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Youssef Matta

Youssef Matta

Gilbert, AZ, US

 

About 

Youssef is a licensed Architect in Arizona and California and a Certified Project Manager with Twenty years of experience in Architecture, Nine of them are in USA, while the extent of his career, 11 years, has been in Egypt as a licensed Architect, He has worked on over three million square feet of a variety of projects including Senior Living, Multi-family, Offices, Hospitality, Health care, Public, Transportation, Entertainment and Single Family projects. He has led teams ranging from two to ten people. His expertise coupled by his project management skills and PMP certification make him an excellent fit for your project / firm. He has initiative, is well-organized, a problem solver and has high attention to details. 
 

Employment 

ORB Architecture, LLC, Gilbert, AZ, US, Project Architect

Managed and Worked on Multi-Family and Senior Living projects, Led teams up to 7, Provided peer review to other projects and helped build the detail library

Dec 2019 - current
 

LRS Architects, Portland, OR, US, Project Manager

Work on Senior Living and Multi-Family Projects mainly, one of the Senior Living is a 10 story High Rise.Worked also on a couple Industrial Projects

Dec 2016 - current
 

Solarc Architecture Inc., Portland, OR, US, Project Manager

Worked in and managed projects from programming through construction administration on public buildings, a Community center and offices projects. Prepared time schedules, cost estimates and wrote specifications for some of these projects.

Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
 

CSA ARCHITECTS, Woodland Hills, CA, US, Job Captain

Worked in design development, FF&E, prepared design and construction drawings, coordinated with consultants for projects including Health Care, Offices, Hospitality and Aviation projects

Dec 2014 - Dec 2015
 

Enter-Arc, Inc., Santa Ana, CA, US, Job Captain

Assisted in design, researched for the design, prepared design and construction drawings, coordinated with consultants for projects including Hospitality, Residential, Retail and Recreational projects

Oct 2013 - Nov 2014
 

Freelancer, Fountain Valley, CA, US, Designer

Handled Interior Design projects from Design and FF&E to construction administration. Prepared construction drawings for Residential and Commercial units..

Jun 2012 - Jan 2014
 

Orascom construction industries, Cairo, EG, Project Manager / Project Architect

Worked in Retrofit design, construction drawings, coordination work with consultants, construction administration and managed a team ranging from two to six. For projects including, Resort community town homes & Villas, Underground Cairo metro line III and 3 Office Buildings

Jul 2006 - May 2012
 

MattaTakla Architects, interior designers and contractors, Cairo, EG, Part time - Architect

Responsibility varied widely between Architectural design, Interior design & landscape design
work phases where at times from design through construction administration and at other times one or a couple of the architecture services phases.

work encompassed Residential and Hospitality projects

Sep 2001 - May 2012
 

Orascom construction industries, Cairo, EG, Architect

the Renovation & Rehabilitation of the Interior of The National Library (Dar El Kottob El Masria) project; a Historical Library and the first concrete building in Egypt, dating1904 funded by the UNESCO

Worked in Retrofit design, construction drawings, coordination work with consultants, construction administration

May 2003 - Jul 2006
 

Education 

Westech College, Irvine, CA, US, Revit

Revit course

Sep 2014 - Nov 2014
 

The American University in Cairo, Project Management

Project management diploma

Jan 2010 - Jul 2011
 

Helwan University, BArch, Architecture

Undergraduate Architecture school

Sep 1996 - Aug 2001
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills