Experience

CannonDesign

• United States
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President - Healthcare, Client Leader

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area



HDR

• United States
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Architect & Program Manager (Sutter Health Expedited Project Delivery Program - Command Center)

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area Objective: Within three years, validate and deliver clinics twice as fast, for 20% less, with a 20% reduction in the post-project, non-clinical operational costs and a realized increase in occupant satisfaction. Doing so will allow Sutter Health to remain agile in response to an ever changing healthcare market.



SmithGroup

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Architect & Design Integration Manager (CPMC-Sutter Health St Luke's Replacement Hospital)

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  San Francisco 215,000 sf, 120 bed, acute care replacement hospital at St Luke's campus in Mission District, San Francisco, CA California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), Sutter Health LEED Silver, LEAN IPD, onsite collaboration 2015 C3 Award Winner (Creativity + Collaboration + Community) Akanksha embodies the characteristics and collaborative spirit upon which the CPMC-SutterHealth Integrated Project Delivery Teams are based. Exhibiting great leadership, technical acumen and poise, she won the… Show more 215,000 sf, 120 bed, acute care replacement hospital at St Luke's campus in Mission District, San Francisco, CA California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), Sutter Health LEED Silver, LEAN IPD, onsite collaboration 2015 C3 Award Winner (Creativity + Collaboration + Community) Akanksha embodies the characteristics and collaborative spirit upon which the CPMC-SutterHealth Integrated Project Delivery Teams are based. Exhibiting great leadership, technical acumen and poise, she won the respect of her project teammates the moment she stepped into the role of Project Architect. Akanksha's skills and ability to build connections within the integrated team of contractors, trade partners, consultants and associate architects epitomize collaboration across disciplines and organizations. She has embraced IPDT's standard processes of transparency in reporting and planning work to resolve problems and has been instrumental in coordinating complex trade work. She also established personable, trusting relationship with the OSHPD reviewers, which greatly benefitted the team. Additionally, she engaged the technology group to find new ways to expedite documentation and share information more efficiently. Akanksha exemplifies the collaborative behaviors that will define the next generation of project delivery processes and team dynamics. Show less



Stantec

• Canada
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Architect & Healthcare Planner (UCSF Mission Bay Hospital Complex)

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  San Francisco,CA “You can tell from the design, materials and attention to detail that this is a place where people care,” says Stewart Eckblad, FAIA, Executive Director, Major Capital Projects, UCSF Health Design integration & planning for 289 bed hospital complex specializing in serving children, women & cancer patients. Project incorporates sustainable & eco-effective design and operations in accordance with CA Policy on Sustainable Practices and targets LEED Gold certification. Unification of… Show more “You can tell from the design, materials and attention to detail that this is a place where people care,” says Stewart Eckblad, FAIA, Executive Director, Major Capital Projects, UCSF Health Design integration & planning for 289 bed hospital complex specializing in serving children, women & cancer patients. Project incorporates sustainable & eco-effective design and operations in accordance with CA Policy on Sustainable Practices and targets LEED Gold certification. Unification of key public spaces (main lobbies, corridors & waiting areas), emphasize connections and ease way-finding through consistent elements across the hospital complex. Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging Design w/ enhanced patient experience: X-ray radiography & fluoroscopy suites, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suites w/ deep brain simulation, hybrid OR w/ iMRI, computed tomography (CT) suites w/ simulation, medical ultrasonography suites, endoscopy, nuclear medicine imaging suites such as positron emission tomography (PET) and Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), image-guided interventional angiography, cardiac CATH - CATH EP Labs & linear particle accelerator suites (LINAC). Pathology Lab Consolidation, Clinical Laboratory redesign, Adult & Pediatric Infusion Clinics, Phlebotomy Clinic & Pharmacy. "The Mission Bay campus gave the quaternary care and academic research center an opportunity to expand these services and link them directly to research and teaching facilities already on-site", says Stewart Eckblad, FAIA, Executive Director, Major Capital Projects, UCSF Health Show less



HOK

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Architect - Consultant

  • Aug 2008 - Jan 2010

  Kaiser Permanente, Replacement Hospital 149 beds, Redwood City, CA



HKS, Inc.

• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Architect & Medical Planner

  • Dec 2004 - Jul 2009

  San Francisco Bay Area Medical planning, feasibility studies & schematics for the prototype of a LEED-Silver correctional medical facility using LEAN integrated project delivery methods & BIM (California Prison Health Care Receivership - CPR, Sacramento, CA) H3 Team - Hensel Phelps, HOK, HKS Design proposal documents for a LEED-Silver replacement hospital, acute care tower and medical office building including new outpatient clinics & admin/registration center, BIM (Alameda County Medical Center… Show more Medical planning, feasibility studies & schematics for the prototype of a LEED-Silver correctional medical facility using LEAN integrated project delivery methods & BIM (California Prison Health Care Receivership - CPR, Sacramento, CA) H3 Team - Hensel Phelps, HOK, HKS Design proposal documents for a LEED-Silver replacement hospital, acute care tower and medical office building including new outpatient clinics & admin/registration center, BIM (Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA) Design development and CD documents to upgrade the current healthcare facilities to meet minimum constitutional standards, BIM (Dallas County Detention Center, Dallas, TX) Design development and medical equipment planning of Emergency Department, BioMed, Morgue. Pharmacy & Imaging facilities for KAISER Southbay replacement hospital in Harbor City, LA Design resolution and building envelope detailing, CD Documents for a 40-storey residential condominium tower, AutoCAD (Turnberry Ltd. - 45 Lansing, San Francisco, CA) BIM project set up & design development for an office campus shell & core - LEED registration & Design Submittal (Tishman Speyer – North 1st St., San Jose) Show less



HABITEC Architecture & Planning

• Architect & Medical Planner

  • Jan 2003 - Nov 2004

  Tenant Improvements, interior space planning & site development, construction administration & project co-ordination for INTERO Real Estate (San Mateo) “Satellite / Wellbound” Renal Dialysis Specialty Clinics & Training Centers (Milpitas, Cupertino, Vallejo, Lafayette, Stockton) Conceptualization & architectural design development, project co-ordination for a 16,000 s.f. commercial retail building for SHAPELL IND. (Stevenson Blvd. & Liberty St., Fremont) Façade facelift… Show more Tenant Improvements, interior space planning & site development, construction administration & project co-ordination for INTERO Real Estate (San Mateo) “Satellite / Wellbound” Renal Dialysis Specialty Clinics & Training Centers (Milpitas, Cupertino, Vallejo, Lafayette, Stockton) Conceptualization & architectural design development, project co-ordination for a 16,000 s.f. commercial retail building for SHAPELL IND. (Stevenson Blvd. & Liberty St., Fremont) Façade facelift, building extension & accessibility study for a 2 storey office building (Downtown Saratoga) Show less



San Jose Redevelopment Agency

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Designer & Planner

  • Mar 2002 - Jan 2003

  San Jose, CA Starbird Teen Center (Blackford Neighborhood) Architectural design and layout proposals, conceptual rendering, community presentation and project coordination Balbach-Reed Street Park (Market-Almaden Neighborhood) Visualization and presentation of design layout for the park Design resolution and proposals for street sections, street hierarchy and massing studies as per revisions to the “2030” Master Plan for the area - North 1ST Street Area (San Jose) Coyote Creek… Show more Starbird Teen Center (Blackford Neighborhood) Architectural design and layout proposals, conceptual rendering, community presentation and project coordination Balbach-Reed Street Park (Market-Almaden Neighborhood) Visualization and presentation of design layout for the park Design resolution and proposals for street sections, street hierarchy and massing studies as per revisions to the “2030” Master Plan for the area - North 1ST Street Area (San Jose) Coyote Creek Trail (New Edenvale, Biotech Incubator, South San Jose) Layout and definition of characteristic features (gateways, way finders, signage, access bridges, retention pond, parks and vegetation) Show less



Vastushilp Consultants (Ar. B.V. Doshi) India

• Project Architect & BIM Expert

  • Jun 1998 - Dec 2001

  Ahmedabad, India Low/Medium/High Income Urban Housing – Dhayari Township, Pune - Durgapur Housing Complex, Durgapur. Thematic conceptualization, design and presentation for the 3D IMAX Theatre Plaza, Science City, Ahmedabad Solar Conditioning - design resolution for a pedestrian avenue with commercial frontage, Char Minar, Hyderabad