PHILOSOPHY

As a Project Manager, I managed staff of Project Architects and Designers, with the delivery of production documents, while meeting with the clients on a weekly basis, oversight and financial responsibility for various projects in various stages of work, weekly and sometimes daily presentations of financial and budgetary to Principal management. I maintain accountability and ensure positive monetary progress and identify possible pitfalls for future forecasting. I attend weekly OAC meetings sometimes on site to manage deliverable expectations, time management and staffing requirements as well as represent the client at the table, in their best interest. Running and conducting weekly conference calls on a FirmWide basis for Senior Living practice, creating new client relationships through new brand strategies, attend conference and round table events; FALA, New Age conventions, while creating an alignment of sub-consultants for a new developer offering for both Florida and regional based senior living opportunities and projects. I am one of the senior leadership officers involved in mentorships and GConnect (personal branding within the Gensler firm). My focused brand is base-buildings in retail, mixed-use, and senior living with the flexibility to manage smaller interior projects. 

PROJECTS INCLUDED

• Royal Caribbean Entertainment Production Studios, North Miami Beach FIU North Campus, FL. – $20mil+ in construction for a new 130k ft2 ground up entertainment complex holding a dozen practice studios, vocal voice over rooms, a full costume department and one black box finishing studio. Administration offices are located on the 2nd and 3rd floors.   

• Miami Children’s Corporate Offices, Blue Lagoon, FL – new 76k ft2, two floor full plate tenant build-out for the relocation of headquarters.   

• Atria at Villages of Windsor, Boynton Beach, FL – located on a 22acre site, at 440k ft2 of Independent, Assisted Living 3 storey building and a separate single storey Memory Care building, totaling $82mil+ in construction. The community holds 340 units with full amenities including a 1mil theatre and 1mil full-service chef’s kitchen, and outdoor pool, gym, and salon. Architectural and Interior Design fees were 2.2mil+.   

• Windsor at Celebration, Celebration, FL – an 8acre site along the I-4 corridor in Celebration, with an $80mil+ turn-key budget housing 264 units broken up into a 6storey Independent building connected to a 4storey Assisted and Memory Care building. Full-service amenities including a $1mil+ theater, Sky Bar overlooking the Disney properties for the nightly fireworks and an indoor heated pool, with several lounges with Architectural and Interior Design fees at 2.2mil+.   

• Visa International, Blue Lagoon, FL – Client Leader for Gensler and all interior/exterior builds, for 5yrs+ Guardhouse and Security fence, Restrooms renovation, Global Customer Briefing Center, Visa Miami Cafeteria and Elevator refresh, Executive floors refresh, full building carpet replacement   

• UBS Financial Services Company, FL – Client Leader for Gensler and all interior/exterior builds, for 5yrs+ Aventura Wealth Management complete 19k ft2 office renovation, Coral Gables Wealth Management 46,500ft2 multi-floor complete office renovation, and others Fort Myers, Tampa, Ponte Vedra.

As a Project Manager I oversaw all phases of project management including design, construction, occupancy, quality control, staffing, and budget management. I communicated with clients to define project requirements, establish project work plan and meet deadlines. I created persuasive presentations that meet the project's objectives and track progress of projects against goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets. I generated reports on status and monitor expenses to ensure they fall within the prescribed budget. I managed all facets of project design, construction, and occupancy. I manage a project team by providing direction and leadership. I facilitate client meetings regarding project matters. I worked closely with other functional areas of the organization, project contractors, internal team members, external collaborators, customers and suppliers. 

PROJECTS INCLUDED

• Wells Fargo Conversion (Wachovia), Greater Miami Area, FL. – renovation of interior finishes including furniture, signage, carpet, paint, millwork, various types of bank safes/vaults, and security management. The project consisted of 702 Florida based branches under my direct supervision of 31 in Miami-Dade County.   

• HNTB Miami Corporate Offices, Doral, FL – new corporate offices totaling 18k ft2 in an existing office building, the total budget was $406k, the project had a large component of new IT infrastructure with   multiple phases of construction due to the moving on the entire office personnel and IT department.   

• IndCor, Cintas, Miramar, FL – a new warehouse build-out of 18,000ft2 with a small office component of 4500ft2. The space also included a large racking system for the Cintas uniforms and seamstress corral.   

• IndCor, Comcast Laboratories Expansion, Miramar – a new warehouse build-out of 49k ft2 with a small testing laboratory 2,500ft2.   

• CBRE Boca Corporate Offices, Boca Raton, FL – second generation space build out of a corporate office at 9,900ft2 with a total budget of $1.5mil. This included a Gold LEED certification, with three large   multi-media conference rooms, a “green” kitchen and office seating for 96 personnel.   

