Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Architecture

ID: 735634 California, USA

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Principal level Senior architecture leader with 35 years experience. CA Registered architect, managing, planning, coordinating and directing firms. Contracts and management, building and mentoring teams. Sophisticated skills in project delivery, long-term strategic planning, team oversight, and large scale project execution. Supervising multiple concurrent teams, client constituents and consultants including all technical oversight. Expert witness experience of 10 years. A successful 18-year business owner with a proven record of mentoring staff, improving operations, marketing, and delivering complex, small- to large-scale architectural projects on time and on budget.

Computer Skills: Full Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project); Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat Pro; Quickbooks Pro/Contractor; Google SketchUp Pro; AutoCAD Architecture.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1987 Degree: M. Arch. Subject: Architecture Institution: UCLA
Year: 1981 Degree: B.A. Subject: Art History Institution: Oberlin College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2017 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Managing Principal Department: Architecture
Responsibilities:
 Firm integration
o Oversee merging WK Design Group into an international, company. Staff development, marketing and operations materials, communication and collaboration with national initiatives.
 Project Oversight “On the Boards”
o Multiple projects for modular housing. Large Scale Commercial office, both ground-up architecture and Tenant improvement Interiors.
Scale up from a mid-sized firm of 17 to the local office of an international 1400 person architectural and consulting corporation.
o Extensive Hiring, mentoring, client facing interaction, multiple team coordination.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2017 Employer: WK Design Group Title: Owner/Founder Department: Architecture
Responsibilities:
 Company Sale, transition, and integration
o Sale of WK Design Group, Key player in all aspects.
 Organizational Management
o Executed projects from 2500 to 1 MM s.f. Budgets to $22MM
o Reversed a $250,000 indebted firm to profitability in 2 years.
o Supervised, mentored, directed, and developed a staff of 17
 WK Design Group representative projects
o Congregation Beth David, Saratoga. 27,500 s.f. addition and renovation. $9.5MM
o 1390 Market St, major seismic retrofit and building repositioning. 675,000 s.f. $22MM. Fully occupied building with complicated surge and occupant move planning during construction
o The Stanford Barn and winery. Historic restoration of a National Register property to Secretary of the Interior Standards. CEQA, Preservation, Stanford Management coordination, complex Planning approvals in Palo Alto.
o Vina Enoteca Restaurant. At the Stanford Barn. High end Italian concept eatery.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2001 to 2010 Employer: Group 41 Architects/Developers Title: Owner/Founder Department: Architecture
Responsibilities:
 Project, Staff, overall firm management
o Orchestrated all project tasks and staff. Range from 500s.f. to 85,000s.f. and budgets to $7MM.
o Tracked project and staff utilization for a staff of 15. Monitored quality, field work, and HR

Career Accomplishments

Licenses / Certifications
Registered Architect (RA); The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for license in all 50 states and Canada
CA Licensed Architect
New York Registered Architect
Awards / Recognition
Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Historic Restoration Award for Old Winery building
Palo Alto Architectural Review Board Award of Merit for 2475 Hanover Office Building
Publications and Patents Summary
Publications: 4 and various others

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