Project Manager Design

Summary: I am a profit oriented manager and director of people, projects

and development who is performing at the top of his game. I

have significant experience handling a large number of

employees, consultants, projects and clients simultaneously

across multiple offices while providing a variety of

professional services to demanding clients utilizing Lean &

Six Sigma principals with continual focus on the bottom line.

Education: Tulane University, Masters of Architecture

Professional Experience:

2008- 2010 Managing Director, NELSON, Atlanta & Dallas Offices:

Managing Director of two of the largest offices of NELSON,

with 58 employees and combined sales of $10M year.

. NELSON ranked 4th largest Interior Design firm & 2nd

largest corporate Interior Design firm by Interiors

Magazine in 2009.

. Reduced overhead and increased profitability by 78

percent.

. Developed new & existing clientele and established

high standards for profitable & outstanding client

service.

. Responsible for every facet of two of the

corporation's largest offices with multiple profit

centers.

. Services provided include architecture, interior

design, strategies, workplace services & MEP

Engineering.

. Hired/coached/mentored/developed very strong staff.

2007- 2008 Client Manager / Sr. Projects Manager, MSTSD, Inc,

Atlanta, GA:

Senior Client/Project Manager hired to design and manage a

$120M urban mixed-use project in the Buckhead area consisting

of multi-level parking superstructure with office/retail and

hotel/2nd hotel/retail/office towers.

. Developed/refined the Master Plan & code

interpretations.

. Developed/wrote contracts for services &

subcontracts.

. Managed 12 person staff for the project.

. Project is currently in Design Development

2005 - 2007 Director Design Services, Morrison Management

Specialists, Atlanta,GA:

Director of a large corporation's design group specializing

in healthcare and senior living facilities nationwide.

Responsible for all facets of the department and the

production of design and contract documents. Managed

continual workload of approximately 80 projects spread across

the United States. Personally built staff and technology to

accommodate workload.

. Hired, developed & trained staff.

. Tripled billing & profit from predecessor.

. Developed technological solutions for professional

documentation that greatly enhanced productivity.

. National public speaking engagements in Senior Living

Design.

. Interfaced with architects and engineers on a

national basis.

2004 - 2005 Senior Projects Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company,

Atlanta, GA: Directed field office staff of 4

persons, and a Seattle based staff of 10

persons in the design and development of various

retail coffee facilities

throughout Georgia, Northern Florida and South

Carolina.

. Reduced per store cost through better design and

tighter documentation.

. Gained significant territorial responsibility through

effective management of staff and projects.

. Wrote and implemented guidelines for organization of

all Starbucks Field Offices design staff throughout

the U.S.A.

. Directed the work of numerous out-sourced consults

for professional services.

. Hired and developed additional field office staff.

. Responsible for numerous successfully completed

stores.

1989 - 2004 Owner, Porter Design Group, Bethesda, MD:

A boutique Architecture/Interior Design/Foodservice Design

firm specializing in hospitality projects, including hotels,

restaurants and nightclubs. Practice also includes high end

residential, offices, healthcare & commercial interiors.

. Profitable business for 15 years sustained by repeat clients.

. Provided coordinated services of architecture, interior design,

foodservice design & purchasing resulting in cohesive designs.

. Extremely strong in concept development.

. Accurate budget development and management of all projects from

inception to completion.

. High client success due to concise market targeting and

implementation.

. Significant media coverage of projects.

. Provided full Construction Administration for most projects.

1984 - 1989 President, Architrac, Inc., Bethesda, MD:

A firm specializing in hospitality design and general

construction services.

. Firm provided architecture, interior design,

foodservice design, purchasing, and, General

Contractor services.

. Staff size averaged 20 persons.

. Responsible for all project costs and budget

management.

. Designed and Constructed projects for partners

franchise operations.

1978 - 1984 Marriott Corporation Washington, DC (two positions

as follows):

1979-1984: Director, Restaurant Design

Directly responsible for the design and construction

interface of over 1000

food related facilities. Projects included fast-food

facilities; fine dining

restaurants, food facilities at national monuments, in-

flight preparation

kitchens, toll road facilities and amusement park

facilities, as well as more

diverse projects.

. Extreme successes in design and management.

. Developed and directed a staff of 32 persons

resulting in efficient and cohesive team, capable of

35% quicker project turnaround.

. Approx. $350 million in high quality construction

projects.

. Strong image development & consolidation of existing

restaurant chains.

. Acquired approx. 840 building permits in 17 various

states.

. Conversion of 186 purchased restaurants within 9

months, all requiring full contract documents and

building permits.

. Drastically reduced prior construction costs through

innovative design and utilizing standardization for

multi-unit purchasing.

. Design services included signage, custom art,

uniforms & custom furnishings.

1978-1979: Project Manager

Design manager for the Hotel Division, serving as

both designer and

outside architectural firm interface for 20 hotel

projects both nationally

and internationally.

1976 - 1978 Project Architect, Wolf Associates, Charlotte, NC &

Tulsa, OK

Projects included Mecklenburg County Courthouse,

Charlotte, NC; The

Williams Company Headquarters, Tulsa, Oklahoma &

then provided full-

time field representation for $12m corporate

interiors project.

1974 - 1976 Designer, Charles L. McMurray, Architect, P.A.,

Charlotte, NC;

High-end residential & commercial interiors. Mayland

Technical Institute.

Accomplishments:

. Proven skills in management & leadership of people, clients, projects

& profits.

. Deep experience, knowledge and skills in all areas of mixed-use,

corporate, hospitality & senior living project development from

concept through construction.

. Five National Design Awards for projects.

. National event speaker in Senior Living Design; guest lecturer

National Restaurant Association; guest Juror Architectural Woodwork

Institute.

. Expert witness in six trials involving architectural and construction

litigation.

. Significant media coverage of projects.

. Proficient in Revit (BIM modeling software), AutoCAD, MicroStation V8,

MS Excel, MS Word, SketchUp Photoshop, Adobe Graphics, Deltek Vision &

MS Project etc.

. Over 35 major hotel projects, over 1000 foodservice projects designed

& built of every concept, type and size imaginable, over 110 Senior

Living projects.

. Member, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

. Holder of a U.S. Patent.

Architectural Licenses:

North Carolina, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, Florida. Others available by reciprocity or through

NCARB

Professional Affiliations:

. A.I.A. American Institute of Architects

. B.O.C.A. Building Officials & Code Administrators

. A.W.I. Architectural Woodwork Institute

. N.C.A.R.B. National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

. N.R.A. National Restaurant Association

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