Professional Profile
As an architect, carpenter, draftsperson, and designer with over 14 years of experience in residential, historic, commercial, public, and educational projects, I am well-qualified to wear many “hats”, often all at one time. I have had repeated success performing in a wide range of design and production roles as well as excelling as a manager of numerous multi-discipline teams. I am able to effectively coordinate and manage design and construction projects and am a well-rounded, efficient, and motivated professional.
*Well-qualified architectural design professional with experience spanning design, drafting, specifications, project management, carpentry, construction, contracting, and sales. Self motivated creative problem-solver who continually and actively seeks success and improvement.
*Architecture – proficient in all phases of design from programming through construction. Designed and produced complete architectural drawing sets for a wide range of projects including high end residential homes in Maine and Vermont as well as along the Connecticut shoreline, Westchester, and Fairfield Counties.
*Construction – rough & finish carpentry, estimating, sub coordination and management.
*Interiors – repeated success in coordinating with a New Haven-based interior designer to design and produce construction documents for a wide variety of upscale architectural interiors including historically accurate trim and details.
*Project Management – internal and external interdisciplinary design team and information management & coordination.
*Sales – lead/prospect generation and qualification, good communication skills, closing & follow-up.
*Technical – excellent AutoCAD and Sketchup skills and proficient with MS Office Suite and Adobe Photoshop. Successfully integrated the use of Sketchup and Photoshop with traditional hand-sketching and AutoCAD to quickly and efficiently develop effective design presentations and 3-dimensional detail representations for clients and contractors.
*Teaching – design & drafting classes and adult education.
Self-Employed, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Designer
*Successfully work with residential clients to analyze, plan, design primary and secondary residential projects in Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.
*Responsible for general sales and marketing, project management, design, drafting, permit submission, soliciting bids and bid negotiation.
*Consistently reduce the perceived and real costs of design and production by utilizing digital modeling and realistic presentation as early in the design process as possible and thereafter to more completely and effectively inform clients and other parties of the design intent. Thus, better-informed decisions are made, resulting in significantly reduced changes or other issues during construction and occupancy.
*Worked part-time for three years as an adult education instructor teaching architectural design and drafting with AutoCAD® to local students.
Strekalovsky Hoit Raymond, LLC, Hingham, MA, US, Contract Job Captain and Designer/Drafter
*As a contracted consultant, successfully managed the production of construction/bid documents for a 240,000 square foot public high school in Holden, Massachusetts. Managed and coordinated the work of six staff architects and several engineering consultants.
*Contract extended to help work on a 20,000 square foot animal hospital and learning center in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Worked directly with project architect to design the project and produce bid drawings.
Dore and Whittier, Inc., South Burlington, VT, US, Job Captain and Designer
*As Job Captain directly under the Chief Architect, responsible for the production of schematic design, design development, and construction/bid documents for public school projects in Massachusetts. Responsible for engineering coordination, code analysis, design/drafting, records keeping, specifications research and writing, and general internal project management.
*Worked as an integral part of design and production teams successfully completing tasks, aiding others in their responsibilities, and helping to develop an efficient and productive work environment.
*Significantly contributed to the development and implementation of the growing firm's design, CAD, and drafting/production standards and helped develop internal reference libraries and protocol manuals.
*As Designer, worked directly under the Director of Design to plan and design public schools for proposals, feasibility studies, and projects. Responsible for general design, interior architecture and lighting, acoustic performance, materials selection, and presentation production (manual & digital).
Black River Design Architects, PLC, Montpelier, Vermont, Staff Designer/Drafter
*Worked with project design teams as a staff member performing general drafting and design tasks. Contributed significantly to the design development and construction documents of several public and private school projects.
David D. Harlan Architects, LLC, New Haven, CT, US, Designer/Drafter, Job Captain
*Architectural design, interior architecture, and production of high-end traditional/classical residential and commercial projects in the Southern Connecticut and Westchester County area.
*Manual production / plastic on Mylar.
*Introduced and implemented computers, network, CAD software, protocols and standards in order to increase efficiency and production rate, and therefore profitability.
The Snyder Companies, Essex Junction, VT, US, Designer/Estimator
*Responsible for editing AutoCAD drawings and estimating costs for catalog home designs per customer request for a major area home building company.
Jeremy Coleman Design/Build, Brattleboro, VT, US, Intern / Carpenter Helper
*Edited AutoCAD drawings per markups
*Measured drawings of existing structures
*Assisted carpenter and performed light carpentry on residential construction site
Norwich University, Northfield, VT, US, BArch, Architecture
*Architecture, landscape design, sustainable design, furniture making, professional writing, and fine art.
