Keith Okada
FACILITIES & PROPERTY OPERATIONS MANAGER
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Facilities and property-operations professional with four years of owner-level experience operating a zero-emissions maintenance service for commercial, institutional, and residential properties. Experienced in preventive maintenance, contractor coordination, service contracts, budget control, equipment and alternative-fuel fleet management, customer communication, compliance, and severe-weather response. Bachelor of Science from Utah State University with studies in finance, economics, and philosophy and a minor in international business.
Experience
Founder & Property Operations Manager - AMP OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS / ZERO-EMISSIONS MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS - Southern New Jersey
(2022-01)
- Direct multi-property maintenance operations for commercial, institutional, and residential accounts, with responsibility for service quality, schedules, staffing, equipment, and customer satisfaction.
- Develop preventive, recurring, seasonal, and corrective maintenance programs for grounds care, landscaping, storm cleanup, branch removal, and snow response.
- Prepare scopes of work, estimates, proposals, service agreements, and renewals; negotiate with customers, vendors, suppliers, and outside service providers.
- Coordinate crews, equipment, subcontractors, and materials while monitoring work against contracts, service standards, deadlines, and customer expectations.
- Manage operating budgets and equipment investments; track labor, transportation, equipment, energy, materials, and overhead to improve cost efficiency.
- Conduct site reviews, assess maintenance needs, prioritize corrective work, document deficiencies, and verify completion before closing requests.
- Serve as primary customer contact for planned work, schedule changes, disruptions, weather events, complaints, and corrective-action follow-up.
- Oversee a mixed maintenance fleet, including compressed natural gas (CNG) service vehicles, with responsibility for preventive service, repairs, fueling coordination, readiness checks, inspections, and replacement planning.
- Maintain insurance, licensing, contract, and customer records and coordinate severe-weather response, staffing, equipment deployment, and post-event cleanup.
- Built a lower-emissions operating model using battery-powered equipment, CNG service vehicles, automation, and emerging robotic technology to support sustainability and ESG goals.
Financial Services Professional - INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES & DIGITAL ASSET RESEARCH
- Analyzed financial markets, investment opportunities, risk exposure, liquidity, and long-term planning considerations.
- Prepared financial scenarios and explained complex market, economic, and digital-asset concepts in clear, practical language.
- Developed strong skills in budgeting, risk management, client communication, confidentiality, and data-informed decision-making.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance, Economics, and Philosophy - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY