Experience

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  FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Global Director, Business Development

    • May 2016 - Present
    • Greater New York City Area

    Delighted to announce that I've joined FR-EE, the global architecture and design firm founded by Fernando Romero, where I'm responsible for developing new business opportunities throughout the Americas and internationally. FR-EE is considered to be among the vanguard of innovative, ambitious architectural firms practicing today, with pioneering projects across a range of scales and sectors. Recent commissions include the the new Mexico City International Airport (in collaboration with Foster and Partners and Netherlands Airport Consultants), the award-winning Museo Soumaya, as well as extraordinary mixed-use projects underway in Florida, Texas, Mexico, and throughout the Americas. Sectors include: Aviation, Transportation and Infrastructure; Arts and Culture; Education, Civic and Institutional; Sport and Performance Venues; Master Planning and Urban Design; as well as Industrial and Product Design.

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  Grimshaw

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Head of Business Development

    • Feb 2012 - May 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    Overhauled the business development efforts, strategy and infrastructure for Grimshaw's New York office, significantly expanding work into new sectors and regions throughout North America. Key commissions secured during my tenure included: Union Stations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, DC; science, R&D and laboratory projects for universities in Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey and Monterrey, Mexico; new stations as well as system-wide transportation and infrastructure projects in New York City and Los Angeles; mixed-use developments in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Washington, DC; as well as venues and visitor attractions in Asia, the Middle East and South America.

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  Moss Owen Palmer

  • Freelance Consultant

    • Apr 2010 - Feb 2012

    New business development, marketing strategy and communications, public relations, project management, copy writing and editing, graphic design and production.

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  West 8 New York

  • Business Director

    • Sep 2008 - Apr 2010

    Setting up the business, securing visas and licensing for the partners, hiring staff, setting up benefits packages, finding and overseeing the design and build out of the New York office, charting strategy and growth, negotiating contracts, marketing, public relations, and generating new business opportunities.

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  SMWM

  • Director, Business Development, Marketing and Public Relations

    • 2002 - 2008

    Marketing, public relations, business development, locating talent and hiring staff, mentoring, charting strategy and growth, negotiating contracts, collaboration with and reporting to the San Francisco office and its partners.

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  eLUXURY Co

  • Marketing

    • 1999 - 2001