An ideation minded professional who likes to blur the lines between business, strategy and creativity, with the ability to translate cultural, marketing, technical and financial information into a coherent strategy to program, design and build master plans and architecture in a varied array of scales. Confident working in collaboration or independently in ambiguous and dynamic international environments, with demonstrated experience in all development and operation phases of mixed use projects and a strong hold around economic development and the hospitality industry. Highly entrepreneurial, self motivated and results oriented.
Richard Knorr International, Ltd., Chicago, IL, US, Project Manager
Project Management
Reporting to the Director of the company, licensed architect in Illinois, and liaising with the real estate marketing CPR Accelerators www.cpraccelerators.com Denver CO, leaded a team of 10 architects and graphic designers in the creation of the residential products offered in the www.rocoki.com 2006 launch in the Dominican Republic, setting a U$100MN record in sales for the Caribbean real estate market.
Assembled the Interior Design division of the company liaising with Lichten Craig Architects www.lichtencraig.com in Chicago and Patricia Reid Baquero in Santo Domingo, setting up its creative direction, reviewing the deliverables of the interior design packages offered along with the residential products.
Assisted the collaboration between infrastructure, environmental, architecture, landscape, golf and marina international consultants in the programming of the Roco Ki master plan and served as a node for storage and share of deliverables from pre schematics through construction, identifying discrepancies and ensuring a well coordinated and designed master plan.
From RKI’s base in Chicago managed the contract, maintained and updated the project data and the schedule for the Roco Ki Faldo Legacy Golf Course design in the United Kingdom www.nickfaldo.com.
Served as liaison with Roko Ki’s legal team in Seattle WA, www.vjglaw.com, and managed the surveyor’s team Casa del Agrimensor C por A in the Dominican Republic in order to produce the drawings that supported Roco Ki’s legal structure and contracts.
Design
Westin Roco Ki Hotel and Conference Center. 144 Key hotel, 108 condominium villas, Spa and Conference Center schematic design according to Starwood Westin standards and the Chicago Building Code. Liaised with OBM Miami www.obmi.com, reviewed design development and construction documents deliverables.
Roco Ki Arena Beach Club and Bamboo Beach Club. Collaborating with Michael Sunders & Co. Sarasota FL www.michaelsaunders.com programmed and designed two options for the Roco Ki Beach Club.
Production & Coordination
Bancredito Tower. Santiago. Dominican Republic. Contributed to the detailed preparation of design and construction documents for a 7 stories 3,500SM [35,000SF] U$14MN office building, developed associated research, checked, coordinated and integrated work with other project team members during all project phases,
Horacio Hermida & Cia Ltda, Bogota, Colombia, Arquitecto
Prepared conceptual, schematic, design development, construction documents, and managed the construction administration of residential projects ranging from custom high-end homes to social housing and multifamily buildings.
