Richard S. Berk - References
Richard has shown strong project management skills throughout the startup and development of the business operations for our community's day school. Richard worked effectively during the rapid growth and expansion of the school to ensure that projects came in on time and budget and he strived to maximize administrative cost savings to the school.
David Winston
Board President, Torah Day School of Dallas
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Your strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task, positive attitude and friendly demeanor are strengths of yours that I observed on a consistent basis over the many years that we worked together at Torah Day School of Dallas.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Udman, M.Ed
Headmaster, Torah Day School of Dallas
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Richard has displayed incredible talent at managing the many projects that filtered through his office as the Controller at TDSD. He had to deal with Banks and Financial Institutions with regard to loan payments and cash flow, as well as building and grounds maintenance concerns. Richard doubled as purchasing manager for all of our suppliers. He help us grow from a small startup school to a full grown school with over 300 students.
Rabbi Yisroel Katz
Director of Development, Torah Day School of Dallas
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For several years, Richard Berk was one of my employees in the Regulatory Engineering group of TXU, the electric utility company serving a major portion of north, central, and east Texas. He successful managed several of that group's efforts to influence the development of regulatory requirements enabling retail expansion in a deregulated electric utility industry. He monitored and advised senior management of changes in the regulatory environment and provided input to business units on the impact to their operations, which enabled the units to control and minimize their costs. He took a lead role in ensuring corporate compliance with mandated regulatory reporting requirements; coordinated and monitored both internal and external projects and litigations before several regulatory bodies; provided technical support for the Company's electric rate change filings; and project managed Company responses to proposed changes to regulatory statutes of the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Kermit L Stosberg, Jr. PE - retired
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Richard reported to me for several years as a licensing engineer in the Nuclear Licensing Department for TXU Electric. We were pursuing licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for two nuclear powered generating units and later we were executing the actions necessary to maintain those licenses. Richard was assigned a portion of those activities. The work involved communicating with the NRC staff and the TXU Electric staff to clarify and resolve issues. This type of coordination effort requires refined communication skills (as well as people skills) and the ability to understand the technical challenges involved. Richard was very successful in completing his portion of the licensing effort and he was a significant contributor to our success.
Donald R. Woodlan
Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
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I have known Richard Berk since August 1981. I have worked with him on multiple projects at several companies and have always been impressed with his ability and accomplishments. He has consistently been an outstanding employee and made significant contributions.
The following is a representation of his many talents and strengths.
• Action oriented
• Takes decisive action when needed
• Problem solver
• Consensus builder
• Anticipates road-blocks
• Not afraid of conflict
• Handles conflict professionally
• Understands others point of view
• Considers risks in decision making
• Detail oriented
• Willing to share success and failure
• Can work with or around difficult people and situations
• Recognizes that most project management issues revolve around people and their interfaces
• Understands competing factors of budget, schedule and quality and how to obtain optimum results
• Inspires others to meet their commitments
• Holds individuals accountable for successes and failures
• Proceeds without fear when 100 percent of the information is not known
• Understands risks relative to assumptions versus facts
• Believes in a process of continuous learning
• Technically competent in his field and can easily transition into other areas of expertise
John Audas
[email protected]
817-341-2001 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 817-341-2001 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (H)
Richard has shown strong project management skills throughout the startup and development of the business operations for our community's day school. Richard worked effectively during the rapid growth and expansion of the school to ensure that projects came in on time and budget and he strived to maximize administrative cost savings to the school.
David Winston
Board President, Torah Day School of Dallas
[email protected]
214-402-9120 214-402-9120 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (M)
Your strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task, positive attitude and friendly demeanor are strengths of yours that I observed on a consistent basis over the many years that we worked together at Torah Day School of Dallas.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Udman, M.Ed
Headmaster, Torah Day School of Dallas
[email protected]
972-964-0090 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 972-964-0090 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 972-964-0090 end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting (W)
Richard has displayed incredible talent at managing the many projects that filtered through his office as the Controller at TDSD. He had to deal with Banks and Financial Institutions with regard to loan payments and cash flow, as well as building and grounds maintenance concerns. Richard doubled as purchasing manager for all of our suppliers. He help us grow from a small startup school to a full grown school with over 300 students.
Rabbi Yisroel Katz
Director of Development, Torah Day School of Dallas
[email protected]
972-964-0090 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 972-964-0090 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (W)
For several years, Richard Berk was one of my employees in the Regulatory Engineering group of TXU, the electric utility company serving a major portion of north, central, and east Texas. He successful managed several of that group's efforts to influence the development of regulatory requirements enabling retail expansion in a deregulated electric utility industry. He monitored and advised senior management of changes in the regulatory environment and provided input to business units on the impact to their operations, which enabled the units to control and minimize their costs. He took a lead role in ensuring corporate compliance with mandated regulatory reporting requirements; coordinated and monitored both internal and external projects and litigations before several regulatory bodies; provided technical support for the Company's electric rate change filings; and project managed Company responses to proposed changes to regulatory statutes of the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Kermit L Stosberg, Jr. PE - retired
[email protected]
817-481-0929 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 817-481-0929 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Richard reported to me for several years as a licensing engineer in the Nuclear Licensing Department for TXU Electric. We were pursuing licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for two nuclear powered generating units and later we were executing the actions necessary to maintain those licenses. Richard was assigned a portion of those activities. The work involved communicating with the NRC staff and the TXU Electric staff to clarify and resolve issues. This type of coordination effort requires refined communication skills (as well as people skills) and the ability to understand the technical challenges involved. Richard was very successful in completing his portion of the licensing effort and he was a significant contributor to our success.
Donald R. Woodlan
Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
[email protected]
972-223-1816 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 972-223-1816 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (H)
I have known Richard Berk since August 1981. I have worked with him on multiple projects at several companies and have always been impressed with his ability and accomplishments. He has consistently been an outstanding employee and made significant contributions.
The following is a representation of his many talents and strengths.
• Action oriented
• Takes decisive action when needed
• Problem solver
• Consensus builder
• Anticipates road-blocks
• Not afraid of conflict
• Handles conflict professionally
• Understands others point of view
• Considers risks in decision making
• Detail oriented
• Willing to share success and failure
• Can work with or around difficult people and situations
• Recognizes that most project management issues revolve around people and their interfaces
• Understands competing factors of budget, schedule and quality and how to obtain optimum results
• Inspires others to meet their commitments
• Holds individuals accountable for successes and failures
• Proceeds without fear when 100 percent of the information is not known
• Understands risks relative to assumptions versus facts
• Believes in a process of continuous learning
• Technically competent in his field and can easily transition into other areas of expertise
John Audas
[email protected]
817-341-2001 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 817-341-2001 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (H)