• Blue Lagoon, Gavilon, Miami, FL – first generation build in a Gold LEED certified building, the satellite   trading office is 5,700ft2; acted as the local IT director for coordination of the server room for the daily trading of grain and wheat in all the world markets online.   

• Blue Lagoon, PepsiCo Global – first generation build in a Gold LEED certified building, the corporate office is for Americas and visiting PepsiCo team. The office size is 14,800ft2 with a cost of $1.8mil in open office area, meeting hall, full kitchen, with four large telepresence conference rooms, 32 glass offices and a 2,000ft2 IT room for the IT servers.   

• Motorola South American Headquarters, Plantation, Fl – management and design, ADA and code compliance, and meeting with the many 23 department team leaders for a consolidation of 1,010 employees. The move is from a two storey 105K ft2 buildings into an existing warehouse of 536K ft2. The total budget for the consolidation effort is valued at $9.5mil to include new bathrooms, media conference rooms, laboratories, offices, town hall, production assembly laboratories and various storage facilities. 

Co-founded firm and developed this independent design practice through projects of growing size and complexity, including simple as-built surveys, interior remodeling, additions to private homes, renovation of historically significant houses, design of large private residences and multi-story commercial developments. For CMC Construction, the firm also provided a unique set of quality control/construction administration services for two high-rise residential/mixed use towers.  

PROJECTS INCLUDED

• Whole Foods Market, South Beach – renovation of an existing 22,000ft2 operating supermarket and   included upgrades reconfiguration of back of house and sales floor areas, in addition to exterior and site   improvements. Used green building materials throughout; this is the only South Florida supermarket to use solar panels to supplement 30% of the electricity used on peak days.   

• Epic Hotel + Condominium – provided detailed construction coordination and quality control services for owner/contractor CMC Construction. Developed architectural shop drawings for field use and provided coordination of all design consultants’ and sub-contractor shop drawings on this 55-storey condo/hotel project in downtown Miami. This was a 200+million project.   

• Westside 1 – schematic design of an 81,000ft2 store for Whole Foods Market in an evolving industrial district in Miami Beach. Project included an elevated parking structure for over 295 cars, in addition to special treatment of exterior elements and neighborhood street improvements. Merger with Wild Oats led to project being abandoned for the existing South Beach location.   

• Grovenor Condominium – provided detailed construction coordination and quality control services for owner/contractor CMC Construction. Developed architectural shop drawings for field use and provided coordination of all design consultants’ and sub-contractor shop drawings on this 32-storey condominium project in Coconut Grove.   

• Cypress Bay – design of an exclusive, five-story, 20-residence, luxury loft condominium along Sunset   Canal in Miami Beach. The project broke ground but was sold soon after to another developer and the   new architect redesigned the project. 

PROJECTS INCLUDED

• Anguilla Hotel & Resort, Anguilla Island, British West Indies. -The property consists of approximately 235acres of land with 800 feet of sand beach shoreline to be developed as a resort with an 18 hole championship Golf Course. The resort includes a 91-key hotel, Condo Units, villas, common facilities, golf club house, spa and three service buildings.   

• Signature Flight Support New Passenger Terminal and Hangar, Miami, FL. - Architectural, Engineering, and Interior Design services for a new terminal and hangar facility for Signature Flight Support at Miami International Airport. The two storey terminal is approximately 25k ft2 and the adjacent 20k ft2 hangar will be designed to handle aircraft up to the size of a Gulfstream-4.   

• Visa International Latin America Headquarters, Blue Lagoon, Miami, FL. - A new 6 story building 340k ft2 corporate office complex inclusive of executive offices, a secure computer operations center and employee cafeteria.   

• Williamson Cadillac Garage and Showroom, Miami, FL. - A new 4-level, 750 feet long, 170k ft2 corporate headquarters, new and used car inventory storage, sales and maintenance facility on a 2acre site. The new facility replaces a 5-acre complex. All functions, including new and used car inventory (structured parking for 375 cars), 2 story showroom, service write-up area, offices, sales boutique and 32 bay service areas, are contained in the structural envelope.   

• Publix Supermarket, Miami Shores, FL. - A new 51k ft2 Publix Supermarket located in Miami Shores, Florida. The project was completed through a complicated fast track multi-phase process including programming and design; demolition of existing facility; and construction of new facility. The facility will be used as a new prototype for Publix with the integration of rooftop parking.   

• City of Sunny Isles Beach Government Center and Tony Roma’s, Sunny Isles Beach, FL. - The Government Center includes a public library, U.S. Postal drop-off station, council chambers, Sunny Isles Police Headquarters, and executive governing offices. In a unique development agreement with the owner of the site, the City is responsible for the development of a separate 8500ft2 restaurant for Tony Roma’s Restaurant. Both facilities are accessed through a common shared access drive with parking demands being satisfied by a new 200 car parking garage incorporated into the Government Center building structure.