I am a designer with experience currently in educational space programming, planning and design. My prior career in the feature film industry allowed me to be proficient in communication, team management and multi-tasking under pressure. Today, through inquiry, social responsibility, and imaginative solutions, I am committed towards creating integrated spaces for people that are positive, inspiring, and healthy.

BACKGROUND

Born in Malaysia, emigrated to Canada, and lived in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario.
Education includes a Bachelor of Arts and Interior Design Diploma.
Free-lanced for 10 years in the film industry in Toronto and Montreal before redirecting my professional focus to Interior Design and Architecture.
Planning and design experience currently includes 2.5 years in the educational sector in Toronto.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Educational Consulting Services Corp. (ECS),
• 2005-present, Toronto
• SPACE PLANNER, CONSULTANT

Project experience specializing in Master Planning Strategies, Schematic Space Studies and Preliminary Design Concepts for the Educational Sector across Canada.
Responsibilities: consultations with users, academic and administrative units; recommendations on space allocations and standards; development of functional plans and layouts, master planning and design proposals; report writing and; project management.

Recent projects

University of New Brunswick, Space Study for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Centennial College, Master Plan; Student Service Layouts; Design Proposal for Public Space; Library Functional Plan

Loyalist College, Master Plan and Design Proposal for Student Service Hub

Ryerson University, Space Studies for various academic faculties.

Capilano College, Space Study for Administrative Office Accommodation

University of Windsor, Student Services Functional Plan; Space Studies for the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Human Kinetics

• Feature Film industry,
• 1995-2005, Toronto and Montreal
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Professional career as a 2nd and 3rd Assistant Director.
Responsibilities: coordination of large numbers of cast and crew on location; management of the production team; preparation of schedules and reports; and liaison with producers, directors and department heads.

Film credits (a detailed filmography available)

2nd Assistant Director
Taking Lives (Warner Brothers, 2005); Interstate 60 (Fireworks, 2000); Final Jeopardy (ABC, 2000)

3rd Assistant Director
Cheaper by the Dozen II (Twentieth Century Fox, 2005); Cinderella Man (Universal Pictures, 2005); Bulletproof Monk (MGM, 2002); K-19, The Widowmaker (Paramount Pictures, 2001); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Newline Cinema, 2000)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Design
• Space programming and planning
• Architectural drawing and detailing (AutoCAD and hand drafting)
• Visual layout and presentation

• Technical
• PC Laptop; Windows XP - Proficient
• AutoCAD 2005 2D & 3D - Proficient
• Corel Draw x3 - Proficient
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 - Basic knowledge
• Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 and 2005 - Proficient

• Language Skills
• English (expert) - Excellent written, comprehension, oral and verbal communication
• French (fluent) - Confident written, comprehension, oral and verbal communication
• Cantonese (beginner) - Basic oral comprehension
• Danish (beginner) - Entry level written, comprehension, oral and verbal communication

• Other
• Project and team management
• Report writing and editing
• Public speaking and presentation to steering committees, board members and large groups

EDUCATION and ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Dawson College,
• 2002-2005, Montreal
• Diplomê d'Études Collégiales (D.E.C), Honours in Interior Design (FIDER accredited).

• Ryerson University,
• 1990-1994, Toronto
• Bachelor of Applied Arts, Honours in film studies.

• John Abbott College,
• 1989-1990, Montreal
• Creative Arts Discipline, film & photography concentration.

• Scholarships and Awards
• Dawson College Recreational Design, 2004 -1st place
• Knoll/Burovision Office Design, 2004 - 3rd place
• National Film Apprenticeship Training Program (Scholarship), 1994
• J.L Beaton Film Studies, Ryerson University, 1993 - high standing in 3rd year film studies

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Board Member of Architecture for Humanity, Toronto Chapter (AFHTo).
• AFHTo is a volunteer organization dedicated to improving and sustaining the quality of life within the built environments of the city of Toronto. As a local Canadian chapter of AFH International, our work includes collaborations with like-minded groups to find architectural, design and educational solutions. www.architectureforhumanity.ca

• Avid traveler
• Traveling allows me to discover new places and make connections world-wide. I prefer not to visit a place as a sight-seeing tourist, but instead, to widen my knowledge and understanding of people in their cultural environment.

• Arts and Athletics
• Listening to music and creating original knitting designs are some of my passions; piano playing brings back my childhood spirit; swimming, canoeing, hiking and rock climbing are outlets for expelling my energies; and above all, photography allows me to question, search and capture the uniqueness of it all through my camera.