Resume of Leslie Strom
4509 Interlake Ave N #136 • Seattle, WA  98103
Cell: 206-920-6260 • www.LeslieStrom.com • Email: LStrom@drizzle.com 

Project Coordination • Construction Documents
 Construction Administration • Architectural and Color Design

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
 
•	Twenty years experience building design and coordination of contract documents (Site surveys, design development, bid, permit, construction, as-builts).  
• 	Twenty years experience CAD drawing and resource management. 
•	Exceptional knowledge of project working drawing workflow.
•	Excel at integrating engineering disciplines with architectural.
•	Construction administration, punchlisting.
•	Hand drawing, sketching, illustration. 
•	B.S. in Architectural Studies from Washington State University, Pullman. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	

NBBJ SEATTLE - Architectural designer, CAD Manager, Construction Administration 
	•	Gray's Harbor Community Hospital expansion, design and construction administration for two phase expansion of existing hospital - emergency wing, CT Scan room, labs, patient rooms. 
	•	Swedish Orthopedic, curtain wall details, parking structure.  Coordinated mechanical, structural and electrical with architectural design drawings. 2004-2007 
	
LMN ARCHITECTS, Seattle - Architectural designer, Microstation CAD
	Design Development, Permit drawings, and construction drawings for 
	•	Shoreline Community Center, site, hardware and green roof
	•	University of Washington Library expansion, site plan
	•	Port Angeles Community College sciences wing ceiling retrofit, 
	•	Redmond Town Center site and building elevations, exterior details
	•	Seattle Symphony Hall lobby and lighting,  
	•	Reno-Sparks Convention Center expansion, ceiling 
	•	corporate office interior buildouts for Frank Russell Tacoma 
		1995-2004, 2007-2008 (ongoing projects) 

ESPRESSO AMERICANO - Store designer
	2003-2004, 2007-now (ongoing projects)
	Schematic design, bid and permit drawings, details, materials, finishes and construction management for 
	• 	Espresso cafes at Everett Transit Station, Quito, Ecuador, and locations in China. 
	• 	Designed prototype for freestanding kiosks constructed in Saudi Arabia, and the manufactured EA Brevita turn-key unit sold on Amazon.com. 

STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY, Seattle - Job Captain, store planning 
	As a store designer during their expansion years, I was responsible for promoting the essential message of Starbucks through signage, branding, and curb appeal.  Initiated comparative study of Starbucks retail shop construction timelines by region to reduce timeline.  Found common point of for project slowdowns, developed and delivered training to remove obstacle.  Removed 2 weeks from total time needed to open new retail shops. 1994-1996. 

“SHERPA - THE PROVING GROUND,” for Whittaker Productions - Screenwriter, Post-Production coordinator. Feature film about the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute’s women’s program. “Sherpa” won Best Documentary at 2001 Telluride  Indie Mountain Film Festival.  Preview,  my Internet Movie Database (IMDB) listing 

LAND TECHNOLOGIES - Microstation In-Roads civil designer
	Plats and land use drawings including drainage, survey information and area calculations use permit drawings. 2003 

KING COUNTY METRO - West Point Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion - Civil, Mechanical and Structural Microstation CAD 
	Updated as-built drawings in Microstation for Architectural, Structural, HVAC, Piping, Electrical and  Civil. Did on-site inspections to mark up drawings to update to as-built. West Point expansion, Renton Sewage Treatment Plant expansion, Richmond Beach treatment plant. 1991-1992 

UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR - Taught 4 sections of Speech 102 at Washington State University. Provided 128 students with structured opportunity to overcome aversions to public speaking by presenting topics of their own choosing. 1982-3 

EDUCATION	

•	Color Design for Architecture - Betty Merken, UCLA, 2013-ongoing. Color consulting for exterior and interior architecture, focus on human biological and psychological effects of color. Coursework toward IACC certification. Mixing gouache primaries to match any color. Try me. 
•	Information Technology - Web Design, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, 2009-12. Web design, Wordpress, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Database Design, Wireframes, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Copywriting, Search Engine Optimization. 
•	Certificate - Advanced Filmmaking - scriptwriting, University of Washington, Seattle 1994
•	Graduate studies - Communications - Rhetorical Speech, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1981
•	Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies - emphasis on Regional Planning, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.  Courses in Environmental Sciences, Photogrammetry, Surveying, London program 1976.