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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

I'm meeting the challenge of bringing to life an empty shell 100,000 sf concrete tilt-up building, and reformatting it into a state of the art chip fabrication facility. FM Industries, headquartered in Fremont, is expanding its Phoenix footprint to serve major clients on the Pacific rim. The new curtainwall entry facade will welcome a 200 person staff that.

San Francisco

PG&E Update December 2017:Our office is now teaming with Roebbelen to finish CD's for the first 3 of many more Service Centers to be refreshed around N California.PG&E Update October 2017: All buildings and service yard substantially complete, LEED Silver commissioning successful, Cert of Occ obtained, move-in nearing completion. BART El Cerrito Del Norte.

Alameda

High Density apartments and condominiums:Managed Saranap Village in Walnut Creek, in the DD Phase, comprised of 4- and 5- story condo buildings, 250 units total, podium over retail, including a restaurant and grocery, and a 6 story garage; subsequently managed a 2-building development, 270 units overall, on the Schlage Lock factory site in the Visitacion.

Santa Clara

Project Manager for Downtown Gateway in Santa Clara, comprised of 44 Condos over Retail with 2 restaurants. After resolving fierce neighborhood opposition, this proposal was approved enthusiastically by the Santa Clara City Council. At the same time, served as Project Manager for Osgood Residences, 93 Condos in the Irvington Transit Oriented Development.

580 Second St, Oakland, CA

Project Architect for Mathilda, 105 apt units on Mathilda in Sunnyvale, for Summerhill Homes.Project Architect for Verano on the Boulevard, 150 apt units on El Camino Real in Mtn View, also for Summerhill Homes, design architect: Studio T SquareProject Architect for Loft House, 133 apt units in Sunnyvale, consisting of two buildings, 4 stories over podium.

Team member providing Revit CD's for Kaiser 149 bed Hospital in Redwood City, under contract for two separate tasks spaced over an 18 month period.My pro-active approach included close coordination with consultants and contractor, which helped to achieve cost savings of approx $70k.

Pleasant Hill, CA

Architect team member for a 3-bldg expansion of the campus at Contra Costa Community College, San Pablo CA. I designed in Revit, and detailed in AutoCADFor the Student Activities Building, I designed the Culinary Arts facilities consisting of '3 Seasons' 130 seat Restaurant with separate Cafe, Demonstration Kitchen, Instructional Kitchen, Instructional.

Walnut Creek, CA

Project Architect for Community College and K-12 educational facilities. Team member producing drawings and specs for award-winning Dougherty Valley HS campus in San Ramon, CA.Went on to perform CA for this project, resulting in an $8M savings from the $128M budget.The Campus included 11 major buildings, plus professional level performance theater.

Study Towards Pmi Certification, Project Management Curriculum

Bs, Economics

Activities and Societies: Vice President, Alpha Beta Psi, Professional Business Fraternity. Member, national champion debate team