Design and Landscape Experience

KALEIOPE Environmental Design - Raleigh, NC

Proprietor & Design Lead

Local business devoted to regenerative landscape design and management.

Summer 2021 to present

Currin Outdoor Living - Raleigh, NC

Designer

Supporting Creative Manager in all aspects of design/sales.

• Pre-qualification, site consultation, analysis, analog and digital drafting.
• Estimates
• Coordination with subcontractors, vendors and clients.

Winter, Spring 2021

NC State University - Raleigh, NC

Masters Candidate

• Track III-Landscape Architecture.

2018 to 2020

NC State University - Raleigh, NC

College of Design, Graduate Operations Assistant

• Responsible for preventative maintenance and improvements in all College facilities
• Assist students with project completion
• Materials and storage management

2019 to 2020

Bee Downtown - Durham, NC

Apprentice Bee-keeper

• Responsible for construction and maintenance of apiary equipment for display on corporate campuses
• Assisting head bee-keeper in hive care
• Harvesting honey.

Summer 2019

Sunrise Ranch - Loveland, CO

Ranch-hand

• Support role in 300 acres of holistic land management and 6-acre organic garden.
• Livestock care, mainly cattle.
• Landscape maintenance.

Spring, Summer 2013

Reko Patagonia - La Mallín Ahogado, Rio Negro, Argentina

Volunteer

• Support role in several build projects
• Cooking
• Land management
• Woodlot management
• Household chores.

Fall 2012 - Winter 2013

Design Skill Set

• Intermediate to advanced drafting and modeling in Vectorworks 2022.
• Intermediate graphic illustration in Affinity Suite.
• Proficient in Adobe Suite.
• Analog drafting and illustration.
• Watercolor sketching.
• Proficient CAD drafting in Autodesk
• Familiarity with landscape performance tools and holistic soil testing.
• Intermediate mapping and analysis in ArcGIS and QGIS.
• Programming basics in R and SQL
• Proficient in basic web development, HTML, CSS, and JS

Affiliations

• Emerging Professional, Association of Professional Landscape Designers
• Member, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seafaring Experience

Oliver Hazard Perry - Newport, RI

Second Mate

Responsible to Captain in all matters pertaining to the outfitting and sea-readiness of newly certified ocean-going vessel.

• Voyage planning
• Safety systems
• Navigation procedures
• OICNW

Off-shore passages. New England, Cuba, Bermuda.

Winter & Spring 2017

Pride of Baltimore II - Baltimore, MD

Chief Mate

Responsible to Captain in all matters pertaining to ship's operation.

• OICNW.
• In charge of NOAA VOS weather reports.
• Offshore passages, daysails, dockside attraction.

Daysails & offshore passages. Chesapeake Bay, Canadian Maritimes, Great Lakes.

Winter, Spring, Summer 2016

Deckhand/Asst Engineer

• RFPNW
• NOAA VOS weather reporter

Daysails & offshore passages. Chesapeake Bay, New England, Canadian Maritimes, St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes.

Winter 2008 - Summer 2009

Wilderness Discoverer - Juneau, AK

2nd Mate/Licensed Deckhand

• OICNW
• Small boat operations
• Passenger safety/security

Expedition-based passenger cruises. Southeast Alaska.

Winter - Fall 2015

Sørlandet - Kristiansand, Norway

Boatswain

Responsible to Chief Mate in all matters related to deck department.

• Rigging care and maintenance
• Supervision of ABs
• Instruction of trainees

Blue water voyages. North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea.

Summer 2011 - Spring 2013

Søren Larsen - Avatiu, Cook Islands

Boatswain

Responsible to Chief Mate in all matters pertaining to the deck department

• RFPNW
• Care and maintenance of rigging, spars, and hull.

Blue water voyages. New Zealand, Western South Pacific.

Spring, Summer 2011

Roseway - St. Croix, USVI

First Mate

Responsible to the Captain in all matters aboard ship.

