Experience

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  Local Projects

  • New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Creative Director

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • New York City Metropolitan Area

    Continuing the journey of merging physical and digital environments in service of visitor centered storytelling. Always looking for the road less traveled.

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  Art Processors

  • New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Creative Director

    • Feb 2021 - Nov 2023
    • New York City Metropolitan Area

    Leading projects, creative strategy, business development and building physical design as an integrated skill within the studio

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  Gallagher & Associates, LLC

  • New York, United States

  • Director of Exhibitions

    • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020
    • New York, United States

    Director of Exhibitions, responsible for building an iterative and multidisciplinary PhysicalDesign department. Creative lead for the House of Fates Holocaust Museum in Budapest,the Centennial Exhibition for Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, and planning strategyfor the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, TX.

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  Local Projects

  • New York, United States

  • Director of Physical Design

    • Jan 2015 - Oct 2018
    • New York, United States

    Director of Physical Design, leading the development and execution of design solutionsfor large-scale exhibitions. Projects include Target Open House in San Francisco, TheLegacy Museum in Montgomery, AL, Planet Word in Washington, DC, Faith and LibertyDiscovery Center in Philadelphia, Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, and the NationalMuseum of Australia in Canberra.

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  Ralph Appelbaum Associates

  • New York, United States

  • Project Director

    • Mar 2003 - Nov 2014
    • New York, United States

    Project Director in charge of design for the Presidio Heritage Center at the Officers’ Club inSan Francisco, creative director for Bullock Texas State History Museum’s La Belle exhibit,lead designer for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, and seniordesigner for the Newseum in Washington, DC.

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  Guillin+Merrell

  • New York, United States

  • Co-Founder

    • Mar 2005 - Sep 2010
    • New York, United States

    Co-founder of exhibition design studio. Key projects include the Mattatuck Museum’sHistory Gallery in Waterbury, CT, the Archaeology Center and Main Parade GroundInterpretation Plan for the Presidio of San Francisco, and planning strategy for SyracuseUniversity’s Museum and Visitor Center.

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  Vincent Ciulla Design

  • New York, United States

  • Senior Designer

    • Feb 2000 - Mar 2003
    • New York, United States

    Senior designer and studio manager for exhibition design firm. Projects include thePortrait Gallery in Philadelphia’s Second Bank of the United States, a 1:10 billionscale model of the Voyage Solar System permanently installed on the National Mall inWashington, DC, and the traveling exhibit for the National Maritime Museum of Paris.

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  Brooklyn Museum

  • New York, United States

  • In-house Senior Designer

    • Apr 1996 - Oct 1999
    • New York, United States

    In-house senior designer responsible for the design, production, and supervision ofinstallation. Exhibits include Japonism in Fashion, Hands of Rodin, Monet and theMediterranean, Jewels of the Romanov, and the Chinese Gallery permanent collection.

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  KAUFFMANN PHILIPPE

  • Paris, Île-de-France, France

  • Junior Designer

    • Mar 1993 - Jun 1995
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

    Intern working on the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle renovation project