PROFESSIONAL BIO

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With almost 40 years of architectural experience, Rich is an excellent Senior Project Manager who has covered an amazing range of projects in his career.  He started in 1985 working on high-end hospitality, restaurant, and retail developments:

Townsend Hotel Birmingham Michigan, Georgetown Inn of law, Indianapolis Union Station Indianapolis Indiana, Gandy Dancer Restaurant Ann Arbor Michigan, Chuck Muer Restaurant Chain.

 

He later transitioned to medical facilities, including work for Henry Ford Health System, Greenfield Health System, Detroit Medical Center, American Renal Center, McLaren Health Centers (P.O.H.), Detroit Sinai Grace, St Joseph Hospital, Macomb Regional Center & associated others. Renal dialysis units, CT, X-ray & MRI units, Dental facilities, Hospice facilities, Psychiatric facilities, Surgical units.

 

Rich has developed drawings for large-scale warehouse and industrial projects of all sizes, including several 1M SF+ projects.  These warehousing & manufacturing accomplishments include facilities for Ashley Capital (Detroit area), Hillwood/Sterling Group, Oliver/Hatcher Construction, Amazon, LG, and Refurbishment of Warren Tank Plant Facility Warren Michigan.

 

Various Improvements to the Nissan Research and Development Technical Center Farmington Hills Michigan including: Dynamometer, Hemi Anechoic Chamber, Prototype Facility, Fuel Cell Facilities, Audio Analysis Facilities, 4 post Shaker Unit, Crash Test Facility, Office Improvements.

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PERSONAL BIO

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Rich and his wife Claudia have been married 37 years.  They share (1) Stepson, (1) Stepdaughter, and seven grandchildren (1 girl and 6 boys!). Rich has resided in the same area his entire life and is proud to have grown up in blue collar auto worker household.

 

FAVORITE QUOTE​

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What can go wrong will go wrong! - Murphy's Law

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FAVORITE MOVIE​

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No favorites but there are the classics: Casablanca, To have and have not, Sands of Iwo Jima, Wings of Eagles, The Fighting Seabees, They Died with Their Boots on, The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), Indiana Jones, The Mummy (Brendan Fraser), Young Frankenstein, The Thin Man.

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FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST​

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Open to most music with no real favorites. Trending toward country music currently.

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FUN FACT​

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Charles Schulz’s involvement with NASA began a year earlier than the 1969 flight of Apollo 10 when he was approached by NASA with a request to use Snoopy as their safety mascot. The Silver Snoopy Award program was instituted to improve the safety record of NASA employees and contractors. It proved to be a huge success with the astronauts and the employees. The Silver Snoopy pin is a much-coveted award. Snoopy has been on the job for 50 plus years and continues to this day in his role as NASA’s safety mascot. These beloved characters became the mascots of Apollo 10. The command module was named Charlie Brown and the lunar module was named Snoopy.