Paul Schwartz

Hi, I'm Paul Schwartz, Disaster Recovery Manager at Servpro. I am a Certified Restorer(C.R.) and a Certified Microbial Remediation Supervisor(CMRS). I am a Certified General Contractor in Florida and a licensed Contractor in Michigan. I have been involved in the Disaster Restoration/ Insurance Reconstruction business for 13 years.

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Certified Restorer - RIA Certified Microbial Remediation Supervisor (American Indoor Air Quality Council) Certified General Contractor, State of Florida Licensed Asbestos Contractor- State of Michigan Residential Builder- State of Michigan Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT)- IICRC Applied Structural Drying (ASD)- IICRC Mold Remediation Instructor- ASCR for Belfor USA Mold remediation Technician- RIA Mold Counsel- Belfor USA- Contributing author for national guidelines Participated in over 400 mold remediation projectsoFeatured Mold Remediation Speaker at Air and Waste Management Conference 2002 Successful Subrogation- Claims Training Services Consultant for large scale remediation projects: AIG, Cincinnati, Farmers Large scale Dehumidification coordinator Belfor USA

General Manager at Kustom US

March 2009 - December 2009

Insurance Reconstruction, Restoration, Structural Drying, Consulting Coordinated alliances for National Response Estimating -Emergency Temps, Structural dehumidification, Mold Remediation, Reconstruction Manage daily operational staff.

President at Maximum Restoration

2004 - March 2009

Catastrophe and Insurance Property Restoration General Contractor Michigan/ C.G.C Florida Structural Dehumidification Consulting Specialties: Construction Mgmt, Facilities Mgmt, Project Implementation

General Manager at Belfor USA

1999 - April 2004

* Responsible for P/L of division. * Accomplished an increase in revenue five times in a three- year period. * Maximized division revenue to black ink in under a twelve- month period. * Responsible for all mold remediation for Michigan offices. * Co-authored mold remediation manual for company wide distribution. * Scheduled, priced and performed large- scale mold remediation projects. * Coordinated multiple large- scale emergency temps with staff's exceeding 150 people. * Experienced estimator in large- scale content restorations e.g. churches, libraries, schools, Government facilities and High- rise buildings. * Experienced in large- scale drying projects. * Manage daily operational staff of up to 50 people. * Consulted for insurance General Adjusters on large restoration projects. * Purchase and negotiate pricing for all materials for division. * Planned yearly budget and capitol expenditures for division. * Taught mold remediation classes for Belfor certification.

VICE PRESIDENT- OPERATIONS at Paint 'N' Stuff, Inc

January 1983 - January 1997

Coordinated purchases and promotions from primary vendors. Responsible for private label branding; product selection and merchandising of paint and sundries. Increase sales and inventory turns incorporating report criteria for critical analysis of inventory and coordination of inventory cycle counts. Provided and formulated inventory sets for distribution center. Increased inventory turns to ten. Supervising a staff of 75 effectively managed the expansion from a single store to seven stores along with a distribution center. These efforts resulted in producing one of the largest independent distributors of architectural / industrial coatings in Michigan. Planned and instituted successful sales strategies, media campaigns and special events including media purchases, vendor coordination, and store implementation. Held responsibilities for accounts receivables including billing and collections to a customer base of over 7000. Enabled Store Managers to take control of their stores, so they could take care of our customer's. Prepared a Corporate Handbook regarding employee policies and guidelines. Responsible for reviewing/ grading manager's performance. Hands-on responsibilities for day-to-day store operations. Provided paint specification for large commercial and industrial projects.

Disaster Recovery Team Manager at SERVPRO Disaster Recovery

June 2010

Senior Project Management Large Scale Mitigation / Disaster cleanup Structural De-humidification Microbial Remediation Purchasing Operations/ Procedures Systems Development Consulting

Michigan State University / James Madison College

1978 – 1983

Bachelor of Arts

Concentration: International Relations

Activities: ASMSU(Student Government), Model United Nations, ASMSUPOP(Concert Production Manager

Photography, Camping, Traveling