Project Manager Construction

Douglas Swank

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Career Summary

25+ years of experience in all aspects of architectural practice

5+ years of experience as a Hotel Operator or Owner’s Representative

20+ years of experience on luxury hospitality projects

8+ years of experience on high-rise office buildings

Achieved architectural license in 1982

Capabilities

Providing marketing of potential clients

Programming, design and planning of complex projects

Managing the consultant team from project inception through completion

Soliciting and evaluating consultant proposals

Negotiating consultant fees and agreements

Preparing pre-construction and FF&E budgets

Professional Experience

Director of Technical Services 2007 -2009

Montage Hotels & Resorts Laguna Beach, California

Responsibilities consisted of managing ultra-luxury resort projects, providing design and planning hospitality

expertise, directing consultant teams and managing the FF&E procurement process for Royal Island Resort, a

master-planned resort island in the Bahamas and Vista Serena, a master- planned resort community in Cabo San

Lucas, Mexico.

Director – Design & Construction 2006 - 2007

The Kor Group Los Angeles, California

Responsibilities consisted of providing hotel design and technical advice, preparing construction and FF&E

budgets and directing consultants’ work for Viceroy Icon Brickell – Miami, a 150-room urban condo-hotel and

Viceroy South Beach, a 125-room luxury condo-resort.

Senior Project Manager 2005 - 2006

Friedmutter Group Newport Beach, California

Responsibilities consist of providing office leadership and managing the consultant team for Horseshoe Hammond,

a $450 million casino expansion and Harrah’s St. Louis, a $50 million event center.

Senior Associate 2003 – 2005

Three Architecture Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities included marketing, firm management, programming, design and planning of Mandarin Oriental –

South Coast Plaza, a 200-room urban resort, Legato, a 6,000-acre luxury resort community in La Paz, Mexico and

Four Seasons Hotel – Dubai, a 250-room urban resort.

Director – Design & Construction 2001 - 2003

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities consisted of writing Rosewood’s Design & Construction Guidelines, preparing budget and

feasibility studies and providing design direction for Luttrellstown Castle, a 113-room ultra-luxury golf/spa resort

in Dublin,, Playa Mujeres, a 100-room luxury resort in Cancun, 65 East Huron Street, a 152-room luxury urban

hotel in Chicago, Olympia Resort, a 130-room ultra-luxury resort hotel in Greece and Silver Bear Lodge, a 65-

room ultra-luxury ski resort in Telluride.

Senior Project Manager 1988 - 2001

Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Newport Beach, California

Promoted to Associate in 1998. Responsibilities included participating in marketing efforts; preparing proposals

and contracts; assisting in project staffing and managing the consultant team for Four Seasons Hotel – Dublin, a

259-room luxury urban hotel, Four Seasons Resort – Aviara, a 331-room luxury resort hotel, Four Seasons Hotel -

Newport Beach, a 25,000 sf ballroom addition, Palm Beach Resort, a 200-room luxury resort hotel in Cannes,

France, Little America Hotel, a 600-room urban hotel in Salt Lake City, Hale O Malia - Lifecare, a senior housing

project in Honolului and The Crescent at Tanglin, a 360-room luxury hotel in Singapore.

Project Architect 1987 – 1988

Ware & Malcomb Architects Irvine, California

Prepared construction documents, secured building permit and provided construction administration services for

Warner Center Plaza VI, a 20-story office building in Woodland Hills, California.

Project Director 1984 – 1986

Albert C. Martin & Associates Los Angeles, California

Managed tenant improvement projects and served as the Owners’ Consulting Architect for the Atlantic Richfield

Plaza, ManuLife Plaza and Wells Fargo Building in Los Angeles. Managed the office relocation of General

Telephone of California, a 350,000 square foot tenant improvement project in Thousand Oaks. Managed the design

and documentation of SCRTD MetroRail - Wilshire/ Fairfax Station.

Architect I, II & III 1977 - 1984

Skidmore Owings & Merrill Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California

Prepared design studies and construction documents Getty Plaza, a 36-story office building in Los Angeles, 875

Third Avenue, a 30-story office building in New York, Olympia Centre, a 63-story mixed-use building in Chicago,

33 West Monroe, a 28-story office building in Chicago, Block 248, two 50-story office buildings in Dallas, O’Hare

Plaza West, a 10-story office building in Chicago, Red Sea Palace Hotel, a 300-room hotel in Jeddah and The

Boston Globe, a satellite printing plant in Massachusetts.

Designer / Draftsman 1973 - 1974

Daniel B. Czekanski & Associates Urbana, Illinois

Prepared design studies and construction documents for health-care projects.

Education

Master of Architecture 1977

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies 1973

University of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois

Registration

Architectural License 1984

State of California Sacramento, California

Architectural License 1982

State of Illinois Springfield, Illinois

References are available upon request.

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