# Chris Hornbeck MBA, AIA, AGC, DBIA > Director of Construction Management and Project Controls at the University of California, San Francisco Location: Orinda, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/chrishornbeckmbaaiaagcdbia Motivating creative leader with over 30 years experience as influential team player creating and managing world class partnerships in the architecture, construction, and real estate industry. Proven success in client satisfaction, operational excellence, optimizing profitability, efficient resource allocation, and strategic planning. A robust skill set of business development, account management, marketing, and operations, exercising quantitative and qualitative talents. Strong command of Informational Technology. Registered Architect in State of California Licensed General Contractor in State of California Masters Business Administration Design Build Institute of America Board of Directors Specialties: Business Leadership, Relationship/Account Management, Owner Representation, Alternative Project Delivery Strategies, Design-Build, Profitability Analysis, Workflow Analysis, Operational Excellence, Personnel Development. ## Work Experience ### Director Construction Management and Project Controls @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 2018 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, Mission Bay UCSF Real Estate is focused on the development, planning, delivery and management of physical space for UCSF. Key responsibilities include a unified approach to oversee the active UCSF growth planned on a multi-site campus and to manage the complex metropolitan environments affecting capital assets and projects and efforts to align municipal challenges with maximum effectiveness in support of the UCSF mission. Department Leadership • Develops policies and procedures, departmental programs, and assists in the development of capital improvement programs. • Consults and collaborates with senior leaders. Facilitates negotiations with divergent groups. • Provides leadership, direction and training to subordinate managers and staff. Assumes full responsibility for staffing, budgets, expenses, productivity and personnel actions related to construction management personnel. • Recommend contract models and procurement strategies that match project objectives with risk and opportunity profiles. Construction Management Project Controls Provides standards, training, guidance and support to project managers and construction managers for the following elements of project delivery in collaboration with department leadership and internal stakeholder groups. • Project Delivery Planning • Budget Development and Project Cost Control • Schedule Development, Analysis and Management • Quality Assurance and Control • Purchasing and Supply Chain Management • Change Order Management • Integrated Lean Project Delivery • Defines standardized work for, deploys and monitors risk mitigation plans for projects across the campus. Works with major project teams to help identify significant risks and reviews and monitor mitigation plans. • Accountable for managing all aspects of construction logistics campus wide coordinating between UCSF projects and outside entities. ### President @ Abracadabra House Association Jan 2006 – Jan 2020 | Berkeley, CA A non-profit corporation providing housing and property management for undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley. ### Director of Construction Services, Design & Construction Policy @ University of California Office of the President Jan 2010 – Jan 2018 | Oakland, Ca Support and advance the goals of the University's $8 billion capital program providing leadership and expertise in planning, contracts, training, and legislative efforts. Chair of the Capital Programs Institute; creating and orchestrating collaborative system-wide knowledge sharing, best practices, training and workshop programs with curriculum spanning subjects of capital planning to Lean construction principles to design and construction operations. Leveraging expertise from University leading professionals and affiliated business partners. Produces 25 formal classes annually with over 2000 UC personnel registrants. Supports and advocates for the University on legislation related to design, construction, and operations of the built campus environment. ### Vice President @ Fisher Development, Inc. Jan 2003 – Jan 2009 Vice President of Operations/Business Development - Responsibilities in Business Development, Marketing, Pipeline Analysis, Account Representation/Management, Strategy, Information Technology. • Member of the Executive Committee • Catalyzed and contributed to double gross revenue in 4 years. • Formed strong partneships with new clients beginning with market potential through to asset turnover. • Developed optimized cross discipline teams of congruent skills to increase account profitability by as much as 100%. • Drove Business Development impact through generating new clients and energizing existing client base and accurately targeted marketing collateral. • Account Representative of major clients and programs including lead Design/Build program executive. • Managed office operations field staff of up to 24, and corporate IT staff of 4. • Virtual team management: Managed project teams of 11+ personnel distributed across 5 national offices. ### Architect @ KPA Group Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 A multi disciplined design and production firm of engineering, architecture, and construction management excelling at integrating engineering and design in earliest phases for efficiencies and opportunities. Architect, IT Manager • Initiated program to improve branding message and firm identity by identifying communicating core competencies and website re-design. • Architect of Record on projects as diverse as VA Medical Center, the Oakland Military Institute, and the Alameda Naval Air Museum. ### International Store Design/Marketing Information Manager @ Gap Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 • Produced and managed the “Quality Decisions” initiative creating an online business decision support process for all levels of management using video interview contributions from senior Gap executives and officers. • Initiated, Designed, and Implemented information technology department to support the real estate improvement process and catalyze new business practices across 5 international offices. Pioneered, created and designed first department Intranet and external partner extranet. • Supported 30+ staff using AutoCAD, Photoshop, MS Office on Sun Solaris and MS Windows operating systems. Maintained network of 10+ Unix desktops. CAD and IT Manager responsible for 5 international offices. ### International Design Manager, Continental Europe @ Gap Inc. Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 • Designed and constructed 31 stores in France and Germany at 250,000 SF and a $60M lease hold improvement budget. • Set GAP benchmark bests in: 1) lowest Lease Hold Improvement cost per square foot for a Flagship store resulting in a savings of US$1.3M, 2) lowest reproducible cycle time of site identification to store opening resulting in increased revenues of US$3.0M. • Designed and coordinated architectural elements and external store marketing media and cultivated a business infrastructure crossing time, space, and culture to support the GAP brand and identity. ### Sr. Analyst, CAD Manager - International Store Design @ Gap Inc. Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 Supported international store design and construction operations exploiting emerging technologies. Webmaster: isd.gap.com. Developed intranet and extranet capabilities and generated content. Developed and published global standard architectural details utilizing Arris, AutoCAD, photoshop, and various other utilities. Systems Manager for Sun Solaris Unix network across 5 international offices. ### Sr. Job Captain, Job Captain, Design Drafter @ Gap Inc. Jan 1993 – Jan 1996 Project Architect, designer, drafter, construction manager, and owner representative for various Gap, Gap Kids, babyGap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy leasehold improvements through out the US and Canada. ### Jr. Architect @ HOK Jan 1989 – Jan 1993 Junior Architect Office CAD and IT Manager ### Jr. Designer @ Moore Ruble Yudell Jan 1989 – Jan 1990 Jr. designer and draftsman on a 5 star resort hotel in Santa Monica beachfront. ### Producer - Stand-up Comedy @ ASUC SUPERB Productions Jan 1986 – Jan 1989 Directed, produced, and MC'd 3 years of professional stand-up comedy resulted in 200 seat sold-out venue generating 150% net margin. Directly solicited and hired Bay Area professional standup comedians. Issued Press Releases and generated marketing assets. Directed staff of 5 volunteers. ## Education ### MBA in Real Estate/Marketing University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ### B.A. in Architecture University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aechornbeck - Portfolio: http://budget.ucop.edu/dc/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/chrishornbeckmbaaiaagcdbia JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chrishornbeckmbaaiaagcdbia/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13