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Scottsdale, Az.

Architectural Consulting and Project Management• Assist Land Developers and Home Builders with Land Planning, Product Development, and Value Engineering.• Provide market research and analysis studying buyer’s profile, Builder’s competition, and the area’s demographics for product selection for both Builder and Architect.• Architectural Business Development and Marketing.• Provide Hosting services for home builders in the greater Phoenix area.

• Lead and directed a comprehensive collaborative planning process with a team of internationally recognized design professionals including land planners, architects, structural, MEP and infrastructure engineers, interior design architects, landscape architects, golf course architects, lighting designers, signage and way finding consultants, market researchers and demographers.• Directed the design teams for each of the projects from concept to completion, including selection of the design teams, programming, obtaining approval of design concepts from stakeholders, budget management and coordinating approvals from the municipalities and implementation of design during construction.• Developed design briefs, scopes of work, deliverables and RFPs.• Organized Value Engineering exercises and responsible for quality control for all projects. • Developed Sustainability Guidelines for TDIC. Directed the Delivery team in program management, cost estimating, progress reporting, procurement and contracting strategy and construction management for both horizontal and vertical construction.

• Managed projects over $1.8 billion construction costs.• Directed Product Development for 6 communities of high-density product lines, ranging from 950 sf. – 1,300 sf.• Developed 16 Master Plan communities for over 8,000 single and multi-family homes along with Educational Facilities (K – 12).• Created 10 product series ranging from 950 sf. – 3,800 sf.• Managed the operations of projects, including design, authority approvals and budgets.• Senior member of the Forward Planning Team, which reviewed the long term organizational strategy of the company.• Developed criteria for new communities by analyzing local competition and market research.• Analyzed technology, resource needs and market demand to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.

• Managed projects over $2.5 billion construction costs.• Responsible for Master Planning, product development and scheduling for 24 new communities for over 11,000 single and multi-family homes.• Created 13 product series ranging from 1,200 sf. – 5,500 sf.• Participated in the formulation of long term organizational strategy regarding existing and future projects.• Coordinated the land planning to develop a 2700 unit master planned community with low and high density product. Developed 3 school sites for Elementary School (400 students), Middle School (300 students) and High School (300 students)• Conducted market analysis to determine product selection for new communities.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Design Management, Summa Cum Laude

Bach Of Arch., Architecture