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San Francisco, California, United States

• Lead workplace design teams for technology companies, non-profit organizations, and other corporate clients.
• Co-led design team on community-centered master plan for 20-acre summer camp’s redevelopment and transformation into retreat center
• Collaborate with integrated design team on a range of project typologies including workplace, hospitality, mixed-use, affordable housing, and master planning
• Contributed during pursuit and proposal process for workplace, hospitality, and affordable housing projects leading to project wins
• Play active role in mentorship of junior staff and helped develop firmwide mentorship program as member of committee
• Experienced in all phases of design from visioning and programming through construction administration.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Create unique design solutions for multiple restaurant and hospitality design projects
• Provide comprehensive design services including site analysis, concept development, space planning, material selection, project management, and construction documentation
• Deliver customized budgets, graphic presentations, and marketing packages
• Design brand identity, signage, and other graphic elements to enhance overall customer experience
• Hire and manage support staff and consultants to expedite delivery of services and / or provide additional specialized services
• Coordinate construction and design details with architect, contractor, and other design consultants

• Manage multiple restaurant and hospitality design projects from programming through construction administration phase
• Serve as key point of contact for clients
• Coordinate construction and design details with architect, contractor, and other design consultants
• Specify FF&E and assess construction costs to meet client budget requirements
• Mentor other designers in interior architecture and millwork detailing

• Set up and issued construction documents for residential and commercial projects
• Selected finishes and discuss materials with vendors
• Designed custom millwork and storage systems
• Coordinated with millworker and contractor on construction details

• Taught courses in a variety of topics including: Hospitality Design, AutoCAD, Construction Documentation, and Digital Presentation
• Revamped Portfolio class to include teaching Adobe InDesign and having students present projects to potential employers

• Set up and issued construction documents for hospitality projects
• Drafted floor plans, elevations, and details using AutoCAD
• Designed presentations for client meetings
• Created professional 3d renderings by hand and using digital media
• Selected finishes and discussed materials with vendors
• Designed and detailed custom millwork

Boston, MA

• Designed proposals and QUALS packages for prospective clients
• Designed sales tools and materials boards for the Longwood Towers Condominiums conversion project
• Created renderings to illustrate unit finish package options and organized unit finishes for Longwood Towers project

Master'S Degree, Interior Architecture

→ 2009 President’s Commendation for Interior Design Thesis Excellence – for the best thesis project in the MID program → 2009 Kronish and.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General