EXPERIENCE

CAD/BIM Manager, Sep. 2006 - present

Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc., Cleveland, OH

Oversaw implementation of Revit for an architecture, engineering, and construction management firm of 50-100 people. Also supported AutoCAD and other software. Duties included:

• Development of Revit project templates and standards
• Development of scores of custom famailies for academic casework; doors; RTUs; light fixtures and exit signs; plumbing components; power equipment; schedulable roof openings, masonry piers, and bearling plates; detail components, etc.
• Answering questions and troubleshooting user problems with Revit, AutoCAD and other software
• Development of content and techniques to support LEED analyses and documentation
• Training new users in the use of Revit Architecture, Structure, and MEP
• Training new employees on company CAD standards

Application Engineer, Sep. 2005 - May 2006

AEC CADCON, Inc., Columbus, OH

Gave demonstrations, training, and support as a technical engineer at an Autodesk Value-Added Reseller, including:

• Installation support and software support via telephone and GoToMeeting
• Live and webinar-based sales demonstrations
• Undertook VBA and AutoLISP programming assignments
• Web site and newsletter articles, including a white paper and various tips articles

Lecturer, Sep. 2004 - May 2005

Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan

CAD Fundamentals I, Fall/Winter Term Architecture 411
An introductory course on computer applications in architecture, taught to 75+ students per semester. It is a combination of a survey course on computer graphics, and a CAD drafting course. The course format involves weekly assignments covering topics like image processing, basic drafting, CAD symbols, layers and layouts, basic 3D modeling, Building Information Modeling, desktop publishing, and HTML.

Graduate Student Instructor/Teaching Assistant, various semesters, Sep. 1991 - Jun. 1999

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Microcomputers in Computer-Aided Design, Architecture/Urban Planning 581
(Later re-numbered as Spring Term Architecture 411)

A survey course covering digital photo processing, drafting, modelling, introductory spreadsheet and database concepts, desktop publishing, web publishing, and fundamentals of computer graphics data. This course was faster paced than the Fall/Winter Term CAD Fundamentals I, with more emphasis on underlying CAD concepts. A syllabus is available, as are examples of work by the students. This course was usually co-taught with another GSI, giving us the freedom to develop the course as we saw fit. Together, we:

• Selected course content, wrote and graded assignments and quizzes, lectured and demonstrated software, and performed other duties of teaching a course.
• Altered the course to utilize more topical, widely-used software (AutoCAD) to illustrate the topics being covered, increasing enrollment to the point that the increased income from tuition paid for the software.
• Altered the course content to place greater emphasis on underlying CAD concepts: what sort of data was being manipulated, and what that meant for what the software.
could do and what potential problems might result.

Fall/Winter Term Architecture 411

An introductory CAD course covering drafting, modeling, and data extraction using AutoCAD, ClarisCAD, Excel, and/or GEDIT (U of M modeling software). The course was taught by Jim Turner. As his assistant, I:

• Prepared course assignments (e.g., the "Fountain from Hell").
• Answered student questions in the computer lab.

Computer Consultant I, Jan. - Apr. 1998

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Continuing Education Workshops for faculty and practitioners

These were organized as a series of Saturday morning lectures and lab sessions intended to familiarize faculty members with software used by studio students. For a fee, practitioners could attend sessions for AIA Continuing Education credits, providing income for the College. As a computer consultant, I:

• Assisted with hands-on lab sessions for about 15 faculty members and professionals enrolled in the series of workshops.

Instructor, Jan. - May. 1997

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Winter Term Architecture 411

One- to three-credit, introductory CAD course covering drafting, modeling, data extraction, and basic web page construction using AutoCAD, Excel, Netscape Navigator, and other software. As instructor, I:

• Directed graduate assistants, organized the syllabus, prepared and presented lectures and demonstrations, and directed the grading of assignments and quizzes for approximately 60 students.
• Modified lecture content to focus more on issues and concepts underlying the software, rather than command syntax, while retaining coverage of software tools and staying within existing framework for the course.

Research Assistant, Jan. 1992 - Aug. 1993

Energy Cost Avoidance Project (ECAP), College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Various Projects

Several energy-related projects undertaken by research scientists in the department. Working for them, I:

• Helped develop a HyperCard building manager's tool.
• As part of a "smart building" project, wrote scripts and batch files for automated data acquisition and manipulation of a shading device through a Keithley 500A measurement and control system.
• Installed and hardware and software, created translators, etc., as needed.

Teaching Assistant/CAD Lab Monitor, Aug. 1986 - Dec. 1989

College of Design, Iowa State University

Examples of work by my students at ISU are available.

Intro to Computer Applications, Design Studies 201

Introductory computer applications course for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, and Art and Design students. As "head TA," I:

• Assisted in creation of the course syllabus.
• Prepared and presented lectures and demonstrations.
• Prepared and graded lab assignments, quizzes, and exams.
• Organized and directed other TA's.
• Answered student questions and monitored the computer lab.

Architecture 334, Architecture 434, Art 408 and Various Independent Studies Topics

Second or later computer applications courses for students in various departments. As directed by course instructors, I:

• Prepared and presented occasional lectures and demonstrations.
• Answered student questions and monitored the computer lab.

Assistant Instructor, Apr. 1987, Apr. 1988

College of Design, Iowa State University

Continuing Education Workshops on Computer-Aided Design Software

Annual weekend workshops that raised money for the College by offering CAD instruction to practitioners for AIA Continuing Education credit. I:

• Assisted in the organization of the event, helping prepare advertizing materials and helping to contact software vendors and distributors.
• Installed hardware and software for demonstration of various programs.
• Instructed workshop participants in the use of various drafting, modelling, and non-graphics software packages through a series of hands-on demonstrations.