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Brenn C. Randle brennrandle@yahoo.com
323-316-6959 cell
SUMMARY
OVERVIEW
EXPERIENCE
Engineer/MBA with over 20 years experience in retail development and
construction management for top US brands including BCBG Max Azria,
Limited Brands, GAP and Chevron.
Leadership: Managing the development of retail stores including
architecture, purchasing, construction and finance.
Construction/Design Synthesis: Ensuring that brand integrity, design
quality, cost and schedule goals are achieved within the store
development process.
Planning and Execution: Developing processes, standards and
procedures to motivate and organize teams for success in new store
rollouts.
Training: Hiring and mentoring a team of dedicated employees that are
empowered to make the right decisions on behalf of the company.
Director of Construction August 2007 - Present
BCBG Max Azria Group, Los Angeles, CA
Direct the store development team responsible for the store planning,
architecture, purchasing, construction and finance of new retail stores
and remodels. Create capital expenditure forecasts and manage to those
forecasts.
Management responsibilities include:
- Supervising a staff that ranges from 5-10 employees which
includes Architecture, Purchasing, Project Managers and
Construction Coordinators.
- Review all Real Estate leases and negotiate the construction scope
and terms with Landlords.
- Oversee an annual capital expenditure budget of $20M to
$30M/year for all construction projects including 15-30 new
stores, 1 flagship (including multi-level), 10-30 remodels and 20-
40 Department store Shop In Shops.
- Establish global processes, strategies and procedures for the
department to deliver each project on time, on budget and meet
partner expectations (Real Estate, Operations, Visual, Loss
Prevention and Maintenance)
- Develop and facilitate value engineering ideas that retain design
intent.

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EXPERIENCE
- Set up a comprehensive General Contractor and Architects
qualification process and measure their projects based on quality,
cost and timing.
- Oversee the capital procurement department and establish new
vendor relationships and protocol.
- Manage the architecture coordination from internal layout to
external Architect drawings and permit submittals.
Director of Strategic Development July 2002 - August 2007
Limited Brands, Columbus, OH
Coordinated the strategic effort to simplify the store development
process through standardization of drawings, purchasing, bidding and
contraction to reduce the timeline from lease signing to store opening
and at the same time reduce store costs and lifecycle costs.
Management responsibilities included:
- Created the “Center Function Roundtable” a communication
process that aligns design, construction, real estate, operations,
maintenance, risk management and maintenance – so each team
achieved it’s individual goals while maintaining organizational
objectives.
- Developed and managed a fleet wide $15M retrofit rollout that
impacted over 2,000 stores.
- Created a standards manual and manage a team of architects,
project managers and general contractors throughout the US.
- Coordinated the global standardization of details and drawings
across all brands while protecting each brand’s key design
elements and identity.
- Spearheaded the process to evaluate and select architects, along
with negotiating the master agreement.
- Established store development timelines for each brand, which
resulted in a streamlined and cost efficient proposal, review and
approval process.
- Partnered with maintenance to adjust specifications to minimize
lifecycle cost.
- Spearheaded the value engineering of new prototype designs by
partnering with design, purchasing, estimating, contractors,
finance and real estate ensuring rollout costs are in line with cost
targets. Cost reduction from prototype to rollout averaged 50%.
- Strategized with contractors and project managers to incorporate
cost reduction opportunities and efficiencies.
- Developed new store punch list to improve the quality of the
store.

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EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Senior Project Manager July 1999 – July 2002
GAP, San Francisco, CA
Coordinated the value engineering process within the Old Navy, and
Banana Republic divisions.
Management responsibilities included:
- Reduced Old Navy cost per square foot by 16% resulting in
annualized savings of approximately $12 million.
- Reduced Banana Republic cost per square foot by 20% resulting
in annualized savings of approximately $3 million.
- Developed estimating templates for Old Navy & Banana Republic.
- Streamlined construction schedules by an average of 3 weeks.
- Coordinated the purchasing (bid, evaluation and selection) of
materials including millwork, lighting and signage.
Senior Project Manager February 1990 – July 1999
Chevron, San Ramon, CA
Managed the entire development process for service stations within two
geographical regions (Northern CA and Utah).
Management responsibilities included:
- Designing and managing the construction of 20 stores per year.
- Maintaining the facilities of corporate stores within the regions.
- Working hand in hand with the real estate partner to determine
proper locations to meet project economics.
- Performing site due diligence regarding EIR, zoning, codes (food)
and municipalities.
Masters of Business Administration, Major in Finance May 1999
The University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering December 1989
The University of Texas, Austin, TX