PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished Director and Project Manager of Architectural Store Design with progressive experience in design and coordination abilities across multiple industries. Possess solid twenty years of extensive knowledge in MicroStation & Auto CAD up to version 2014. Possess excellent platform skills with expertise in Floor Plans, Interior Layouts, HVAC, Fire Protection, Lighting Systems, Drawings, Catenary Layouts, Track Layout, and Cad Design. Effectively managed projects and oversaw plan layout design through to successful completion on time and within budget. Established competencies include:

Global Visionary with excellent leadership skills

Excellent Negotiation and Analytical Skills

Implemented Leadership/Team Building Skills

Exceptional Innovative Design Capabilities

Excellent skills to design plans or various layouts

SELECTIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

9/2014 – Present Crowne Architectural System, North Bergen, New Jersey

CAD Manager & Designer

Setup Cad Design standards & managed the Cad Library blocks for the Cad Department. Produced details for Sky frame & Curtain wall installation for high-rise residential Condo’s in NYC.

11/2012 – Present Mugen Design International, Fort Lee, New, New Jersey

Freelance - Project Manager & Designer

Clients & Projects:

Honeywell Corporate Global Technology Division – Coordinated projects & vendors for corporate build out & installation of heavy Electrical / Plumbing Utilities.

Comcast Corporate Division – Coordinated projects & vendors for corporate build out & installation of heavy Electrical / Plumbing Utilities at Data Technology transfer substations.

10/2011 – 11/2012 Stryker Howmedica Osteonics, Mahwah, New Jersey

Project Manager & System/CAD Designer

Designed office space plans, furniture location (HAWORTH, HERMAN-MILLER, SMED, and STEELCASE), console studio locations and large CNC manufacturing equipment

Coordinated outside vendors relating to department moves and build out of department floor space.

Design the locations of GIS distribution & switchgear units. Created footprint for Orange & Rockland Electric switching station, on site alone with heading up the solar project. Design Bus duct alone with GIB (gas insulated bus) in manufacture area.

09/2007 – 05/2009 The Childrens Place, Secaucus, New Jersey

Director of Architectural Store Design & Corporate Facilities Management

Designed & Managed store design department at reduced costs, deliver store on or before time and under budget

Project management & build out of The Childrens Place retail stores ensuring achieved project scheduled goals

Facility Manager for the build of the corporate office from the ground up with strong attention to detail

Responsible for architectural design and developing the detailed implementation

11/2006 – 09/2007 West Point Military Academy, West Point, New York

Project Manager & System/CAD Designer

Managed project design and installation of AV equipment in all class rooms, conference rooms & auditoriums; effectively organized, prioritized and worked under extreme work pressure, high work load and deadlines

Strong personal communications skills with vendors/clients & internal partners

Designed space, furniture plan, interior design & elevation utilizing modern & cutting edge methods to increase quality design

Build out of department floor space. Created CD’s, Power & Data; responsible for architectural design and developing the detailed implementation

04/2006 – 11/2007 Toys ‘R’ Us, Wayne, New Jersey

Project Manager & System/CAD Designer

Office space planning, location of walls, furniture plans, interior layout, lighting plan

Build out of office space per department’s request. Created Construction Documents, Power & Data Plans

Lead the team responsible for architecture and design of major components of the complete architecture

Implemented ideas and presenting them to colleagues and management

01/2006 – 04/2006 Celgene Pharmaceutical, Summit, New Jersey

Project Manager & System/CAD Designer

Designed Research Lab’s, survey drawings, facilities layout, office space planning, existing & new wall location, furniture plan, interior design, paint selection & wall covering

Build out of floor space per department request

Implemented computer aided designs along with database administration software developments

Created CD’s (Construction Documents), ceiling & wall details, Elevation, Sections, Power & Data planes

02/2005 – 01/2006 Mancini Duffy, Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Designed space plans for commercial Law office, location of walls & HVAC ductwork,

Furniture plan, lighting plan, Power & Data plan

Project Manage build out of commercial office spaces

Created CD’s (Construction Documents), ceiling & wall details, Elevation, Sections, Power & Data plans

12/2004 – 12/2005 Nelson Architects, INC., Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Designed call centers & data rooms. Design & spec low profile access flooring for office, call center & data rooms. Created furniture plans, interior plans, Power & Data plans, Design Storefronts for branch location

Managed Bank of America international corporate office & branch designs

Surveyed existing office and floor space and produced square footage based on the results

11/2004 – 12/2004 Ted Moudis Architects, Inc., Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Designed & reconfigured office space, relocation of departments from existing location to new location. Redesign of Chase Manhattan call center in Wall Street, relocation of data center to new location

Managed projects at JP Morgan, AOL/Time Warner, Bank of America, IFS

Surveyed existing office space, bank vault currency counting booths, reconfigured counting vault, design CCTV location diagrams, produced square footage based on the results

10/2002 – 11/2004 Stryker Howmedica Osteonics, Mahwah, New Jersey

Project Manager & System/CAD Designer

Designed office space plans, furniture location (HAWORTH, HERMAN-MILLER, SMED, and STEELCASE), console studio locations and large CNC manufacturing equipment

Coordinated outside vendors relating to department moves and build out of department floor space

