As a national community development and planning consultant focusing on smart government initiatives through improvements to government performance management, Fred brings his practical experience as a former government official and national local government consultant to his clients.
Fred has more than two decades of experience working in and with local government agencies and extensive experience assisting public sector entities with project management and development services, performance assessments and improvements, fee and cost recovery analysis, organizational business process mapping, and policy analysis.
Fred’s area of expertise includes community development, planning, building, inspections, code enforcement, business licensing, housing, land and natural resource management, utilities, cost recovery and business service benchmarking.
Experience and Highlights:
- National subject matter expert in community development and planning
- Community Development and utilities system selections and implementations
- Business process design and service delivery analyses and improvement
- Cost of service studies / Comparative fee analysis
- Strategic planning and performance management
Education:
BA, Economics and Geography, University of Nevada, Reno
Master’s in Public Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Notable Recent Conferences and Events:
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Public Policy and Leadership, Masters of Urban Leadership, ULD 720 Urban Governance, 2018.
EXPERT PANEL PARTICIPANT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Advanced Urbanism, Future of Suburbia, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2015.
CONFERENCE SPEAKER AND MEMBER
Washoe County Community Needs Assessment and Conference, Reno, NV, 2015.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT PARTICIPANT
IBM Smarter Cities Initiative, Reno, NV, 2014.
JUDGE/SPEAKER
Mayors Institute on City Design – West, 2013.
Certifications:
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)