The summary provides the high level details about the applicant's relevant work experience in 3 sentences: The applicant has over 10 years of experience in facility management and engineering roles for hotels, non-profits, and healthcare organizations. Their most recent role was as Complex Assistant Director of Engineering for a hotel collection in Key West, Florida, where they oversaw engineering departments, project management, and compliance. Prior experience also includes chief maintenance roles for hotels and facilities management positions.

1. Thomas V. Gathman
6531 Maloney Ave #12
Key West, FL 33040
217-725-4075
gathmant@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position that will allow my experiences, ability and hands on skills make the
organization more productive and cost effective while providing a personal touch to insure the
work environment stays enjoyable to increase productivity and promote teamwork.
EXPERIENCE:
Highgate Hotels, The Keys Collection, Key West FL
Complex Assistant Director of Engineering - April 2015 to Present
I was brought in originally as a contractor to assist the DOE as only one hotel was open at
the time and the other three were still under construction making this literally a ground up
experience. My primary focus was on The Gates Hotel and 24 North during and after
construction to include being the primary contact for the contractors, making calls for needed
changes and report back to the DOE on progress and issues. Create a punch list of deficiencies
and follow up after said completion. Create and implement our room, mechanical and
commercial PM programs, train employees on meeting required SOP’s and making sure the
department has all the required tools and knowledge needed to do their job effectively. Seek bids,
oversee projects to make sure they are completed within budget, and within the timeline. Other
responsibilities include payroll for all properties using ADP, administer PO’s using Buy Efficient
and Birch Street, staying in compliance of all annual life safety inspections. Assist DOE on
creating Capex list, managing budget and ensuring the engineering departments stay integrated
with the other departments.
Hampton Inn, Ormond/Daytona Beach FL
Chief Maintenance Engineer – August 2014 to April 2015
As the Chief Maintenance Engineer I am responsible for the day to day operations of the
Engineering department. Making sure all rooms meet up to Hampton standards as we have a
100% money back guarantee. Keep maintenance logs up to date on Hotel facilities which
include fire safety, pool, room Pm’s, a/c filters. This was a hands on position so I maintain the
rooms and all common areas including painting, repairing of drywall, wood trim, a/c units, hot
water heaters, room fixtures, satellite television and keeping in contact with the Housekeeping
Manager when items needed attention. I work with and report to the General Manager who looks
for my input on maintaining equipment and repair, seeking bids and relaying them to the owners.

2. Halifax Humane Society, Daytona Beach FL
Facility Manager – December 2012 to August 2014
At HHS I was brought in to replace the exiting Maintenance Supervisor in order to bring
efficiency levels up, increase productivity while employing cost saving tactics, being a not for
profit they budgeted most monies to care of the animals. With my past experience I was a good
fit. I introduced several new ideas and procedures to bring the facility to a more standard,
appealing and safe location for the animals, employees and guest. I have been given free rein to
study current practices, analyze and suggest ways to raise performance and cost savings.
Recently I introduced a study that shows with new chemicals and how we apply them resulting in
a saving of 75% on the annual cost compared to current practices. As part of the study I changed
our laundry chemicals and added an automatic injection system to reduce our waste of detergent
dramatically. Cut out several operations that outside contractors was performing and moved them
to my department in order to save on my budget. I have instigated many new projects to update
the complex such as remodeling the entire administration side. I was able to obtain many
generous donations from local companies in order to save cost.
As part of my responsibilities I obtain bids for projects, hire contractors and manage the
project. I kept track of the supplies needed on a daily basis and ordered accordingly. Assist any
way possible with other departments to help with their projects in order to get them completed by
their target date.
Wyndham Vacation Resort-Ocean Walk, Daytona Beach FL
Maintenance Technician – February 2013 to August 2014
At Wyndham I did RPM's (Room Preventative Maintenance) and room calls. During the
RPM process I return the room back to an original new shape so the guest feels like they were the
first ones in the room. This process has the requirement to pay extensive attention to detail, look
and touch everything and repair anything that is not correct. This position enables me to use
many of my skills, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and appliance repairs. Avidly use Hotsos to keep
track of calls and new work orders. During the room call process, once a guest reports an issue I
am then sent a work order. While being assigned room calls you run into varying issues, from
the simplest of changing a light bulb, repair a balcony door or repair an appliance. This process
must be completed in a timely manner as not to intrude on a guest vacation with an improper
working room.

3. Illinois Primary Healthcare Assoc, Springfield, IL
Facility/Procurement Manager - October 2006 to November 2012
Our Corporate Headquarters is a two story, 42,000 sf building located across from the
Lincoln Homes and is home to approximately 90 employees. My responsibilities include
maintaining Landscaping, building systems which include HVAC, security, A/V equipment,
electrical, plumbing, fire systems and all daily needs. I oversaw a contracted Janitorial staff and
seeked bids, supervise and manage all building projects in all office locations and submit my
recommendations to the CFO. I am fluent with Automated Logic, the Building Management
software and Hirsch Velocity which is the Door access management software.
Three years after starting I was added the position of the Purchasing and Procurement
specialist where I receive purchase request, investigate to make sure the purchase is legitimate
and price is accurate. This position also puts me in charge of all communication lines, data, land
lines and mobile phones which I have started investigating unneeded lines and negotiating new
prices in order to trim the bottom line along with handling Purchase Orders and doing the
Purchasing for all Offices. I also handle the Facility side of the Institute for Learning for training
sessions and assists in the coordination of the Annual Leadership Conference.
We currently have two other offices, one in Downtown Chicago and Olympia
Washington. Shortly after starting I took charge of complete renovation in our Chicago office.
We were moving to a different floor and I coordinated with the Interior Designer and the
Building Landlord to get this renovated on time, thus also having to make sure furniture was
installed in time before our lease was up in the current suite which also needed evacuated within
the same time frame. Our recent Olympia acquisition required me to make several trips there to
coordinate upgrades to furniture, A/V equipment, painting, security, computer room and general
organization.
Since starting my position there I have had several rewarding challenges because several
items were not included in the design of the building along with volunteering and assigned task
that was beyond the scope of my job.
Attributes:
Positive thinker, intuitive and ingenuative, self-starter, motivator, resourceful with organizational
skills, computer skills and willing to go the extra mile. I enjoy new challenges, time-lines and
take pride in the work I do.