• OICNW
• Director of maintenance

Daysails, offshore passages. New England, Canadian Maritimes, St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, US Virgin Islands.

Winter 2010 - Winter 2011

Bounty - Greenport, NY

Able-Bodied Seafarer

• RFPNW
• Rigging maintenance

East Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea

Fall 2007 - Winter 2008

Timberwind - Rockport, ME

Deckhand

• Outfitting
• Daily operations

Inland passenger cruises. Penobscot Bay, ME.

Spring, Summer, Fall 2007

Ocean Star - Road Harbor, BVI

Trainee

Offshore passages. BVI, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands.

Fall 2005

Boatbuilding and Shipyard Experience

Corwith Cramer - Woods Hole, MA

Carpenter

Responsible to Captain for carpentry tasks associated with major re-fit. Major projects include re-caulking teak decks, re-building bunk shelving, repairing mooring hardware, cap-rails, and interior defects.

Astilleros de Mallorca, Mallorca, ESP

Fall 2016

Mystic - Mystic, CT

Chief Mate

Responsible to Captain in mast removal for emergency rig inspection. Supervision of sailing crew in overall fit out. General oversight of yard-managed projects. OICNW during delivery down to USVI.

Fairhaven Shipyard, Fairhaven, MA

Fall 2014-Winter 2015

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding - Port Hadlock, WA

Student

Professional instruction in all skills related to wooden boat building, including drafting and lofting.

• Construction of Gillett Beachcomber and Atkin Flipper skiffs.
• Construction of backbone, transom and frame-up on 36' Chamberlin motor-sailor.

Fall 2013 - Fall 2014

Sørlandet - Kristiansand, NO

Rig Foreman

Responsible to yard foreman for the complete re-assembly of a fully-rigged ship post re-fit.

• Coordinate with shipyard for scheduling use of heavy equipment
• Supervise all major installations
• Coordinate with Captain and Officers for placement of idle crew in re-installing electronics, safety checks, etc.

Desan Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey

Summer 2012

Roseway - St. Croix, USVI

Foreman

Management of novice crew for routine shipyard maintenance as well as major projects:

• Replace all standing rigging
• Replace M.E. exhaust manifold
• Replace fore crosstrees.

Gloucester Marine Railway, Gloucester, MA

Fall 2010

Caledonia - Halifax, NS

Re-Fit Crew

• Installation of overheads
• Packing transits
• General fit-out projects during dry-dock period

Colonna Shipyard, Norfolk, VA

Winter 2008

Other Work/Volunteer Experience

Langston Enterprises - Number Nine, AR

Press Operator

• Monitor and trouble-shoot automated bale-pressing, binding, and bagging machinery in large-scale cotton gin.
• Maintain accurate, real-time record of bale weights for growers, supplier, and customers.
• First stage quality control.
• Fire-fighting.

Fall 2016

SUWS of the Carolinas - Old Fort, NC

Field Instructor

• Monitor safety of at-risk youth in Pisgah National Forest.
• Facilitate therapeutic goals as outlined by a licensed social worker.
• Provide instruction in primitive living skills.
• Foster "leave-no-trace" ethics.

Summer 2009

Skill Set

• Traditional and modern ship rigging
• Boatbuilding fundamentals. Curved and circular carpentry
• Crane, aerial boom-lift, heavy lifting operations
• Marlinspike seamanship, including fancywork
• Marine finishing, including epoxy paints and varnish
• Basic electricity and plumbing
• Coastal, celestial navigation
• Basic meteorology and forecasting
• Voyage outfitting and planning
• Basic welding, thermal cutting, tool-making, and blacksmithing
• Underwater boat maintenance and repair
• Drafting, lofting, technical drawing, and design fundamentals
• Proficient Spanish. Basic Swahili
• Proficient in Word-Processing and Spreadsheet programs, including Word and Excel
• Proficient in On-board Maintenance programs such as Wheelhouse and TM Master.