Resume Director

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

NATIONAL KITCHEN and BATH ASSOCIATION, member

SEMINOLE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, member

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021

2021

2020-2021

2017-2020

2012-2017

2008-2012

2008-2008

2006-2008

2003-2006

2000-2003

1998-2000

State required 20 hours of CE’s for relicensing

Completed and submitted mid-October to Florida State Board of Architecture and Interior Design for reinstatement of state license.

Daytona State College

Daytona, Florida

Successfully completed accelerated 10-week course (normally 20-weeks) end of July for architectural AutoCAD drafting. Scheduling new training with Z axis/Revit when available.

Lowe’s Home Improvement

Sanford, Florida

National home improvement store

Kitchen and Bath Design Specialist

Responsibilities and activities included: 2020 creation of original kitchen, bath, home entertainment, closet designs and new and replacement countertops. Customer coordination of selections for appliances, flooring, wall finishes, lighting and window treatments. Coordination of cabinet delivery and installations with company contract installers. Sales of designs and customer service for any product throughout store.

Accomplishments:

Successfully completed designs and sold nearly 30 kitchens in a 6-month time period. Was responsible for added selection and sales of flooring, appliances, and countertops.

Retirement

Returned to retirement and involvement with county, state and federal political activities. Also joined and actively participated in Seminole County Chamber of Commerce. Still active with the Chamber through 2021.

CARE GIVER FOR INVILAD WIFE

Wife passed away June 2017

EARLY RETIREMENT

Bangkok, Thailand and Lake Mary, Florida, USA

Preparation of initial drafts of Interior Design textbook applicable to commercial and residential interiors which defines a design methodology capable of producing significant increases in personal efficiency; greater reduction in operational and building expenses; and higher personal environment satisfaction than current methods. Method integrates physical elements of a building as systems to fulfill requirements of individuals within business operations or residential activities.

DWP

Bangkok, Thailand

Regional interior and architectural design firm.

Director of Corporate Design

Responsibilities and activities included: staff training; executive management of multiple project budgeting, design, documentation, FF&E specifications, and implementation through six (6) staff teams, including: supplier negotiations, supervision of design conceptuals (architectural and interiors); client project relations; and new client marketing.

Projects included:

• .Library for Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thailand

State-of-the-art library with meeting rooms, professor offices, conference centers, reference book stacks, and food service facilities appr**************** sq. meters on seven (7) floors.

• .Crystal Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Interior design products trade center, meeting rooms, conference center ballroom, food service facilities, hallways and ***************** sq. meters on four (4) floors.

• .Siemens/Nokia Thailand Offices, Bangkok, Thailand

Renovation and redesign of consolidating corporate office facilities, 2 locations,

35,600 sq. meters on seven (7) *************** sq. meters on 5 floors.

• .Johnson & Johnson Thailand Corporate offices, Bangkok, Thailand

Renovation and redesign of existing corporate facilities, ************,000 sq.

meters.

Accomplishments:

• .Successful project management of multiple country consolidation and redesign for Thompson/Reuters corporate offices in twelve (12) Asian countries, including China, Australia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

THE HOME DEPOT

Lake Mary, Florida USA

National chain of home improvement retail warehouse stores.

Kitchen and Bath Associate

Responsibilities and activities included: CAD creation of documentation and prospectives for design, sales, and installation of custom residential and commercial casework projects; retail and commercial customer assistance in selection and sales of kitchen and bath plumbing fixtures; lighting; electrical supplies; building materials and hardware; HVAC; ceramic tile; paint; hand and power tools; and floor coverings.

Accomplishments:

• .Department sales leader for nine months running.

• .Top 1% in District sales eleven months out of twelve

• .Top 1% in regional sales six months out of twelve.

SABBATICAL IN EUROPE

Independent study of Eastern European classical and contemporary architecture and interiors.

BEST WESTERN HOTELS INTERNATIONAL

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

An international hotel chain of mid and upper mid market, independently owned, properties located in 83 countries and considered the “world’s largest hotel chain”.

Director of Design

Responsibilities and activities included: budget, P & L, staff training, and design seminar presentations to North American membership; executive management of multiple (architectural and interiors) design projects for North American and international memberships; executive management of (architectural and interiors) design standards for proposed and existing membership; marketing of design services to North American membership; executive creation of corporate Facilities program; executive creation and marketing of new North American design standards; and executive creation of international “Premier” design standards.

Accomplishments:

• .26% increase in reengineering staff efficiency.

• .33% increase in sales in ***********% in 2002.

• .16% reduction of corporate FF&E expenses in ***********% in 2002.

• .9% reduction of department budget in 2001and an additional 6% in 2002.

• .Creation, membership approval, and implementation of hotel design standards package for North American membership.

• .Creation and implementation of “Premier” hotel design standards package for international membership.

SABBATICAL IN ASIA

Independent study of traditional and contemporary Asian architecture, interiors and Feng Shui planning.

