Responsible for all phases of work on numerous custom house projects and on light commercial & tenant build-out projects. Daily duties included design, rendering, CAD production, and the completion of working drawings. I also was responsible for office management, billing, marketing, and client development and have also worked with engineers on several projects and assisted in the permitting process on several projects.• Over the past twelve years we have completed approximately ninety quality residential projects. These projects are built in luxury communities in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. We have also completed commercial projects of the following types: medical offices, treatment centers (clinics), Alzheimer’s clinic, restaurants, corporate headquarters expansion, and food stores.• My experience running Duluth Design Center, Inc. has broadened my understanding of how architectural offices work. Juggling numerous tasks while producing a quality project is no easy task.• We have also started an e-commerce business which will offer plans for sale on the Internet. This company is generating out of state clients for our residential practice. Affiliated with Archival Designs, Inc. of Suwannee, Ga. as the Lead Residential designer for Luxury single family home projects.

I was responsible for design and production of architectural projects awarded to Jova Daniels Busby Architects. I also managed the projects and reported their progress to the firm.• The Corporate Headquarters for Southern Living Magazine became an important project for an influential client. It's successful completion resulted in new projects from this client.• The most important skills I used for Jova Daniels Busby projects was a meticulous attention to detail and design. A very thorough set of drawings was key for their corporate projects.• We also completed a large historic renovation of Fulton Cotton Mill. This project produced Atlanta's first large loft conversion project. The project gained national attention during a fire in one historic building that required a helicopter rescue of a construction crane operator.

I held several roles in this firm. They include Job Captain, Project Manager, Project Architect, and Quality Control Coordinator. I also worked on large hotel development projects for Gunwyn Properties for two years. All of the projects we produced at the Gund firm were successfully constructed and were of considerable quality. The work as Quality Control Coordinator was a coordination oversight position that reviewed the completeness of projects in working drawings. The projects that I reviewed included a hotel for Harvard University and the Fernbank Natural History Museum in Atlanta, Ga.Managed projects such as The Maritime Center @ South Norwalk, Ct., The Blaustein Humanities Center, Connecticut College, New London, Ct., and the Harbor Hotels @ Lewis Wharf, Boston, Ma.