Résumé
Landscape Design · Design Leadership · Practice Development
Summary
Senior landscape design and practice leader with 30+ years of experience creating residential gardens, hospitality environments, cultural landscapes and large-scale communities. Brings together design authorship, planting expertise, project delivery and trusted client relationships—from early vision through construction.
Known for landscapes rooted in regional ecology, natural materials and a strong connection between architecture and site. Experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, mentoring designers, developing new client relationships and expanding practice into new markets across California, the United States and Asia.
More than thirty years contributing to landscape-architecture projects while employed by professional design practices and working under licensed direction.
Selected Expertise
Design
Concept Design · Design Direction · Native Planting Design · Material Strategy · Site Planning · Design Development · Construction Documentation Coordination · Sustainable + Regenerative Design
Leadership
Project Leadership · Client Leadership · Project Management · Multidisciplinary Teams · Consultant Coordination · Design Review · Mentorship · Studio Leadership
Practice
Business Development · Strategic Relationships · Market Expansion · Proposals + Interviews · Practice Growth
Selected Residential Work
Palm Springs, CA · 2025
Manhattan Beach, CA · 2009
Larkspur, CA · 2013
Napa, CA · 2012
Driggs, ID · 2024
Malibu, CA · In Permitting
Woodside, CA · In Progress
La Quinta, CA · Under Construction
Selected Cultural, Public-Realm + Mixed-Use Work
Malibu, CA · 2006
Kansas City, MO · Under Construction
Chongqing, China · 2020
Professional Journey
2022 — Present
Associate Principal · West Coast Business Development
California
2017 — 2022
California · Shanghai
2009 — 2017
2002 — 2009
Founder
1996 — 2002
California
1996
University of Southern California
Client Experience
Residential + Development
Private residential clients · Toll Brothers · Lennar · Shea Homes · Crescent Communities · David Weekley Homes · Trammell Crow · Palmer Square Capital Management
Cultural + Hospitality
The Getty Trust · Augusta National Golf Club · Ritz-Carlton
Additional Select Experience
Google · Rolex · Vanke · Disney · Knott's Berry Farm · Kilroy Realty
Affiliations
ASLA · AIA · SPUR · USGBC · ULI · Children & Nature Network · Therapeutic Gardens Network · California Native Plant Society · International Ecotourism Society · International Palm Society
Tools
AutoCAD · LandFX · Adobe Creative Suite · Bluebeam · Miro · SketchUp · Rhino · Revit · Lumion · AI Platforms · Mosaic · Vantagepoint