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Design > Architect, Interior Designer
Development > Consultant
Ante Architecture + Design Principal Privately-held |
 I am the Co-Founder + CEO of UPworld, the first cross-industry networking site for design, construction and real professionals who want to connect to each other and share project opportunities worldwide.
I am also a practicing architect and design-branding consultant - and I am a firm believer in the new medium of social media.
I write and speak regularly to professionals about the merits of using social media to grow their small businesses and enhance their online brand reputation. |
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| WORK EXPERIENCE |
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| Title: | Principal |
| Company Name: | Ante Architecture + Design |
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| Start Date: | Sep 2003 |
| End Date: | Currently working |
| Company Size: | 0-5 |
| Company Type: | Privately-held |
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ANTE Architecture + Design is a multi-disciplinary design practice located in Manhattan's trendy Lower East Side.
In practice for over 5 years, ANTE's projects include residential, commercial, retail, and hospitality work.
The firm strongly believes in cross-collaborative endeavors of international scope, the importance of a process-oriented design approach, and the use of technology to facilitate communication and decision-making.
The process of designing and building is one of the most complex processes that exists out there today. Our job is to educate clients about the process, helping them understand their choices while working within budget. There is an infinite number of ways a building or space can be designed, so we work closely with our clients to make sure we create the right design for them. |
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| Title: | Co-Founder + CEO |
| Company Name: | UPworld |
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| Start Date: | Oct 2006 |
| End Date: | Currently working |
| Company Size: | 6-10 |
| Company Type: | Privately-held |
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UPworld's mission is simple: unify the greater real estate and building industry on a single platform, facilitate networking online, create quality project teams, and make real building projects happen.
UPworld is a catalyst to uniting the fragmented design-construction-real estate industry and will lead businesses and individuals towards more sustainable building practices, more efficient and transparent work processes, greater innovation from the sharing of unique expertise, and new collaborative opportunities for all.
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| Title: | Principal |
| Company Name: | UP-market[ing] |
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| Start Date: | Jan 2008 |
| End Date: | Currently working |
| Company Size: | 0-5 |
| Company Type: | Privately-held |
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UP-market your brand.
We design and brand companies and buildings.
UP-market[ing] is a design and branding consultancy practice that assists developers, owners, and companies in positioning themselves and their buildings in the marketplace through strategic design.
We can:
- take an existing brand and reposition it in the marketplace
- create a brand for a new product line or company
- design a marketing plan and brand concept for a residential development project
- create an exciting new shopping experience for a retail store
- design a prototype store and rollout plan for retail store expansion
And more!
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| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Company Name: | University of Tennessee |
| City: | Knoxville, TN |
| Start Date: | Sep 1998 |
| End Date: | Jun 2000 |
| Company Size: | 21-50 |
| Company Type: | Academic |
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| Founded in 1965, the College of Architecture and Design houses the only accredited School of Architecture in Tennessee, the top-ranked Interior Design program in the state, as well as a newly established Landscape Architecture program. |
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| Title: | Designer |
| Company Name: | Lacina-Heitler Architects |
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| Start Date: | Aug 2001 |
| End Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Company Size: | 6-10 |
| Company Type: | Privately-held |
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| Lacina-Heitler is a full service design firm offering expertise in architecture, interior design, space planning, and project management to a wide spectrum of clients ranging from corporate to residential and to retail. |
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| Title: | Design Director |
| Company Name: | Grid2 |
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| Start Date: | Apr 2007 |
| End Date: | May 2008 |
| Company Size: | 11-20 |
| Company Type: | Privately-held |
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| GRID2 is an award-winning team of retail consultants, architects, interior designers, and graphic designers whose unique expertise in both the science and the art of retailing has placed them at the forefront of the retail design industry. |
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Expertise: I am an award-winning design architect and a social media consultant, speaker, blogger, writer, and entrepreneur.
My design and branding expertise is in retail, residential, and commercial work. I have worked for clients such as JP Morgan Chase, W Hotel, Searle, Saks Off Fifth, and more.
I communicate my expertise about social media, web 2.0, and online networking through my Blog on UPworld. |
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| Skills: My primary skill set lies in creating and branding new companies - and in building and managing quality project teams. |
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| CREDENTIALS |
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| Awards |
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| Title: | Executive of the Month |
| Awarded By: | New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Description: | Awarded Executive of the Month as the Co-Founder & Creator of UPworld, taking an innovative approach to networking on the web |
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| Title: | Design(ing) Network(ing) Installation |
| Awarded By: | Garanti Gallery, Instanbul |
| Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Description: | Special invitation to be a featured exhibitor in a show on networks and networking as a founder of UPworld |
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| Title: | Deborah Norden Fund Research Grant |
| Awarded By: | Architectural League of New York |
| Date: | May 2004 |
| Description: | Research and Travel Grant Entitled: "Interfacing Architecture in the Fragile Ecosystems of Australia" |
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| Title: | Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Research Grant |
| Awarded By: | Parsons School of Design |
| Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Description: | Research Grant Entitled: "Cities, Ecology & Technology: Overlapping Systems on the Great Barrier Reef"
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| Title: | Exhibition Winner |
| Awarded By: | Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art in Photography |
| Date: | Jan 2003 |
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| Title: | Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies Workshop Grant |
| Awarded By: | University of Tennessee Office of Research |
| Date: | Jun 1999 |
| Description: | Travel Grant to Barcelona, Spain
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| EDUCATION |
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| School: | Columbia University |
| Date Graduated: | Oct 2005 |
| Degree: | Masters of Real Estate De |
| Study Field: | Real Estate Development |
| Description: | Columbia's MSRED program believes the Next Generation of real estate professionals must balance multiple objectives and command a broad skill spectrum. Their accelerated 1 year program curriculum offers special emphasis on core competencies in real estate development, finance, enterprise management and product implementation, combined with frameworks for public policy partnerships and market research methodologies. |
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| School: | University of Cincinnati |
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| Degree: | Masters of Science in Arc |
| Study Field: | Architecture and Interior Design |
| Description: | The School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati prepares students for critical engagement with practice. This critical engagement presupposes sustained evaluation of principles, traditions, and requirements of building in all its aspects, interior and exterior. |
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| School: | Texas A & M University |
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| Degree: | Bachelor of Environmental |
| Study Field: | Environmental Design and Architecture |
| Description: | The College of Architecture at Texas A&M University belongs to and serves the professional communities of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, construction science, and visualization science. It is dedicated to generating significant knowledge and insight producing leaders in planning, design and construction of the built environment. |
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| GOALS AND INTERESTS |
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Career Goals: I am a firm believer in the adage "You can't do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow."
So embrace new technology and the web!
Our goal is to grow UPworld so it becomes the largest cross-industry networking site in the world. Help us achieve this by spreading the word about UPworld to your friends and colleagues. |
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| Personal Interests: dance, sustainability, start-up companies, collaboration, travel, networking |
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