Dennis Rodano, MA

     Dennis Rodano has spent his career developing, designing, reengineering and implementing processes that enable organizations to meet the needs of their customers with increased efficiencies and quality of service while reducing operating costs and time to delivery. 
 
  Dennis began his career with the Diocese as Director of Facilities DePaul Catholic High School where for 6 years where he managed $10 million in renovations and improvements to the facility; and he successfully reduced operating costs through strategic sourcing. In 2009 Dennis served as the Project Manager overseeing the construction and renovations at St Paul Inside the Walls, the Catholic Center for Evangelization at Bayley-Ellard. Dennis also served as Business Manager at St. Paul Inside the Walls when the Center began operations in 2010. In 2013 Dennis began his current role as Business and Facilities Project Manager.
 
  As Project Manager for the Diocese, Dennis is responsible for assisting parishes in construction / renovation projects (Request for Proposal, Contract Creation, Project Administration, etc.), facilities maintenance projects and energy related projects including Direct Install and third party procurement of energy. Dennis manages vendor relationships and continues to look for ways in which parishes and the diocese can reduce costs and improve processes.
 
  Prior to joining the Diocese, Dennis spent 7 years designing and implementing new technology in retail banking and 5 years as a strategic sourcing consultant focused on printed materials and building maintenance. In addition to his professional life, Dennis serves on the Executive Advisory Board of St. Paul Inside the Walls, the Financial Advisory Board of the Sisters of Christian Charity, the Graduate Advisory Board for the School of Education at Caldwell University, the Board of Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell, NJ.
 
  Dennis earned a BA from Lafayette College in 1991 with a double major in Economics/Business and History and a Masters in Educational Administration from Caldwell College in 2010, where he graduated with honors as a member of Kappa Gamma Pi, the National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society.