Architectural Practice
50 years experience as a practicing architect

Owner of major architectural/engineering/planning firm with over 50 professional employees.

Designer of numerous major buildings throughout Florida including: 
Fine Arts Building at Florida State University 
Humanities Building at Central Florida University 

Schools including high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, vocational technical schools and handicapped  facilities in  many Florida  counties including:  Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Broward, Sarasota, Putnam, and Volusia counties

Prison Facilities in several counties

Apartment and Residential Facilities such as Cove Cay in Pinellas County, a large condominium community with high rise structures, a golf course and country club.
Several thousand apartment units in many counties throughout Florida.

Director of Architecture and Engineering � University of Florida
Responsible for the management of an Architectural and Engineering office of over 30 professionals
Managed construction at all University of Florida sites.

Managed the work of over 30 consulting architects and engineers in designing of buildings and infrastructure for the University.
Coordinated all construction activities and supervision of construction and approved all payments to contractors.
Responsible for a budget of over 25 million per year.

Educational Activities                         
Architecture
Visiting critic in Design University of Florida College of Architecture
Guest Lecturer in Architectural Practice and Administration University of Florida College of Architecture
Guest Lecturer at the American University in Athens, Greece on Systems Building
Autocad 
  Founded the AutoCAD Training Center at the Erwin Technical Center and taught courses at and managed it for 10 years. The training center provides training to over 400 professionals per year in AutoCAD and all AutoDESK products.
Seminar on AutoCAD at the University of Florida Library Facilities Department
Seminar in AutoCAD at Orlando to large religious organization
Provided training for all industrial arts and drafting instructors in Hillsborough County in AutoCAD and methods of teaching it in middle and high schools. Received AutoCAD certification as a training center instructor.
Have attended numerous Conferences and National seminars in the use of AutoCAD
School to Work
Served as director of School to Work program in Hillsborough County and developed numerous new programs including:
Planning and implementation of Success Centers in every high school in Hillsborough County. This involved determining space needs, specifying and bidding all computer hardware (over three hundred computers and servers), setting up networks throughout the county, purchasing and installing software, developing the format of the programs and training the staff. 
Developed numerous training sessions for teachers and counselors throughout the county.
Developed new programs for low achieving students by merging on the job and academic programs and involving corporations, construction companies and trade unions in the program.
Presented seminars on School to Work at all state conferences for School to Work coordinators throughout the state.

Computer Consulting and Programming
Have served as an independent consultant in management and computer use for several architectural firms throughout Florida
Have written several computer programs for management of architectural firms and trained the members of the firm in using the program
Wrote a program to automate the management of contracts at the Physical Plant Department of the University of Florida and implemented it resulting in increased efficiency in the processing of all documents
Have provided on-site training for architectural firms in Florida
Co-founder and vice-president of Office 2 Office LLC a computer software company dedicated to products that will enhance architectural practice and the construction area in general. Participated in the development of Projet Viewpoint a web based project management system.

Awards

Received the American Institute of Architects �Man, Climate and Architecture Award�
Received national awards for school design from the National School Superintendents Association
Exhibited as a participant in the National School Superintendents Association Architectural Design Presentation
Received the Teacher of the Year award in Hillsborough County from the HTCAA 1995
Received the Teacher of the Year award from Hillsborough County 1996
Received the President's Award from the Florida AIA
Received the Silver Medal from the Florida AIA
Received the Pullara Award for service to the chapter from AIA Tampa Bay
Received the Medal of Honor for servicce to the community and the chapter from AIA Tampa Bay

Civic and Professional Affiliations

Board member, Past President of AIA Tampa Bay
Board member, Vice President of Florida AIA
Board member of Dale Mabry Sertoma
Board of Directors Hillsborough County Mental Health Association
Board of Directors Easter Seals Society
President, secretary, treasurer Saint John�s Board of Directors
State Secretary, President Ahepa
Chairman and Vice-chairman of Architectural Review Commission for Historic Preservation City of Tampa
Hillsborough Tomorrow, chairman of Education Committee
Board member Architectural Guild University of Florida