RICHARD LEFKOWITZ

OFFICE INTERIOR DESIGNER

216-***-**** ad2w4o@r.postjobfree.com

Interior Designer www.MedicalPlanningInc.com

"Producing high-quality project design deliverables in both FF&E and construction documents." Accomplished medical, commercial office & residential interior designer and project manager with a proven record of achievement and experience in design of residential remodels, retail, corporate office, & medical sub-specialty facilities. Demonstrated Ability to produce high-quality design deliverables in both FF&E and construction documents. Leads and collaborates in a team environment working in all phases of design development including gathering of Pre-Design information particulars, generating Schematic Design proposals, personally performed Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction site Administration. Advised clients to facilitate scheduling and costs analysis of all phases of medical offices and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Years of identifying and interpreting client’s requirements from initial consultation through to completed projects. Generated leads and built brand awareness while managing internal team accomplishments.

Key Areas of Expertise

Interior Project Oversight Strategic Planning/Execution Budget Management Project Delivery & Scope Project Specifications Bidding Process Analysis Contract Negotiations Cost Estimates & Calculations CADD Knowledge FF&E Solutions Safety Guidelines Cross-functional Collaboration Space Planning Schematics Local & National Building Codes Team Building & Team Leadership Direct Client Relationships Manage on site trades

Professional Experience

Architectural Assistant Craig M. Dixon & Associates Architects, Inc. Jan. 2021- 2023 Able to attain Field measurements & translated into “As Built” documentation for new project planning and analysis. Creating detailed design & architectural construction documentation for the implementation of remodels and additions. Worked with, advised and created design solutions that were both sustainable and financially achievable for clientele.

President-Director Medical Planning, Inc. Jan 1990-2022 Successfully launched and managed a medical interior space planning and design organization that specialized in all medical sub-specialties including the full range of end-to-end solutions for offices & ambulatory surgery centers. Reached the status of the leading expert and specialist in the field of Ophthalmology offices and ASC’s.

• Oversaw all aspects of daily operations, including supervision of employees, corporate budgetary oversight & financial management, accomplishing continuous project pipeline acquisition. Directed the final authorization regarding all design and client design decisions.

• Effectively streamlined and enhanced operational performance by optimizing employee performance implementing a new “Onboard” staff program with salary incentives based on achievements. Hired an external Accounting and Business Manager, reducing staff, and transitioned into a CADD system.

• Established project management methodology by initiating Project Team Leaders, delegating project assignments, and prioritizing end-to-end team collaboration from concept to deliverables.

• Increased overall profitability by 50% by expanding the scope of business into a growing Sub-specialty Medical Interior Design field.

• Actively exhibited and promoted services including lecture offerings at major American Academy of Medicine conventions over a period of 33 years.

• Achieved 50% revenue growth, outpacing the growth of other small competitor Design Companies; successfully directed the corporate expansion into all areas of medical subspecialty design and interior space planning, including outpatient ambulatory surgery center projects.

• Able to meet all local, State, and National building code requirements for offices and ambulatory surgery centers.

• Identified and initiated sustainable and LEED approved design practices for projects.

• Translation design ideas into workable MEP values. Interior Design Concepts

Client Engagement

Strategic Planning & Execution

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216-***-**** ad2w4o@r.postjobfree.com

Previous Experience President/Director January 1975- 1990

R.C. Lefkowitz Design

Established & managed a commercial design operation (for 15 years), leading employees in specialized end-to-end planning and design of: Retail stores, Restaurants, Residential high rise common areas, and Commercial corporate offices.

• Oversaw budgetary management of projects and the design office, provided an ongoing project pipeline, helped articulate

& align clients business strategies into dynamic efficient usage of space, through design. Able to identify and initiate the most efficient & cost-effective design solutions.

• Transformed organizational performance and profitability by transitioning operations from the underperforming retail store market into a supplemental retail market in Optical Dispensaries in response to a downturned economy.

• Launched a subsidiary company (Medical Planning, Inc.) dedicated to medical office design that aligned with the expanding retail Optical market. Able to achieve successful transition into a new exclusive medical office design market. Product Designer E.F. Hauserman Co.

Given the design responsibility to create a new modular & movable low wall panel system with attached components including the corporate ability of economical manufacturing. The system received the “Metal Office Product of the Year” award from the American Iron & Steel Institute for designing. (Originally sold by the E.F. Hauserman Co., for education, office, and government usage). Presently still marketed and sold through an international corporation. Upon completion of the new product design and manufacturing process was asked by the corporate office to join their corporate sales & marketing division to help promote the new products sales. Successfully helped established a sales program to promote the new product.

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Science & Art Ohio State University

Completed an additional 2-years of post-graduate architectural studies Government Security Clearance: Previous Top-Secret Classification (inactive) Active while working at General Dynamics Electric Boat on Nuclear Systems.