CURRICULUM VITAE

Andre Dimitrovas  APDIQ, IDC
Senior Designer
Shanghai, China
[email protected]

Personal Aptitudes

▪ Complete design process – experience and effective team-work throughout every level of the process
▪ Project management - strong planning, organising and monitoring abilities; efficient time-management
▪ Space planning - methodical approach, analytical and questioning; develop effective solutions
▪ Design concepts - creative, innovative and resourceful; guaranteeing client satisfaction
▪ Computer assisted design (Autocad  2009) – precise, efficient and meticulous; technical expertise
▪ Site coordination - strong interpersonal skills, determined and decisive; effective project coordinator

Experience

▪ Conception, implementation & coordination in the hospitality or cruise interiors industry
▪ Functional programming, preliminary planning & budget analysis in office pre-lease design
▪ Design Coordinator for the reconstruction of a church (interior & exterior)
▪ Design & construction management of retail chain
▪ Coordination and production of complete drawing documents, materials & specifications
▪ On-site coordination, technical verifications, directing consultants & administering contractors

Career History

• Apr/13 - Present  Senior Designer / Project Manager                    GH+A Design
• Mar/12- Mar/13    Senior Designer                                                  UDG United Design Group, Shanghai
• Jun/10- Mar/12    Senior Designer / Project Manager                   Business Development Bank of Canada
• Aug/08-May/10       Freelance Sr. Designer / Pr. Mngr                    AD Design Reg'd
• Feb/06-Aug/08       Senior Designer / Project Manager                  Royal Caribbean International
• Jan/98-Feb/06       Senior Designer / Project Manager                  Lemay  Associes, Architecture & Design
• Mar/95-Dec/97       Freelance Senior Designer                               Andre Dimitrovas Design Reg'd
• Oct/93-Feb/95        Senior Designer / Project Manager                 IGT Design
• Dec/92-Oct/93        Senior Designer / Project Manager                Group Robert Vachon Design
• May/88-Nov/92        Senior Designer / Project Manager                Marshall, Moore, Goyette Design
• Jun/87-Apr/88          Junior Designer / Draftsman                          Leonard Ostroff & Associates
• Oct/85-May/87          Freelance Design                                            Andre Dimitrovas Reg'd.

Education

- College Diploma in Interior Design at Dawson College (1987)
- 1 year Computer Programming, McGill University
- 2 years Social Sciences, Dawson College
- Various cad-related software seminars
- In-house corporate (RCCL) training seminars
- Languages spoken & written:  French, English & Russian

Portfolio

Corporate - Office

- Regional offices for China Golddeal, Beijing, China 

- Head offices for Business Development Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie Montreal Quebec
- Head offices for CUMMINS DIESEL, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
- Regional offices for HEWITT ASSOCIATES, Montreal, Quebec
- SYMCOR,  Customer Communication Centre, Montreal, Quebec
- Regional offices for ING, Montreal, Quebec
- Regional offices and television/radio studios for CBC Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Portfolio  (cont'd)
 
- Head office for NOVALIS PUBLICATIONS, Montreal, Quebec
- Offices for VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA, Place Bonaventure, Montreal
- New head office for MIRANDA Technologies, Ville St-Laurent, Québec  
- New head office for ISAAC NEWTON TECHNOLOGIES, Montreal, Quebec
- New head office for ERGOSOFT, Montreal, Quebec
- Head office for BELRON CANADA, Montreal, Quebec
- New head office and distribution centre for RONA HARDWARE, Boucherville, Quebec
- Head office for THE GUARANTEE INSURANCE OF NORTH AMERICA, Montreal, Quebec
- Engineering Division for SR TELECOM, St-Laurent, Quebec
- New head offices for the MONTREAL TRANSIT CORPORATION, Place Bonaventure, Montreal  
- Head offices of AVON Canada, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
- Turbine Engines Division of ROLLS-ROYCE Canada, Saint-Laurent, Quebec 
- Executive & reservations offices of CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL Airlines, Place Canada Trust, Montreal
- New corporate head offices for DUCHESNE & FILS, Yamachiche, Quebec
- Executive offices of JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, Place Montreal Trust, Montreal
- Regional offices for HONEYWELL, Nun's Island, Quebec
- Regional offices for TTS Meridian Systems, Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Regional office for PAGENET, Montreal, Quebec
- Various Project Management Assignments for SunLife Canada
- Various 'Pre-Lease' and Design projects for SITQ, CANDEREL, FIRST QUEBEC Corp., TRIZEC, DEVENCORE, SUN LIFE.

Airlines
- AIR CANADA / Departure Gate # 17 / 'Rapidair'  Departure Gate Pierre ElliottTrudeau International Airport, Quebec

- CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL / 'Empress'  Executive Lounge Pierre ElliottTrudeau International Airport, Quebec

- CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL /  City Ticket Office - Place Canada Trust, Mtl

Cruise Ships

- ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL LTD / Solstice, Equinox & Eclipse Cruise Ships

Martini Bar, Photo Gallery & Various Public Venues. Fleet-wide bar standards & new crew cabins

Retail
- Boutiques for PARADE Inc.  / totaling 10 stores in Quebec and Eastern Canada

- Boutique Minerva / Hull Casino Complexe, Gatineau Qc

- Convenience shop / Hull Casino Complexe, Gatineau Qc

- ALDO Shoes / St-Catherine street, Montreal

- 'Passe Sport' Boutique for AVON Canada / YWCA, Downtown Montreal

- Various stores such as JACOB, DALMY'S, GIGI, ANTHONY SAKS, CACTUS, MAYFAIR ....

- Various SPORTS EXPERTS stores

Hospitality

- The WUXI XIEXIN Vega (RADISSON) Hotel / Wuxi, China

Showroom
- OLYMPIA TILE showroom / Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Restaurants
- “Le Pergola” / La Plaine, Québec

- “ Le Buffet ” with Gérard Van Houtte / Windsor Station, Montreal

-  TIM HORTONS in Mascouche, St-Jerome and Laval, Quebec.

Residential
- Various high-end residenses in Montreal and surrounding areas.

Exhibit
- Exhibit Kiosk for Les Bijoutiers Classic / First Prize Winner at the Montreal Convention Center

- Kiosk for Dawson College / Montreal Convention Center  & Mtl International Design Centre

- Kiosk for Pernod - Nihco International Ltd

Ecclesiastical
- St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral / Outremont, Quebec

Health Care
- CLSC Samuel-de-Champlain - Clinic and offices / Brossard, Quebec

Other
- Entrance Lobby for CKOI FM – Radio studio / Verdun, Quebec

- Cité-Forex Exchange Bureau / Montreal, Quebec