Ron Braun has been active in the Retail Construction Industry now for almost 42 years. Ron retired from JCPenney at the end of 2010, and while enjoying retirement, found that he missed the interactivity and challenges within the industry. As such he formed a consulting firm that specializes in retail construction consulting. His strengths range from retail construction management, internal process and procedural controls, program development, capital management and related trouble-shooting. Projects have ranged from major retail construction to contractor’s internal processes and controls.
Prior to retiring from JCP, he held various positions of responsibility. Positions during his 38-year career with them included Senior Project Manager, Regional Project Coordinator, Field Coordination Manager, Store Interior Design Manager, Planning & Design Director and was the Construction Operations Director when he retired. Construction responsibilities for JCP have included the directing, budgeting, scheduling and construction for new ground up stores and acquisitions, environmental projects, rollouts, store relays, various renovations and other special projects. He was also responsible for the Construction Department’s contract administration, administrative budgeting and deployment of various standards and controls as Operations Director.
Ron is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, School of Architecture, a member of ICSC and has been very active with ICSC serving in various roles over the years. He was an active member of the CenterBuild Conference Planning Committee from 1999 through 2002 and chaired various sub-committees. He was the ICSC CenterBuild Conference Co-Chair in 2003 and the overall Conference Chair in 2004. He has been an active member of the ICSC CenterBuild Advisory Council since 2005 and served as the Director of the Advisory Council four years from 2006 through 2009. He was an inaugural member of the ICSC CDP Admissions and Governing Committee and served on the SCDP sub-committee. Ron was also a member of the RCA Advisory Board from 2007 until 2010.
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RLBraun Consulting, LLC.
P.O. Box 3263
Mc Kinney, TX 75070
Phone: (972) 754-7161
Email: rlbraun49@yahoo.com
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