I am currently looking for a senior architect leadership position. With my extensive diverse experience, I believe that your employment ad for an Interior Project Architect position would support this goal.
My extensive experience allows me the ability to easily lead and contribute to the design excellence and success of a project. I can offer design and technical leadership with the building components and interior design solutions, including all engineering aspects of a facility design from Civil, Structural, MEP and Technology. I am well versed in current building codes and can competently resolve code related issues. One of my strengths is envisioning 3-D solutions to complex issues allowing me to foresee conflicts early on in the design, and resolve them before they become an issue later on or during construction; through creative, design conscious solutions; complementing the design intent, maintain moisture integrity and permanence of the facility.
As I have stated, my Architectural background is extensive, including multiple market sectors and project types. I have successfully led projects from renovations through multi-million dollar “green-field” site projects, including Healthcare, Aviation, Correctional, Corporate/Financial, Educational (K-12), University Teaching facilities, Liturgical, Sports venues, Hotel and Hospitality. I have managed project related efforts in marketing, programming, design, forensic building evaluations, and production, quality control, and construction administration efforts. I have a strong creative design sense and building tectonics background and have directed the building envelope architectural side of the practice at my former firm in Tampa for the last five years, developing specifications and exterior building systems to protect facility designs from moisture and high wind pressures. I have also been involved with building commissioning efforts at the University of Florida, on new construction and forensic evaluations on existing facilities.
I presently have homes east of Tampa, Florida and north of Atlanta, Georgia, allowing me opportunities to work from either location easily. I am a Registered Architect in Georgia since 1988, and have been in the Architectural and Construction vocation for 40 years. My attached resume identifies my project experience and I have a related portfolio of project images available that I can share, some of which I have attached. I am a very motivated design focused individual, able to manage large projects and design or production teams. Although it’s been a couple years, I have AutoCAD experience. I am also knowledgeable of Revit and its capabilities, but have not personally drawn with this software. My passion is art and well-designed quality contemporary architecture. I would enjoy the opportunity and know that I can increase your profitability and lessen your liability by contributing to a quality design team.
My salary range and benefit requirements are negotiable.
Please feel free to contact the professional references listed in my resume.
Please let me know if there are any questions or additional information you might need.
I can make myself available to fit your schedule.
Thank you in advance for your time to consider my request.
Regards,
David
PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE
40 YEARS
PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION
GEORGIA RA006876
EMPLOYMENT
2013-Present; GOODSPEED ARCHITECTS
Owner, Principal
Educational K-12 and University, Financial, Healthcare, Corporate, Aviation, Correctional Market Sectors
2007-2013; Gresham, Smith and Partners / Tampa
Associate, Senior Project Architect,
Aviation, Healthcare, and Corporate / University Educational Market Sectors
2006-2007; Collman and Karsky Architects / Tampa
Vice President, Senior Project Architect
Corporate, Financial Market Sectors
2004-2006; GOODSPEED+DUNLAP ARCHITECTURE / Tampa
Owner, President, Senior Architect
Financial, Corporate Market Sectors
1996-2004; Holmes Hepner Associates Architects / Tampa
Partner, Senior Project Architect
Educational K-12, Financial, Corporate Market Sectors
1989-1996; Fleischman Garcia Architects
Senior Associate, Senior Architect
Educational K-12 and University, Healthcare, Corporate, Aviation, Correctional Market Sectors
1987-1989; Woodroffe Corporation Architects
Architect
Educational K-12 and University, Healthcare, Corporate, Correctional Market Sectors
1981-1987; Ranon and Partners
Partner, Architect
Educational K-12, Corporate, Healthcare, Correctional, Financial Market Sectors
REFERENCES
Orlando Lopez Isa, AIA, LEED; EVP Gresham, Smith and Partners
o C: 813.781.1378
Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS; Gresham, Smith and Partners
o C: 615.418.3767
Jon Macias, President, Construction Moisture Consultants, Inc.
o C: 813.695.4048
Rick Rados, AIA
o C: 813.601.1091
Charles Secord, RA, Project Manager, St Joseph Hospital South, BayCare
o C: 813.833.4541
Additional References available upon request.
