John Newcomb leads Newcomb Associates, a planning, pre-design, design, project management and curating consultant service entity. Headquartered in New York and with work in the Northeast, Mexico, and other countries of Latin America, Newcomb Associates is a unique consultantancy entity that allows developers to smartly plan and begin projects, develop projects, execute projects and meet their project Business plans and objectives.

CallisonRTKL is the new brand name of two of the worlds most important influential planning and design firms that have joined forces and are part of Arcadis the leading global design and consultancy for natural and built assets. CallisonRTKL redefines the global architecture design and planning consultancy with fresh thinking, bold ideas and unique ways of solving problems.

Newcomb + Associates is a high level design, planning, and development consultancy. It has strategic partnerships with Spector Group Architects (SG Latin America Studio Initiative); Coldwell Banker Commercial and its Consultant Services group in Mexico.

The Urban Land Institute, ULI, is a non profit education and reseach institute which is supported by its members. Its mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment.John initiated the ULI District Council in Mexico and served as its first Chair from January 2000 to 2005. He presently serves as a member of its Governance Committee.

John developed and drove HP's Technology Consultings Critical Facilities Services business in Latin America to its full potential with special emphasis on the pillar countries of Brazil and Mexico.Critical Facilities Services include:Consulting (CFC)Design (CFD)Assurance (CFA)Implementation (CFI)in addition to Energy Management Services initiatives.John took an increasingly complex number of assignments within HP CFS business, in the Americas, including serving as Delivery Leader for the Americas (Canada, USA, and Latin America).In his role as Consulting Principal for Latin America Countries he focused entirely in building HPs practice around key customers needs in Latin America.As a next generation leader, John called upon his background and experiences within all aspects of the practice in order to work successfully with highly specialized group of engineering designers, diverse teams of consultants including architects, engineers and construction entities as well as client representatives, all working together to successfully pursue, organize and deliver mission critical projects.John balanced the practice of Architecture and Engineering with his energetic interest in fostering and educating industry leaders in the responsible and sustainable development of projects and use of land.

John served as Americas Delivery Manager for HP Critical Facilities Services (EYP MCF). The service portfolio includes Critical Facilities Consulting, Design, Assurance and Implementation for the Americas (Canada, USA, and Latin America) as well as support to EMEA, Europe and Asia.

TEN ARQUITECTOS is a premier international design firm led by Enrique Norten.John, over a span of two years, created the framework for the institutionalization of this growing international practice. His Leadership role created the foundation for a strong and integrated architectural practice. His strong background across all aspects of the practice in addition to his ability to work with complex teams of design and production architects, engineers, clients and contractors defined him as a next generation leader that served this important entity well.TEN ARQUITECTOS is involved in high end projects of different types and scales throughout the world. The work of this firm is known for its contemporary language that unifies the aspirations of the modern world with the traditions of its native culture and environment.

KMD is a premier, San Francisco, CA, based architectural design practice that since 1963 has designed important commercial, retail, healthcare, public sector, academia, corporate office, residential and hospitality projects throughout the world. John joined KMD in the late 80s. In 1991 KMD entrusted John with starting, developing and running their operation and practice in Mexico and Latin America.Under his leadership KMD’s reputation and success in the region created a profound and positive effect on the A/E industry, serving as a model for the modern practice of architectural design, production and most importantly the coordinated delivery of architectural and engineering construction documents in the region.