Richard Ficarelli, Deputy Branch Head

Richard Ficarelli

Deputy Branch Head

U.S. Navy Shore Readiness

Location
United States
Education
Master's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

Deputy Branch Head at U.S. Navy Shore Readiness
  • United States
  • My current job since July 2015

Manage a U.S. Navy shore base operating support (BOS) program worth $12 billion. Oversee a team of nine professionals in the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of $130
billion Navy Shore Infrastructure across 75 installations worldwide.

Director at Director of Facilities & Construction
  • United States
  • May 2013 to July 2015

Managed assets worth $4.1 billion and a $120 million construction and maintenance budget to ensure the successful delivery of facilities and utilities systems for the Vice President’s
Residence and six military installations throughout the Washington DC Region. Led a team of 180 professionals who successfully delivered products and services to over 50, 000 clients.

Deputy Director at United States Navy
  • United States
  • May 2012 to May 2013

Directed the delivery of facility and utilities planning, programming, design, construction, maintenance, and operating support services for $3.2 billion in assets. Oversaw four Division Directors and a 1, 800-member team comprised of military, civilian, and construction contractors in support of U.S. Navy and Air Force operations. Managed a $20 million budget. Administered the U.S. Navy’s largest Firm Fixed Price Base Operating Support Contract for all facets of installation support services, including: facilities maintenance and repair, port & airfield operations, housing maintenance, custodial, construction, communications, and logistics.

Production Division Director at United States Navy
  • United States
  • May 2010 to May 2012

Production Division Director of 160+ facilities and utilities professionals. Responsible for infrastructure planning and programming, repair and maintenance, energy, and transportation operations on three military bases worth $4 billion. Managed two airfields, a deep-water port, power generation, reverse osmosis plant, wastewater treatment plant, SCADA system, utilities.Advanced Metering Initiative, and 900 kW wind turbine generation.

Operations Officer at United States Navy
  • United States
  • June 2002 to June 2010

Operations Officer of a 600-person global engineering and construction military organization. Planned and coordinated logistics and construction requirements throughout the Asia-Pacific region in support of U.S. humanitarian projects.

Education

Master's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at University of California Berkeley
  • May 2008

Civil Engineer Master’s with an emphasis on Engineering & Project Management.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at California State University Sacramento
  • May 1997

Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s with an emphasis on Power.

Specialties & Skills

Contract Management
General Construction
Facility Management
Management
Planning
BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
LOGISTICS
PROGRAMMING
TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Society of American Military Engineers
  • Member
  • October 1997
Association of Energy Engineers
  • Certified Energy Manager
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

Certified Contracting Officer - Facilities, Construction & Design (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Professional Engineer - California (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2002
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified Energy Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Golf, Travel & Family