EDUCATION
1976-1980 Associate of Arts in Art, Photography / Honors, Hillsborough County Community College
1972-1973 English, Villanova University
1969-1971 Electrical Engineering, Onondaga Community College
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
Florida Educational Facilities Planners' Association
American Institute of Architects/Florida
American Institute of Architects/National
American Institute of Architect / Mentorship Team
Associated Builders and Contractors/Tampa
Tampa Museum/Tampa
Tampa Bay Arts Council Member/Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts/Tampa Bay
American Institute of Architects/Tampa Bay
National Institute of Building Sciences
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Bell Shoals Baptist Church Building Committee/Brandon, Florida
Blue Ridge Community Theater/Blue Ridge, Georgia
Gasparilla Festival of Art /Tampa, Committee Chair and Board of Director’s
Guest Architectural Design Critic/University of Florida, Gainesville (1987)
Guest Architectural Design Critic/University of South Florida (2007)
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Association/Tampa (2007)
American Cancer Society
Tampa Bay Heart Association
“Pink for a Week” Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative
ARTIST
El Sama, Ybor City Tampa, Artists Collaborative/Tampa
Tampa Arts Council
Tampa Museum of Art
Gallery Exhibitions
o Tampa Arts Council, Two Person Show
o Loch Haven Art Museum, Winter Park, Florida
o USF St. Petersburg Art Exhibit, St Petersburg, Florida
o St Petersburg Art Center, St Petersburg, Florida
Art Exhibitions
o Cocoa Beach Art festival, Cocoa beach, Florida
o Deland Art Festival, Deland, Florida
o Dunedin Fine Arts, Dunedin, Florida
o Fernandina Beach Art Festival, Fernandina Beach, Florida
o Festival of the Masters, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
o Gasparilla Festival of Art, Tampa, Florida
o Indialantic Art Festival, Indialantic, Florida
o Mainsail Art Festival, Saint Petersburg, Florida
o Maitland Art Festival, Maitland, Florida
o Mount Dora Art Festival, Mount Dora, Florida
o New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
o Ormond Beach Art Festival, Ormond Beach, Florida
o Palm Harbor Arts Festival, Palm Harbor, Florida
o Rollins College Art Festival, Winter Park, Florida
o St Augustine Art Festival, St Augustine, Florida
o Tarpon Springs Art Festival, tarpon Springs, Florida
o Winter Haven Arts Festival, Winter Haven, Florida
o Winter Haven Art Museum, Winter Haven, Florida
o Winter Park Festival of Art, Winter Park , Florida
Guest Curator of Art Exhibits
o Brandon, Festival of Art
o Brandon Art Museum, Photography and Sculpture Show
o Tampa Arts Council, Two Person Show
RELEVANT PROJECTS
AVIATION
Tampa International Airport, Airside B Renovation, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport - Terminal 1 Concourse A, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Project Architect.
MHJIT Hartsfield Atlanta International Terminal Addition– Architectural Quality Control
Pensacola Airport, Pensacola, Florida, Garage addition– Architectural Specifications
COMMERCIAL
Trinity Town Center Complex, Trinity, FL—Project Manager, Quality Control.
Trinity Town Center, Parking Garage, Trinity, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect.
CORPORATE / FINANCIAL
Sunshine State Savings and Loan, 4 Branches, Hillsborough County, FL—Designer, Production.
Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, Member's Call Center, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, Credit Union Service Organization Facility, Tampa, FL Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer.
Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, Member Service Center, 30+ Branches, West Coast, FL Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
CORPORATE / OFFICE
Jaffe Tilchin Wealth Management Office Building, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer.
515 Bay Street Office Building, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Construction Administration.
EDUCATION / K-12
School District Hillsborough County, Armwood High School, Seffner, FL—Designer, Production.
