
Sustainable Designer & Project Manager
Greater Los Angeles Area

Sustainable Designer & Project Manager
Greater Los Angeles Area
Research and Design-Build, "Think Tank" collaborative approach,
Environmental services, Community Building through sustainable media and architecture, draughting, adaptive re-use, renovations, Building and Safety process, life cycle analysis, illustration, spacial planning & programming ...
Visual communication and modular systems design, as well. Interactive-media, socially and environmentally sensitive design is my specialty.
Community liaison & facilitator.
I figure out how to make things work even with extremely challenging spacial constraints & collaborate with multi-disciplinary groups & clients to reach the fullest potential for creative, beautiful spaces.
(Architecture & Planning industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
iCel Systems designs, manufactures, and builds scalable, "grid-free" energy systems with the use of integrated, intelligent Lithium-ion based energy storage systems.
Designing includes product design, clean energy systems design, and architectural design; from concept to design/build, manufacturing and demo workshops.
www.icelsystems.com (new website launching soon) - bypass login & just click "submit" button to enter existing site)
(Environmental Services industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Green Gurus is a multi-disciplinary team that offers environmental assessments and consulting for existing residential, commercial and film industries. Based in LA, we offer services nationwide.
www.greengurus.net
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)
December 1997 — Present (11 years 8 months)
As a co-founder in the Growing Architecture Collective with Dr. Ryan Wartena, we implement research and design of growing environments in urban and rural settings.
Scope of services include ecological design, space planning, sustainable and architectural consulting, community building, rapid prototyping and fabrication of designs at most scales.
Currently working with Farmlab.org, Greengurus.net.
Other community oriented, sustainable awareness projects
in need of collaborators and investors for city-wide project
proposing an answer to the housing foreclosure crisis in Los Angeles
is in the works. Please contact me if interested in knowing more.
Green Gurus is a multi-disciplinary team of consultants
that will assess your property or project professionally.
We are currently working with the film industry
doing a Home Improvement TV series with
Ed Bagley and Mario Van Peebles for Equator HD television.
Please visit www.greengurus.net for recent updates.
(Design industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
(Design industry)
March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)
Short stint at water feature design and engineering.
I left LA temporarily and sought employment involving Sustainable design upon my return.
(Design industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
B.Arch , 2002 — 2007
Accredited, Professional degree in Architecture
Graduated with Distinction, Sciarc Service Award for Community Leadership, & award for Top 5 Undergraduate Thesis.