Mark Weidenfeller

7554 W. Cholla St.

Peoria, Az. 85345

Home 623-518-3445

Cell 623-628-1125

Weidenm1@aol.com

EXPERIENCE

Weidenfeller Renovation                                                                                               Peoria, AZ

Owner/Superintendent                                                                                                 Sept. 2002-Present

Investor/Renovator Residential Real Estate

·         Purchase pre-construction & existing homes. Estimated costs to renovate and expand existing homes along with upgrades for new homes.

·         Worked with architects, skilled trades and material suppliers.

·         Responsibilities included designing (reading and modifying blue prints) additions and renovations with architect , estimating job costs, ordering & scheduling material delivery, hiring & coordinating trades, pulling permits, meeting with building inspectors. 

·         Stage finished homes for sale or rented and manage same.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company                                                                       Buffalo Grove, IL

Master Property Claims Representative                                                                         July 1996-Sept. 2002

·         Scoped and estimated (using various software programs) large and small property losses due to covered perils. On smaller losses settled with the policyholder or set reserves and diary for follow up on large losses.

·         Investigated cause and origin (if suspicious sent to SIU unit), and interpreted policy coverages to determine whether the loss fell within the policy coverages.

·         Supervised restoration contractors, cause and origin engineers. Cooperated with SIU for further investigation as necessary.

·         Mentored and trained recently hired adjusters.  

·         Advised Nationwide agents with complex policy coverage issues both personal and business lines. 

Tempstar                                                                                                                      Grayslake, IL

Multi-line Adjuster                                                                                                       Jan. 1993-July 1996

·         Accepted contract assignments working for Lake County, IL Risk Mgmt., investigating and settling general liability & work comp claims.

·         Nationwide Mutual Ins. investigating & settling personal and commercial claims.

Claims Overload Staffing                                                                                             Chicago, IL

Multi-line adjuster                                                                                                       Jan. 1992-Jan. 1993

Office of The Special Deputy, Dept. Of Ins.State of Il.

·         Analyzed excess and surplus coverage limits, determined the potential exposure and set reserves accordingly. These files were from insolvent Ins. Co’s that were placed in receivership.

SKILLS/TECHNICAL CREDENTIALS                                                                             

Computer based property estimating systems, Boeckh’s, Simsol & Xactimate.

Certified by Nationwide Ins. to adjust commercial coverages & forms.

Certificates for completing ICAR training programs.

Trained & mentored new hires for field property adjusting at the regional office.

Acted as a liaison between contractor and policyholder.

Attended seminars on mold remediation, product defect/failure, cause & origin.

Assisted in the training of field adjusters at Nationwide’s training center, Columbus, Ohio.

Licensed Adjuster in the State of Florida.

Strip Mall mgmt., hired and supervised sub-contractors for custom build out of bays.

Proficient at most of the building trades.

Windows, Microsoft Word & Internet research.

EDUCATION

New TrierHigh School, Winnetka, IL

ColumbiaCollege of Chicago