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Syracuse, New York, United States

Serving as a Project Landscape Designer on a diverse range of project types including mixed use, residential communities, higher education, military, stormwater management and estate design. Duties include:Lead designer and Project Manager for design services ranging from conceptual design plans, rendering, municipal permitting, construction documentation (including specification writing) and construction administration. Redevelopment of firms’s CAD standards and graphic standards. Mentoring of staff and internsNotable Projects include: Trophy Point Reimagination (West Point Military Academy), Belleayre Ski Resort, Syracuse Tech Garden Expansion, CODA residential community, Urban Villages residential community

Served as Principal Designer for the firm's national residential design services. Developed/redeveloped designs for 250+ private residences across the United States with a focus on reengaging design clients whose experience had been underwhelming with prior iterations of their project. Duties Included: Daily design meetings (5+ per day) engaging clients on redesign strategies to meet project goals and aesthetics. Development of redesign sketches and meeting minutes for each project for daily distribution to original project designer with reassignment to new designers as required. Fielding questions and facilitating design discussions with project designers and performing quality control.

Syracuse, New York

Served as a Landscape Designer on a broad spectrum of higher education, mixed use, and estate projects in direct communication with firm president, senior landscape architects and project managers. Duties included:Design Services ranging from conceptual design plans, rendering, municipal permitting, construction documentation and administration. Redevelopment of firms's landscape architecture graphic standards including new employee training. Landscape mitigation efforts and site layout for various renewable energy projects Notable Projects included: Salt City Market, LeMoyne College Quad Reimagination, Syracuse University Schine Student Center, Marcy Nanocenter Mixed Use Development, SUNY Oswego Hewitt Hall Renovation, Buffalo State Classroom Building Renovation, Various Skaneateles Lakefront Estates

San Diego, California

Served as a Landscape Designer on a number of corporate campuses, mixed use developments, and estate designs in the southern California area. Duties included:Conceptual design development utilizing InDesign, Photoshop, SketchUp, and AutoCAD. Drafting of construction documentation, cross discipline coordination, construction administration services and presentation development for clients and municipalities Notable Projects included: Aperture Del Mar, Lumen-West LA, Viasat Bressi Ranch Campus, Sycamore Creek Office Redevelopment, Leucadia Estate

Syracuse, New York Area

Workied with students in LSA 327 (Landscape Architectural Design Studio II) on design projects by providing critique and technical assistance in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and other programs. Worked with students in LSA 305 (History of Landscape Architecture 1) on reviewing course material. Also worked to track attendance, grade and run weekly reviews sessions for students. (Spring 2016)Worked with students in LSA 220 (Introduction to Landscape Architecture) on improving writing skills as well as grading assignments and fielding coursework questions. Worked with Professor to develop website for student work. (Fall 2015)

Boston, Massachusetts

Worked in the company’s sports division to develop construction documentation, complete renderings for community engagement sessions, review submissions from contractors on material and structures, create a submission for the Twin Creeks Linear Park Design Competition, and provide other support to the team as needed

Syracuse, New York Area

Developed observation protocol for post occupancy evaluation and analyzing qualitative data. Presented preliminary results of post occupancy evaluation to local government officials from Mayor’s office, planning, transportation, public works, and parks departments. Ran community engagement sessions for a plaza design at an educational opportunity center and worked to refine design concepts developed by the community to present back to the center’s director and staff.

Syracuse, New York Area

Maintained a strong command of IRS regulations and company offerings. Received calls from advisers and clients with product knowledge questions. Trained new employees in customer service technique and problem resolution. processed investment trades from clients and advisers

Master'S Degree, Landscape Architecture

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), American History (United States)