02/2005 – 11/2006 Sverdrup Engineering/Transportation, Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Senior CAD designer – Produced drawings and designs for the transportation system of New York, Connecticut, Los Angeles, California, JR (Japanese Rail) High Speed bullet Trains, TGV Europe and New Jersey Transit

Responsible for track, catenary, and train-cab designs. Involved in the following projects: JFK Airport, Newark Airport, New Jersey transit monorail system SPTA project and Connecticut Transit. Utilized Micro Station 5PC

TASMAN CORRIDOR PROJECT – Designer: responsible for CAD design layout of signal control system, interlocking, schematics, AC power distribution and track circuits

12/2000 – 03/2003 Washington Transportation Group, Manhattan, New York

Designer

Responsible for CAD design and layout of catenary and track design for the light rail system

12/1997 – 12/1999 Rail Transportation System,Inc., Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Senior CAD designer - Responsible for CAD design and layout of catenary and track design, Cad systems Micro Station and AutoCAD 13

MNCR – Designer: Responsible for CAD design layout of an overhead catenary system for 14 mile, 4-track Metro-North commuter line between Woodlawn and Pro Chester, New York

AMTRAK – Designer: Responsible for CAD design and layout of 48-track miles of catenary conversion including a 12 mile prototype 150 mph high speed constant tension overhead

Catenary system. The design included 3 technological solutions for prototype test, each of which was deployed within the 12-mile stretch. An evaluation and test were preformed for consideration of standard, future high-speed applications.

02/1995 – 02/1996 Gibbs & Hill, Inc./Rathon, Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer

Senior CAD designer – Responsible for design layout of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC). Utilized AutoCAD and Micro Station

BSDA – Designer: Responsible for design layout of overhead catenary system poles, track location and details as well as switch machine layouts for the St. Louis LRT System

MUNI – Designer: Responsible for design layout of overhead catenary system poles, track location and details as well as switch machine layouts for the San Francisco MUNI LRT System

MNCR – Designer: Responsible for design layout and location of insulated joints, crash walls, switch boxes, bumper locations, switch points, rail connections, frogs and messenger trays

05/1998 – 03/2002 Amano Cincinnati, Inc., Roseland, New Jersey

System/CAD Designer for OATS (OrderAudit Trail System) NASDQ Project

Designed the ATV (Amano Time Validation) system for Securities Trading floors in USA and international markets

Relocated Communication Cable and Hardware for NASDAQ Securities Trading floors

Design floor plans; Trading floor disaster recovery floors

Utilized AutoCAD software for network cable design & flow diagrams

08/1996 – 02/1998 National Broadcasting Company, Manhattan, New York

Auto CAD Designer

Designed office layout, furniture plan, lighting plan, Power & Data plan

Designed News room studios, Sports studios, TV sets, Audio sound room, Broadcast rooms, Tape edit room & equipment consoles

Designed concept drawings for NBC’s experience retail store, executive offices & relocation of executive & office space

Managed space planning team, managed furniture allocation & inventory; surveyed existing office and floor space and produced square footage based on the project request

Created drawings, options and proposed drawings for presentations; implemented set up of files and drawings for the facilities/real estate department

02/1996 – 08/1996 Power Concepts, LLC Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer/Contractor

Managed projects at Solomon Brothers, First Boston Credit Suisse, World Trade Center and World Financial Center properties

Responsible for creating riser diagrams and drawings utilizing AutoCAD

Design the locations of GIS distribution & switchgear units. Created rooftop footprint for Con Edison switching station.

01/1994 – 02/1996 Genseler and Associates Architects, Inc., Manhattan, New York

CAD Designer/Contractor

Responsible for various client floor plan layouts and architectural drawings for the following:

Nomura Brokerage Securities of Japan, New York, NY

Designed layout of conference rooms, office and trading floors for the World Financial Center, floors 16 through 22. JP Morgan Banking, New York, NY, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY

11/1989 – 12/1993 Haines Lundberg Wehler Architects, Engineers, & Planners, Manhattan, New York

Senior CAD Designer

Responsible for various client floor plan layouts and architectural drawings for the following:

Caldwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, NY

Designed layout of offices, stairs, lobby and fire protection

Dow Jones, New York, NY

Responsible for design layout of office floor plans & trading floor

Jaguar Cars, Inc., Eastern U.S. Headquarters, Mahwah, NJ

Designed layout of lobby, offices, show rooms, maintenance facilities

Schering Plough Corporation, Madison, NJ

Designed layout of research labs, animal labs, site plans, interiors & facilities design

Federal Exchange & Securities, Rutherford, NJ

Designed layout of conference room, office space, site plans, interiors, lobby, currency counting booth, design vault location

Previous Work Experience

Designer: Responsible for design and layout work in the following electrical distribution industries:

Aero Space, Electronic

Catenary Systems

Marine design, Submarine design

Oil, Gas, Chemical, Pipe design

Rail Transportation Design – Lite Rail & High-speed design

Previous work experience with the following companies:

General Dynamics, 8/1982- 8/1983

Foster Wheeler, 2/1982- 8/1982

General Dynamics, 6/1981- 12/1981

Bendix Flight Systems Division AlliedSignal, 1980-1981- (2rd Shift)

E-System Electronic, Garland, TX, 1979-1980

Reconnection Electronic, Irvin, TX, 1977-1979

Rockwell International, Dallas, TX, 1975-1977

Texas Instrument, Dallas, TX, 1973-1977 - (3rd Shift)

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