Stephen Ladd, AIA, ACHA

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Senior Healthcare Architect

Healthcare Planning & Design / Client Management / Integrated Project

Delivery / Team Coordination Graphic Communications / Contract

Administration / Regulatory Compliance / Business Development

As a specialist in healthcare design, I pioneered benchmark designs for

senior living, inpatient, and diagnostic/ treatment facilities. For the

nation's largest non-urban healthcare system, I led dozens of projects from

inception to successful completion. By overseeing all phases of project

delivery, I have consistently delivered projects on time and within budget.

By placing the needs of patients, family and staff first and foremost, my

focus is on creating efficiency, functionality, beauty and flexibility in

healing environments while striving for optimal dollar value.

o Designed and/or managed more than 100 constructed projects for a

variety of clientele.

o Designed and/or managed more than two dozen healthcare projects in a

variety of modalities.

o Pioneered revolutionary, award-winning skilled nursing design,

improving quality of life for elders.

o Designed multiple projects using alternative project delivery methods.

o Salvaged faltering projects through reprogramming and redesign.

o Pioneered regulatory changes in response to operational changes in

long term care.

Selected Accomplishments

Salvaging healthcare project by reprogramming. I was brought in to lead the

design team on CMW's 60,000 sq. ft. obstetrics center for a national

healthcare system when the project, then in schematics, no longer met the

client's changing objectives. Working closely with the Construction Manager

to control costs, I reprogrammed and redesigned the project resulting in a

successful, patient-oriented, state-of-the-art 100,000+ sq. ft. facility,

which exceeded the client's expectations, while staying within the original

$40M project budget.

Collaborating on pioneering design. Realizing the social model of long-term

care no longer met the needs of our nations aging population, I worked with

Richard McCarty and Dr. Bill Thomas, a renowned gerontologist, to develop a

new paradigm. The result of this extensive effort was the first "Green

House" project, a clustering of residential scale, self-contained "homes"

that privately house ten elders each. This national award-winning project

became the benchmark for LTC design with over 100 "Green Houses"

established nationwide.

Designing and managing multiple healthcare projects. Faced with ever

increasing competition, North Mississippi Medical Center, our primary

client and the nation's largest rural healthcare system, was forced to

expand services in order to establish itself as the premier provider in the

region. As lead designer for The McCarty Company, I programmed and designed

more than two dozen patient-centered, efficient and esthetically-pleasing

projects covering the full spectrum of healthcare modalities and enabling

NMMC realize their vision.

Career History

Healthcare Planner / Project Manager, CMW, Inc, the largest Healthcare A/E

firm in Kentucky, 2006 to 2009. Led and managed all aspects of healthcare

studio. Programming, design, client management, contract administration,

consultant coordination, regulatory approvals, presentations and business

research/development. Managed in-house team of six and coordinated a design

team of forty overall. Accountable for $25M in annual project budgets.

Reported directly to President/CEO.

Lead Designer / Project Architect, The McCarty Company, the largest Design-

Build firm in Mississippi, 1995 to 2006. Specialized focus on healthcare

planning and design. Programming, design, AHJ approvals, client management,

consultant coordination, graphic presentation and contract administration.

Managed five tech staff and $10M to $20M in annual project budgets.

Reported directly to President/CEO.

Academic and Registration

o Currently licensed in Oklahoma, Arizona and Kentucky

o Member of NCARB

o Member of The American College of Healthcare Architects.

o Proficient with Autocad, MS Project, Powerpoint, Excel, Acrobat,

Photoshop and Word.

o Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona.

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