Professional Bio

5901 Andover Drive, Allen TX 75002 ■ 214-663-3015 ■ cgcotant@outlook.com

Mr. Cotant possesses an extensive and successful background in real estate management, building / campus design and construction management, and facility maintenance. The experience has been obtained through 25+ years of concentrated involvement with Multi-Million Dollar National / International Projects and Programs, with Superior Product Delivery To The Customer as his primary & continual objective.

He has obtained an all encompassing property development and building project/program management perspective through employment with:

• • • Owners and Developers

    • Public / Private Partnerships

    • Architectural / Engineering Firms

    • General Contractors

Prominent Corporate employers include top Fortune 500 and NYSE traded companies such as:

• • • The Boeing Company

    • AT&T Wireless

    • Cornell Companies, Inc.

    • Community Education Centers, Inc.

Highly ranked Engineering News Record (ENR) employers include entities such as:

• • • Jacobs Engineering

    • DLR Group

    • CBRE

Notable government agencies worked with include:

• • • Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Numerous State Correctional Agencies

    • Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DoE)

    • Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Agency (TSA)

    • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Numerous Port Authorities

    • Community Facility Districts

Interaction with this cross section of discipline and company types has provided solid experience in building and maintaining numerous structure classifications, including MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, CLASS A and CORPORATE OFFICES, medical facilities, high rise hotels, shopping malls, water and WASTE WATER FACILITIES, AIRPORTS, FINANCIAL CENTERS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, and more recently CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES and re-entry multi-person centers, which are VERY SIMILAR to MULTIFAMILY.

Due to this unique blend of employer and building type experience, Mr. Cotant possesses an invaluable “umbrella” of knowledge, capabilities and insight for large building and campus development/expansion programs. This is evidenced by very recent efforts where he reduced overall new campus build costs by 23% ($28M) while increasing complex enclosed space by 100,000 SF.

Responsibilities have typically included overall accountability for Department Profit/Loss as well as Budget/Financial, Schedule, Quality, Safety and Personnel, with individual projects up to $200M, and individual programs over $1B. The majority of Mr. Cotant’s development efforts have been completed under tight timeline and budget requirements, where he implemented management techniques such as phased fast-track scheduling efforts to meet deadlines and earned value cost tracking methods to ensure monetary control.

Mr. Cotant is currently providing executive real estate management services to a start-up company, which acquires and leases residential and light commercial buildings on a national scale. He has developed and leads a team of professionals in all arenas of real estate, including real estate acquisition / disposition / leasing, building and campus design and construction, and facility maintenance. He holds a Construction Engineering degree from Montana State University, along with Minors in Industrial Engineering and Business Accounting. He is a licensed Civil Engineer and Certified Program Manager.