Application for Appointment to
CITY CLERK
City Board or Commission
2024 APR -8 PM 2:49
Please provide the following information and return this application to the Office of the City Clerk by:
• EMAIL to the Office of the City Clerk at [email protected]; • U.S. MAIL to Office of the City Clerk, 613E. Broadway Suite 110, Glendale, CA 91206-4308; or • FAX to (818) 241-5386
Applicant must be a Glendale resident and registered to vote in the city.
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Name of Board or Commission: Design Review Board Date:4/5/2024 Personal
Name: Christopher Welch
Home Address
Home Phone Number:
Email Address
Number of years lived in Glendale: 26
Are you a registered voter in the City of Glendale? (required) • Yes • No Il. Education
College: UC Berkeley Degree: BA Architecture
College: UCLA Degree: MBA Business
III. Business / Professional Experience
Position: Chief Financial Officer Company Name: MID Construction Group Address
street address
Telephone Number
Job Description: Responsible for all financial, risk management and IT for a general contracting and real estate development company
Design Review Board Candidates Only
Are you a registered architect? D Yes * No Registration Number:
IV. Organizations / Civic Activities
List Affiliations: Adams Hill Neighborhood Association (member) Glendale Historical Society (member)
K-506 (11/23) (over)
V. Qualifications / Experience
List relevant experience and skills: 8 years at Raleigh Enterprises, real estate development company 8 years on the board of the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, non-profit housing developer
Built 4 restaurants as owner/partner
Oversaw construction on The Wall Las Memorias (Lincoln Park) Licensed General Contractor (#874402) including RMO for 2 other general contractors
VI. Other Information
(A) Attach a current resume.
(B) Include a brief written statement outlining your views on the roles and responsibilities of this Board or Commission, its key issues, and your goals if appointed. (attach an additional sheet if necessary) (C) If applicable, include the commission(s) on which you have served previously and include the time frame. (B) I have served on the DRB as an appointee of Paula Devine since June 2019. During that on the key requirements for this board:
- Ensure good quality design, and that designs are true to themselves, regardless of choice of design style
- Ensure compatibility with the existing neighborhood context. Projects need to be respectful of the built environment around them.
In my tenure on the board I believe I have shown good sense, been a collegial member, always been respectful of applicants, staff, my fellow board members and members of the public.
I would also add that I have been very puntcual and attentive to my duty as a board member, have missed only 2 board meetings during my entire tenure on the board and never once had to recuse myself from any case.
(C) 1 previously served on the Transportation and Parking Commission from 2007 to 2011.
K-506 (11/23)
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CHRISTOPHER WELCH
OVERVIEW: Highly experienced finance and operations executive operating in systems integration engineering/manufacturing, construction and educational raising gy come dis. He, EPin ude financial oversight, tre mury, capital ERP/MRP migrations and overseeing multi-state
operations.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cwelchentrepreneur/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
MID CONSTRUCTION GROUP, Los Angeles, CA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 2022 - PRESENT
MID Construction Group is a General Construction Contractor and real estate developer (dba MIDOS Development) operating in the multi-family sector in Southern California. The company is deploying a growing backlog of approximately $100M in projects in various stages of entitlement and construction. I oversee all aspects of construction payment applications, corporate finance, treasury, accounting, risk management and information technology.
GMV SYNCROMATICS, Los Angeles, CA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 2011 - 2022
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 2011 - 2016, 2019-2022
GMV Syncromatics is a systems integration engineering company in the transportation industry. The company provides computer-aided dispatching, onboard vehicle management control systems and vehicle location tracking for fixed route bus fleets throughout the United States.
My responsibilities as CFO generally included managing the finance/accounting team, overseeing budget, treasury and tax planning and overseeing project teams to maximize revenue recognition and meet budget expectations. During my tenure I also helped negotiate the sale of the company to GMV Innovating Solutions SL, as well as the acquisition of a software company (Mobilitat). For these transactions I oversaw all due diligence efforts and helped negotiate the transactions as well as employment and equity agreements with key employees.
After the acquisition by GMV I oversaw the gradual integration of the company into GMV globally, including a full migration of ERP and MRP tools to align with the corporate parent company. As a member of the board of directors, I regularly reported to the board to help direct the long-term growth and strategy of the company. I directed the company's growth of approximately 20x in revenues and 14x in staffing, including opening up a second headquarters office and production center in Houston in 2020 (during the COVID pandemic).
RALEIGH ENTERPRISES, Santa Monica, CA 1988 - 1996
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PLANNING
Reporting to both the CFO and CEO at the Company's corporate headquarters, I supervised the planning of new real estate development projects and business ventures in film studios (Raleigh Studios), hotels, food & beverage operations (the Westwood and Sunset Marquis Hotels), records management Christopher Welch
(FileKeepers) and other businesses. Specific areas of my responsibility included acquisition due diligence, preparation of lender financial packages, overseeing construction accounting, and finally, planning and implementing extensions of existing operations and developing new, stand-alone business opportunities.
pivoted the Company from being more than 80% reliant on spending from school districts in 2007 to where in 2010 more than 80% of the company's revenue was derived from parent-supported programs operated in partnership with municipal governments or educational service providers.
EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson Graduate School of Management
MBA - Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies
University of California, Berkeley
BA - Architecture; Minor in Real Estate Development
OTHER: Licensed General Contractor, State of California CSLB License #874402 2006-present
COMMUNITY: CITY OF GLENDALE, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
BOARD MEMBER
This is a position appointed by the Glendale City Council to oversee and enforce the City's design guidelines as established by ordinance. The board has jurisdiction over all commercial and residential projects built in Glendale. I served as Chairman of the board for 2021.
CITY OF GLENDALE, TRANSPORTATION & PARKING COMMISSION
2008 through 2011
THE WALL LAS MEMORIAS, Los Angeles, CA
1998 through 2005
DIRECTOR
I served as Treasurer of the corporation from 2000 to 2003 and as President from 2003 to 2005. I was directly involved with the final fund-raising and the actual construction of the AIDS Memorial built in Lincoln Park during my final 3 years on the board.
WEST HOLLYWOOD HOUSING CORPORATION, West Hollywood, CA
1989 through 1997
DIRECTOR
WHCHC is one of the most successful and well-regarded non-profit, affordable- housing developers in Los Angeles County. During my time on the board, we developed six projects with more than 130 units of affordable housing in both West Hollywood and Glendale. I served as Treasurer from 1992 to 1994 and President from 1994 to 1996.
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