1995 – 1998

WOODHEAD FIRTH LEE ARCHITECTS

Bangkok, Thailand

An international architectural and interiors firm specializing in corporate, banking and hospitality projects

Interiors Manager

Responsibilities and activities included: staff supervision and training; coordination of CADD drafting team; coordination of architectural and engineering services; executive management of project design, documentation, and FF&E specifications for multiple projects; supplier negotiations; supervision of project design conceptuals (architectural and interiors); client project relations; new client marketing and sales; project programming.

Projects included:

• .Lam Thong Bank Pte. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand.

Fourteen (14) branch locations, average of 100 sq. meters each.

Standardized branch design, documentation and FF&E specification package.

• .Thai Prasit Insurance Pte. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

New corporate *************** sq. meters on seven (7) floors.

Standardized re-locatable, regional and local sales office designs and FF&E packages.

Accomplishments:

• .12% increase in productivity of reengineered and empowered design team.

• .7% reduction in documentation preparation phase.

1991 – 1995

INCORP

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

An international interior design firm specializing in consulting and contract design for corporate, banking, medical, and hospitality projects.

President/CEO

Responsibilities and activities included: budget and P&L; client business and project relations; marketing and sales; staff training; documentation consulting; interior design and consulting; project coordination of architectural, engineering, landscape, and signage consultants; FF&E specification and consulting; custom furniture and casework design and consulting.

Projects included:

• .Regional Department of Transportation Hotel and Convention Center, Beijing, China

Five hundred (500) unit hotel, lobby, six (6) restaurants for two hundred fifty (250) each, three (3) karoke lounges for one hundred fifty (150) each and (10) meeting rooms for fifty (50) to fifteen hundred (1500).

• .Blues Alley Supper Clubs, Washington D.C. and Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Prototype one hundred fifty (150) seat supper club with kitchen, 3700 sq. ft.

• .Colony Hilton Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

Historic renovation, two hundred (200) suites, public spaces, restaurant for two hundred twenty (220), two (2) snack bar/lounges for fifty (50) each, meeting rooms for fifty (50), seventy-five (75) and three hundred seventy-five (375).

• .Doctors Stiles and Armstrong Dental Offices, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Medical clinic for four (4) doctors with administrative offices, laboratory, X-ray and examination and treatment rooms and staff of sixteen (16), twenty-two hundred (2200) sq. ft. each.

Accomplishments:

• .5 months after incorporation achieved profitability.

• .9% average increase in annual sales.

• .1.7% annual increase in profitability over each of four (4) years of operation.

• .89% repeat client ratio.

1989 – 1991

INTERIOR DESIGN CONCEPTS OF FLORIDA

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

A US national interior design firm specializing in corporate, hospitality, medical, and multi-family residential projects.

Director of Design

Responsibilities and activities included: project programming; staff training; executive management of documentation and FF&E specifications; coordination of architectural, landscape, graphics and signage, and engineering services for multiple projects; executive management of design conceptuals; joint participation in client concept presentations; client business and project relations; supplier negotiations; client marketing and sales; business budgets; contract preparation and negotiations.

Projects included:

• .Trammell Crow Properties, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, U.S.A.

Thirty-one (31) apartment communities, three hundred fifty (350) to four hundred fifty (450) each, clubhouse/office, pool areas and exercise, game and laundry rooms.

• .Steen-Hall Eye Institute, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Nineteen (19) story medical examination and treatment facility of 80,000 sq. ft, with laboratories, x-ray facilities, four (4) operating rooms with recovery, patient rooms for seventy-five (75), offices for six (6) doctors and staff of forty-seven (47). Public restaurant for two hundred fifty (250), meeting rooms six (6) for twenty-five (25) each and four (4) for fifty (50). Presentation and training theater for one hundred forty (140).

• .State Family Practice Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.

Three (3) story medical clinic for thirty (30) doctors and support staff of one hundred twenty-five (125), including laboratory and x-ray facilities and dental office.

• .Walt Disney World Staff Community, Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A.

Apartment style residence for two thousand (2000) foreign staff *********** sq. ft., clubhouse and administrative offices.

• .Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.A.

Corporate office for thirty-five (35), two (2) restaurants for two hundred fifty (250), meeting center for up to eight hundred seventy-five (875), golf clubhouse with lounge for thirty-five (35) and "pro shop".

• .Green Development, Florida, U.S.A.

Eleven (11) apartment communities, three hundred fifty (350) to four hundred fifty (450) each, clubhouse/office, pool areas, and exercise, game and laundry rooms.

Accomplishments:

• .15 major projects designed and documented, within four (4) month period.

• .29% reduction in documentation preparation.

• .$50,000.00 saved with revised services contract.

1986 - 1989

HELENE WEISNER DESIGN

Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

An international interior design firm specializing in corporate, hospitality, banking, medical, and residential projects.

