Experience

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  Cost Plus World Market

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Sales Associate

    • Sep 2012 - Jan 2013
    • Denver, Colorado

    I was employed at the Cherry Creek (Denver, Colorado) World Market store as a seasonal associate to strengthen the staff during the store's busiest seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Cherry Creek store is ranked as the number 1 store for sales in the company's 248 stores nationwi...

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  The Home Depot

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Kitchen and Bath Designer

    • 2005 - 2011
    • Denver, Colorado

    I have used my design skills, retail knowledge and retail strategies to complete hundreds of kitchens, baths, entertainment areas, offices and storage solutions for homeowners, contractors and companies. Much of the design work was from conception to finished construction and allowed me to focus ...

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  Twist and Shout CD's, DVD's and Records

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Retail Sales Associate/Merchandise Buyer and Receiver

    • Aug 1991 - Dec 2004
    • Denver, Colorado

    I was employed by this successful locally owned and operated retail music store at three different times during the span of 1991 through 2004 (thus the dates of employment overlap dates of other jobs in this same time period). The owners allowed me to leave and later return to their employment se...

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  Skunk Industries Records and CD's @ the Sou...

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Owner

    • Jun 2003 - Apr 2004
    • Denver, Colorado

    I left Twist and Shout for a brief period to start my own business, which was a record and CD store that shared a retail space with the long-established Soulflower Clothing store on South Broadway in Denver. This new experience required me to learn many of the legal aspects of retail and gave me ...

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  Hoover Berg Desmond Architects (currently known...

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Assistant Architect

    • Jul 1995 - Dec 1996
    • Denver, Colorado

    Directly after graduate school I was invited by George Hoover to join his firm, where my responsibilities included design work, presentation drawings and extensive work with the intuitive design program Form-Z, which I used in my Masters program and introduced to the firm.

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  Sink Combs Dethlefs Architects

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Assistant Architect

    • Oct 1993 - Apr 1994
    • Denver, Colorado

    For my internship while in graduate school, I was responsible for design work, CAD, presentation drawings, model building and marketing. I continued to work for the firm on a contract basis after my internship was completed.

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  Colin St. John Wilson & Partners Architects

  • London, England

  • Assistant Architect

    • Feb 1990 - Aug 1990
    • London, England

    At the British architecture firm of the knighted Sir Colin St. John Wilson (aka Sandy Wilson), I worked on the design of the new British Library being built in London. I was initially responsible for presentation drawings for city officials, the press and the public, and my work was included in m...