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San Francisco, California, United States

Explored and developed architectural applications of IoT (internet of things) technologies including Javascript, node-red, and ESPHome. Designed and constructed residential renovations including vacation cabin, kitchen, and bathroom.

San Francisco Bay Area

Served as a lead designer, client/contractor contact, and directed teams to produce design and construction documents. Instrumental to three medical office projects for Stanford Medical Center. The Byers’ Eye Institute in Palo Alto involved the conversion of an existing office park building to consolidate Stanford's outpatient ophthalmology services and state of the art diagnostic and treatment clinics. The 31,000 sf program includes clinics, clinical support, and a surgery center comprising 4 laser surgery rooms and related procedure support spaces. For Kaiser, served as project manager and design lead of Kaiser's first Pediatric Cardiovascular Operating Room. Coordinated teams of surgeons from Stanford, UCSF, and Kaiser. Developed the six-phase plan to convert two standard ORs into one large OR and related equipment room while the OR suite was in full operation. Was instrumental in shifting the firm to 3D BIM modeling of almost all projects. Was among the first to learn Revit, identified colleagues for BIM training, and identified projects to be designed and documented in BIM.

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Designed and implemented gut renovation of 1,000 s.f. apartment in San Francisco. Personally prepared permit and construction documents, performed demolition, structural remediation, rough framing, drywall, finish carpentry, flooring, and tile. Coordinated with structural engineer and lighting designer. Contracted and supervised electrical and plumbing trades. Designed and fabricated custom cabinetry, stone counters, stone sinks, and glass tile.

Instrumental in all activities of this small firm. Design/Production: Led teams on projects ranging from 9-story, 250,000 s.f. office building in Arkansas to ground-up university in India (through DD) to 40-story, five-star hotel in Shanghai to $7.5 mil commercial lobby and façade renovation in Philadelphia to high-end residential and retail renovations in Manhattan. Served as a primary designer, client/contractor contact. Directed teams of up to five junior architects and interns in production of design and construction documents. Design Competitions: Held key roles on teams designing and producing entries for invited international design competitions. Marketing: Directed design and production of firm’s web site. Oversaw complete redesign of firm’s brochures. Created proposals and presentations, participated in pitch meetings.