Experience

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  Abode Communities

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organization Management
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Associate, Senior Designer

    • Feb 2022 - Present

  • Project Manager

    • Dec 2012 - Apr 2022

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  Heritage Housing Partners

  • Project Manager

    • Oct 2009 - Dec 2012

    • Owner's representative for a new 60-unit affordable for-sale condominium project in Glendale, CA. The project includes the historical rehabilitation of three market-rate, single-family detached units and 57 new condominium units. Tasks include daily site visits, monitoring and reporting observations to the owner and organizing weekly project team meetings.• Introduced in-house Title 24 energy modeling using EnergyPro software. • Improved project management procedures for team meetings, tracking of project schedule and punch lists.• Coordinated and trained the project team in the implementation of the GreenPoint Rated system.• Created renderings for presentations for marketing using SketchUp and Photoshop. A recent rendering was a key component to garner favorable support from City Council.• Currently assisting in the development of a company-wide central database for more effective and creative use of project information.

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  Gonzalez Goodale Architects

  • Project Captain

    • Sep 2007 - Sep 2009

    - Design and development of multi-family affordable housing developments.- Assembled and managed Type-V projects: multifamily housing and high school projects. - Introduced and coordinated new energy-efficiency and environmental-impact analysis softwares for buildings, e.g. EcoTect, Green Building Studio, eQUEST, EcoCalculator.- Verified projects for zoning and building code compliance. - Researched and developed Baseline Design Goals and Standards for design-build projects of the Los Angeles Community College District.

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  LINC Housing

  • Housing Designer / Rose Architectural Fellow

    • Aug 2004 - Sep 2007

    Provided design expertise to the Housing Development Department. Integrated Green Design Strategies into existing project pipeline as well as existing properties.Integrated Green Design Strategies into the companies general operations. Applied and obtained energy-efficiency and green design grants. Organized and facilitated green charrettes and community meetings for new construction and rehabilitation projects.

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  Johnson Favaro

  • Designer

    • 2003 - 2004

    Use of Micorscribe 3D digitizer to scan physical models and prepare digital models using Rhino software.