Registered Architect

LEED AP BD+C

NCARB 

WSET

Illinois - 001.024712

Maryland - 22083

Michigan - 1301064751 

Washington, DC - ARC102989 

LEED AP Building Design + Construction (v4)

NCARB Certified : 94094

Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 Wines Certified

Work Experience

Senior Project Architect | March 2022 - October 2024 | BKV Group | 209 S. La Salle St. Chicago, IL 60604

> Senior Project Architect focusing on creative and complex multi-family housing solutions and communities.

> Current project includes a six building multi-family development in Cleveland, Ohio on the Scranton Peninsula site. The project has 316 units with a combination of flats and multi-level apartment units. The project is on 7.5 acres and has an extensive amenity package, landscape and site work scope. Residential units and interior amenities will be All Electric.

> Role includes mentoring junior staff, organizing social and educational events through the BKV Chicago Culture Committee and reporting project information for our AIA 2030 signatory obligations.

Senior Architect & Project Manager | July 2021 - March 2022 | Farr Associates | 53 W Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604

> Senior Architect focusing on high performance, sustainable buildings. Work included single and multi-family residences as well as commercial office and retail spaces. Projects often pursue net zero energy, Passive House (PHIUS) certification as well as LEED certification

> Firm wide focus on creating all electric buildings in the Chicago/Midwest region

> Role included mentoring junior staff, managing project billing and schedules, design leadership, and business development

Project Architect | March 2019 - July 2021 | Brininstool + Lynch | 1144 W Washington Blvd Chicago, IL 60622

> Architect specializing in large, urban multi-family developments. Projects included a 260 unit luxury apartment building in the Union Market neighborhood of Washington, DC as well as a 283 unit residential tower in the Illinois Medical District in Chicago.

> Role included mentoring junior staff, introducing firm wide Revit best practice standards, BIM project manager

> Advocate for sustainable strategies and alternatives for building envelopes, systems and interior environments.

> A focus on creating eye catching and impactful interior environments with a sophisticated, minimal palette

Project Architect | Sept. 2018 - Feb. 2019| Solomon Cordwell Buenz | 625 N Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60611

> Freelance Architect serving as Project Architect for 47 story, new construction residential tower

North of Millennium Park in Chicago

> Role included mentoring and managing junior staff to achieve documentation and detail excellence

> Directed BIM modeling processes and workflow to alleviate model errors and improve drawing clarity

> Coordinated Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Structural disciplines project wide

Project Architect | Sept. 2015 - May 2018 | Quinn Evans Architects | 219 N Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

> Projects included a large federal renovation project (600,000 SF +) in downtown Detroit, Michigan 

> $75,000,000 construction budget 

> Porject BIM Manager for Revit models across 2 design firms, liaison between federal BIM manager and design firms 

> Familiar with COBie and Spatial Data Management (SDM) parameters and deliverables 

> Works with federal agencies to streamline space planning process and make more efficient their current space utilization

Designer | Sept. 2011 - Aug.2015 | R2L: Architects | 3222 N Street NW Washington, DC 20007

> Architectural designer with a medium sized architectural firm specializing in multi-family residential construction

> Completed a 233 unit, 13-story luxury apartment building at 450 K Street NW in downtown Washington, DC. Worked on the project for 3 years from Schematic Design to Construction Completion, LEED Silver Certified

> Projects included a 33 story residential tower in Charlotte, NC with 300 apartment units,  and a luxury row house renovation/addition in the Historic Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC

Student Body Liaison | 2010-2011 | Graduate Research Assistant | Department of Architecture | Portland State University

> Initiated architecture student/faculty communication network through student representative meetings and face to face student feedback sessions

> Founder & President 2010-2011 | AIAS Portland State University Chapter. Formed a successful local chapter of the national architecture student organization

Education

Master of Architecture |  2011
Portland State University | Portland, Oregon

Druk White Lotus School Design/Build Ladakh, India | Summer 2010
Portland State University | Leh, India

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture | 2009
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, North Carolina

Congress-Bundestag Exchange Scholarship Recipient | 2004-2005
Phillipe-Cousteau Gymnasium | Berlin, Germany

Languages
English and German