Profile
• Over 17 years of urban planning experience working on a variety of neighborhood plans, master plans and design approvals for projects of various sizes and complexity
• Exposure to a variety of development proposals including residential, office, regional malls, schools, community centers, churches, university buildings, recreational facilities, and mixed use developments
• Significant exposure to land use planning, urban design, architecture, and public realm issues related to master plans and individual development proposals
• Expertise in shaping and implementing development controls and design guidelines
• Leadership on interdisciplinary teams focused on master plan implementation
• Significant experience interfacing with municipal and state authorities for environmental, planning, civil
• defense, public works, utilities and building inspection services approvals
• Significant experience interpreting and implementing planning codes and environmental regulation
• Significant experience with green building assessments systems such REAP, University of British Columbia, GSAS, Qatar
• Experience with RFP preparation, consultancy and contract management
• Experience chairing public advisory committee meetings and managing the public review and comment process for contentious development proposals
• Significant experience enforcing Sales and Purchase Agreements and maintaining excellent customer service with landowners
• Excellent communicator with the ability to translate technical information in a clear and concise way to various audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build productive relationships with clients, consultants, co-workers and project stakeholders
• Well developed negotiation skills with focus on extracting best possible results as client representative