Experience

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  Verdi Workshop

  • Director

    • Jan 2009 - Present

    Architectural and urban design sustainability consulting services for a variety of client and project types

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  U.S. Green Building Council

  • USGBC Faculty

    • 2007 - Present

    USGBC Senior Faculty: Delivery of USGBC curriculum in the Eastern, and Central United States, and online; 300-level LEED course development; Faculty Advisor Panel

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  SCB International

  • Project Director

    • Nov 2009 - Apr 2010

    Opened SCB International’s Abu Dhabi office as Project Director for Airport City, a 3,000,000 square foot, 125-acre master planned transit oriented development centered on a new intermodal transit and high-speed rail hub at the Abu Dhabi International Airport. The project is designed within the U...

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  Krueck & Sexton

  • Associate Principal, Director of Sustainable Design

    • Jul 2000 - Jan 2009

    As a member of the Krueck & Sexton leadership group, Rico initiated, developed and lead the firm’s expertise in sustainable design, integrating the firm’s modernist tradition of design excellence with LEED and other green practices for master planning, urban design, architecture and interiors...

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  RMJM Hillier

  • Associate

    • Apr 1996 - Jun 2000

    Member of the Dallas leadership group, responsible for the growth, management, and development of the first western regional office. Leadership duties included project design, master planning, strategic programming, client identification, new market development, project and office management and...

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  Elkus Manfredi Architects

  • Project Designer

    • May 1994 - Feb 1996

    Stride Rite Corporation, Lexington, MAProject Designer: schematics, design development and construction drawings for 185,000 SF $6.5 million corporate headquarters and shell building renovation/re-positioning.Columbus International Airport, Columbus, OhioProject Designer: 200,000 SF public space ...

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  The Stubbins Associates

  • Associate

    • Sep 1988 - Sep 1994

    Harcourt General Corporate Headquarters, Chestnut Hill, MA 1992-93Project Designer: 75,000 SF, $7 million project United States Embassy Mission Residence, Singapore 1992-93Project Designer; 10,000 SF $1.7 Million Main House, interiors, ancillary buildings and landscape gardens on a 3-acre site, m...

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  Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

  • Design Consultant

    • Jul 1988 - Sep 1988

    Harvard University, Cambridge, MassachusettsProject Designer: urban and landscape design for the Botanic Garden Housing master plan, a 8-acre, $5 million renovation and re-use of a 1940’s era student housing, coordinated and directed architectural and graphics consultants.

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  Yale University School of Architecture

  • Visiting Critic

    • Sep 1987 - Dec 1987

    Taught first graduate architectural design studio, conducted research on redevelopment era New Haven architecture and planning

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  Harvard Graduate School of Design

  • Assistant Professor of Architecture

    • Jun 1984 - Jun 1987

    Taught first year graduate architectural design, design theory and history of the American city.

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  Michael Graves & Associates

  • Designer

    • Jun 1983 - Sep 1983

    Ohio State University Center for the Visual Arts Designer: Presentation drawings and models for 125,000 SF art education building invited competitionEmory UniversityProject Architect: construction documents for Michael Carlos Williams Hall, 40,000 SF $4 million art museum and faculty building ren...

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  Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates, Inc.

  • Designer

    • Sep 1979 - Jun 1982

    John Deere & Company, Moline, IL 1982Designer: 200,000 SF corporate education and conference centerUnion Carbide Corporation, Danbury CT 1980-81Designer: Boardroom suite and employee amenities for a 1.3 million SF corporate headquartersGeneral Foods Corporation, Rye NY 1979-80Designer: Boardr...