Experience

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  Z LUXE STUDIO Hospitality Design: Interior desi...

  • Newport Beach, CA

  • Founder & Creative Director

    • Jul 2016 - Present
    • Newport Beach, CA

    A bespoke design studio offering design and operational counsel to leading hotel brands, developers and residential clients worldwide. Leverage 25+ years design excellence as design director and creative director to develop thought-provoking solutions that advance interior design excellence. Z LU...

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  BLINK Design Group

  • Singapore & Bangkok

  • Associate Director and Studio Leader

    • Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
    • Singapore & Bangkok

    ✪ Lead team of 40 designers in Singapore and Bangkok for interior hospitality design firm specializing in luxury hotels and resorts in South East Asia. Provide concept strategies, full service design and operational counsel for leading hotel brands. Orchestrate project workflow, from establishing...

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  Wimberly Interiors/WATG

  • Irvine, Beverly Hills, CA

  • Creative Director-Associate

    • Aug 2010 - Jul 2013
    • Irvine, Beverly Hills, CA

    ✪ Translated diverse client needs into high impact interiors for firm specializing in hospitality-oriented venues worldwide. Oversaw team of 12-20 designers leading development of high design concepts through detailed completions. Managed project requirements including work flow, project schedule...

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  RED Design Studio

  • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

  • Principal

    • Feb 2006 - Sep 2010
    • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

    ✪ Created thought-provoking and luxury design solutions as owner of independent interior design firm focusing on luxury hotel, casino and hospitality venues in the Americas, Middle East, and Europe. Led creative ideation through project completion and ongoing client coordination. ✪ Earned recogni...

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  ABA (Avery Brooks Associates) - now TAL

  • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

  • Director of Design

    • Nov 2000 - Feb 2006
    • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

    ✪ Oversaw team of 20 interior designers for interior design firm specializing in five-star luxury resort and urban hotels, mega resorts, casinos, boutique hotels, nightclubs, and high-end residential projects in the U.S. and Singapore. ✪ Established the creative vision and design concepts while l...

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  UNLV School of Architecture

  • Las Vegas

  • Early Career Tenures

    • Jun 1977 - Nov 2000
    • Las Vegas

    Yates-Silverman, Inc., Frank Gehry & Associates, Henning Larsen & Associates, Royal Building Inspector Bornebush, Moeller & Groenborg and C.F. Moeller. Former professor of Architecture, University of Las Vegas, and former adjunct professor of Architecture, University of Southern Calif...