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RESUME

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Architectural Senior Job Captain with over ten years of post-graduation industry experience working towards becoming a licensed architect by 2026. Excels in Revit / BIM Collaborate Pro and AutoCAD 3D modeling, Revit training, company standard development, design coordination, team management, construction detailing, securing building permits, space planning and advanced knowledge in sustainable architecture. Primary inspiration in neo-futurism movement, rethinking the visual elements and functionality of eco-sustainable design while implementing new materials and technologies to provide better quality of life.

Qualifications

  • Skilled in developing company deliverable standards, project templates and passionate about production efficiency

  • Experience in team management, consultant coordination, and client interaction

  • Capable of working on three to five projects concurrently. Considered go-to person for building 3D models, helping team members meet their deadlines and quick turnarounds on accelerated project deadlines 

  • Familiar with design processes, including schematic design through construction administration phases, 3D model building, product research through value engineering, construction documentation (CD) development, and agency reviews

  • Experienced in building types such as commercial, high-rise, residential, mix-use, industrial, and civic work, including tenant improvements and new construction

  • Knowledge of space planning methods including space scenario programming and verification, user requirement interviews, and field surveys

  • Knowledge of agency permitting processes, including responding to city comments and securing building permits

  • Familiar with sustainable design methods, including LEED, WELL, Zero-Net-Energy (ZNE) design 

  • Industry experience in design-build and design-bid-build methods

  • Experienced in providing Revit training and a Design Tech for colleague support with Revit questions, developing smart 'families' and solving modeling obstacles 

  • Skilled in design, layout and modeling software, including Autodesk Revit Architecture, Ideate Explorer, AutoCAD, BIM Collaborate Pro, Archibus, Move Central, Google Sketch-UP, Photoshop, InDesign, and familiar in Lumion. Comfortable in Newforma, Bluebeam and Microsoft Office Suite.

Education
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

​2007-2012

 

​Bachelor of Architecture, June 2012

Design

Experience​
 

Dahlin Group: Bellevue, WA
Architecture, Planning & Interiors

​2022 - 2024​

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Senior Job Captain​ & Revit Trainer

  • Head Design Tech and Revit Specialist for Bellevue office

  • Guided a 20-person office transition from AutoCAD to Revit, resulting in reducing project duration time by half while increasing quality and output consistency

  • Established Revit standards, presented Revit Tech Talks, provided personal/group Revit training, aided in BIM Collaborate Pro project set-up and management

  • Involved in developing entitlement drawings for a twenty-two level high-rise building (mix-use) and construction documents for four townhome establishments

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LPAS Architecture + Design: Sacramento, CA
Architecture, Landscape Arch., Interior Design & Planning

​2018 - 2022​

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Job Captain​ & Company Standards Developer

  • Acting Project Architect in a $6.5 million design-build tenant improvement for CapRadio Headquarters. Managed project team, headed team meetings, lead architecture drawing production, conducted field surveys, secured building permits and assisten in construction administration

  • Project coordinator for five Zero-Net-Energy (ZNE) and LEED Silver Certified California State Lottery projects all across California. Provided space planning, client collaboration on programming requirements, created CD drawings and rewarded approval through DSA and SFM agencies

  • Involved in the company’s Design Technology Standards Committee, updating project templates, Revit family libraries, company’s ADA compliance and construction details. In addition, establishing company standards and deliverable protocols to enhance production efficiency 

  • Revit adviser, involved in Revit training and solving user/software clashes   

  • Developed Site Assessment Reports and ADA Compliance Reviews during site visits and new project start-ups

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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture: Sacramento, CA
Architecture, Interior Design & Planning Firm

​2015 - 2017​

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Detail Manger & Project Coordinator

  • Managed a three-person team to establish a construction detail library for company use with easy wayfinding

  • Introduced design technology software to improve company design structure and efficiency, such as Ideate Explorer (Revit add-in) for project maintenance. Enhanced client marketing materials by suggesting Lumion (rendering software)

  • Redefined company’s graphic standards including construction documentation sheet layouts and construction detail layouts

  • Selected to participate in assisting LPAS Architecture + Design firm with California Lottery projects as an outsourced consultant for over six months while continue working at DB

  • Mentored summer interns and trained new hires about company standards and assisted in Revit training

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Devcon Construction: Milpitas, CA
Construction, Architecture & Planning Firm

​2012 - 2015

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Project Designer

  • Head LEED coordinator for Oakmead Tower, a four-story office building. Project received a gold certification. Role included communicating proper credit assignments to individual sub-contractors, supervising and reviewing the completion of credits, fully executing all architectural related credits, and increasing accreditation points through innovation in design by developing public LEED education awareness programs 

  • Project designer and head TI coordinator for LAM design-build research and development facility consisting of offices, laboratories, and clean room spaces. 

