About Michael

Michael has been practicing architecture for more than 25 years, half of which as a project manager, and most recently as a Senior Associate and Quality Control Manger for HOK’s Los Angeles office where as a project manager he executed a number of LEED® Certified Gold and Certified Silver projects including UC Merced, Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center, Pierce College Center for the Sciences, and the Big Blue Bus projects.

As a LEED® Accredited Professional Michael has been lecturing frequently on “GreenFormat and the Need for Comprehensive Environmental Product Declarations” and on “BuildingSmart; An Integrated Approach to Project Delivery”.

Michael has served on the Construction Specifications Institute’s Los Angeles Chapter Board since 1998. In addition to being elected by the LA Chapter as Director, Vice President, President Elect, and President, as well as currently fulfilling his duties as Past President, Michael has been a member of several local and national CSI committees, including the Technical, Education, Website/Electronic Communications, Strategic Planning and GreenFormat committees. He has also been a guest lecturer at the University of California Los Angeles School of Architecture.