Carla Rivers

Business Development Coordinator

EDUCATION & REGISTRATION(S)

B.A., Communications and Public Relations, Auburn University

Carla Rivers is a Project Consultant at Draper & Associates (Draper). She has more than 15 years of experience in program management, project management, communications and business development, business process review and engineering, operations management, procurement, and customer relations.

She is a results-oriented professional with extensive experience in operations management. She brings a proven ability to identify strategic opportunities, manage change, improve operational efficiency and effectively lead diverse groups.

EXPERIENCE

For more than 13 years Ms. Rivers has overseen Draper’s business development and communication outreach initiatives. In this capacity, she provides strategic development and execution of marketing, public relations and communication initiatives, in addition to overseeing the firm’s business development and outreach objectives. In this capacity, she provides leadership as Draper identifies and pursues consulting opportunities, and develops strategic alliances and partnership opportunities to leverage Draper’s substantial corporate talents for new clients.

In addition to her role within business development, Ms. Rivers has provided program and project management and technical consulting services to a variety of Draper’s public and private sector clients. Her most recent assignments have ranged from developing and managing a corporate marketing campaign focused on promoting energy awareness and reduction of energy usage within affordable housing residential communities, to the coordination, oversight, and successful delivery of community elections at 15 affordable housing communities. Within each of these projects, Ms. Rivers has managed project teams that analyzed service delivery channels, identified opportunities for improvement, developed recommendations, implemented solutions that streamlined business processes, improved communications and customer service, through the use of customer satisfaction surveys, enforced accountability and provided meaningful metrics to evaluate success.

Ms. Rivers has also played a valuable role in the data collection, analysis and the formulation of strategies and critical recommendations on many of Draper’s higher education engagements.

Clients’ Testimonials

“Draper has been an invaluable asset to our organization, assisting Kast with its preconstruction service needs, project strategy, scheduling services and other aspects of our business. Frankly, I’m not sure what we would have done in the absence of having Draper serve as a member of our team. Clearly I would recommend Draper to any firm who is seeking high caliber professional scheduling services.”

Mike NealCEO, Kast Construction Company, LLC

“The value add that Draper & Associates provided on our replacement hospital project was well worth the money. While we did not have in-house scheduling resources, the Draper process proved to be flexible and functional for our project team and subcontractors. The scheduling experience, ability to adjust “on the fly” with our changes, projections through the OPS, and detail provided by the NTS format, proved to be an asset to the project. I would highly recommend Draper’s services, and consider engaging with them for another project.”

Matt WellerSenior Project Manager, Tonn & Blank Construction

“Every project that the Draper system was fully implemented on was delivered on time or early. Every project they were not on or fully implemented those projects did not deliver on time. Financially it is a no brainer when you measure the cost of their services versus the costs of delivering one day late.”

Scott JeraldVice President, W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.

“I’ve been using Draper on all of my projects for the last 3 years. They work with our in-house teams to set up the OPS and then work throughout the project with our team and our Subcontractors to make sure everyone is working efficiently towards meeting the project’s goals. Draper’s scheduling makes it very easy for me to look at a monthly report to quickly know the status of every project I have under construction, and the look-ahead schedules are very easy for everyone in the field to know where they are and where they need to be at any given time.”

Matt ChesserPresident of Construction, Trammell Crow Residential

“Draper has been an integral part of our team for the last few years. Their schedules are very easy to read and make the field team’s job much easier when scheduling the subs. The bi-weekly meetings are a great tool to use for keeping the subcontractors engaged with the flow of the job. I firmly believe that Draper is one of the most important tools we use in keeping the jobs on schedule.”

Doug KuykendallGeneral Superintendent, Trammell Crow Residential

A project that is scheduled with Draper affords the user the flexibility to present the data to the Subcontractor’s and the Development Team in multiple formats (both overall and near term projections). The schedules are logic-based like primavera and other predecessors, however, they are much more visually appealing and easy to decipher for field personnel. Draper’s hands-on tailored approach lends itself to production in the field, reduces the opportunities for miscommunication, and ensures your project has a strong administrative base to support all functions of the construction process.

Lee HornerSenior Project Manager, Gables Construction- Atlanta

Carla Rivers

EDUCATION & REGISTRATION(S)

EXPERIENCE

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