PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Galloway & Company, Greenwood Village, Colorado - 4/2009 – Present
Head Landscape Architect

Head of the Landscape Architecture Department and Sole Irrigation Designer for a multidisciplinary firm of engineers, architects, and landscape architects.

+ Oversee landscape architecture, irrigation, and site planning for commercial developers, nationally known big-box retailers, and restaurants; including The Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Jack-in-the-Box, Applebee’s, & King Soopers

Land Architects, Highlands Ranch, Colorado - 6/1999 – 2/2009
Project Designer & Head Irrigation Specialist

Responsibilities included project design and management of both creative and technical processes of landscape, planning, and irrigation designs from start to finish.

+ Demonstrated excellent leadership communication techniques and rapport with city/governmental agencies, professional/regulatory bodies, owners/ developers, contractors, and the general public

+ Created, directed, and prepared construction documents, site plans, and zoning submittals

+ Involved and handled a wide variety of project designing and managing with construction budgets in upwards of one million dollars

+ Acquired expertise of irrigation material, water management, water/plant relationships, water auditing and water conservation

+ Produced strong presentation graphics by way of hand and computer drafting

National Park Service – Omaha, Nebraska - 5/1998 – 8/1998, 12/1998 – 1/1999
Architectural Technician (Landscape) -Summer/winter Internship

+ Collaborated to create design policies and direct the execution of designs

HDR, Inc. – Omaha, Nebraska - 5/1997 – 8/1997, 12/1997 – 1/1998
Landscape Intern-Summer/winter Internship

+ Designed construction documents of outside recreational settings and civil details

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

+ Drafting: AutoCAD 2010, Microstation
+ Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop
+ Layout/Presentation: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Power Point
+ 3D Modeling: Sketch-Up Pro, Google Earth
+ Computer Code: HTML, PHP, CSS, Dreamweaver
+ Organization/Administration: Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

REGISTRATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

+ Registered/Licensed Landscape Architect: Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Utah, Texas, and Oregon
+ Certified Irrigation Designer – Commercial
+ Licensed Professional, in Castle Rock, Colorado
+ Member, Irrigation Association (IA)
+ Member, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)
+ Member, American Society Landscape Architects (ASLA)

EDUCATION

Kansas State University – Manhattan, KS - 8/1994 – 5/1999
+ Bachelor of Landscape Architecture - College of Architecture, Planning, and Design

HONORS & ACTIVITIES

+ Member of Sigma Lambda Alpha Landscape Architecture Honorary Society
+ Active member of the Kansas State University Alumni Association