Project Manager Assistant

Lixia Xiao

Email: *****.****@*****.*** Home Address: Rego Park, New York 11374

Cell: 347-***-**** Status: Green Card

Portfolio website: https://sites.google.com/site/lixiaxiao/

Skills

Skilled in using Windows and Mac OS, and Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Proficient in using Auto CAD 2010, Photoshop CS4, Indesign CS4, Sketch-up 2008, Illustrator CS4;

Experienced in administrative management and human resource management;

Some experience in estimating HVAC construction; excellent in math;

Proficient in English; native in Chinese.

Education

Master’s Program in Landscape Architecture

City College of New York, NYC Aug 2010 – May 2013

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Aug 2007 - Dec 2008

Bachelor of Agriculture in Resources and Environment

Beijing Forestry University Sep 1996 – Jul 2000

Work Experience

J. L. HVAC LLC.

Junior Draftsman, Construction Estimator and Office Assistant Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2013

AutoCAD shop drawings, construction materials estimating;

Purchase order;

Regular office work.

Qinyun Landscape Architecture LLC, Beijing, China

Landscape Architecture Internship, Jul. 2012 - Sep. 2012

Worked with a team on project “Ecological Farm of Bazhou City, Hebei Province, China”;

Site analysis; participated in master plan design and digital drawings.

Fallingwater Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, PA

Landscape Architecture Internship, May. 2008 - Aug. 2008

Team redesigned a “Natural Trail” path by adding more native plants and wood board pavements;

Team designed a cutting garden and replanted existing herb garden;

Researched eliminate on planter proposals and selected Chocolate Vine for the third floor roof of Fallingwater.

NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

Research Assistant Jan. 2008 - May. 2008

Researched and reported agricultural pest information for academic research.

Shanghai Lv-shan-lan Landscape Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China

Project Manager Jul. 2003 - Jul. 2005

Supervised landscape design and community land use; Responsible for planting and maintenance of the roof lawn

program; Studied roof greening solution and applied Sedum lineare Tnund grass as roof planter;

Assisted human resources management and administrative management;

Estimating roof planting expendences.

Beijing Tulip Garden, Beijing, China

Horticultural Designer Jul. 2000 - Jul. 2003

Coordinated tulip cultivation 60+ acres; Organized garden design and maintenance, e.g., lawn care, tree and shrub

care, plant maintenance, selective pruning, annual flowers and bulb planting, and seasonal flower pot design;

Designed and managed annual ornamental exhibition; Participated in budgeting and design of indoor and outdoor

greening projects.

Beijing Jinzhan Middle School, Beijing, China

Biological Science Teachers (part-time) Jul. 2002 - Jul. 2003

Teaching biology class to 7th grade students.

Activities

Pittsburgh Public School Grounds Greening Charrettes in Pittsburgh, PA, July 2008

Design Charrette in Hayesville, NC, April 2008

Participated as a volunteer on Gulf Coast (Pearlington, MS) in Katrina rebuilding and repair October 2006

On going participant in SWOOP, a Raleigh based volunteer group, helping people in need and improving local

environmental conditions

Active member of Shanlou Union, a volunteer organization at Beijing Forestry University involved in environmental

conservation

Class representative (similar to teaching assistant) in statistics, physics and phytopathology

Class Treasurer 1998 to 2000

Market analysis for Horizon Group

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