Jul 2024 – Mar 2025 · 8 mos · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• ▪ Leadership role delivering business value in public realm and streetscape domain;
• ▪ Strategic and operational support to building Streetscape capacity and capability under Roads and highways, within Transportation and Infrastructure business unit;
• ▪ Discipline related Bid Management with contribution to large value wins (several hundreds millions dirhams range);
• ▪ Successful project closure for legacy projects.

Jan 2022 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• ▪ Consulting, advising, professional services to selected parties
• ▪ Strategic cycle of growth
• ▪ Knowledge-based services

May 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

• Landscape department technical lead reporting to Landscape Director
• Performing full set of operational and strategic services for creating business value and achieving successful simultaneous delivery of multiple large-scale landscape and multidisciplinary projects
• Bid preparation, rebranding department capability, Client presentations, Stakeholder engagement, interdisciplinary coordination, BIM framework implementation, SmartHub use

Sep 2017 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Acted as project lead landscape architect within British boutique (at that time) master planning + landscape consultancy with successfully delivered several mega-large and iconic projects;
• Full cross-discipline integration and coordination with Client, LDC, specialty consultants and subconsultants (Landscape Lighting, Water Features, Signage and Wayfinding, Security, etc) and overseas production support;
• Early recognition and further continuous satisfaction of business owners and stakeholders for delivering success that resulted in quicker and smooth approvals, swift invoicing;
• Expansion to new market (Abu Dhabi) based on my performed efforts and project results;
• Enhanced collaboration, effort, time, quality and cost management, design management, document control and submissions management (Unifier, Aconex).

Oct 2015 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Project lead landscape architect under Master Planning Department for Public Realm and landscape component mostly in planning stages (CMP, DMP, strategies, etc.);
• Comprehensive urban design and interdisciplinary coordination mostly for large, mega and giga-scale mixed use and residential developments run on parallel delivery tracks;
• Team collaborative and individual preparation of design, schemes and diagrams, reports, presentations, cost assessments and value engineering, Client and Stakeholders meetings participation, including variety of cross-discipline tasks necessary to ensure project success;
• Resource planning and workflow organisation for success, where superb results were recognized by Clients and resulted in awarding new work.

Oct 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr · Dubai, UAE

• Within Landscape and Master Planning department team designed and delivered number of both landscape and master planning projects, all in time, on budget and to quality that resulted high Clients’ satisfaction;
• Overall interdisciplinary coordination with Architects, Infrastructure, Roads, Sustainability, Interior Design, specialized sub-consultants and vendors;
• Covered large and mega scale, large complexity projects, all segments, work stages and tasks.

Mar 2014 – Sep 2014 · 6 mos · Dubai, UAE

• Landscape Architect for private developers and housing authority portfolio (large scale and complex projects) reporting to Landscape Design Manager within Landscape Department;
• Creating landscape design and public realm solutions, delivering multiple design stages (drawings sets, reports, presentations, BoQs), Client’s and interdisciplinary meetings, preparing presentations, technical, quality (IDC/IDR) and cost coordination;
• Close liaising with PM and success in preparing technical documentation to substantiate VO claims

Oct 2013 – Feb 2014 · 4 mos · Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Concept and schematic design (reports and drawing packages) for phase 2 Haza Bin Zayed Stadium mixed use development in Al Ain.
• Landscape design and full coordination with Architects and Engineers for 8 residential G+4 building blocks, one office building plot and F&B village.

Oct 2011 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Dubai, UAE

• Design Consultancy under early Free Zone model;
• Supplying full design solutions (visioning - concept to detail design - tender packages) mainly for commercial and specialty niche projects.

Apr 2010 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, UAE

• Returning to English boutique consultancy as small team lead completing concept to tender stages and post-tender supervision (RIBA Stage B to RIBA Stage H), Landscape Specifications (CSI and NBS) and Schedules, Sustainability reports and ecological assessments (Estidama application);
• Coordination with Client and other disciplines, Sub-consultants and Contractors.

Sep 2009 – Mar 2010 · 6 mos · Tivat, Montenegro

• Landscape and environmental coordination for the Developer (Client’s side role), liaising with international LDC, local consultants and local Authorities;
• Managing EIA approval and environmental permit procedures, coordination with cultural heritage protection;
• Successfully accomplished contracted role target and scope.

Nov 2008 – Jan 2009 · 2 mos · Dubai, UAE

• Key member of design team within English boutique landscape consultancy;
• Driving development of conceptual-strategic plans for sustainable mixed-use community into detail design with implementation of all urban & park design elements;
• Schematic & detail landscape/urban design for public, residential & private projects.

Apr 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, UAE

• Developing complete landscape/urban design for public, business & residential sector. Preparing concept & preliminary design presentations to the agreed scale with sketches/ /perspectives/
• /reference images. Preparing & coordinating shopdrawings for softlandscape, hardlandscape, irrigation & planting, lighting, woodworks, bbq & water features including BOQ & specifications. Coordination with Client/Architect/Engineer/Consultant. Following up landscape construction with preparing revised plans as per required

May 2004 – Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Belgrade, Serbia

• Landscape architecture and engineering services – concept proposals to detail design (full drawings packages, Specs and BOQ), landscape construction site supervision, landscape maintenance.