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Todd Pitman

La Mesa,CA

Summary

A creative leader and problem solver with strong management experience in planning, construction, and higher education. Collaborative team builder with demonstrated expertise in supervision of teams, consultants and staff.


A seasoned professional in the fields of landscape architecture, campus planning, urban design, historic preservation, donor development, public speaking and construction management.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Director Campus Planning

UC San Diego
06.2014 - Current
  • Serve as Campus Landscape Architect, providing professional expertise to University Chancellor and Vice Chancellors Offices
  • Lead staff of planners and landscape architects in design and planning of public realm for campus capital projects and daily operations.
  • Lead teams of staff and consultants in programming and development of campus capital improvement projects, feasibility studies and prioritization of improvements.
  • Serve as project planner for largest and most most complex building projects on UC San Diego campus.
  • Act as liaison to Chancellor and Vice Chancellor's offices on all aspects of campus public realm planning and campus activation. Provide professional expertise in fields of planning, landscape architecture and, urban design.
  • Work with environmental planners in development of CEQA documentation and specific environmental documentation for project level and prom level efforts campus-wide including Long Range Development Planning
  • Lead development of long range, public realm and open space planning, neighborhood planning and design guidelines. Serve on Design Review Board, Planning Committee and numerous advisory committees.
  • Lead in development for campus-wide planning policies in regard to public realm, campus signage, micro-mobility, historic resources and other planning related efforts.
  • Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets
  • Train and mentor new employees.

Principal Planner

UC San Diego
07.2005 - 06.2014
  • Led planning of major capital projects, campus housing, academic and research buildings.
  • Served as executive staff to UC San Diego Open Space Committee.
  • Mentored staff and trained new planners
  • Provided project management service's for feasibility studies and project installation
  • Led development of various neighborhood and specific plans, bicycle and pedestrian master planning, design guidelines, planning policies and and site studies
  • Responsible for donor engagement associated with gifts related to public realm and landscape installation.
  • Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies

Design Build Division Manager

Benchmark Landscape
06.1997 - 06.2005
  • Provided all project design services, concept to construction detailing.
  • Oversaw construction crews, subcontractors project vendors and all aspects of project delivery and installation.
  • Responsible for client relationships, communication, billing, project programming, budgeting and development.
  • Responsible for all budgets, project estimating, management sales and billing
  • Coordination of al relevant project permitting and plan review
  • Projects ranged from high end custom residential design-build projects to large commercial development and high density housing projects.
  • Oversaw construction crews and subcontractors, responsible for budgeting, projects design, sales, and delegation of all related work.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Horticulture-Landscape Design Concentration

California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

Skills

  • Organizational Leadership
  • Department Management
  • Urban Design and Campus Planning
  • Design Review
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Community Planning
  • Project Management
  • Supervisory Skills
  • Delegation
  • Project Design

Accomplishments

  • Served as project planner for largest mixed use housing projects in UC San Diego history. (North Torrey Pines Living & Learning and Theatre District Living & Learning projects)
  • Appointed by Mayor Faulconer to the City of San Diego Historic Resources Board and chaired the Design Review Subcommittee
  • Established the campus Open Space Committee at UC San Diego
  • Authored and led the development of the first Open Space Master Plan for UC San Diego with Wallace Roberts and Todd Landscape Architects
  • Awarded Cultural Heritage Grant by J. Paul Getty Foundation to UC San Diego, Muir College, historic survey and preservation plan

Professional Licenses

California Landscape Architects License #5169


Affiliations

  • American Association of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
  • Society of College and University Planners (SCUP)
  • American Planning Association (APA)
  • Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C3)

Timeline

Assistant Director Campus Planning

UC San Diego
06.2014 - Current

Principal Planner

UC San Diego
07.2005 - 06.2014

Design Build Division Manager

Benchmark Landscape
06.1997 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Horticulture-Landscape Design Concentration

California Polytechnic State University

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