Mihai Podaru

About Mihai Podaru

Focused, passionate, and strategic leader with a strong entrepreneurial spirit offering over 27 years of diverse experience and a proven track record of success in the power business sector. Reputation for building strong teams, maximizing resources, streamlining productivity, increasing revenue, and quickly adapting to address changes in business priorities.Expertise in leading PMO office with complex programs and projects of sizes $300M, saving high-risk multi-million dollars projects, and turning around underperforming accounts.Accomplished in leveraging Six Sigma principles to develop effective, creative solutions to critical issues, leading change in complex global environments, and driving customer satisfaction and repeat business.CORE COMPETENCIES• Project Management Office (PMO) Leadership• Global Program / Portfolio Management• Business Planning / Forecasting• Strategy and Execution• Global / Virtual Team Leadership• Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) • Staffing / Resource Management• Cross-Cultural Communications• Strategic Account Management• Business Sales & Growth• Multi-site Operations• Client Relationships• Contract Negotiations• Budgeting & Cost Control• Change Management• Risk & Contingency Management• Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing• QA & Safety Management• OSHA Compliance• Performance Metrics• Contractor & Vendor Management• Full P&L Responsibility

Experience

1. Director of Transmission & Distribution (t & d)

   Vanderweil Engineers

   May 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

• University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

  Master of Science, Electrical Power Engineering

  1995 — 1996

• General Electric Project Management University

  Project Management Certificate, Project Management

  2008 — 2009

• University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Power Engineering

  1990 — 1995

• Liceul Ion Creanga

  High School Diploma, Mathematics & Physics

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Project Monitoring
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Cost Control
• Project Execution
• Customer Negotiations
• Lean Manufacturing
• Safety Management
• International Project Management
• Air Emissions Regulatory
• Project Initiation
• Contract Negotiations
• Multi-Site Operations
• Stakeholder Management
• Epc
• Project Engineering
• Change Management
• Power Plants
• Cost Estimating
• Program Management
• Project Closeout
• Risk Management
• Power Transmission
• Performance Monitoring
• Oil&Gas
• Communications Management
• Project Control
• Strategic Planning
• Multicultural Team Management
• Resource Management
• Power Distribution
• Certified Project Manager
• Project Portfolio Management
• Six Sigma
• T&D
• Quality Management
• Contingency Planning
• Project Planning
• Performance Metrics
• Resource Allocation
• Proposal Management