As a licensed architect in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Colorado, with experience in project management, office management, programming, design and construction technology, I am interested in speaking with potential employers regarding open architectural positions. Although I am currently practicing on my own, I am seeking employment opportunities which allow me to broaden the talent and skills I have developed over my career. I do believe that the tools I have attained throughout my career will make me a good fit with most companies.
Paul G. Knitter
Summary
Licensed Architect with extensive managerial, design and technical experience in search of a challenging position that takes advantage of a unique set of core strengths, skills and talents that include the following:
Decisiveness: Career accentuated by leadership roles that draw on acquired knowledge and intuitive abilities to promptly assess situations and determine appropriate courses of action.
Innovation: Expert process development and design skills.
Team Player: Develops action plans that are always in alignment with company’s overall objectives and mentors others to do the same.
Follow-through: Assures that all tasks are completed accurately and in a timely fashion.
Architectural Experience
Centex Homes – Midwest Region
1998-2008
Regional Architect
Responsibilities:
Lead architect for the Midwest Region of Centex Homes, a national homebuilder and Fortune 500 company with over 6000 employees and 38,000 home closings per year. Responsibilities included consulting with up to 10 operating divisions to design all new product; hiring training and evaluating architectural staff (which grew from 3 to 32), and leading the development and maintenance of working drawing standards.
Accomplishments:
- Leader of design team that produced, on average, 80 new unit designs per year for 10 Midwest markets, in order to satisfy the enormous growth of the homebuilding industry during the early and mid parts of the decade. Designs include single family homes, 2 and 3 story townhomes, stacked flats, community clubhouses, and division design centers. Sales of product resulted in revenues of over $1.2 billion annually.
- Developed formal processes to shorten the product development timeline, resulting in up to 6 months time savings per product line.
- Facilitated standardization of product and standards allowing for prolific product sharing amongst all divisions within the company. Results included 50% reductions in cycle time and overhead.
- Spearheaded value engineering initiative to increase customer value while decreasing costs. This initiative increased company’s profit margins by 0.5%.
- Saved company $3 million annually by facilitating initiative to improve quality of documentation in order to reduce construction errors.
Bloodgood, Sharp, Buster – Chicago Region
1995–1998
Project Manager/Architect
Responsibilities:
As a Project Manager/Architect for one of the nation’s largest architectural firms (over 150 employees in 15 offices), responsibilities included design; management of projects, staff and consultants; quality control; and contracts and billings. Projects included single family production housing, custom homes, multi-family residential and community clubhouses.
Accomplishments:
- Yearly billings over $1 million, resulting in being awarded “Most Valuable Employeeâ€, 1998.
- Team Leader for “House of the New Millenniumâ€, published in Builder Magazine, resulting in approximately 10% expansion of client base.
Responsibilities:
From 1983 to 1987, as an intern architect/draftsperson/project manager for this architectural firm, range of responsibilities expanded to include schematic design, design development, working drawings and landplanning as well as set-up, operation and management of CAD system. From 1990 to 1995 additional responsibilities included scheduling, contracts, billing, quality control and hiring of new staff. Projects included residential, clubhouses and restaurants.
Accomplishments:
- Developed, customized and operated cutting edge techniques for CAD system. Increased efficiency resulted in approximately 20% overhead reduction.
Teaching Experience
Oakton Community College – Des Plaines, IL
1988, 1989
AutoCAD for Architects Instructor
Spring semesters of 1988 and 1989 -- developed curriculum and taught evening AutoCAD classes for architectural students.
Education
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Campus
1979-1983
Bachelor of Science in
Architectural Studies
Academic awards and achievements:
- Bronze Tablet – top 2% of class - University Highest Honors
- Robert F. Hastings Memorial Fellowship in Architecture
- First alternate for Charles G. Rummel Fellowship
- Edward C. Earl Prize for Design
- Cumulative GPA: 4.86
Professional Affiliations and Licensure
- Member of American Institute of Architects since 1999
- Licensed Architect in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Colorado
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