managing the business of building

Cliff F. Campbell, P. Eng.

Experience

January 1994 to Present
President, James C. Johnson Associates Inc., a Management Consulting service company specializing in project and construction management for governments and private sector industry clients.

July 1991 to September 1993
President and C.O.O., Slemon Park Corporation. Complete responsibility for the management and general control of the business affairs of the Corporation. Reported to the Board of Directors. Duties included recruiting tenants to occupy approximately 1,250,000 sq. ft. of industrial, commercial and residential property owned by the Corporation, developing the annual operating and capital plans for the Corporation. Approximately 30 businesses were recruited to Slemon Park, employing 200 new employees.

August 1990 to July 1991
Executive Vice President, Rambri Management Inc. Assumed responsibility for fulfillment of a management contract with the Federal Government for the transition of CFB Summerside from the Department of National Defence to the private sector. Prime responsibilities included initiating transition to confirm with DND critical path, confirming base operating costs after DND relinquished the property, preparing promotional materials for marketing Slemon Park to tenants, acting as key facilitator in negotiations with anchor tenants.

January 1987 to July 1990
General Manager, Charlottetown Area Development Corporation, a publicly-owned development corporation who have developed, own and manage approximately 225,000 sq. ft. of residential, retail and commercial property.

Prime responsibilities included assisting the Board in their process of setting policy and making decisions by identifying alternatives and making recommendations; co-ordinating the presentation of draft policy statements for approval; co-ordinating the submission of programs, budgets, plans and projects for Board consideration; implementing decisions of the Board and informing the Board of progress; administering the affairs of the Corporation on a day-to-day basis; maintaining liaisons with governments; chairing Management Committees, etc.

Special duties during this period included restructuring the Corporation's financing by raising funds in Asia through the Business Immigration Program resulting in a major reduction in net debt over four years. Properties were acquired on the Charlottetown waterfront to develop the Peake's Wharf Project during this period.

December 1983 to January 1987
Project Engineer and Secretary to Project Management Board, Atlantic Veterinary College Project for the Department of Transportation and Public Works, Province of Prince Edward Island.
Prime responsibilities included providing professional engineering analysis and critique of plans and specifications prepared by architects and engineers, carrying out periodic inspections to determine that contract requirements were adhered to and that quality of work was acceptable, analysing bids in co-operation with the Architect, Engineers and the Construction Manager and making recommendations to the Project Manager, preparing and establishing purchasing and expediting procedures for all equipment, furnishings and supplies for the construction, commissioning and start-up of the College, preparing legal agreements relative to the construction and operation of the Veterinary College and establishing progress claim procedures for claims to the Federal Government and the Atlantic Provinces, preparing the Policy and Procedures Manuals for the construction team.
1980 to December 1983
Manager of Parks, Buildings and Highways Section, Department of Highways and Public Works, Province of Prince Edward Island. Provided general management and professional services in research, master-planning, design and budgeting for selected assignments and projects for Provincial Parks, highways and buildings. Accomplished the organization of effective production from multi-disciplines in research, planning and design of capital and non-capital projects.

1973 to 1980
Director of Design and Implementation and Supervisor of Engineering. Comprehensive experience in the financial and administrative management of multi-million dollar engineering projects for the provincial park system, resort complexes and other tourism and recreational facilities.

Education

·Graduate in Civil Engineering, Nova Scotia Technical College, 1973.

·Registered as a Professional Engineer in Prince Edward Island.

·Completed other continuing education courses in Public Administration, Project Management, Real Estate Development, Writing Effective Letters and Reports, Finding Money for Growth, The Right Way to Manage, and "Continuous Improvement".
Membership
Past or present membership in the following:

·The Aerospace Industry Association of Canada

·Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association

·Tourism Industry Association of P.E.I.

·Charlottetown and Area Chamber of Commerce

·Board of Directors, Fathers of Confederation Program, 1990

·Board of Directors, P.E.I. Minor Hockey Council, 1991