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Profile

The design team’s journey revolves around a variety of public and private sector projects. The curiosity for construction and ambitious thirst for design is what keeps the team grounded during the professional experience. We believe that this behavior derives from the diverse educational training, personal relationships with clients and the ability to collaborate with other disciplines. It is during the restless cycles of exploration and creative thinking that one can execute a successful outcome. This elastic moldable way of thinking maintains the team’s thirst for solutions to everyday problem-solving skills.

Experience

Senior Designer for Stitch Design Studio, Ventura, CA: Design: Master Planning, Programming, Designing and Project Management of residential and commercial projects for many local clients in the Southern California climate. Developed feasibility studies and project budgets to large, medium and small commercial construction projects. Developed all aspects of pre-construction documents for residential housing, single family, public and private commercial clients.

Production Staff for Disney, Imagineering Team, Glendale, CA 2012: Developed design drawings & construction documents for Shanghai Disney Theme Park.

Project Manager & Senior Designer for Leach Mounce Architects, Ventura, CA., 2007-2012: Assisted, lead and managed a wide variety of medium sized projects to principal architect which specialized in Civic and Justice type of architectural projects.

Senior Designer & Project Manager for Zimmerman Architects, Santa Barbara, CA 2003-2007: Experience in a variety medium size retail, commercial and hospitality type of projects for many private clients through out the Santa Barbara area.

Project Manager/Job Captain, Harley Ellis Devereaux, Los Angeles, CA., 2001-2003: Lead and assisted design team during the preliminary stage. Developed DD phase drawings for large school renovation pr

Project Manager/Job Captain for Rivers + Christian & Associates, 2000-2001: Involved in large airport projects for the American Airlines at the Los Angeles World Authority (LAWA), International Airport. Developed design drawings for design team in the renovation of the American Airlines terminal four (phased project). Generated preliminary drawing for Lake Tahoe airport and the San Jose main terminal expansion.

Project Manager/Job Caption/Lead Designer for Charles Walton & Associates, Glendale, CA., 1997-2000: Generated working drawings, design development drawings and bid documents for large civic center which included City Hall buildings, school renovations and large library facilities.

WET Design Universal City, CA 1996-1997: Developed Schematic drawings, models and renderings for large water technology giant. Las Vegas Bellagio, Prince of Brunei Palace and Disney Theme Park in Japan.

Education

Woodbury University, Burbank, CA — Bachelors in Architecture, Graduated in 1997

Computer Modeling Training: Yearly training from Auto Desk University for Architecture, Construction, MEP, BIM modeling, 3dmax, Green Building, Cloud Services & 3d Printing.

Skills

Fluent in Spanish; Computer literate with both Mac & PC - Revit , AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Archicad, SketchUp, Rhino, Blender, 3dMax, Microsoft Project, word, excel, power point, FastTrack Scheduling, Adobe Suites, SpeckLink, Linkman-E, Costlink, E-Spec, Pages and Numbers.

Additional Skills: Cost analysis, 3d renderings (color-B&W), light studies, Retro-BIM Workflow: Case Studies in Energy-Driven Retrofit Projects, Building Simulation: Analyzing Performance

Community stitching, Volunteer Services, INVOLVEMENT and AFFILIATIONS.

Boys Scout & Girl Scouts of America, 2003-2022. Active member and register adult volunteer leader for all scouting levels.

American Youth Soccer Association, 2003-2022. Active member ,adult volunteer and actively registered trained adult (Referee & Coach).

Ventura Youth Basketball Association, City of Ventura Park and Recreations-2006-2022; Active member and adult volunteer for (head coach) .

Local Ventura Unified School District Affiliations: Loma Vista Elementary ,Cabrillo Middle School and Ventura High School, 2005-Present Active member and register adult volunteer leader for Parent Teacher Association and active site council member.

AIA Ventura Chapter, 2007-present, Associate Member.

clients

Disney Imagineering - 1401 Flower St, Glendale, CA 91201

WET Design - 10847 Sherman Way, Sun Valley, CA 91352
(818) 769-6200

River & Christian - 11661 San Vicente Blvd # 1001, Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 826-8381

CWA - 320 Arden Ave # 210, Glendale, CA 91203
(818) 240-5456

Harley Ellis Devereaux - 601 South Figueroa St., Suite 500. Los Angeles, CA 90017

City Church of Ventura - 6360 Telephone Rd, Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 676-1040

Faith Community Church - 461 Central Avenue, Fillmore, CA 93015

Engle Carobini & Coats LLP - 3295 Telegraph Rd, Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 643-2200

SBS Corporation - 555 St Charles Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 494-4363

MARZ Farms, INC. - 400 Camarillo Ranch Rd., Ste. 107
Camarillo, Ca. 93012

John Paul PETS - 495 Mariposa Dr, Ventura, CA 93003

Ventura Faith Calvary Chapel of Ventura - 405 Jordan Ave, Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 667-8140

Referrals

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