering Division. Scope comprised facilities maintenance as well as new projects. Supervised staff of eight engineers and designers. As project manager, was tasked to shepherd projects from concept to A&E and construction contracts. Key projects included light/heavy isotope separation process support including work with tritium and fissionable metals, in addition to support for NOVA, world's largest laser.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION AND OTHER CREDENTIALS

 

 

                                                           

BSME, 1983

Northrop University, Inglewood, CA

 

 

Professional Mechanical Engineer

California, #024861