Mr. David Sierra is a Senior Executive with over 30 years of Construction Management and Architectural experience, with the bulk of his Career involved in Project Management.
For the last 14 years, he worked at Citigroup, Inc. as a Senior Vice President, Regional Project Management Director, where he led, developed and implemented the processes surrounding the planning, coordination, execution and monitoring of all architectural and construction infrastructure projects within the Latin America Region.
Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Sierra, for over 16 years directed the Store Planning and Construction divisions for a variety of multinational corporations in the retail industry.
Major accomplishments:
Citigroup Inc., Miami, Florida.
- Directly managed the most complex Regional Headquarter and Data Center facilities projects. Successfully completed on-time and under budget Corporate Headquarter consolidations exceeding 2M square feet, $500M of capital expenditure, and around 20K employee relocations in: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Panama, and Jamaica.
- Saved over 20% in costs, and achieved the most efficient office buildings in the region, by developing and implementing project processes, including efficient and flexible office space plans and workstation standards.
- Negotiated, and implemented regional alliances with major global manufacturers and suppliers to leverage corporate agreements for furniture, construction equipment and materials, obtaining an average savings of 30% over local pricing.
- Competently managed the planning and execution of re-branding roughly 700 branches and 150 office buildings.
- Executive member of several steering committees for the development and implementation of Global corporate processes, and procedures.
- Developed new branch design guidelines for the region, overseeing and monitoring the construction, and opening of around 250 Citibank’s retail branches a year.
- Obtained 42% space reduction, and 32% operational expense savings through AWS (alternative workplace solutions) on real estate, by creating and implementing a pilot program for flexible corporate office space environment.
L. Lurias and son, Miami, Florida.
- For a period of six years, directed the Construction and Store Planning Divisions, developing and implementing a new store design concept for 19 new store openings, bringing the company to a modern design, as well as the latest generation of systems and equipment.
- Develop and implemented new store fixtures and merchandising displays standards.
Federated Department Stores (Burdines), Miami, Florida.
- For over five years, directed the planning and construction of the: International Mall, Downtown, Mayfair, Market Place, Boca Raton, and Broward mega stores.
DAMAX Construction, Corp, Miami, Florida.
- Directed the Project Management and Construction Divisions; effectively completed the construction of 200M square feet of office space, and 42 residences.
W.T. GRANTS, New York.
- For over six years, as Chief Draftsman directed the Store planning drafting departments, producing lease and merchandize plans for the opening of over 90 stores a year.
Mr. Sierra received from Florida International University two Bachelor of Science degrees in: Architecture and Construction Management, as well as multiple Diplomas and Certificates on Computer programming and operations, also holds a General Contractors license from the State of Florida.