•Operational Oversight: Manage all aspects of design/build projects, ensuring seamless coordination with subcontractors, engineers, vendors, and material suppliers to deliver exceptional outdoor living spaces.•Cost Management & Profitability: Develop and uphold a robust estimating system, ensuring accurate cost projections for both design/build and bid/build project scopes. Implement cost-control measures and identify opportunities for cost savings to enhance overall business profitability, contributing to the financial health and growth of the company.•Strategic Growth & Planning: Develop and implement strategies for business growth and planning, maintaining profitability while expanding market reach and service offerings.•Marketing & Social Media: Manage marketing efforts, including a comprehensive social media campaign to drive growth and maintain relevance in the market. Leverage various platforms to increase brand visibility and attract new clients.•Client Experience: Engage with clients to understand their vision, providing expert guidance and maintaining high levels of satisfaction through clear communication and timely project updates.•Design Excellence: Utilize CAD software to create detailed 2D and 3D renderings, aligning project designs with client expectations and generating comprehensive construction documentation.•Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain a company standard for construction documentation accuracy, ensuring consistency and precision in all project plans.•Site Analysis: Conduct thorough site investigations, considering topography, microclimate, soil health, planting and irrigation needs, natural drainage, and solar orientation to minimize environmental impact.•Regulatory Compliance: Implement local and state building codes and standards across projects, ensuring compliance with various complexities and sizes.

At Hidden Meadows Outdoor Living, I work closely with clients to realize their vision and create luxury landscapes and pools. Every unique situation is highly considered throughout the design process and visualized with 3D computer models. I analyze each client's property, site conditions, budgets and goals closely to make sure the final design truly creates an amazing outdoor living experience.

• Own and manage a landscape design/build construction company, completing more than 100 builds.• Led a team of employees and sub-contractors daily, planning and coordinating workflow.• Project managed each project from early phases through construction.• Ensure each project conforms with regional standards and local and state building code through regular site investigations.

•Significant Impact & Growth: Played a pivotal role in the company's substantial growth, increasing its size by more than 5x. This success was driven by my creative and relevant designs, accurate cost proposals, and confidence in managing high-end, high-net-worth clients. My contributions were instrumental in achieving these results more than any other team member, leading to remarkable business expansion and success.•Marketing Contributions: Designed the majority of the projects used as the company's marketing materials to attract and engage new clients.•Project Management: Led design/build projects, coordinating seamlessly with subcontractors, engineers, vendors, and material suppliers to ensure timely and within-budget delivery.•Innovative Design: Produced detailed 2D and 3D renderings using CAD software, crafting landscape projects that consistently exceeded client expectations and adhered to their vision.•Documentation Standards: Developed and enforced a standardized process for construction documentation, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all projects.•Comprehensive Site Analysis: Conducted in-depth site investigations, considering topography, microclimate, soil health, planting and irrigation needs, natural drainage, and solar orientation to create sustainable and impactful designs.•Regulatory Adherence: Ensured all projects complied with local and state building codes and standards, handling various project sizes and complexities.•Accurate Cost Estimation: Created and maintained a precise estimating system for design/build and bid/build projects, enhancing financial accuracy and project planning.

• Part of a field management team that supervised the completion of large-scale developments including the master planned community of La Costa Oaks in Carlsbad. • Achieved project profitability and on time completion by controlling costs, maintaining construction budget and ensuring safety.• Managed quality assurance inspections for all phases of construction including site grading to maintain customer/client satisfaction. • Scheduled subcontractors and provided on site supervision of 50+ trades personnel.• Maintained daily log of work activities, issues, operations and schedules. Ensured completion of developments by contractors through field observation and advised on proper execution of work.

Illustrated and drafted designs in AutoCAD to scale, for documentation and visual presentation of site plans for custom residential and commercial projects. Utilized project management skills and knowledge of architecture, plant material relationships, and native plants to complete design process.

• Collaborated with design team in production of drawings and design work and for problem solving.• Produced construction documents for various and complex projects including hotels, wineries, and luxury residences.• Worked with external consultants (engineers, architects, etc.) in all phases of projects to completion.