Speakers
Tuyet Le
Tuyet Le is vice president and director of
healthcare business development at HOK, a global provider of planning,
design, and delivery solutions for the built environment with 24
offices on three continents. Healthcare is one area where building
continues and EGD projects flourish. Tuyet will shed light on how firms
can differentiate themselves in this market niche.
Mitch Levitt
Mitch Levitt is president and CEO of architectural firm
Karlsberger. He has been instrumental in propelling his firm from a
small, one-office shop to a multi-office company with nationally
recognized expertise in healthcare facilities. Mitch is past president
of the Society for Marketing Professionals.
Marjanne Pearson
Building on her experience in design firm management and independent practice, Marjanne Pearson
focuses on strategies for organizational success and sustainability.
The managing principal of NextMoon, a consultancy based in San
Francisco and New York, she is an expert in addressing the complexities
of talent development and practice sustainability within the context of
competitive advantage.
Bennett Peji
Bennett Peji,
an award-winning designer, civic branding specialist, and commissioner
of arts and culture for San Diego, will introduce us to San Diego, the
perfect venue for exploring design’s pliant boundaries. San Diego is a
city where design and culture meet, and where public art, branding, and
placemaking converge in a uniquely beautiful setting. Learn how San
Diego has spent the last three decades revitalizing its downtown core,
honoring its heritage, and engaging the present while embracing the
future.
Mike Savage
Mike Savage is vice president of Geotechnologies, a Glendale, Calif.-based consulting geotechnology engineering firm. Primarily responsible for the firm’s business management and development, Mike has helped secure clients such as USC, Disney, UCLA, Sony Pictures, California Technical Institute, and Maguire Partners. His efforts have seen contract awards for the latest two high-rise structures in downtown Los Angeles, including the 60-story Ritz Carlton Hotel as part of the $2.5 billion L.A. Live development. In 1997, he became a 50% owner of the firm. Since then, it has grown from $2 to $10 million in net revenue. Mike is active in various professional organizations including SMPS, ULI, and the USC Architectural Guild.
Lee Slade
Lee Slade, P.E., is senior principal at Walter P Moore, an engineering company specializing in structural, civil, traffic, and transportation solutions, where he’s helped the firm establish a reputation as a leading structural designer of important buildings, and as Structural Engineer’s Top U.S. Structural Engineer to Work For three years in a row. He now leads the structural engineering services group of the 450-person, 13-office firm, with responsibility for the $45 million annual operations. Passionate about the linkage between marketing and operations, he recognizes that everything the firm does is marketing, for better or worse. Lee is a graduate of Rice University.
