Interior Design Management, interior design director

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Ability to build & lead strong successful working relationships across departments, teams and clients

• Strong people/project management skills with natural ability to create and enliven a team environment.

• Inspire the team, clients and company executives to think outside the box in order to achieve the goals

Beyospec nd expectations.

• Devoted mentor as well as exceptional business development and marketing acumen

• Creative but practical in achieving strategic alliances in contributing to the growth of the company

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Interiors/Principal

Tymedesign - Chicago, IL fall 2001 - Current

(Architectural Interiors/Project Management/Color Consulting Practice)

Commercial, Retail, Corporate, Hospitality, Health-care, Residential.

Enhancing design and honing in on strategic alliances in order to maximize results and minimize losses

Key projects:

• MacCormac College Chicago, IL

Re-branding and redesign of 15,000sf space, working with outside vendors resulting in a 5% ROI enrollment revenue.

• Aetna Insurance Corp Minneapolis, MN

Reassessing office work-flow, FF&E and creating a more efficient office space of 20,000sf through redesign and color, spec/change, purchase order/bid review, effectively reducing employee attrition rate by 70%

• Tremont Vue Condo/Retail Cleveland, OH

Design, proj management, client relations, Projected cost $250-$400sf - (condo-80,000sf, retail-10,000sf)

• Swan Corporation St. Louis, MO

Reassessing product brands providing cost effective solutions (through market analysis, critical path assessment, value engineering and procurement strategies) to meet their 15% future strategic growth and 10% manufacturing savings goals.

Project Manager/Director

Nakawatase Wyns and Assoc - Chicago, IL winter 2008 - winter 2010

(Architects/Interiors/Mechanical/Structural)

-Due to the economic downturn company filed for bankruptcy-

Key projects:

• Schiller Park Library Schiller Park, IL

Innovative negotiations of client and governmental bodies to expand facilities vertically without impacting the footprint. Supervising of CADD furniture/space planning concepts.

• Medill Elementary School / Horatio May Academy Chicago, IL

Capturing a more efficient build-out and turnaround time resulted in accomplishing higher school attendance.

Manager of Design & Architecture

OfficeMax - Cleveland, Oh / Naperville, IL spring 2006 - fall 2007

(Corporate Retail)

-Due to company buyout and new CEO appointment, all internal design & architecture functions were eliminated and outsourced-

Developed internal design and architectural department

Key accomplishments:

• Hired designers/architects/planners leveraging team to streamline buildouts’ recouping 10%+ in costs.

• Aligning interdepartmental goals to achieving a 15% reduction in duplicate efforts in design and sourcing.

• Reduced overall per store costs by $100K through design, sustainable focus and construction innovations.

• Implementing programs for controls and benchmarks on build-outs to compress build-out time by 10%

• Created a boutique design throughout called the new ‘Advantage’ retail store.

Project Director

Epstein/ISI - Chicago, IL spring 1998 - winter 2001

(International Architectural/Engineering/Interiors Corp)

-Due to 911, all aviation contracts were canceled; departments closed which presented an opportunity to open tymedesign-

Design and business development.

Key projects:

• O’Hare International Airport - concessions/graphics – through BD capturing an additional revenue of $500K.

• Midway International Airport - concessions/graphics - focus on internal retail resulted in additional company revenue.

Senior Design/Architectural Consultant

Beco/Peak Tech/Pollack & Skan Consulting Co.’s - Chicago, IL winter 1991 - spring 1998

(Architectural/Construction/Interiors/Management Outsource Companies)

-Prime opportunity to advance my career was presented at Epstein/ISI-

Support of the following company's clients:

Key Projects:

Abbott Pharmaceutical Chicago, IL

McClier Corp Chicago, IL

MCI Telecom TN

Director of Interiors

Koster & Assoc. Cleveland, OH summer 1988 - winter 1991

(Architectural/Interiors Firm)

-Opportunity to advance into the Chicago market was presented at Beco/Peak/Pollack-

Educational, senior living, library and health-care clients as well as high-end interiors for restaurant, and hospitality facilities for the Omni Hotel/Cleveland Clinic. Collaborating with owners and operators, design and architectural firms to insure schedule, design intent, and overall process was timely and budget conscious.

