In 2008 

I went back to design school for six years and graduated summa cum laude from La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA

 

I worked at Spectra Development Company from 2008 to 2019 and oversaw all aspects of the following departments:

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• Property Management

• Leasing

• Project Management

• Architectural Design

• Contract Documents

• Facility Management

 

 

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First time around I spent six years at Strathclyde  University,  Scotland and graduated with an Honours degree in European Languages, and a Post Graduate degree in Business. Most recently I received my Project Management Certificate from  Cornell University, College of Engineering and I am currently pursuing a real estate licence. 

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I have lived and worked in: Scotland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong and the US, and traveled  throughout the Soviet Union, the Middle and Far East and extensively in  Europe—which impacts  all aspects of my work.

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I have written two dissertations:

The Examination  of  Polarity and Momentum in Art and Nature, based on the  works  of Thomas  Mann, Hermann Hesse and Goethe

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Nature as a Framework for Architectural Design, focusing on the life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

 

My Interests include:

• Cooking & Baking

• Anything Chocolate!

• Gardening   

• Etymology

• Non-fiction 

• Egyptology

• Music

• Behavioral Psychology

• Endocrinology

• My Family - and of course my four - and sometimes five - cats.

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My daughter, Chloe, is a Seattle-based designer and my son, Chris, is a computer engineer at Uber.

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I have  owned and operated my own design freelance design company since 2012.

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