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ALAN M. TAYLOR <br />216 Apache Mountain Lane <br />Georgetown, Texas 78633 <br />512-943-9607 (home) <br />(806) 678-3758 (cell) <br />alantaylor.gtx@gmaii.com <br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />I am a recently retired City Manager / Professional Public Executive with approximately 34 years <br />of proven and highly responsible Texas local government and municipal operations experience. <br />With my extensive local government service experience and associated education and <br />professional training, I specialize in executive and staff recruitment services, administrative <br />leadership mentoring and problem solving, employee training, organizational planning and <br />development and other direct professional consulting services for Texas municipal and other <br />local government organizations. <br />PROFESSIONAL HISTORY <br />July 2010 - Present <br />SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE SEARCH SPECIALIZING IN CITY MANAGEMENT <br />SGR conducts more Texas city manager searches than any other firm, and is the largest local <br />government training firm in the nation, training over 1,000 city employees per month for <br />approximately 200 local government clients. SGR Online Learning has municipal clients in 11 <br />states. I am the Senior Vice President who specializes in conducting city manager executive <br />searches for SGR. <br />June 2004 to June 2010 <br />CITY MANAGER - City of Amarillo, Texas (Population of 194,000 people and having a 102.39 <br />square mile corporate area located in Potter and Randall Counties) <br />I had the privilege to serve as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) responsible for the <br />administration and daily operation of the City of Amarillo, a home rule municipality operated <br />under the Council / Manager form of government. As City Manager, I administered annual <br />organizational budgets of up to $ 336 million dollars, through eight operating Divisions and <br />forty-seven Departments having a total workforce of approximately 2200 employees. <br />My past duties as City Manager may be summarized by the following primary areas of municipal <br />administration: <br />Administrative Management - Directed the dally administration and management of the <br />Amarillo municipal organization under the policy direction of the Amarillo City Commission. Full <br />responsibility for administrative oversight of all operations, services and programs of the City <br />through the administration and enforcement of City Ordinances, Resolutions, codes, policies and <br />procedures; Directed organizational short and long range policy formulation, financial and <br />capital improvement planning, implementation and project management; purchasing and <br />procurement of equipment, goods and services; Human Resources operations and staff <br />15 <br />