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Established, founded and led a creative and design services studio, providing architectural design and construction solutions, visualization services, and creative consulting across various technologies and mediums.

•Developed design curriculum, primarily projects that investigated fundamentals of design and the experience of human environments, for undergraduate architecture and interior design students.•Engaged students in an exploration of graphic processes, tools, and techniques used in the design of human environments through drawing seminars to develop thinking and making skills in 2D and 3D across multiple scales.•Introduced students to design thinking and creative conceptualization through projects and direct engagement with materials and processes of making in a studio environment.•Provided constructive feedback and critique on student projects, guiding them in developing their design and drawing abilities.

•Performed the role of Design Technology Director and Design Director during the first 6 months at Swivel until the Director of Design Services was fully onboarded.•Introduced new ways of working with BIM and design technologies to a prop tech startup focused on creating a commercial real estate digital leasing platform for property managers, landlords, and leasing agents.•Established and continuously improved Swivel’s Design Standards, including workplace strategy, testfitting/space planning, interior design direction, code compliance, and more.•Advised our asset creation team in developing new interior design schemes, researched market trends, and formalized go-to-market strategy for new spatial typologies, markets, and additional services and product features.•Managed multiple projects, balanced priorities within the project pipeline, assigned tasks, scheduled project delivery, and worked closely with teammates to effectively meet project deadlines and deliver high quality products and services to our customers.

•Was part of a team of digital design specialist that ranged in expertise from visualization, programming, BIM processes, FFE and project delivery to serve an office of over 800 architects, interior designers, urban designers, and other design innovation groups on a range of projects, tasks, and deliveries.•Demonstrated ability to develop learning material, deliver effective training and provide ongoing education and support to project teams.•Responsible for the development, coordination, publication, and verification that all necessary configurations required for seamless integration of design and construction model information have been implemented.•Managed project templates, model management and content development. Supported development and compliance with the approved BIM Execution and BIM Scope Plans.•Researched and tested emerging design and technology innovations, identifying opportunities for process innovation.•Acted as a technical liaison between software developers and interior designers, contributing to the development of firmwide specification writing software.

•Oversaw design coordination and collaboration for large multi-discipline design and construction projects across all stages of the project lifecycle.•Played a key role in the construction administration phase, ensuring alignment with design intent and project objectives.•Independently evaluated, selected, and applied architectural techniques, procedures, and modifications to architectural construction documents.•Provided project team coordination for the finished plans, specifications, and material selections required for construction. •Collaborated on design projects, including programming client needs, conceptual design, schematic design, and design development.•Worked with consultants, contractors, fabricators, specification writers, and regulatory agencies to coordinate building systems drawings with architectural documentation.

•Prepared Construction Documentation drawings of historic and commercial structures from sketches and redlines/markups. •Collaborated closely with structural engineers to ensure seamless coordination of construction documents.•Developed a thorough knowledge of computer aided drafting system standards, practices, and techniques to enhance CAD/BIM interoperability and efficiency.