Author: Tony Woodrich, PMP, CCP - Certified Cost Professional
Tony Woodrich has a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and a MBA from Bentley University. Tony is a PMP, and Certified Cost Professional (from AACE International - The Association for the Advancement of Total Cost Management). Tony started his career at the Air Force's Electronics Systems Center purchasing R&D programs, notably, Tony was lead buyer/contract negotiator for early prototypes of IR cameras, and early electronic appliances that switched analog signal to digital fiber optic signals. Tony also worked in Civil Engineering as the Base Prime BEEF (Base Emergency Engineering Force) Chief. After an honorable discharge from the US Air Force as Captain, Tony joined Administrative Controls Management, supporting cost estimating, planning, scheduling and developing resource loaded CPM scheduling systems for Pharma projects, nuclear plant work, product development, and testing for an Automotive OEM, including certification emissions testing requirements, and powertrain operations engine engineering calibrations. Tony's team supported the FAA with an IDIQ contract recovering airway facilities after natural disasters, including recovering GUAM after Typhoon Paka. Using resource and cost loaded PM tools, Tony's team assisted an investor owned utility in successfully selling a transmission system, and assisted the buying company to establish itself with the regulators approval as the owner and steward of that multi-billion dollar asset, establishing capital project scheduling systems, and maintenance planning and scheduling systems. Templates developed by Tony's team were used to acquire and operate two additional investor owned utility's transmission systems. Tony's team helped an R&D Pharmaceutical company acquire a saleable drug product from a large European Pharma, as a revenue generator to support ongoing R&D operations. Tony has assisted construction companies in developing Request for Equitable Adjustments based on owner caused issues. During that international pandemic, a privately held manufacturer requested Tony and a team quickly manage installation of 3 additional mask lines in a production facility and later two medical grade sponge lines in the same facility. Resource loaded CPM tool, MS Project, was used to successfully fast track and crash the schedule shortening installation and commissioning of the equipment for operational productivity. Tony has set up CAPEX and maintenance processes for a $4B CAPEX spend investor owned company, and trained over 400 of their capital projects team. Tony volunteers for AACE as the Chair of the Energy and Utility Special Interest Group, and formerly for MPUG as the Detroit Chapter President from 2014 to 2018 when MPUG had local Chapter meetings and presentations.
