| OBJECTIVE | To be part of an inspired team that creates environmentally friendly, practical, residential designs to synthesize the needs of homeowners with nature. |
| LANDSCAPE EXPERIENCE |
May 2002 to Present Frederick Landscape Design Alexandria, VA Professional Grounds, Inc. Lorton, VA Lost Creek Landscapes, LLC Centreville, VA Garden Angel Designs Alexandria, VA Campbell Ferrara Nurseries, Inc. Annandale, VA Petro Design/Build, Inc. Mitchellville, MD Chapel Valley Landscape Company Woodbine, MD Home Depot Pittsburgh, PA |
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LANDSCAPE QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION |
Virginia Certified Professional Horticulturist Spring 2011 Sandler Sales Training December 2007 to October 2009 Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturist Fall 2003 Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 – 2002 Graduate Coursework for MA in Landscape Studies, Focus: Photography |
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LANDSCAPE SKILL SET |
Landscape Designer/Salesperson for small to medium-size residential design/build firms. Sales Associate at several garden center retail establishments. Team sales approach to residential landscape projects ranging from $1.5K to $500K. Salesmanship including networking, prospecting, presentations and customer service. Yearly gross sales average $250,000 with install estimating at over $1,000,000 in 2011. Homeowner consultation, field measuring and documentation of existing conditions. Symbiotic hardscape designs inspired by over 11 years architectural study and practice. Planting Plans, construction drawings, elevations, lighting, drainage and waterfeatures. Hand drafting and AutoCAD design, take-off and spreadsheet estimating. Working knowledge of best-performing landscape plants zones 5, 6 and 7. Commercial and residential design/sales/install, permit procurement and RFP response. Materials and plant selection, construction layout and supervision, punch list follow-up. Contributing garden writer for company newsletter and photographic documentation. Me habla un poquito espanol. |
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NON-PROFIT |
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA May 1999 to May 2002 Grable Coordinator in the Education Department at the historic glass house conservatory responsible for Summer/Fall Internship program funded by the Grable Foundation that included hiring, teaching, supervising city/county high school students in the exploration of careers in horticulture and botany in the summer and in the preparation of their teaching elementary students in the fall. Education Specialist responsible for serving as weekend Education Department staff person on duty to facilitate scheduled programs, prepared and presented monthly adult public education programs on various botanical topics, presented the slide lecture on the conservatory’s history, taught botanical education programs and gave tours to elementary school children. |
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ARCHITECTURE EXPERIENCE |
Historic Preservation Consulting, Western Pennsylvania March 1997 to May 1999 Norman Y. Harai Associates, Edgewood, PA November 1995 to March 1997 Triangle Engineering, Overbrook, PA October 1994 to October 1995 Walter L. Phillips, Inc., Falls Church, VA August to October 1994 IKM, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA August 1992 to July 1994 |
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ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA BA in Architectural Studies, 1992, Minor: Studio Arts, Focus: Urban Studies |
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ARCHITECTURE SKILL SET |
Independent Consultant, Draftsman, Survey Crew Rodman and General Office Coordinator for large, medium and small size architecture, engineering, interior design and landscape architecture firms. Hand drafting and AutoCAD production of construction and shop drawings. National Register nominations, history research, renovations to historic buildings. Maintaining building products library, brochure and proposal graphics and mapmaking. Model building, presentation boards, field measuring, photography and diazo printing. Boundary and final surveys, building stakeouts, utilities location, traverse and control, topography and property corners, base maps, site plans, grading plans, road profiles, site utilities, plot plans, storm and sanitary sewer profiles, hydro calculations, earthwork, highway occupancy permits, DER sanitary sewer modules, deed and utility research. |
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COMPUTER |
AutoCAD 2002, Apple, Microsoft, Slice, Google Maps, WordPress |