My professional objective is to use data to help inform better alignment and fit between people and the built environment.  Because I naturally work across disciplinary boundaries, I am able to align concepts and ideas from different perspectives in order to address strategic challenges and research questions.

I am a “pracademic” who engages in various long-term research studies with a global network of collaborators in the fields of organizational studies, design, and communications.  I am also the head of R&D for Pangeam – an, AI-powered, workplace intelligence platform that delivers spatial and social analytics to help organizations continuously measure and improve their work environments.  Prior to Pangeam, I spent over 10 years working professionally in commercial architecture and workplace strategy at DEGW and HLW in New York.  Since 2012 I have been an academic affiliate in management & organizations at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.  Together, professional practice fuels my academic research, which feeds foundational insights back into my professional practice. 

My interest in the built environment traces back to high school when I would walk around the city taking pictures of buildings and landscapes with my first SLR camera. Fast forward several years to graduate school when I got involved in a learning space design project that linked layout typologies to learning outcomes. I earned a BA in History & American Studies, followed by an MBA, both from Case Western Reserve University.  After that I earned a PhD in Education from the University of Michigan.  Along the way, I learned to fly and became an FAA-licensed private pilot (Airplane Single Engine Land & Sea rated).

I am based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.