John Raeber, FAIA, FCSI, CCS - architect
Firm name: John Raeber, FAIA, FCSI, CCS - Architectural Specifications Services, Architectural Technical Services, Codes/Access Resources Services
American, John works in San Francisco, USA
We met in 1981 and have closely worked together ever since.
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John is the best ever Architectural Specifications consultant. He is also a thinker, a writer, a historian, a walking library, a memory bank, a subtle observer, a story teller, a mentor, a giver, a dear friend and many, many other things... When you work with John, you learn at a very fast rate and have a lot of fun in the process... He will have various professional roles in our team, but for the beginning of any assignment he will be our historian and philosopher.
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​For the subject project, John will help us at the beginning in many ways related to the Native American history, culture, knowledge, spirit, art, memories, etc. and inspire us how to integrate these amazing lost realms into the Performance Art Center design…
Kenneth A. Klein, P.E. - civil engineer
Firm name: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger - Senior Principal
He is the head of the West Coast Building Technology Division.
American, Ken works in San Francisco, USA
We met in 1983 and have closely worked together ever since.
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Ken is a expert in complex construction systems, components and details; best diagnostician and problem solver; impressive in math, physics, chemistry, materials knowledge, sustainability, environment influences, world climates; extremely sharp, fun to work with...a real through and through engineer...
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Ken, and John above, have helped keep architects and their projects and practices out of trouble for the last forty years or so.
Ken will be lightly involved at the inception of the projects and deeply involved in the later phases. His hands on design and technical knowledge of the construction systems, components and details is second to none.
Glenn A. Romig, P.E., G.E. - geotechnical & civil engineer
Firm name: Romig Engineers, Inc. - Principal Engineer
He is the owner of Romig Engineers, Inc.
American, Glenn works in Silicon Valley, USA
We met around 1985 and have worked, on and off, on a large variety of local projects.*
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Glenn is a quieter guy who has a vast experience in geological and geotechnical engineering. He knows that I also love geology and we can talk for hours on very interesting (to us, only...) geological subjects. Fun to work with...
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Glenn will be lightly involved at the inception of the projects and deeply involved in the later phases, once the Geotechnical Reports are completed. His deep understanding of his complex profession and respect for the land, environment and nature is fascinating to me…
Cristina Marine, PhD - global business academic & international consultant
University of Maryland Global Campus - Adjunct Professor
She teaches: Global Business Strategies, International Business Strategies, International Business Management and several other courses.
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American of Romanian origins, Cristina works in the Washington DC metropolitan area, USA
We met in 2000, when I was her guest speaker at a conference in Romania and we have worked on and off on various international projects and assignments ever since.
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Cristina is a very sharp, knowledgeable, experienced and traveled professional and academic faculty, with a deep understanding of the world around us. She has also managed interesting, challenging and sometimes difficult assignments for various branches of the US Government. Dear friend...fun to work with and pick her brains on world subjects...
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Cristina will generally be involved along the entire project/commission/assignment duration and she will also be our group’s Business Development spear head…
Gabriel Paun, GISP - geographer & geospatial technologist
Firm name: Arini Geographics - Principal
He is the owner of Arini Geographics company specialized in GIS services for the local, domestic and international markets.
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American of Romanian origins, Gabriel works in Silicon Valley, USA
We met in 2001 and we have closely worked together ever since.
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Gabriel is very intelligent and sharp, focused and intense, creative and inventive, deep and sensible, serious and reliable, flexible and resilient...and fun to work with...
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He loves what he does and he is extremely knowledgeable in his field and open for more research and discovery...very interesting entrepreneurial individual...
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Gabriel will be involved as needed along the entire project/commission/assignment duration and he will also be in our group’s management team.
William B. Tait - consulting engineer for highways, railways, light rail & novel modes
An ideas man, now retired. Former Highway Design Engineer, Transport Planner, Project Director & Managing Director with Metro-Cammell, Westinghouse Brake & Signal and Hawker Siddeley, etc., working on assignments all over the world.
Scottish, Bill lives on the Isle of Aaran, off Scotland’s west coast, UK
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We met in 2004, on an assignment for a project in Zhenjiang and then in another one in Suzhou, China. We have been in touch, on and off, ever since.
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Bill is simply brilliant...his IQ is somewhere in the stratosphere and his mind and thinking creativity and clarity are second to none. To work with him is monumental fun...when God thought to create an engineer...he came up with Bill...
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His professional passion, vision, clarity, understanding, sharing, leadership style, etc. are impressive, inspiring, energizing and deep. A team would be complete only if it had Bill along...
