EDUCATION

 

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate | Providence RI | 2012

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | BS of Landscape Architecture | Columbus OH | 2004

 

WORK

 

LANDWORKS STUDIO, INC. | Designer | Boston MA | January 2011 - Present

WHOLE SYSTEMS DESIGN | Freelance Design Researcher | Dean's Mountain VT | December 2009 - Present

EMC DESIGN | Freelance Graphic Designer | Orange CA | April 2009 - Present

LAND ARC WEST | Project Manager | Irvine CA | April 2005 - April 2009

Client, consultant, and employee project management
Project financial budget management
Design/development of digital graphic marketing and presentation material
Graphic standards chair
Chosen division corporate ESOP representative
Project facilitation from conceptual design through construction observation
Team LEED accreditation consulting
Interactive marketing/media design and development

 

VENTURES

 

DESIGN UNDER SKY | Founder/Editor | www.designundersky.com | 2007 - Present

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Blog
Personal design studio

FC EARTH | Co-Founder | www.fcearth.com | 2008 - Present

Social and environmentally responsible soccer lifestyle brand startup

 

SKILLS

 

leadership, management, teaming, communication, design strategy, web/graphic design, web 2.0, writing, hand-drawing, basic html
computer: mac + pc : AutoCAD 2007, photoshop, indesign, illustrator, microsoft office, Rhinoceros, 3DS Max, sketch-up, google applications

 

RECOGNITION/TEACHING/WRITING

 

LEED Accredited Professional, April 2008
University Olmsted Scholar 2011
Helen Hackney McColl Design Award Scholarship 2011
Honorary Institute of Green Professionals Member
Design Under Sky featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine, June 2009
Design Under Sky featured in Landscape - Middle East Magazine, July 2009
Boston Architectural Center, Guest Critic
The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture, Guest Critic
Contributing Writer, Land8Lounge

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

RISD Media Facade Festival, 2011, Tripping Gates [live projection, sound piece]
On the Threshold of Something Else, Something Other, 2011
RISD graduate cross-disciplinary exhibit, Union Square_2030_Atmospheric Landscape Infrastructures

 

TRAVEL

 

India: backpacking trip through seven cities: Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Varanasi, Goa, Mumbai
Australia: Sydney, Katoomba. Cross-continental US, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica

 

INTERESTS

 

architecture, design, motorcycle maintenance, hiking, camping, climbing, exploration, travel, soccer, snowboarding, surfing, music, guitar