Agnostic to coffee quality, purveyor of spicy food. Considers hours of semi-aimless walking as self care. Founded and worked for 5 years in a startup that built maritime animal architecture. Spoken on the subject of habitat creation as a primary means for coral restoration for 5 conferences to crowds of +/-
100 people. Led design portion of DARPA "Reefense" project submittal, combining the expertise of Material scientists and Biologists to produce a committee reviewed structure marked "recommended" at an estimated budget of over 13 million. I am now moving on to land architecture and am very ready to make a bigger impact by designing spaces that draw people into a circular lifestyle.
Reef Life Restoration/Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT, US, Co-Founder/Design Strategy Director
•Founded Coral Infrastructure Company. Specializing in Coral substrate reconstruction with speciesspecific nano-material cementitious mixes
.•I have spoken on the subject of coral restoration through substrate creation in Hawaii for the UNOcean conference, Tulum and Cancun Mexico on a business trip, Malta for the Our OceanConference as a youth ambassador, Dallas for Earth X, and the Hague Netherlands for BorderSessions
.•Winner of 30 Under 30 From Earth X, Audubon Society, and Conservation Connection.
•Winner of Nexus Design Award from Buckminster Fuller Institute.
•57 Claim Provisional Patent with Dr. Konstantin Sobolev.
High Country Equipment, Paonia, CO, US, Overhead and Underground Fiber-optic Cable Installation.
• All prep-work for the drill team to follow up with fast accurate drills including
communication and co-ordination with city for locations of underground gas,
electric, water, and sewer line's
• Inspectors certification for hi-density plastic gas pipe
• Updated company wide hours entry for accurate billing. Improved job
turnaround from weeks to days by moving a few company processes from
paper to automated digital system.
Roehr Schmitt Architecture LLC, Minneapolis, MN, US, Rhino/Grasshopper Consultant
•Creation of centerpiece lobby designs using grasshopper parametric modeling
•Taking Sketch to Script awning design using physics based circle placement
Occasional weekends
Radius Track, Minneapolis, MN, US, Design Intern
•Creation of Advanced Scripts enabling automation of Rhino modeling functions
•Mechanical Drafting
Stirling Stoneworks/Colonail Flag JV, Salt Lake City, UT, US, Casting Manager
•Responsible for production of concrete products and management of casting team
•Products included flagpole surrounds, city monuments, and dedication plaques.
Greening The Islands 2020, Award
In the Tourism category for work on the Island of Sint Maarten. We have been developing a product that will enable local decision makers to take charge of their conservation goals in 2 primary ways. Firstly through the installation of biodiverse habitat then through the monetization of that habitat with its integration within existing tourism businesses. Reducing ongoing human stressors on the natural reef as well as increasing total coral reef area.
30 under 30, Award
Awarded for development of reef restoration products and ecologically sound business practices by EarthX, Audobon Society, and Conservation Connection.
Buckminster Fuller Challenge NEXUS Program Entry, Award
Awarded Entry into the Bucky Fuller NEXUS program to 15% of entries with my company Reef Life Restoration.
