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Managers

Here are some Bay Area-based folk who are expert at helping architects and others manage practice and projects.

Steven I. Doctors holds licenses as an architect and general contractor in the State of California. He received a Bachelor of Architecture at Cornell University and a Master of Science in Architecture at UC Berkeley. He is a PhD candidate in Architecture at UC Berkeley and an adjunct professor in the Architecture program at the University of San Francisco. His research interests include the history of architectural practice, design theory and methods, project management methodologies, project delivery strategies, early 20th century Italian architecture, and sacred spaces. He is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians and the Project Management Institute.

Since 1984, his firm, CM+ Group, has offered a wide range of project management services to building owners, tenants, financial institutions, educational groups, and non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Michael S. Bernard has built a career upon successful project and firm management. Through his firm, Virtual Practice Consulting, he acts as mentor and monitor, serving in the capacity of consulting managing principal for small design firms that do not have one. He is capable of addressing operations issues that affect the everyday life of the small design practice: development of revenue models, development of fee projections, the review and preparation of contracts, fees and schedules, the mentoring of senior staff to foster their development as effective project managers. Michael’s range of clients includes the allied disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and construction.

An expert in campus and institutional planning and development, David Meckel, FAIA, was architecture and design coordinator for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He founded the interior design program at Otis Parsons and the architecture program at California College of the Arts (CCA), where he is currently Director of Research & Planning. He is, as well, Campus Architect for the University of the Pacific. David has served as the professional advisor for architectural competitions for the Contra Costa County Civic Center, the Mississippi Riverfront in Memphis, Habitat for Humanity in Charlottesville and SFMOMA’s new Rooftop Sculpture Garden. In their December 2007 issue, 7×7 Magazine named him one of the 49 Most Influential People in San Francisco. You may reach him at dmeckel@cca.edu.

Michael Strogoff, AIA, has advised many of the nation’s most successful architectural, engineering and interior design firms, managed large and complex projects over a 25 year career, led firms through successful mergers, acquisitions and internal transitions, and negotiated hundreds of agreements on behalf of design professionals. Strogoff Consulting provides practice management, leadership development, ownership transition, mergers & acquisitions, and negotiation services. At the core of their services is bringing people and interests together in creative and collaborative ways.