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Resume of
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David Thomas has worked in the design/build business since 1968, providing custom home, interior and landscape design services for residential and commercial clients. Past projects have included large and small residences, custom estates, renovations, historical restorations, hotels, museums and various commercial projects including offices, restaurants, bars and retail stores. These projects have been built in over 18 States, 9 of Canada's provinces, Mexico, various Caribbean Islands, Europe, Japan and Australia. David Thomas personally has been featured on two PBS programs out of Boston for home renovation and historical restoration. His design work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, Metropolitan Home, House & Garden, Canadian Architect, Canadian Interior, Toronto Life, City & Country Home, Canadian House & Home, plus many news publications in Canada, Mexico and the USA. He has had several homes in the Parade of Homes of Wake County since 1997 and "Windy Hill House" in the Bermuda Home & Garden Tours. In North Carolina, Mr. Thomas has written a 100-page Architectural Design Guidelines for and is currently serving as head of the Architectural Review Board for Heritage Wake Forest. As a result this development has won 6 MAME Awards including "The Best of the Best", "The Best Developer"& "The Best Designed Community". The development has also recently won the Best New Golf Course in North Carolina. He has served on the board of advisors for the Southern Ideal Home Show and is on the judging committee for the Renovator's Council and Wake County Home Builders Assoc. David Thomas has been commended by many for two of his strongest features - "interpretive evaluation" of client information and his "listening skills". Interpretive evaluation has everything to do with experience and the knowledge base that he has obtained, and this enables him to arrive at the best solutions for his clients. His listening skills are very well honed after years of working on commercial, residential and vacation projects in many countries and cultures with difficult resourcing, language barriers and varying currencies. Current projects include: designing a European Village in Chapel Hill and North Raleigh, several vacation and estate homes, multiple 4-story Italian duplexes, an historical home restoration and an apartment in Manhattan. Current projects are in Raleigh NC, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Henderson, Kure Beach, Manhattan, Wilmington, and Muskoka Canada. Professional Associations: AIA - American Institute of
Architects, Associate Member of: National Association of Home Builders Education: Ontario College of Art, University of Toronto Western University: Business Administration 1968 University of Toronto: School of Architecture 1971 School of Engineering 1972 Professional Experience: 1999 - Present: President/Owner, DAVID THOMAS & ASSOCIATES, Raleigh, NC. Custom Home, Interior and Landscape design of new custom estate homes, town homes, duplex units, renovations and residential historic restorations. He is a design consultant for several residential and commercial urban development projects. 1995 - 1999: President CUSTOM HOME DESIGN CENTER, INC., Raleigh, NC. The major shareholder and managing partner of the "one-stop source center" showroom and design offices in a 10,000 square feet showroom providing custom home, interior and landscape design services in, 3-D, and 3-D virtual reality walkthroughs to builders and homeowners in the Triangle area. Included were products of specialty building products such as custom and semi-custom kitchens, 115 lines of hardware, tile and wood flooring, doors and windows, millwork, interior doors, etc, and a full department and display of Home Furnishings, Lighting and Accessories. 1990 - 1994: President/Owner, DAVID THOMAS, INC., Toronto, Canada. Sole shareholder of a design company designing residential developments, condominiums and hotels, new custom estate homes, renovations and historic restorations for builders and home owners. A total design/service package of custom home, interior design, interior decoration and landscape design was offered. 1977 - 1989: President/Owner, DAVID THOMAS & ASSOCIATES LTD. Design of residential homes, resorts, hotels, residential and commercial developments, and the restoration and decoration of several yachts (43' - 105') in Toronto Canada, Mexico (with offices in Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mexico City) Canada (9 provinces), 18 of the United States (with offices in New York, Los Angeles), Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Cayman Islands. Completed over 1 million square feet of office space in over this eleven year period as well as several Hotels for Holiday Inns, Four Season Hotels, Wharton Hotels, Fiesta Americana, Play del Secreto and other privately owner smaller hoteliers. This company grew to employ over 60 employees in Canada, United States and Mexico. 1982- 1989: President/Owner, VERVE, INC., METROPOLITAN COLLECTION, INC., and UMBRELLO INC. These three companies were retail stores selling interior design, home furnishings, antiques and accessories plus interior decoration services. Locations in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York City, Puerto Vallarta and Mexico City. Also operated a separate import business supplying these locations with antiques, home furnishings and accessories. Was a partner in a rattan factory in Sabu, Philippines and an upholstery factory in Canada. 1967 - 1977: President/Owner IMPACT DESIGNERS, Toronto, Canada. 4 - 6 employees, designing retail, restaurants, bars, tourist museums and residential homes and developments. One of this best known clients was Ripley's Believe It Or Not International Ltd., Stuburgh Wax Museums of which Mr. Thomas designed their architecture, interiors and displays of all of their shows. He also developed the corporate identity and was able to duplicate Robert Ripley's art style for completion and publication of three books. He also developed signage and building identity, wrote electronic music for some of the museums, created marketing brochures and developed special effects in conjunction with Disney and the Smithsonian Institute for these museums. |
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