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Michael’s responsibilities include representing clients in obtaining financing, selecting sites, qualifying for selection and management of design teams, facilitating project approvals, performing existing facility audits and analysis for expansion or relocation feasibility, budgeting and scheduling of projects from concept to completion. He has managed complex projects for clients in the healthcare market, public, private and higher education markets, light industrial, and commercial office markets, and on urban economic redevelopment projects in Hartford, Norwich, and Waterbury, CT. Michael’s experience as an architect has covered the full spectrum of the profession, at two large firms for over twenty years. He is licensed in Connecticut and nationally by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND The Downes Group 1998 - Present S/L/A/M Collaborative/ Russell Gibson von Dohlen Architects (merged 1995) HKS Architects, Dallas, Texas EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, 1981 AFFILIATIONS Volunteer for Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity Fundraising Committee for Lt. Governor M. Jodi Rell Member, West Hartford Capital Projects Oversight Committee Member, West Hartford Board of Tax Assessors Thesis advisor for 5th year student, Boston Architectural Center. | 