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New Delhi, DL, IN

New Delhi, Delhi, India

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

• As Project Director for the Norton Museum of Art, I delivered the $110 million expansion and renovation project designed by Norman Foster on schedule and on budget. I was instrumental in the selection of the.
• Reporting directly to Museum Director, Building Committee and Board of… Show more As Project Director for the Norton Museum of Art, I delivered the $110 million expansion and renovation project designed by Norman.
• Reporting directly to Museum Director, Building Committee and Board of Trustees
• Directing four-person in-house Project Management Team
• Selection of and contract negotiation with G.C., consultants and vendors.
• Representing the Institution at construction meetings and governmental hearings

Boston, MA

• Senior Project Architect – Peabody Essex Museum Expansion, Salem, MA (Rick Mather Architects, London, UK, Design Architect)The Peabody Essex Museum Expansion is a 170,000 square foot addition consisting of new.
• Management of a team of 12 architects
• Internal and External Communications Management
• Development and control of delivery schedules… Show more Senior Project Architect – Peabody Essex Museum Expansion, Salem, MA (Rick Mather Architects, London, UK, Design Architect)The Peabody Essex Museum Expansion is.
• Development and control of delivery schedules
• Quality control over the architectural deliverables.

New Delhi Area, India

I lead a mission-driven, multidisciplinary team commissioned by a local NGO to study and offer a design solution aimed at providing quality housing and tenure for 8,000 households clustered in Sundernagri, an informal settlement in northeast Delhi.

Cambridge, MA

Project Manager with focus on Building Systems and Delivery Process for Bishop's University Health and Sports Center and Campus Master Plan. Working in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm of Michael van Valkenburgh (Cambridge) and building climate engineering firm Tanssolar (Stuttgart,) the Health and Sports Center is designed to be the.

Boston, Massachusetts

Completed detailing and bid documents for facade systems and interior assemblies for therenovation and expansion of Logan Airport Terminal C (a Massachusetts Filed Sub-Bid procurement process.)

• Sr. Project Architect -Art of The Americas Wing, MFA-BostonFoster+Partners, London UK -Design ArchitectsThe Art of the Americas Wing is a 250,000 square foot addition consisting of new construction and renovations to.
• Management of a team of over 20 architects
• Internal and External Communications Management
• Development and control of delivery schedules
• Quality control over the… Show more Sr. Project Architect -Art of The Americas Wing, MFA-BostonFoster+Partners, London UK -Design ArchitectsThe Art of the Americas Wing is a 250,000 square foot addition consisting of.
• Quality control over the 280-sheet set of architectural drawings.

B Arch, Bfa, Architecture

Executive Certificate In Project Management, Business, Project Management