Career
Profile
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Excellent
professional track record of completing projects on-time and on-budget.
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Proven
skills managing multiple, high profile projects at one time.
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Resourceful
thinker, manager and mentor in fast paced work environments.
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Highly
capable of scoping, budgeting and scheduling.
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Experienced
contracts negotiator.
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Recognized
as a creative and effective designer and manager.
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Highly
experienced project manager with 15 years experience.
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Extensive
experience writing detailed reports, contacts, cost estimates and project
summaries.
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Exceptional
team player
Licensure
& Affiliations
Ø California Landscape Architect: License # LA 4706
Ø Pennsylvania
Landscape Architect: License # LA 1456-L
Ø ASLA: Member
since 1990
Ø National
Recreation & Park Association –Certified Playground Safety Inspector
Ø
International Society of Arboriculture
Professional
Experience
San
Francisco Landscape Examiner
Examiner.com, San
Francisco, CA. January 2011 – Present
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Write
landscape advice column for Examiner readers.
·
Tackle environmental
issues through published articles..
Lead
Project Manager
City of
Sacramento – Park Planning and Development Services
915 I Street,
Sacramento, CA; Supervisor: Tin-Wah Wong 916-808-5540
May 2002 –
July 2009
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Managed and
completed over 20 projects in 7 years.
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Designed and
approved project documents and master plans.
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Facilitated
approximately 40 public and community meetings.
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Managed over
$30 million in project funds.
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Prepared and
coordinated 30 environmental, storm water prevention plans and permits.
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Supervised and
mentored assistant designers and UCDavis interns from 2002-2009.
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Wrote 30
reports for budget transfer and project contract approvals.
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Prepared and
executed over 30 consultant and construction contracts.
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Monitored site
construction activities and permits.
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Successfully
completed projects on budget and on schedule.
·
Saved over
$100,000 in project funds through negotiations with contractors.
Project
Manager
The
vanderToolen Associates, Inc.
2617 K Street,
Sacramento, CA; Supervisor Karen Blanor 916-244-3000
March 2001 –
Feb 2002
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Successfully
opened a branch office.
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Designed
project plans, budgets and schedules.
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Prepared
project documents for bid.
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Helped
supervise and mentor junior staff in professional development.
Project
Manager
The HLA Group,
Inc.
1050 20th
Street, Sacramento, CA; Supervisor: John Nicolaus 916-447-7400. May 2000 – February 2001
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Managed 10
design projects for County and City of Sacramento valued at approximately $35
million.
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Mentored and
helped supervise junior staff and design interns.
·
Successfully
completed the Watt Avenue Beautification Master Plan Study and presented it to
the Board of Supervisors for the County of Sacramento.
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Successfully
designed project documents for the Stockton Boulevard Streetscape project for
the City of Sacramento.
Project
Manager
Andropogon
Associates, Ltd.
10 Shurs Lane,
Philadelphia, PA; Supervisor: Yaki Miodovnik 215-487-0700. February 1998 – May 2000
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Created
project documents and performed construction review for 10 projects.
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Mentored and
supervised various new staff designers as well as interns from UPenn and Temple
University.
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Monitored
local site construction activities valued at approximately $5 million.
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Prepared
detail cost estimates and schedules for 10 construction projects.
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Successfully
designed and monitored project sites such as the National Cathedral project in
Washington DC; Trinity College Projects in Hartford Connecticut; the Grey
Towers renovation at the National Historic Mansion of Gifford Pinchot in the Pocono
Mountains.
Project
Manager
The Delta
Group
2400 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA; Supervisor: Thomas Schraundenbach 215-567-5252. May 1995 – January 1998
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Managed
multiple projects for private, city and state clients.
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Performed project research, site visits, analysis,
presentation documents
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Successfully
produced project documents, budgets, scope and schedules.
Competencies
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AutoCAD R14, 2004, 2009
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ArcGIS
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Irricalc
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SketchUp
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Microsoft
* Project; Word; Excel;
PowerPoint; Access; Windows
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Adobe * Photoshop; Illustrator; Pagemaker
Formal Education
Ø Bachelor of Science – Landscape
Architecture & Planning – Summa Cum Laude
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; GPA: 3.87; 149
Semester Hours
Ø Associate of Art – Architecture
University of Maine, Augusta, ME; GPA 3.89; 80
semester hours
Ø Associate of Art – Fine Art
University of Maine, Augusta, ME; GPA 3.89; 80
semester hours