Mike Nuzzo

Current

Golf Course Architect at Nuzzo Course Design

Past

Lead Mechanical Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Designer at BD Medical
Caddy at Maplewood Country Club

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Education

Boston University

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Industry

Architecture & Planning

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Mike Nuzzo’s Summary

I love the game of golf: Watching the ball bounce with abandon or hitting it far, being at some of the beautiful places in the world, remembering times playing when I was young with my dad, playing with my friends and post round beers, the sounds of the golf clubs rattling in the back of my car, cool dusk evenings, walking the course, smells of the grass and sweeping the dew in the morning, peace and quite and great calm, Scotland.

My goals as a Golf Course Architect are to create enjoyable courses that inspire people to play. Here are some images from my recent project, Wolf Point Club: http://www.mnuzzo.com/wpc/album2

Design, construction and maintenance must work collaboratively for the project to turn out as good as possible which should include economic sustainability. Construction and maintenance costs can be way too high otherwise - and usually are.

The 2 most important parts of designing a golf course are starting and finishing. Starting is the routing plan - the bones of a golf course and finishing means managing every detail of the course through completion - even the perimeter or outside of the property.

Communicating clearly with the team, especially the shapers, through both plans and the spoken word is a process that takes extreme skill and patience - it is a very detailed vision that needs to be translated into the ground. Providing guidelines that enable adaptation in the field, thus giving the crew the autonomy for improvements, translates directly to very memorable golf.

Please give me a call to answer any questions.

Cheers

Mike Nuzzo’s Specialties:

Routing the Golf Course, Conceptual Design, Renovation, Restoration, Golf Course Construction, Irrigation Design, GPS

Mike Nuzzo’s Experience

Golf Course Architect

Nuzzo Course Design

(Architecture & Planning industry)

2000 — Present (9 years )

Original Design, Renovation & Restoration
Innovative Routing Studies
Individual Project Design Solutions
Renderings and Illustrations
Comprehensive Construction Plans
Exhaustive Site Selection
Development
Sensitive Planning
Diligent Contractor Selection
Constant Field Support and Oversight
Long-Range Master Planning
Meticulous Analysis and Research
Respectful Consultation
GPS Surveillance
Lead Mechanical Engineer

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

1993 — 2000 (7 years )

Lead Engineer worked at East Windsor, NJ, Valley Forge, PA, and Newtown, PA facilities.

Final project was as antenna lead mechanical engineer for the ACeS spacecraft named Garuda. This $650MM program created an instant telephony infrastructure for Indonesia, China, India, Japan.... In simple terms - anyone within the giant footprint of this geosynchronous satellite could directly communicate with another - no land lines or cell towers. Each small hand held unit communicated directly with the satellite.

It was launched from a converted Russian super ICBM - Proton in 2000. The antenna was comprised of two 9 foot deployable feed arrays coupled with two 40 foot unfurlable reflectors.

I was responsible for design, test and integration of antenna / feed system. Lead design efforts through use of SDRC I-DEAS modeling software. Oversaw team of designers, drafters, thermal &structural analysts and I&T (integration & test) team.
Designer

BD Medical

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BDX; Medical Devices industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years )

Worked as designer in BD Labware's R&D division in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

I was the project engineer responsible for the European product launch of 10 derivative fluid handling pipettes. Project management responsibilities included, product improvements, FDA & sterilization approvals, product printing, new packaging and logistics were all managed for a timely delivery.

Supported research & development, detail design, construction drawings and documentation efforts for the new product department.

Implemented systems to streamline and improve packaging graphics for large manufacturing plants.
Caddy

Maplewood Country Club

(Sports industry)

1982 — 1984 (2 years )

Learned much about the game of golf and people while I was a caddy at the local private country club. High School spring and summers.