Freelance Design Consultant
Decor & Diagonals, Santa Monica, CA
October 1982 - Present

Design in relation to the environment, architecture and interiors for a private clientele. Projects include architectural design and workings drawings for public, commercial and residential buildings, space planning, interiors, displays, furniture design , models and graphics including perspective drawings, renderings, presentation boards.

Arch 2000, Inc.
Mr. Kulmatiki
1147 E. Broadway, #105, Glendale, CA 91205
(818) 244-8904
January ‘98-September ‘99
Second Gate Disney Paris for WDI,
Project inaugurated in Jan. ‘02

Senior facility designer, grade 2, for Walt Disney Imagineering.  Participated in the design of 9 out of the 17 buildings built. Project manager on a 500 seat Special Effects’ theater. Job captain on the $40 million 3-story office & recording studios’ building for WDTVI, the Disney Channel.

Abramson Architects
3753 Robertson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 838-8998
October “97-January ‘98

Architecture Model Shop Assistant
Mr. Kirk Alcond, Shop Supervisor
GSAUP, UCLA
December 1994 - June 1995

P/T. Replaced architecture shop supervisor in his absence. Performed office and shop duties. Responsible for teaching machinery usage to other students, maintaining the machines and supervising their use.

Research Assistant II
Pr. Murray Milne, Professor Emeritus
GSAUP, UCLA
March 1994 - September 1994

P/T. Research for and calculation of energy data that lead to obtaining a research grant to develop a computer program addendum to Solar 5. The program will be used for comparative design and will determine the contribution of the various types of pollutants from the use of utilities in a building to environmental pollution at different times of the day and different times of the year.

Research Data Manager
Mrs. Harriet Aronow, Ph. D.
March 1990 - November 1993

P/T. Organized, updated, participated in the design of and prepared outputs for all the research data from follow-up medical visits and follow-up interviews during this four year study. The study demonstrated that regular medical check-ups of senior citizens 75 years of age and older can diminish the risk of costly medical care related to neglected conditions. A pool of 400 seniors was divided between a control group of 200 who were interviewed every 4 months and a study group of 200 who received medical check-ups every 3 months as well as the interviews.

Architectural Drafter
Mr. Leroy Chung, AIA
Chung and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
July 1988 - September 1989

F/T. Developed on site existing floor plans, laid out details and working drawings, electrical and mechanical plans for Type V construction and participated in the design of electrical lay-outs as well as of minor design features(gates, soffits...).

Furniture Manufacture Representative
Krause’s Sofa Factory, Van Nuys, CA
March 1983 - July 1986

F/T. Design advisor and sales representative for this “direct to the public” furniture manufacture. Promoted 50 different upholstered furniture styles each available in 1,500 fabrics and over 35 different configurations.

Art Gallery Assistant Manager
Mr. Leonard Bromberg, dealer, Albuquerque, NM
Terra Incognita, LA, CA
March 1981 - June 1982

P/T. Promoted and displayed American Indian art for this Melrose avenue gallery at the gallery and Indian Art shows.

M. Arch I
Master of Architecture, June ‘95

Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Professional degree
School of Arts and Architecture (GSAUP), UCLA
Fall 1992 - June 1995

B. A.
Bachelor of Design, June ‘91

Department of Design
School of Arts, UCLA
Fall 1989 - June 1991

A. A., June ‘89
Certificate in Architecture Drafting & Design, ‘88
Certificate in Interior Design, ‘86

Santa Monica City College
January 1985 - June 1989

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