PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
KI CONCEPTS
Honolulu HI, 2017 - 2022
• Project Manager and Lead Designer on various projects including public-private partnerships for affordable housing for the County of Honolulu, Church grounds, New Mathematics and Sciences building at the BYU North Shore campus, public elementary school expansion projects, Highway 1 restoration and revitalization project for a key section of the H1 in Honoulu for the Department of Transportation, team-member on a cross discipline team of planners, architects and landscape architects in an effort to modernize and expand the outdated City and County of Honolulu Stormwater Management Standards, new Molokai Firehouse design, private corporation facilities campus design, Hotel landscape design
•Above projects were managed and production documents were completed from schematic design through to construction details, bid set development and finally into construction administration in coordination with various other team-members from professional design disciplines including Architects, Electrical, Civil, Fire Safety, HVAC and Structural Engineers.
Claremont Environmental Design Group
Claremont CA, June 2010 - 2017
• Integral member of a dynamic team of in-house consultants (civil, structural, and mechanical engineers, pond and water feature designers, sustainable land planners and sustainable systems experts and analysts) who collaboratively integrate the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture for projects ranging from schematic design through to construction details, bid set development and finally into construction administration
• Served as an instrumental team member to develop and writing proposals that garnered over $750,000.00 worth of competitively bid design services for CEDG
• Led multiple collegiate intern teams and independent studies classes for landscape design students from California Polytechnic University, engineer students from Harvey Mudd College, and mathematics students from Pomona College on subjects of both landscape architectural practice and research studies on carbon foot printing construction practices and comparisons of sustainable technologies both ancient and modern
• Updated company landscape design and drawing standards
• Developed and managed numerous budgets for residential design-build projects working in conjunction with Oasis Construction, a contracting company owned and operated by CEDG’s principal architect
• Acted as field supervisor for numerous residential design-build projects working in conjunction with Oasis Construction, a contracting company owned and operated by CEDG’s principal architect
• Built working relationships with state and local agencies, organizations, and leaders of community programs to encourage the integration of sustainability issues and local food networks
• Designed with a focus on marrying highest sustainability and aesthetic standards within budgetary realities
• Provided seasonal landscape audits on completed projects to ensure proper maintenance was being conducted for optimal health and productivity
• Managed contracts, negotiations, budgets, and benchmarks for residential and municipal landscape projects
• Provided exceptional residential client relations from site visits to on-site hand sketched conceptual design charrettes to the design development and construction document phases
• Designed to, and was awarded multiple residential landscape water conservation rebates under California’s State and local water agencies’ Water Conservation Turf Removal Rebate Programs
• Designed to and met landscape standards set for Fuel Modification Plans to meet Los Angeles County Fire Department and Municipal standards for multiple residential hillside properties in High Fire Hazard Zones
• Designed and oversaw construction of a 1.7-mile vigorous hillside connector trail into the Claremont Wilderness Park which connects to the 1,000 plus square mile Angeles National Forest lands
• Designed and oversaw construction of a habitat restoration project which removed 180 invasive eucalyptus trees within the confluence of a steep canyon and replaced the trees with native Coast Live Oaks and Western Sycamores as well as designed and oversaw installation of 3 gabion micro-catchment systems within the streambed
Ecotone Studios
Los Angeles CA, June 2015 - Present
• Co-designed from design development through construction documents and submitted for city approval of the first phase (19 front yards) of a campus-wide landscape water conservation conversion master plan for a 32-acre senior living community
Natural Earth Landscaping
Claremont CA, April 2011 - March 2012
• Maintained exceptional residential client relations from site visits to on-site hand sketched conceptual design charrettes through to design development and construction details and onsite construction administration
• Designed to and was awarded over $60,000 in residential landscape water conservation rebates under California’s State and local water agencies’ Water Conservation Turf Removal Rebate Programs
LaGuardia Design Group
Southampton NY, April 2011 - March 2012
• Coastal Restoration/Dune Revetment Proposals; wrote and developed planning documents for private clients, town planning departments, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Residential lighting plan development
• Refinement of residential design during design development under supervision of licensed LA Christopher LaGuardia
• Refined hand and computer drafting skills
• Documented natural and historic resources during inventory and analysis of numerous projects
LaGuardia Design Group Website
Kyle Dupre Landscape Design
Amagansett NY, November 2009 - January 2011
• Design development
• Construction plans and details for residential pool and masonry projects developed under direction of landscape designer Kyle Dupre
Pristine Pools
East Hampton NY, 2007 - March 2008
• Conceptual design development
• Client meetings to present and discuss design options
• Construction plans and details for numerous residential pool and masonry projects developed under direction of company owner Greg Darvin
Honey Bee Genetics
Vacaville CA, 2005-2006
• Maintained health and productivity of over 3000 bee colonies
• Facilitated site assessment and hive placement for pollination services to commercial almond orchards and row crop fields
• Bred queen bees for sale throughout the continental US
• Collected, processed and packaged honey
Greg Yale Illumination
Southampton NY, October 2005 - May 2006
• Managed installation of complex ground and tree lighting installation schemes using highlighting and light washing techniques for high-end residential properties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
• Professional harnessed tree climbing
Greg Yale & Illumination Website
Smyth Fine Gardening
Montauk NY, 2004-2005
• Co-designed, installed and maintained high-end residential gardens and historic demonstration gardens
• Developed scheduling plans for all stages of project development, from site evaluation through job completion
• Managed detailed daily work records and supply inventories
• Managed site needs & client requests for over 20 properties
Tim Blenk Tree Care
Southampton NY, April 2002 - March 2003
• Maintained health and aesthetics of ornamental trees on commercial and residential estate properties through the use of selective and corrective pruning techniques & scheduled fertilization
• Professional harnessed tree climbing
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
Laramie, WY 2002-2003
• Worked independently as a G.I.S. digitizer to digitize at 1:250 scale hydrologic units for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset specifically within the Powder, Tongue and Big Horn River Basins of Wyoming
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center Website
University of Hawaii, Agriculture Experiment Station
Hilo, HI 2001-2002
• Managed the health and productivity of a 3-acre macadamia nut orchard
• Harvested and processed macadamia nuts for sale through the College of Agriculture
Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory
Mayer AZ, 1996-1997
• Learned to read construction blueprints
• Worked on formwork and rebar tying, and with pouring crew for large-scale monolithic slabs, retaining walls and block wall construction
• Initiated project and became crew leader for a 4-person team to install a site-wide recycling loading/unloading to offsite station - Project specifics: Leveled with positive drainage 60’X9’X3’ mortared block retaining wall with compacted fill, a tied slab on top containing metal framing sleeves with insert dividers for recycled/repurposed scaffolding
Crabbers Eye Landscaping
Montauk NY, 1993 - 1994
• Holistically maintained health and aesthetics of ornamental and edible landscapes on residential estate properties
• Organically managed and maintained over 30 lawns