School District Hillsborough County, Bloomingdale High School Classroom Add, Brandon, FL
School District Hillsborough County, Chamberlain High School Cafeteria Addition, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
School District Hillsborough County, Durant High School, Plant City, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
Pasco County School District, Wesley Chapel High School, Wesley Chapel, FL—Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
School District Hillsborough County, G.F. Folsom Elementary School, Thonotosassa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
School District Hillsborough County, South County Career Center, Ruskin, FL—Project Manager, Project, Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
Hernando County High School CCC, Hernando County, FL—Architect.
Madison Middle School, Media Center, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
EDUCATIONAL / UNIVERSITY
University of South Florida, Tampa – Communication Information Sciences Building — Manager, Project Architect.
FWCC Wet Lab, USF St Petersburg, Florida— Principal In Charge, Project Manager, Project Architect.
GOVERNMENTAL
Hillsborough County Fire Station - New Facility, Wimamma, FL—Designer, Production.
Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center, Programming and Feasibility Study, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect.
Hillsborough County Fire Station, Apollo Beach, Apollo Beach, FL—Designer, Production.
Hillsborough County Fire Station, Bloomingdale, Brandon, FL—Designer, Production.
Hillsborough County Fire Station, Brandon, Brandon, FL—Designer, Production.
Citrus County Fire Station Number 31, Lecanto, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer, Construction Administration.
Hillsborough County Fire Station, East Lake, Tampa, FL—Designer, Production.
Hillsborough County Fire Station, Palm River, Tampa, FL—Designer, Production.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Faulkenburg Jail, Master Plan, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Designer.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Morgan Street Jail, Feasibility Study, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Designer.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Orient Road Jail Storage Warehouse, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Orient Road Jail, Tampa, FL—Designer, Production.
HEALTHCARE
Sarasota Rehabilitation Hospital, Sarasota, FL—Designer, Production.
Pasco County Health Department and Clinic, Dade City, FL—Project Manager, Designer.
Pasco County Mental Health Facility, Port Richey, FL—Project Manager, Designer.
Tarpon Springs General Hospital Emergency Room and Patient Wing Addition, Tarpon Springs, FL—Code Research, Production.
Veterans Hospital, Operating Room Suite Renovations, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Designer, Production.
Spring Hill Hospital,* Spring Hill, FL—Designer, Production.
Good Samaritan Hospital Renovations, Tampa, FL—Designer, Production.
Brandon Regional Hospital - Central Energy Plant Addition, Brandon, FL—Project Architect, Designer.
Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, FL—Quality Control.
Bardmoor Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center, Largo, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer.
Shriner’s Replacement Hospital, St Louis Missouri –Project Architect.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Physician Connector Preliminary Design- Project Designer
Sarasota Memorial Hospital – New Patient Tower, Early Release Package, Project Architect
Clinica Delgado Hospital, Lima, Peru – New Patient Clinic and Hospital, Project Architect
Morton Plant Hospital– Doyle Women’s Imitative – Renovation and Addition, Project Architect / Building Envelope
St Joseph Hospital / South- New Hospital Facility, Project Architect
BayCare Corporate Headquarters, Clearwater, Florida —Quality Control.
HOSPITALITY
Sheraton Riverwalk, Meeting Room Addition, Tampa, FL—Project Manager, Project Architect.
Hyatt Regency Renovations, Tampa, FL—Code Research.
GOODSPEED ARCHITECTS, INC., Blue Ridge, Georgia, Principal, Owner, Architect, Interior Designer
Marketing multiple market sectors that respond to my resume.
Gresham, Smith & Partners, Tampa, FL, US, Senior Architect, Associate
Aviation, Corporate, and Healthcare markets. Senior Architect led building envelope initative establishing exterior skin options and details, specifications, and approved systems to resist moisture intrusion and high wind speed pressures. Coordinated all engineering disciplines and building components with documents and provided sketch formats for six support staff architects under my leadership.