Key member of senior team that manages projects for national clients to ensure projects meet client requirements, are completely successful and on schedule, while ensuring profit margins for the company. Strong leader of multidiscipline teams and complex projects.
Proven, results oriented Project Manager and Registered Architect with extensive experience in management of multiple, large-scale projects, teams, and disciplines simultaneously from schematic design through project administration. Reputation for adhering to strict timelines and budget requirements regardless of obstacles, building and maintaining strong cross functional teams dedicated to meeting/or exceeding clients objectives. Complimenting this background is an equally strong background in building construction including project management, contract negotiations, estimating and scheduling. Highly motivated individual with excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Efficient, diligent, and organized.
Experience and Accomplishments
PROFILE CONSULTANTS INC., Arlington, Texas 2008–Present - Senior Project Architect/Manager
Responsibilities include design development, coordination of construction documents, project management and project administration for a newly established architectural department.
· Develop communications with existing clients promoting the newly established architectural department resulting in an increase of projects and revenue.
· Successfully undertook hospitality project started by another architectural firm and was able to keep clients’ project on schedule with no down time during this transition period.
· Manage and mentor newly formed architectural production team and external consultants to achieve the client and firm’s project goals.
· Responsible for establishing procedures and directing activities for project start up, program development, design development, construction documents, quality assurance, quality control and construction administration.
WD PARTNERS INC., Dublin, Ohio 2007–2008 - A/E Project Manager
Responsible for the coordination with multidiscipline team for the organization of processes that resulted in the complete development, production and quality delivery of construction documents.
· Successfully managed simultaneously over 30 projects in retail, foodservice and petroleum that required scheduling and allocating of resources, monitoring budgets and permit submittals.
· Developed and implemented project kickoff documents that helped organize large amounts of data that reduced errors and omissions at project implementation and resulted in reduction of production schedules and budgets.
· Conducted progress meetings with clients, management and team members to review and communicate status of projects, ensuring client satisfaction by resolving issues expeditiously. This communication directly resulted in a recently new client to approve the addition of a second large retail project to the firm.
· Communicated alternative design idea though freehand sketches during City Planning and Zoning meeting in order to receive immediate approval to begin construction documents. This approval saved client four weeks in permitting.
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TOLL ARCHITECTURE INC., Grapevine, TX, 2005–2007 - Studio Leader
A division of Toll Brothers Inc., winner of the three most coveted awards in the home building industry: America's Best Builder, National Builder of the year, and the 1995 National Housing Quality Gold Award.
Responsible for the management of all design and construction document production in Texas for luxury single-family and multi-family homes.
· Successfully undertook the management of a second production studio due to a reduction in force. This other position was able to be eliminated permanently by continuing to maintain schedules and budgets saving the company thousands of dollars annually.
· Conducted architectural quality assurance and quality control for over 180 single and multi-family projects annually which lead directly to a reduction in warranty claims and ensuring a higher percentage of customer satisfaction.
· Implemented mentoring and training program for new associates that resulted in building strong integrated teams, reduced productivity learning curve and decreased turn over.
DKW ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS, Rockwall, TX, 1994–2005 - President
Founded company upon identifying a need for architectural design-build services among the suburban and rural areas of East Texas. Specialized in the design-build of commercial, residential, historical restorations and renovations. Responsible for the success of both the architecture and construction divisions of the company.
· Successfully transformed a single person company to a multi-associate corporation overseeing daily the design development, production teams, construction managers and crews consisting of more than 60 subcontractors and vendors.
DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S COURT, Dallas, TX, 1988–1994 - Architectural Consultant
Responsible for overseeing the interest of the Commissioner’s Court involving over $380 million in construction on a variety of County municipal projects. Collaborated with project architects and general contractors for the coordination, execution and implementation of Commissioner’s Court contractual agreements, quality assurance and quality control for the installations of building components and systems.
Other Experience and Accomplishments
STEPHEN B. CHAMBERS, Dallas, Texas – Intern Architect
Responsible for the preparation of construction documents for luxury custom residential designs in the Park Cities area of Dallas.
HB ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Crew Leader
Responsible for the form setting and placement of reinforced concrete on various commercial projects in Saudi Arabia. This was an immense learning experience and an introductory building block to my architectural career.
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Education
Bachelor of Architecture, Design Specialization, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Professional Certification
Registered Architect in the State of Texas since 1992
Affiliations
Member of American Institute of Architects (AIA), Dallas Chapter
Member of Texas Society of Architects
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