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Greater Chicago Area

• Award-winning landscape architect with 30+ years experience in design, project management and construction.• Passionate about creative, yet cost-effective design solutions that are sensitive to the natural environment and aesthetically pleasing.• Specialize in design of commercial, industrial, office, storage facility, retail, shopping center, restaurant, municipal, governmental and multi-family residential (home-builder) projects. • Provide tree preservation and landscape plan submittal information including expert testimony for the municipal review and permitting process. • Extensive knowledge of plant material selection and identification, as well as construction detailing and the installation process. • Experience with native planting, rain garden / bioswale and green roof design and installation. Designed several LEED projects including the first LEED-certified project in Illinois.• Provided consulting services and landscape plans for the permitting process to 120+ municipalities in Illinois as well as 50+ in other states.

Schaumburg

Provide inspections for the systematic Code Enforcement Landscape Maintenance Inspection Program through the Community Development Department. Complete various landscape maintenance inspections and tree removal permit inspections for private properties. The Landscape Maintenance Inspection Program ensures all properties with an approved landscape site plan maintain their property in compliance with the approved plan. The goal is to inspect all nonresidential properties in a two (2) year time frame with commercial and office properties as the priority. The residential developments are to be inspected every five (5) years or as requests are made. Landscape maintenance inspection duties include: inspection of all properties with an approved landscape site plan on file; preparation of punch list letters and marked plans; correspondence with property owners and managers; scheduling meetings and re-inspections; and follow up correspondence including letter of intent and installation phasing coordination as necessary. Tree removal permit duties include: review and approval of tree removal permits; performing initial, follow up, and final tree removal inspections; coordinating site meetings and follow up correspondence, including letter of intent and phasing plan coordination as necessary. Additional duties include: compiling the list of yearly Landscape Award nominees, which includes taking site photos, compiling contact information and providing reasoning for award selection.

Wauconda, Il

• Responsible for executing all design related tasks within the Design Department.• Managed design schedules and coordinated with leadership as necessary.• Set departmental goals, tracked performance data and performed yearly reviews with leadership.• Acted as client contact and compiled all design billing information for submittal to Accounting.• Specialized in design and installation of commercial, industrial, office, storage facility, retail, shopping center, restaurant, municipal, governmental, multi-family residential (home-builder) and residential projects. • Provided landscape consulting services to architects, developers, engineers and home-builders which involved preparing submittal information for the municipal permit review process. Duties included: client contact, site surveying, tree preservation plans, landscape and detail plans, cost estimating, color rendered presentation plans, and expert testimony. • Served as a project manager on several design-build projects. Duties included: client contact, site layout and supervision, crew scheduling and contract review and coordination of invoicing with Accounting.• Provided in-house landscape design work for the Construction and Maintenance Departments. Duties included: site surveying and layout, landscape plan development, cost estimating, presentation plan rendering and client contact as necessary.• Responsible for management of all seasonal color rotation designs. Duties included: design preparation, developing a consolidated list of plant material for each season (organized by site), assisting the Maintenance and Purchasing Departments with ordering material and scheduling of crews, and assisting with site layout. • Extensive knowledge of plant material selection and identification, as well as construction detailing and installation processes. • Experience with native planting, rain garden / bioswale and green roof design, installation and construction.

• Designed parks and playgrounds for park districts and municipalities in the Chicago metropolitan area. Duties included: site surveying, conceptual and color rendered plan preparation, contract document preparation, specification development, rough cost estimating, verbal presentations and contract administration.