Daniel is a Partner and President at Synchro. He has over 16 years of experience in the design, delivery and construction of complex commercial real estate projects. His professional experience includes a wide variety of corporate and commercial office, interiors, mixed-use facilities, industrial, laboratories, manufacturing, and urban planning projects. At Synchro Daniel leads the strategic development and implementation of Synchro’s business strategy. He is active in project pursuits; marketing and business development efforts; project visioning; and project design, delivery and management. Prior to Synchro he was a Sustainable Design Leader and Project Manager at HOK. He received a BS in Biology from Trinity University and an MS from Rice University in Environmental Analysis.

From 2007 to 2018 Daniel was the Sustainable Design Leader for HOK’s Gulf Coast Region, as well as a member of the firmwide Sustainable Leadership team. At HOK Daniel was responsible for integrating sustainability throughout all phases of the design process. He collaborated with the design team to identify sustainable performance goals and cost-effective strategies to achieve them. He provided lifecycle cost analysis to evaluate the business case for specific design strategies and worked with owners to understand the long-term value of these strategies, especially in the operation and maintenance of their facilities. He conducted strategic sustainability planning on individual projects as well as large building portfolios. During his time at HOK he worked on over 4 million square feet of LEED certified projects including NASA’s first LEED Platinum building. In addition to his sustainable design role Daniel was a project manager and worked extensively in project development. He brought a practical approach to project management and listened closely to clients to ensure their key goals were translated throughout the design from conception to completion.

From 2006 to 2007 Daniel provided consulting services in sustainability decision-support, including impact assessment, lifecycle assessment, and development of sustainability indicators and metrics. He integrated sustainability considerations into engineering projects and business processes.