Professional Summary
Licensed architect and project manager with over 15 years of experience overseeing a multi-project portfolio with seven-figure active fees, delivering profitable, on-schedule work with a high degree of autonomy. Experienced in project and portfolio financial management, resource planning, and business development in support of practice growth. Actively pursuing a management track, including advanced PM training and a planned PMP certification, to support long-term studio and practice leadership.
Core Skills and Expertise
Architectural
• Programming, master planning and stakeholder engagement
• Zoning, Code and Permitting Coordination
• Design Management (Programming through CDs)
• Construction Administration & Field Observation
• Multidisciplinary consultant coordination
• New construction and high-complexity renovations (phased, occupied)
• Project delivery methods including Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Architect-of-Record and consultant-to-prime roles
Managerial
• Designed and implemented a division-wide project and portfolio analytics platform to support financial forecasting, staffing decisions, and executive reporting
• Leading firm-wide ERP implementation for project financials, reporting, and resource planning
• Project & Portfolio financial management
• Resource planning & staffing forecasting
• Project procurement: RFPs, RFQs, and interview processes
• Client relationship management and repeat-client development
• Business development, strategic marketing and pipeline management
Tools
• Architectural: Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam
• Modeling and Visualization: SketchUp, Lumion
• Graphics & Proposals: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Data and Analytics: Excel (advanced), Power BI
Experience
Jackson & Ryan Architects, Houston, TX
2017 - Present
Project Manager
Lead project manager and project architect specializing in animal welfare and public-sector facilities. Progressive responsibility across a portfolio of large, complex public and institutional projects.
Selected Projects:
City of Houston BARC Dome Renovation and Warehouse Replacement — Houston, TX
Project Manager & Project Architect | $16M Construction Cost
Phased renovation of an 18,000-SF animal shelter intake dome and replacement warehouse executed while maintaining continuous facility operations.City of Houston BARC New Adoption Shelter — Houston, TX
Project Manager & Project Architect | $25M Construction Cost
New approximately 38,000-SF, 140-dog adoption and animal care facility.City of Kyle New Animal Care Center — Kyle, TX
Project Manager & Project Architect | $22M Construction Cost
New approximately 32,000-SF intake and adoption facility, delivered within a complex city/county stakeholder environment.City of Kyle Animal Care Center Feasibility Study & Conceptual Design — Kyle, TX
Project Architect
Feasibility study and conceptual design that directly led to the City awarding Jackson & Ryan the subsequent SD-through-permitting contract for the full facility.Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Renovations — Athens, TX
Project Architect | $6M Construction Cost | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Renovations to the visitor center and aquatic tank and pond exhibits, delivered from schematic design through construction administration.Tradition Sentior Living at Clearfork — Fort Worth, TX
Architect | $100M Construction Cost
New Senior Living Facility including Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care units, delivered from design through construction administration.
Acosta Design Studio, Houston, TX
2010 - 2017
Principal Designer, Owner
Founder and principal providing graphic design, branding, and architectural design services for architecture and development firms.
Perez, APC, New Orleans, LA
2013 – 2016
Architectural Designer
Architectural designer involved in all phases from early design through construction administration on multifamily and hospitality projects.
Manning Architects, New Orleans, LA
2011 – 2013
Architectural Designer / Graphic Designer / Marketing Associate
Design associate involved in all phases on civic and government projects, with responsibility for proposal writing, graphics, and firm branding.
Dreiling Terrones Architecture, Inc, Burlingame, CA
2005 – 2009
Intern Architect
Contributed to residential. K–12 and civic/commercial projects from schematic design through construction.
Education
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Bachelor of Architecture, 2010
La Magia Institute, Rome, IT
Urban Design Studies, Fall 2008
Languages
Fluent: English, German, Swiss-German
Conversational: Spanish, Italian
Affiliations
Registered Architect, Texas (License No. 20630)
NCARB certificate
Associate AIA
Dual Citizen: United States & Switzerland