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Mr. JOHN BOLLINGER, DBS
Principal Officer The Mentor Group
Visionary, comprehensive thinker and innovator, Doctor of Building Science, planner, architect, real estate broker, contractor, and professor, Dr. Bollinger has pursued many educational and professional endeavors related to sustainable community planning, design, and development, valued at over $50 billion, throughout his 40 years plus career.
Projects include transit-oriented development, hospitals, housings, and school design and construcon management, urban and port master planning, mixed use development, strategic business development, new technology research and development.
Credentials:
- Academic credentials:Bachelor, Masterand Doctor degrees inArchitectureand Building Science from the University of Southern California. Adjunct Professor at Cal State University Long Beach.
- Professional licenses: Architect, General Contractor, and Real Estate Broker.
Professional Positions:
- President of Union Station Gateway, design-builder of $300 million Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) headquarters and regional transportation center at Union Station, L.A.
- Senior Real Estate Manager for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, managing multi-billion-dollar acquisition of property for Metro-Rail and Metrolink projects in Los Angeles.
- Campus Operations Manager for the University of California Irvine, managing a $1.2 billion campus expansion program.
- Senior Campus Project Manager for the LA Trade Tech College, on a $700 million campus modernization program.
- Project Manager for the Port of Long Beach (POLB), managing development of $400 million Long Beach World Trade Center Complex.
- Master Planner for the POLB, planning 20-year master plan and risk management plan.
- Senior Planner for the City of Long Beach, managing preparation of general plans, zoning ordinances, specific plans, environmental impact reports, and master plans for development of a 1400-acre residential community, a retail center, and a marina.
- Chief Operations Officer for Greenville USA, developing a business plan for a home supply chain including design, fabrication, delivery, and construction of 10,000 homes per year in Mississippi following Katrina devastation.
- Principal of the Mentor Group, consulting on numerous projects including: World trade centers; high technology campus; commercial and mixed use developments; hotels; master plans; custom homes; prefabricated housing systems; schools, civic centers; and strategic business plans; and managed many residential real estate transactions, as a licensed real estate broker.
- Chief Operations Officer for WaterElectricEnergy, engaged in research and development of new patented and patent pending technologies for energy generation, desalination, water purification, waste remediation, and biomass production.