Richard Bressani

- Guided business student teams through the client immersion,
research, ideation and prototyping phases of the design thinking
process to develop innovative business and service delivery models
- Coached student teams in the visual and oral presentation of their
research findings and final business model concepts

- Utilized interviews, observational research and spatial analysis to
identify client needs (commercial, education, residential)
- Developed programmatic and spatial solutions directly from client
research insights
- Created iterative studies of design concepts to assess viability
- Produced all project documentation, visuals and presentation materials
- Managed client/consultant/contractor relationships to achieve goals

- Facilitated the Design Academi-X Forum, a virtual workshop to
develop innovative experiences for conference participants to explore
the unique challenges of black/brown students, faculty, and staff in
New York City design schools

- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams to translate client learning
objectives into physical environments for children and adults
- Produced project schematic, design development and construction
drawing sets

- Collected visitor experience data through surveys, interviews, and
observational research at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium to
evaluate exhibits and identify park enhancements

- Organized community representation in a public/private collabo-
ration to rebuild San Francisco playgrounds
- Surveyed, analyzed and presented park user data to community
groups to establish playground design concepts

- Conducted pilot testing of web-based, life skill assessment tools
with children and adult groups
- Translated pilot testing data into user interface requirements,
including data capture for scoring and reporting
- Facilitated interactive trainings for social work practitioners on
how to utilize the assessment tools with children