Director of Design

Responsibilities and activities included: project programming; staff training; coordination of architectural, landscape, graphics and signage, and engineering services; project management of multiple projects; preparation of architectural interior design conceptuals; custom furniture and casework design; preparation and management of project documentation and FF&E specifications; supplier negotiations; client project relations; client marketing and sales.

Projects included:

• .Banco Popular Dominica Bank, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Main bank and corporate offices, five (5) stories, 6400 sq. meters.

• .Dominican Bank, New York, U.S.A.

Historic renovation, US branch bank of Banco Popular Dominica, three (3) stories, 1200 sq. ft.

• .Costa Linda Beach Resort, Aruba, West Indies

Public areas, lobby, four (4) restaurants for two hundred (200) each, three (3) lounges/bars for seventy-five (75), one (1) "superclub" for two hundred forty-five (245) and five hundred (500) timeshare apartments.

• .de Medina Jewelry, Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.A.

Exclusive retail jewelry store, 80 sq. ft.

• .Leon residence, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 3000 sq. ft.

• .Fine residence, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 3700 sq. ft.

• .Simon luxury condominium, Bal Harbor, Florida, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 4500 sq. ft.

• .Harri 4 condominium, Panama City, Panama

Personal residence, 80 sq. meters.

• .Harri family beach hours, Panama City, Panama

Personal family resort home, 1800 sq. meters.

• .Harri family condominium, New York, U.S.A.

Personal condominium, 2500 sq. ft.

• .Mayerson residence, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 3200 sq. ft.

• .Blum condominium, North Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 2100 sq. ft.

• .Ball residences (3), Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.

Three (3) personal residences, 2200, ************** sq. ft.

• .DeArmnus residence, South Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Personal residence, 3100 sq. ft.

• .Diagnostic Multicenter, South Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Two (2) story medical examination and treatment clinic with laboratories and x-ray facilities and offices for twelve (12) doctors and fifty-five (55) support staff. 8400 sq. ft.

• .Hollybrook Country Club, Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.A.

Clubhouse for condominium community, 8600 sq. ft.

• .Rolling Hills Hotel, Dania, Florida, U.S.A.

Three hundred (300) room hotel with two (2) restaurants for two hundred fifty (250) each, lounge for seventy-five (75) and meeting room for fifty (50) to five hundred (500).

• .Delair Country Club, Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

Golf clubhouse with restaurant for one hundred fifty-five (155), lounge/snackbar for eighty (80), staff offices for sixteen (16) and meeting rooms for two hundred (200) to three hundred (300).

• .Harms Brothers International Food Fair, Aruba, West Indies

Food court of ten (10) food outlets and seating for two hundred fifty (250), 3700 sq. meters.

• .The Bridge Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

Three hundred fifty (350) room hotel, lounge for fifty (50), restaurant for one hundred forty (140), public spaces, lobby and entry.

• .UniMax Pty. Limited, Panama City, Panama

Corporate offices, twelve (12) senior executive/owners, twenty-four (24) managers and one hundred forty-nine (149) staff, 4400 sq. meters.

Accomplishments:

• .23% reduction in documentation preparation.

• .40% reduction in FF & E specification preparation.

• .27% reduction in client per change relocation costs for electrical and mechanical systems.

1985 - 1986

ROBINSON AND ASSOCIATES

Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

A US national interior design firm specializing in corporate, banking and hospitality projects.

Senior Project Designer

Responsibilities and activities included: client marketing and concept presentations; project programming; coordination of architectural, landscape, graphics and signage, and engineering services; project management for multiple projects; architectural interior design conceptuals; space planning; custom furniture and casework design; project documentation preparation; FF&E specifications; supplier negotiation; client project relations.

Projects included:

• .Pan American Bank, N.A., Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Ten (10) branches of 1200 sq. ft. each. Trust and corporate offices of 10,000 sq. ft., Money room of 3700 sq. ft. and consumer collection offices of 2000 sq. ft.

• .King & Prince Hotel, St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.A.

Two hundred eighty (280) room luxury hotel, lobby, restaurant for one hundred twenty (120), lounge for seventy-five (75), meeting room for fifty (50) to three hundred (300).

• .Fromberg, Fromberg & Roth, P.A., Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Law offices for fourteen (14) partners and twenty-two (22) staff, 6100 sq. ft.

• .Downtown Development Authority, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Offices for twenty (20) executives and forty-one (41) staff, 3200 sq. ft.

• .G.D. Searle, South American Division Offices, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Offices for thirty (30) executives and sixty-eight (68) staff, 4600 sq. ft.

Accomplishments:

• .22% average reduction in client rental space requirements.

• .35% average reduction in project management costs.

• .23% average reduction of client construction costs.

EDUCATION

ARCHITECTURE

PRATT INSTITUTE

(2 years)

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

WENTWORTH INSTITUTE

(1 year)

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

CIVIL ENGINEERING/ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

(1 year)

Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.