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Greater New York City Area

• Work cross-functionally with our clients and architectural and engineering design teams to develop and implement sustainability strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and certification action plans through a variety of programs, such as LEED, WELL, LBC and Fitwel• Develop and manage staffing projections, revenue plans, overall project budgets, and fee forecasts throughout all stages of the project from proposal and RFP phase, throughout the design development, construction administration, and project closeout. Manage outside 3rd party consultants' involvement, deliverables, proposals, and invoices.• Manage business development: proposals, CRM tracking via Salesforce, contract execution, contract setup, RFP responses• Collaborate with Studio Director on short-term and long-term staffing, A/R, quarterly and annual fiscal planning• Coordinate with recruiting to identify team growth strategies, immediate and long-term hiring needs, candidate evaluation, and participate in candidate interviews• Represent Consulting Studio as Design Manager (Project Manager) Leader in New York Office• Educate designers on sustainability practices, material selections, submittal review • Participate as studio liaison in the Gensler Design Resilience Network for NY Office • Appointed to Associate in December 2019

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• As Associate Director of Account Management, I oversaw the process of maintaining the quality of relationships with our growing existing client base, as well as developing new relationships to meet company growth targets. During this time my focus was on implementing CodeGreen’s strategic account management program in collaboration with our talented energy and sustainability practice teams. • In addition to account management, I also worked on the project delivery side, managing sustainable building projects focused on achieving a variety of sustainability certifications.

Ontario

Utilizing my 8 years of experience, I created VWS to provide independent sustainability consulting services to clients seeking LEED certification project management, energy benchmarking, and sustainability master planning.

1333 Broadway, New York, Ny

• Team Director managing a project team of sustainability project managers and energy engineers completing LEED-EB, LEED-CS, LEED-NC, LEED-CI certifications from project development to certification and ASHRAE Level II Energy Audits, Retro-Commissioning, Oversaw the delivery of New building commissioning, EPA ENERGY STAR Benchmarking, and NYC Local Law 84 and 87 compliance work. • Contributed to the continual business growth of the company by maintaining existing client relationships and developing new business opportunities. • Completed over 20 million square feet of LEED-certified commercial office space throughout the United States, within the LEED-EB: O&M, CI, NC, and CS programs. • Extensive experience in completing over 100+ LEED Gap analyses, LEED site visits/inspections/audits, 100+ ENERGY STAR energy benchmarks, and consulted on new development projects looking to implement sustainable and energy efficient design strategies.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Assisted the Project Manager and Superintendent in project administration, field work, field audits• Worked alongside and regularly communicated with owners, architects, contractors and engineers• Maintained accurate and up-to-date shop drawings, track the status of RFI’s, obtain quotations for notices of change, • Tracked, maintained and submitted LEED documentation• Updated and assembled as-built documentation• Conducted quality control activities, inspection programs and periodic updating of construction progress records