Experience

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  Keeney Design, Inc.

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Founder

    • Feb 1984 - Jan 2021
    • Greater Denver Area

    Retired January 2021. Nils Jergensen is now President at Keeney Design.

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  Kaneko Laff Associates

  • Greater Denver Area

  • President

    • 1979 - 1984
    • Greater Denver Area

    Relocated from New York City to open an architectural design office in Denver with two partners in a Los Angeles office. Opened a third office in Calgary, Canada and grew combined three offices to 80 employees.

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  Neville Lewis Associates

  • New York, NY

  • Director of Design

    • 1977 - 1979
    • New York, NY

    Project Designer for national accounts including Smith Barney, Atlantic Richfield, ARCO Oil & Gas, ARCO Coal, and Anaconda. Traveled to various cities to initiate projects, developed program requirements, created conceptual design, managed space planning and design development, coordinated development of construction documents, and provided on-site construction administration as required.

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  Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)

  • New York, NY

  • Designer/Project Manager

    • 1974 - 1977
    • New York, NY

    Started as an entry level designer at SOM and was promoted to project manager with client-facing responsibilities. Primary initial project was the space planning and interior design for a new 1-million sq. ft. Texaco corporate headquarters building, followed by several other high profile assignments.