LWV League of Women Voters of California
Santa Clara County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Matt Pear

Candidate for
Councilmember; City of Mountain View

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EXPERIENCE

Sidney Consulting, Inc., Mountain View, CA (1990 - Present)

Asset Management Services

Received Letters of Commendation and Bonuses for acquisition and litigation assignments.

  • Provide testimony, financial analysis, and project management services for corporate facilities.

  • Structure and implement auctions, complex leasing, and marketing strategies for divesting over $60 million in assets.

  • Resolve conflicting environmental, financial, operational, and organizational objectives in siting analyses.

  • Implement project management, scheduling, and financial modeling software and procedures.

  • Oversee and prepare operational research, life cycle costing, economic feasibility, and programming studies.

  • Lead for performing needs assessment and data collection for CAFM implementation covering over 6 million sq. ft.

Economic Development Services

  • Develop Industrial Siting Program for assisting manufacturers to retain and locate operations in Northern and Central California by identifying sites that balance environmental and economic considerations.

  • Manage development of Industrial Site Database and Brokerage Network.

  • Represent PG&E and California Trade and Commerce Agency at IDRC, NACORE, NAIOP, and SIOR.

Acquisition Services

  • Negotiate over $50 million in business opportunity and facility acquisitions.
  • Serve as expert witness for inverse condemnation lawsuit.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Francisco, CA (1985 - 1989)

Received 1987 & 1988 Performance Recognition Awards for financial and operational analysis.

Auditor - Engineering, Construction, & Electric Supply.

  • Perform contract administration, information systems, lease analysis, and project management audits for operating divisions, and multimillion-dollar projects and joint venture developments.

  • Objectively evaluate financial and operational controls as well as business plans for senior management.

Financial Analyst - Investor Relations & Treasury, Corporate Finance.

  • Prepare 1988 Treasurer's Financial Risk Assessment Testimony for the Public Utilities Commission.

  • Analyze S&P Debt Rating for assuming third party's $15 million dollar contingent construction liability.

  • Promote understanding of PG&E's earnings dynamics to investment community.

Management Consultant - Organization, Planning & Development (on assignment to McKinsey & Company).

  • Perform general business consulting and profit center implementation for Divisions with over 800 employees.

  • Prepare activity analysis for restructuring 43 departments, comprising 4,000+ employees, into Business Units.

Southern Pacific Transportation Company, San Francisco, CA (1981 - 1983)

Software Engineer / Production Planner - Mechanical Department.

  • Develop FORTRAN applications for automating project management reporting for reconstruction and maintenance of over 3,000 locomotives throughout ten facilities across the United States.

  • Develop computer based statistical planning models in support of engineering and forecasting projects.

John Pear Concrete Construction, Mountain View, CA (1972 - )

  • Experience in concrete construction practices, superintending, and estimating.

  • Provide asset management - including overseeing environmental remediation.

  • Prepare strategies and evidence for court testimony and arbitration.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, MBA (Finance), 1985

Stanford University, BS Industrial Engineering (Production Planning/IT/Chemistry), 1981

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute (CIREI), Certified Commercial Investment Member, CCIM (No. 5650)

  • Building Owners and Managers Institute (BOMI), Facility Management and Real Property Administrator, FMA/RPA

  • International Development Research Council (IDRC), Board Certified in Corporate Real Estate, BCCR (No. 1032)

  • International Facility Management Association (IFMA), Certified Facility Manager, CFM

  • Real Estate Cyberspace Society, Real Estate Cyberspace Specialist, RECS

  • Toastmasters International, Certified Toast Master, CTM
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Project Management Program

  • Appraisal Institute, Capitalization Theory/Techniques and Marshall & Swift Cost Valuation

  • ABAG, OES & FEMA, Seismic Retrofit Training For Building Contractors and Inspectors

  • Proficient in PC applications Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks Pro, PlanEASe, etc.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Environmental Planning Commissioner, City of Mountain View, 2000 - 2004

  • Board of Directors & Former Chief Financial Officer, Stanford Bay Area Charities, 2000

  • Board of Directors & Technology Chair, Northern California Chapter One CIREI, 1999

  • San Francisco Events Chair, Stanford Bay Area Charities, 1995 - 1996

  • St. Joseph's International Festival

  • Stanford Medical School Blood Center Donor

  • The Commonwealth Club of California

  • Former member of the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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