  • Designed and presented company pamphlet at college career fairs in 2014

  • Designed marketing presentations that successfully attracted new clients and building owners seeking new tenants

  • Major responsibilities at the firm included Revit and Sketchup modeling, drafting construction documentation drawings (in Revit and AutoCAD) for city permits, training new personnel in Revit, material research, rendering development, presenting finish boards, and coordinating weekly meetings at job sites to interface with clientele, consultants, sub-contractors

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Amgen, Inc : Thousand Oaks, CA
Pharmaceutical Corp, Global Asset/Real-Estate Planning
Summer 2011
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Summer Intern

  • Significantly reduced spatial data inaccuracies of a 50 building - 8,000 staff campus by 95% using Archibus spatial inventory database

  • Applied strategic viable scenario development tools to define user requirements and allocate space in model ‘Office of the Future’

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Griffith Architects : Chico, CA
Architecture, Engineering and Interior Design
Summer 2009
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Summer Intern

  • Designed conceptual documents for customized glaze framing and sculpture dimensions using Bentley Arch V8

  • On-site construction evaluation with contractor and clientele

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ON Design : Santa Barbara, CA
Architecture and Planning Firm
Summer 2008
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Summer Intern

  • Used Photoshop to create professional marketing boards for clientele

  • Designed concept proposal for a residential staircase remodel

  • Improved the interior design and aesthetics of the company entryway

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Internships in NanoScience Engineering and Technology (INSET): Santa Barbara, CA
Summer 2006
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Summer Intern

  • Won fellowship award to test a new material synthesis method

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Internships in Quantum Engineering Science & Technology (IQUEST): Santa Barbara, CA
Summer 2002
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Summer Intern

  • Won fellowship award to to improve soil clay material absorption

Design & Model Software Skills

  • Autodesk Revit Architecture

  • Ideate Explorer (Revit Add-in)

  • AutoCAD

  • BIM 360 / BIM Collaborate Pro

  • Archibus

  • Move Central

  • Google Sketch-UP

  • Photoshop

  • InDesign

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Newforma

  • Bluebeam

  • Familiar with Lumion 3D Rendering

  • Team Management

  • Revit Training & Revit Tech Talks

  • Go-To Person for Solving Revit Modeling Obstacles 

  • Development of Company Standards

  • Industry Experience in Design-Build Methods

  • 3D Modeling - Digital / Physical

  • Site and Space Planning

  • Programming

  • Spatial Renderings

  • Product Research & Value Engineering

  • Construction Documentation Development 

  • Construction Detailing

  • Review Project Submittals

  • Familiar with all Architecture Design Phases - Schematic Design thru Construction Admin.

  • Familiar with City Permit Process

  • Familiar with Sustainable Architecture - LEED and CalGreen

  • Designed and presented marketing boards that successfuly attracted new clientele and owners seeking new tenants

  • Designed and present Company Pamphlet at College Career Fairs

  • Designed and presented finish layout boards to clientele for approval

Volunteer Work
Habitat for humanity - Mandolin Estates

​2021 - 2022​

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Designer, Drafter, Construction

  • Designed and developed city approved entitlement drawings for Habitat for Humanity Mandolin Estates, consisting of variety of design layouts for thirteen low-income single family homes ranging from three to five bedroom units

  • Presented house keys and housewarming gifts to the families during a televised Home Dedication Ceremony

  • Volunteered for hands-on experience at the construction site

Awards & Distinctions:

  • Project recognition through Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Organization for best-in-class building strategis and practices. Awarded gold certification for the Oakmead Tower project and awarded silver certification for California State Lottery (multiple locations)

  • Award wining model building and digital/hand drafting skills: third year design model chosen for display in College of Architecture and California Polytechnic Art Show

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