Managing Principal No matter the design, construction, or budget challenges along the way, architecture always brings a measure of delight for someone at the end of the day.
Ms. Win is a licensed architect with over 20 years of design, construction and project management experience in office interiors, mixed-use commercial / retail, higher education, and institutional projects. She has excellent organization and communication skills in building team rapport on her projects. She creates environments that are responsive to clients’ aesthetics, functional, operational, and financial goals.
Ms. Lesnefska has 18 years of experience in Civic, Educational, Public and Commercial projects. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Master’s Degree in Architecture with a specialization in Design and Energy Conservation from the University of Arizona. Her Master’s thesis, Sustainable Architecture as Environmental Education (SAEE): Developing an Integrative K-12 Curriculum, focused on K-12 schools with an emphasis on sustainable design as an opportunity for environmental education.
Senior Principal Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.
Ms. Tyler has over 25 years of architectural experience in planning, design and development of landmark projects for some of the top companies in North America.
Mr. Bello has over 30 years of experience in architecture and for the past 19 years has been ATI’s primary K-12 Practice Leader. Mr. Bello was the Project Principal for the development of ATI’s Emily product line – a DSA approved series of prototypical designs that are adaptable by Districts, bid and built by General Contractors. Currently there are over 1000 classroom/classroom wings in design/construction at various School Districts throughout California. In addition to being an expert in K-12 educational design, Mr. Bello has extensive experience with office, medical, food service, hotels, naval rehabilitation, custom and production housing projects.
Mr. Goldsworthy brings over 45 years of experience to the design of a wide range of solutions to contemporary environmental design problems. He has worked as designer, project architect, project field representative, and/or project manager on a great number of industrial, hospitality, retail, and other commercial projects, religious, residential, urban, and civic projects with in-place construction costs of over $900 million.
Mr. DiDonato is a founding Principal of ATI.
Principal Architect
Ms. Hamilton is a licensed architect with over 30 years of design, construction and project management. She has spent much of her career bringing new life to older residential and commercial buildings and designing new buildings to fit into established urban neighborhoods. Ms. Hamilton is experienced at designing in most of the styles, historic and contemporary, that are found in the Bay Area. Beyond extensive design and construction experience, she has a solid grounding in structural engineering and urban planning. She takes great pride in her ability to craft innovative solutions to complex problems and to work with clients, consultants, city agencies, all building trades, as well as members of the community at large.
Mr. Caires has over 25 years of project management and research related experience encompassing both the public and private market sectors. At present he is the supervising Principal-in-Charge for blanket contracts with the Oak Grove, Pittsburg and Palo Alto School Districts as well as projects for the United States Postal Service.
Principal Architect
Mr. Chand has 20 years of experience as Architect, Designer and Project Manager on a multitude of projects of varied scope, size and complexity. He has a solid technical background and has been involved in project management, design and construction documents. Mr. Chand is a licensed Architect in the State of California.
Mr. Riegel is a Licensed Structural Engineer and Architect with 35 years of experience. Mr. Riegel has extensive experience with airport-related projects and seismic retrofitting. His capabilities include interdisciplinary coordination checking, energy conservation, and construction phasing.
Mr. Lau has over 25 years of experience in design, construction, planning, project management, and utility business asset management. His excellent analytical skills allow him to identify critical items and problems in early stages of a project, while staying on budget and schedule.
Associate, Senior Project Manager
Roel is a natural leader with strong design focus and a talent for problem solving and solution oriented client communications. He is a conceptual thinker with extensive experience in all aspects of architectural and interior architecture project delivery, including project and design management, on projects as large as $100M.
Ms. Mohamed has over 15 years of professional experience on a broad range of architectural building types, and in all phases of project delivery. Recent project experience has been in educational projects, where she has successfully spearheaded and integrated CHPS criteria into multiple school sites.
Mechanical & Utilities Infrastructure Project Manager
Mr. Zumwalt has over 30 years of experience developing facility retrofit projects throughout California. Clients include UCSF, John Muir Medical Center, Washington Hospital, Tenet Hospitals (San Ramon Regional, Redding Medical, and JFK Memorial) Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Medical Center, Kaiser Redwood City, and Catholic Healthcare West Facilities. Mr. Zumwalt’s Prime Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Consulting experience involves developing the scope of work, phasing requirements and technically complex engineering solutions for Infrastructure upgrade projects mostly in the built environment. In the 1980’s Mr. Zumwalt was a statewide prime design-build contractor responsible for turnkey solutions that included OSHPD permitting. He has extensive background in upgrading critical 24/7 air handling units to meet Table 4A system requirement with minimal shutdown periods.
Associate, Project Manager
Mr. Furman has over 30 years of experience in the architecture industry and is a Licensed Architect. He is an expert in transforming schematic design drawings into high quality Construction Documents. He will work closely with our clients to define project scopes and create designs that exceed client expectations.
As a Marketing Manager, Ms. Hesse’s primary function is to ensure that all marketing and business development activities upholds to ATI’s strategic vision. Her responsibilities include developing and executing all marketing campaign, as well as producing Statement of Qualifications, Brochures, and Presentations. In her tenure with ATI, she has expanded a library of marketing collateral for various market sectors, as well as directed the re-design of ATI’s website and the creation of EmilyTM’s new website, EmilyReuseDesign.com.
Associate, Project Engineer
Mr. Nunneley is experienced in structural and seismic engineering, areas of focus include building design, equipment anchorage, and evaluation of existing structures. His design experience includes design of steel, concrete, and wood framed structures. Mr. Nunneley is well versed in current building codes for new construction as well as evaluation and rehabilitation of existing structures. Joe is working towards becoming a Licensed Structural Engineer.
Associate, Architect
Jerry is a licensed architect with 20 years of experience working on a diverse range of complex building types in the US and China, including corporate office, education, government, multi-family, mixed-use development, and hospitality projects. Jerry is currently managing the design, permitting, and construction administration for several school and government projects in the Bay Area. His commitment to innovative design solution and successful project delivery is the driving force behind his design discipline. Jerry received a B.S. in Architecture from SCUT in Guangzhou, a MS in Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Born in China, he speaks fluently Mandarin and Cantonese and incorporates unique cultural perspective and design strategies into his project.
Associate, Project Manager
Sarah has over 13 years of experience working in Education. She has a great understanding of the needs for OSHPD and DSA approval as well as mixing code review with great design, both functional and aesthetic, beautiful, timely, budget conscious and successful.
Associate, Senior Structural Engineer
Gon has over 15 years of experience in working with complex structural and civil projects for the educational and healthcare market sectors. She is primarily responsible for structural design, providing support calculations, and preparing construction documents and specifications.