Career
Profile

 
Excellent
professional track record of completing projects on-time and on-budget.

 
Proven
skills managing multiple, high profile projects at one time.

 
Resourceful
thinker, manager and mentor in fast paced work environments.

 
Highly
capable of scoping, budgeting and scheduling.

 
Experienced
contracts negotiator.

 
Recognized
as a creative and effective designer and manager.

 
Highly
experienced project manager with 15 years experience.

 
Extensive
experience writing detailed reports, contacts, cost estimates and project
summaries.

 
Exceptional
team player

Licensure
& Affiliations

  California  Landscape Architect: License # LA 4706

  Pennsylvania
Landscape Architect:  License # LA 1456-L

  ASLA: Member
since 1990

  National
Recreation & Park Association Certified Playground Safety Inspector

San
Francisco Landscape Examiner

Examiner.com, San
Francisco, CA.  January 2011 Present

        
Write
landscape advice column for Examiner readers.

        
Tackle environmental
issues through published articles..

Lead
Project Manager

City of
Sacramento Park Planning and Development Services

915 I Street,
Sacramento, CA; Supervisor: Tin-Wah Wong 916-808-5540

May 2002
July 2009

        
Managed and
completed over 20 projects in 7 years. 

        
Designed and
approved project documents and master plans.

        
Facilitated
approximately 40 public and community meetings.

        
Managed over
$30 million in project funds.

        
Prepared and
coordinated 30 environmental, storm water prevention plans and permits.

        
Supervised and
mentored assistant designers and UCDavis interns from 2002-2009.

        
Wrote 30
reports for budget transfer and project contract approvals.

        
Prepared and
executed over 30 consultant and construction contracts.

        
Monitored site
construction activities and permits.

        
Successfully
completed projects on budget and on schedule.

        
Saved over
$100,000 in project funds through negotiations with contractors.

Project
Manager

The
vanderToolen Associates, Inc.

2617 K Street,
Sacramento, CA; Supervisor Karen Blanor 916-244-3000

March 2001
Feb 2002

        
Successfully
opened a branch office. 

        
Designed
project plans, budgets and schedules.

        
Prepared
project documents for bid.

        
Helped
supervise and mentor junior staff in professional development.

Project
Manager

The HLA Group,
Inc.

1050 20^th
Street, Sacramento, CA; Supervisor: John Nicolaus 916-447-7400.  May 2000 February 2001

        
Managed 10
design projects for County and City of Sacramento valued at approximately $35
million.

        
Mentored and
helped supervise junior staff and design interns.

        
Successfully
completed the Watt Avenue Beautification Master Plan Study and presented it to
the Board of Supervisors for the County of Sacramento.

        
Successfully
designed project documents for the Stockton Boulevard Streetscape project for
the City of Sacramento.

 Project
Manager

Andropogon
Associates, Ltd.

10 Shurs Lane,
Philadelphia, PA; Supervisor: Yaki Miodovnik 215-487-0700.  February 1998 May 2000

        
Created
project documents and performed construction review for 10 projects.

        
Mentored and
supervised various new staff designers as well as interns from UPenn and Temple
University.

        
Monitored
local site construction activities valued at approximately $5 million.

        
Prepared
detail cost estimates and schedules for 10 construction projects.

        
Successfully
designed and monitored project sites such as the National Cathedral project in
Washington DC; Trinity College Projects in Hartford Connecticut; the Grey
Towers renovation at the National Historic Mansion of Gifford Pinchot in the Pocono
Mountains. 

Project
Manager

The Delta
Group

2400 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA; Supervisor: Thomas Schraundenbach 215-567-5252.  May 1995 January 1998

        
Managed
multiple projects for private, city and state clients.

        
Performed  project research, site visits, analysis,
presentation documents

        
Successfully
produced project documents, budgets, scope and schedules.

Competencies

 
AutoCAD R14, 2004, 2009

 
ArcGIS

 
Irricalc

 
SketchUp

 
Microsoft 
*  Project; Word; Excel;
PowerPoint; Access; Windows

 
Adobe  *  Photoshop; Illustrator; Pagemaker

Formal Education

  Bachelor of Science Landscape
Architecture & Planning Summa Cum Laude

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; GPA: 3.87; 149
Semester Hours

  Associate of Art Architecture

University of Maine, Augusta, ME; GPA 3.89; 80
semester hours

  Associate of Art Fine Art

University of Maine, Augusta, ME; GPA 3.89; 80
semester hours