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Bill will be involved as needed along the entire project duration, watching, guiding, contemplating, complementing and inspiring the creative process.
Robin Thompson, CBE - practitioner, researcher and teacher of city and strategic planning; fr. Kent County and London planning department Director; fr. President of the Royal Town Planning Institute; fr. President of the European Council of Spatial Planning; recently retired from the post of Visiting Professor at University College London, etc.
Firm name: Robin Thompson Associates - Principal
English, Robin works in London Metropolitan Area, UK
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We met in 2004, on an assignment for a project in Zhenjiang and then in another one in Suzhou, China. We have been in touch, on and off, ever since.
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Robin is quieter, with a deep and very clear understanding of the planning “universe”. He is a world expert in the development of metropolitan growth areas and planning policies. Monumentally knowledgeable, fun to work with...
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Robin will be involved in large and very large scale projects (Silicon Valley’s future ?) and as needed along the project duration.
Cecilia Ferreres - architect
Firm name: Architectural Studio FEDA - Co-Founder
She is a co-owner of FEDA Architectural Studio
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Argentine, Cecilia works in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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We met in 2004 and we have continuously worked together ever since.
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She is an amazingly talented, creative, intelligent, instinctual, perceptive, reliable and deep architect, a pleasure to work with...
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Cecilia will be working with me and the team, during the entire project duration.
Cerasella Craciun, PhD, UAR (Romanian Architects Union) , OAR (Romanian Order of Architects) , RUR (Romanian Register of Urban Planners) - architect, urbanist, landscaper, faculty, visionary, writer, etc.
“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM) - Full Professor, Urban Planning Faculty, Urban and Landscape Design Department
She teaches: Intelligent Territorial Development, Eco-Development and Landscape, Trans Disciplinary creative and heuristic methods research, Exploratory Research Methods in Natural, Anthropic and Cultural Landscape, Research, Scenography and Art in the Landscape, Landscape Design and the Mezzo-Landscape Issue, Landscape Design and the Green System at the Macro Landscape level, The Protection and Restoration of Natural Heritage, Garden History, etc., etc., etc...
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Romanian, Cerasella works in Bucharest, Romania
We met in 2020, after I watched several Daniel Roxin videos where she was the guest.
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Cerassela is an amazing individual...architect, urbanist, naturalist, observer, creator, etc. with a unique capability to think and see things differently, instinctively, holistically and to create new understanding of, and approaches for the surrounding environment. She is “the architect” for the future of this planet...
Cerassela will be a central thinker, creator and designer for the entire project duration.
Florin Munteanu, PhD - professor, engineer; founder of the Center for Complexity Studies - UNESCO center; Co-Founder, Scientific Secretary and Chairman of the UNESCO Chair in Geodynamics within the Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, full member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists, etc.
Firm name: ASTech Solutions, Ltd. - Founder and General Manager
Romanian, Florin works in Brasov, Romania
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We met in 2020, through Cerassela Craciun. Florin was also the guest speaker in a few of Daniel Roxin’s science videos.
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Florin is an engineer, researcher, scientist, philosopher, educator, academician, visionary, dreamer, leader, etc., with an incredible clear, focused and bright intelligence that is warm, inspiring, intriguing, challenging and extremely dynamic...wonderful to keep up with him and learn from him...another “one of a kind” brilliant individual...a lot of fun...
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Florin will be the catalyst and the leader of the “out of the box” thinking and “mind building” and “lateral thinking” approaches to open, to create and to refine new directions in the realm of the surrounding complex systems...he will be a coherent and documented stimuli for our journey in the future of thinking, creating, designing...
Dan Ionescu NCARB, AIA - architect, urban planner, strategic designer, visionary, guest lecturer/speaker, researcher...
Firm name: Dan Ionescu Architects & Planners / DIAP
Unusual, different, varied, flexible, interesting, challenging, etc., professional practice.
Worked on four continents, eight foreign countries and twelve American states. Visited 56 countries on six continents. Genetically contextual and strategic architect.
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American of Romanian origins, Dan works in Silicon Valley, USA
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A workaholic 50/50 brain, forever student, curious, creative, instinctual, perceptive, intense, focused, reliable, calm, etc., and in a continuous “love affair” with his profession, nature, science, art...happy, with a sense of humor and with a horrible short memory...if “it” is not on the “list”, “it” does not exist...
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Dan will be fully involved in all aspects of DIAP - International Think Tank or DIAP-ITT