Marc earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Arizona State in 1984. While practicing as an architect in Arizona until 1992, he was convinced that his professional passion was geared more toward leading a firm’s business and operations. He earned his MBA with the Advanced Management Institute of Architecture and Engineering (AMI) in San Francisco in 1999. Marc’s career focused for many years on project management and operations in architecture firms. He is well known in the industry as a leader in management best practices.Marc also remained connected to projects and often served as the principal in charge or the senior project manager. He most recently managed the programming, and master planning through construction documentation phase for the $230 million, 250,000 sq. ft., Port of Calexico West, Land Port of Entry in Calexico, Calif. He’s honored that the Calexico project was the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Progressive Architecture Award.Marc is a member of the AIA, and served from 2016-2018 on the Board of Directors of the Association of AE Business Leaders (AEBL) a regional leadership organization which helps promote business best practice in the natural and built environments.