The journey began 25+ years ago when I became an electrician in the United States Air Force. The love for real estate began at that time. I have been in the customer service business every since. After my military career the electrical journey quickly catapulted into becoming a Master Electrician and starting my own company in 2005. I ran a successful, full outfitted, electrical service company in my community and the surrounding RVA area. We were blessed to have the ability to create a large customer and business network which led to a very successful 5 year journey. This all came to a screeching halt with the dreadful 2009 economic downturn.
Always determined to succeed and keep people happy, I quickly re-entered the work force and begin a new and exciting career in facility maintenance. I went to be a facility engineer at a BOA facility, working for one of the top and well respected commercial real estate maintenance companies in the world, by the name of JLL. This position because of my tenacity, determination, willingness to learn and previous business experience, led me to a position in DC at Fannie Mae’s headquarters as a Chief Engineer. I led the team to some major victories in equipment upgrades and grounds improvement projects and I was then sent to head up Capital One’s headquarters in Northern Va (Reston) where I solidified my Chief Engineering badge. This role included but was not limited to managing all facilities operations and ensuring that all tenants were taken care of, comfortable, and all dining facilities were running to feed over 3500 associates daily. This was a massive undertaking and it made me skillful in customer service. The task of ensuring that everyone around me was taken care of no matter what was my mission not the job. I was t