Thomas Bovis

About Thomas Bovis

Boston University graduate in Manufacturing Engineering and MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with over 20 years experience in Corporate Real Estate and Administrative Services operations for major corporation. Responsible for all facility acquisitions, lease negotiations, capital improvement projects and regulatory reviews. Managed over 60 staff members and oversaw the contract negotiations for all outsourced functions which included security, records retention, building services, and food operations. Developed corporate wide Businees Resumption Plan and served on incident command team. Developed corporate wide facilities management plan to insure cost effective use of space.

Experience

1. Administrator Purchasing Ssystems

   State of Rhode Island

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Manage the Construction Team within Purchasing consisting of eight staff members: Plan, assign and direct staff through completion. Projects include all vertical and horizontal construction. Review and assign projects, guide team members, pre-qualify all construction vendors.Work closely with all agencies including DCAMM in support of complex construction projects to ensure State Guidelines for Procurement Process. Develop Request for Proposals for all Architects & Engineers and major capital construction projects. Facilitate entire procurement process including pre bid meetings and opening to insure legal requirements. Review contracts, American Institute of Architects (AIA), and assist agencies on selection process, track costs and change orders.Serve on Technical Review Teams and Project Labor Agreement Committees for vendor selection. Assist in construction methods including Construction Manager at risk (CMAR), Design/Build and Design/bid/build.Develop state Master Price Agreements for Owner’s Project Managers, Architects and Engineers.Complete cost benefit analyses with Net Present Value for leasing of office space.Work with legal on new regulations for construction projects.Served on Real Estate Efficiency committee to review facilities consolidations to reduce overall

Education

• Boston University Continuing Education

  Certificate Facilities Management, Facilities, Corporate Real Estate

  2006 — 2011

• RPI at Work

  MBA, Business

  1980 — 1983

• Boston University

  BS, Manufacturing Engineering

  1976 — 1980

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Underwriting
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Financial Analysis
• Program Management
• Vendor Relations
• Hipaa
• Management Consulting
• Financial Modeling
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Negotiation
• Teamwork
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Visio
• Facilities Management
• Access
• Peoplesoft
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Lease Negotiations
• Project Management
• Corporate Real Estate
• Performance Management
• Vendor Management
• Health Insurance
• Project Planning
• Budgets
• Real Estate
• Leadership
• Time Management
• New Business Development
• Analysis
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Customer Service
• Insurance