Gainesville, Georgia, United States
I’m an Advanced Designer at TriMark USA with 25+ years of experience creating innovative, efficient, and code-compliant foodservice environments. I specialize in prototype development, 3D modeling, and client collaboration—bringing concepts to life with tools like Revit, AutoCAD, and Bluebeam. I’m passionate about mentoring, process optimization, and empowering teams to deliver exceptional results. My portfolio includes high-profile projects like the Air Force One hangar and numerous national chain rollouts. Outside of design, I lead Hope with Him Ministries, a nonprofit focused on church unity through discipleship, mentoring, and outreach. Let’s connect and build something meaningful—whether in design or ministry.
**Prototype Development**: **Prototype Development**: Led the creation of detailed and comprehensive prototypes that facilitated the rapid development of thorough plans. **Design and Planning Excellence**: Lead the charge in crafting stunning and functional foodservice areas for both new facilities and renovations. Your goal? Achieving the perfect blend of space utilization, safety, code compliance, and budget adherence. **Captivating Client Presentations**: Bring innovative design concepts to life for clients, playing a crucial role in developing ideas that enhance their facilities. **Dynamic Project Management**: Juggle multiple projects with finesse, ensuring everything runs smoothly and lands on time and within expectations. **Cutting-Edge 3D Design Modeling**: Harness the power of advanced software like Revit and AutoCAD to create intricate sketches, drawings, and blueprints that inspire and inform. **Collaborative Partnerships**: Work side by side with clients and architects to shape and refine comprehensive project designs and specifications, making sure every detail is just right. **Effective Coordination**: Act as the vital link between supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, engineers, and design professionals, addressing and resolving equipment, code, and building challenges with ease. **Empowering Mentorship**: Guide junior designers through the intricacies of design, provide insights into design software, and impart the wisdom of working harmoniously with owners, contractors, and manufacturers. **Strategic Planning**: Continuously review and reorganize workflows to boost team efficiency, paving the way for success in every project.
**Design and Planning:** Lead the design and planning of foodservice areas for new facilities and renovations, ensuring exceptional space utilization, rigorous safety standards, full code compliance, and strict adherence to budgetary constraints. **Client Presentations:** Showcase innovative design concepts to clients, driving concept development and enhancing facility functionality. **Project Management:** Skillfully oversee multiple projects simultaneously, guaranteeing timely and successful outcomes. **3D Design Modeling:** Leverage advanced 3D design modeling software like Revit and AutoCAD to produce precise sketches, drawings, illustrations, and blueprints. **Collaboration:** Collaborate seamlessly with clients and architects to develop and finalize comprehensive project designs and specifications. **Coordination:** Actively engage with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, engineers, and design professionals to effectively address and resolve equipment, code, and building challenges.
**Marriage Mentoring:** Guided men on transformative journeys designed to rejuvenate and strengthen their marriages, resulting in countless inspiring success stories that highlight the power of commitment and communication. **Empowering Mentoring:** Empowered individuals through dynamic servant leadership training programs that not only ignite actionable change but also foster personal and professional growth, encouraging participants to step into their leadership roles with confidence. **Captivating Messages:** Engaged diverse audiences through powerful and compelling public speaking engagements held at esteemed venues, effectively delivering messages that resonate and inspire action. **Engaging Teacher:** Educated and motivated learners by employing a variety of innovative teaching methods and approaches, ensuring that all students connect with the material in a meaningful way and excel in their learning journey. **Servant Leader:** Committed to serving and mentoring homeless men at a local transitional home, striving to make a lasting impact in their lives by providing guidance, support, and resources that encourage personal growth and stability. **Gifted Leader:** Successfully launched a thriving corporate entity while proudly obtaining 501(c)(3) non-profit status from the IRS, positioning the organization to make a significant difference in the community it serves. **Forward Thinking:** Developed an engaging and user-friendly new website that effectively communicates our mission and core values, enhancing our online presence and outreach capability. **Improved Efficiency:** Streamlined advanced accounting practices by implementing meticulous attention to detail and optimizing processes for greater efficiency, ensuring accurate financial management and reporting.
**Design and Construction Leadership:** Successfully directed the design and construction of cutting-edge foodservice facilities, excelling in both new builds and renovation projects. **Project Management:** Effectively managed the processing of RFIs and submittals with precision, overseeing project scoping, scheduling, and budgeting to ensure timely and successful project delivery. **Client Presentations:** Delivered over 50 impactful presentations to clients and design committees, driving concept development and significantly enhancing facility designs. **3D Design and Modeling:** Expertly created intricate sketches, drawings, illustrations, and blueprints utilizing advanced 3D design modeling software, specifically Revit, to bring visions to life. **Collaboration with Stakeholders:** Thrived in collaborative environments, partnering with clients and architects to develop and secure approval for innovative project designs and specifications. **Coordination Meetings:** Led productive coordination meetings with a diverse range of stakeholders—supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, engineers, and design professionals—to swiftly resolve equipment, code, or building challenges. **IT Issue Resolution:** Strategically collaborated with department heads, managers, supervisors, and vendors to minimize downtime and costs by effectively resolving in-house IT issues. **Custom Equipment Design:** Designed and implemented custom-fabricated equipment, overseeing rigorous quality control through factory visits to ensure stringent adherence to specifications. **Special Project Management:** Led the design efforts for the foodservice segment of the prestigious new hangar for Air Force One, showcasing exceptional project management skills in a high-profile setting.
**Business Development and Sales Strategy** Successfully developed and implemented comprehensive business plans for company startup, ensuring strategic growth and sustainability. **Sales Program Execution** Successfully created and executed initial sales programs, driving early revenue and market penetration. **Client Consultation and Negotiation** Successfully consulted and negotiated with clients to prepare detailed project specifications, ensuring alignment with client needs and expectations. **Facility Design and Management** Successfully directed, reviewed, and approved facility designs and changes, maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency. **Contract and Cost Management** Successfully reviewed and approved contracts and cost estimates, ensuring financial viability and compliance. **Policy and Standards Implementation** Successfully established and enforced policies, standards, and procedures for engineering and technical work, promoting consistency and excellence within the firm.
**Problem Resolution** Conferred with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to resolve work procedures, complaints, and construction issues. **Contract Management** Prepared contracts and negotiated revisions, changes, and additions with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. **Construction Oversight** Planned, organized, and directed activities related to facility construction. **Process Automation** Implemented changes to automate functions, saving time and money with new software and hardware. **Software Conversion Leadership** Led the manufacturing division's transition from AutoCAD to SolidWorks, automating repetitive tasks. **Procurement Negotiation** Negotiated equipment and material purchases for construction projects. **Custom Equipment Design** Designed custom-fabricated equipment using AutoCAD. **Engineering Drawings** Created engineering submittal drawings, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, using AutoCAD.