Key projects:

• Cleveland Clinic/Omni Hotel Cleveland, OH.

• Children’s Memorial Hospital Lobby-Case Western Reserve University Hospitals Cleveland, OH

• Oberlin College Library and Activity Lobby Oberlin, OH

• Walsh Home Senior Living Facility Lorain, OH

Adjunct Faculty- Interior Architecture

Columbia College Chicago, IL spring 2007 - current

SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Chicago, IL winter 2014 - current

Art & Design/Interior Architecture Department for Undergrads and Adult Continuing Studies

• Setting goals and educational initiatives for students in support of real world programs and procedures.

• Challenging and inspiring students to achieve better results and solutions.

Courses taught:

Design Studio II’ - Utilizing and teaching principles of interior design, sustainability, architecture.

Color for Interiors’ - Core study of psychological effect of color on interior environment and people

Color Strategies’ - Core study on color throughout all aspects of the built environment, product design, film, fashion and graphic design

Color for Designers’ - Adult Interior Architecture Continuing Studies on color throughout all aspects of the built environment, product design, film, fashion, materials and graphic design

PROJECT LIST

• Abbott Pharmaceutical Chicago, IL

• Children’s Memorial Hospital Cleveland, OH

• MacCormac College Chicago, IL

• OfficeMax National locations

• Tremont Vue Condo/Retail Cleveland, OH

• Cleveland Clinic/Omni Hotel Cleveland, OH

• Swan Corporation St. Louis, MO

• O’Hare & Midway International Airport (hospitality/restaurants) Chicago, IL

• Oprah Winfrey Residence Chicago, IL

• Blue Cactus sports Bar/Night club Warsaw, Poland

• Unilever International Corp Chicago, IL

• MCI Telecom TN

• Schiller Park Library Schiller Park, IL

• Medill Elementary School Chicago, IL

• Aetna Insurance Corp Minneapolis, MN

• Community Development Naples, FL

• Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Chicago, IL

• Walsh Home Senior Living Facility Lorain, OH

• Caffou Residence Milwaukee, WI

• Karnes Residence Milwaukee, WI

EDUCATION – AWARDS – EXHIBITIONS

MBA - Harrington University - Palmers Green, London, England

MA interior architecture - Harrington University - Palmers Green, London, England

Interior design and arch design studies - Cuyahoga College – Parma Hts, OH

Ukrainian and Russian studies Ridna School of Ukrainian Studies – Parma, OH

CADD expertise – Micro-station. (understanding of AutoCAD)

Expertise in Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Fluency in English (native language), Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian;

An understanding of French, currently learning Mandarin

Affiliations:

IIDA, IFMA, ILATC, DIFFA

Published Projects, Awards, Exhibitions, Competitions:

AIA convention presentation ‘14

AIA presentations Haefele/Neocon ’12, ‘13 ~ AIA presentations RTKL ’12

Featured in Stir Magazine July ’06, ‘11 ~ published in Columbia College brochure Sept ‘11

Buildings Magazine ‘07, ’08, and ‘09 ~ Benjamin Moore-Hue awards ‘05, ‘06, ’07, and ’09

IIDA-Stitch ‘07 green awards competition ~ Ecodoma-Sustainable vision awards ‘07

Interior Design Magazine-design competition ‘06, ’07 ~ Chicago Tribune ‘04

IS (Interiors and Sources) ‘02 ~ Contract Magazine ‘02

Gallery Exhibitions:

Beyond the Coyote Chicago, IL ’12, ’13 ‘14

RockArt Gallery Chicago, IL ’11, ‘12

Sci-Tech Museum Aurora, IL ’11

University of Chicago Chicago, IL ’10

SmART juried show Chicago, IL ’08, thru ’11

Flat Iron Gallery Chicago, IL ’08 thru ‘13

LiL Street Gallery Chicago, IL ’08

COH Gallery Chicago, IL ’07

High Risk Gallery Chicago, IL ’07,’08

Bruns Gallery Cleveland, OH ’04

Pacifico Gallery Chicago, IL ‘01

Fossil Gallery San Francisco, CA ’98

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