Scott joined PAE Japan (PDFM: PAE Design & Facility Management) in 2009 and has been FM Practice Group Leader, Dir. of Business Development, and Dir. of Operations (www.pae.co.jp). He now serves as PDFM's President.
In 2006, Scott and others established Solutions Group Intl. As Director of Operations of SGI LLC, and Managing Dir. of SGI Japan KK, Scott was responsible for the operations of the company’s worldwide activities including the Philippines, Japan, China, Guam, Palau, Southern Sudan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Egypt, and other countries. He was responsible for setting up the entities for SGI Japan KK and SGI Southern Sudan. Scott was in charge of all design projects for the organization.
In 1996, Scott joined MWM Architects, Inc. (www.mwmarchitects.com) to manage the firm's Guam office and its projects in the Pacific. There he became a company principal, serving as Vice President and Region Director.
Before working at MWM, Scott worked in Tokyo, where he worked for various architects, including Japan's largest, Nikken Sekkei (http://www.nikken.co.jp/en/), Kurokawa Kisho (http://www.kisho.co.jp/), GK Sekkei (http://www.gk-design.co.jp/sekkei/), and the Italian architect Aldo Rossi's Tokyo office.
Scott has also been an Instructor of Architectural Design at Tokyo Technical College (http://www.tera-house.ac.jp/index.html), lectured at a number of Tokyo Universities, served as an Adjunct Faculty for Virginia Tech in Japan, and has written several articles on Japanese architecture.
For 2 years, Scott served as Vice President and Trustee of Children’s Chance for Tomorrow (www.ccftfoundation.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing loving homes for homeless children. Scott master-planned and designed all the facility's major structures.
Scott has lived and worked in the Pacific for 25 of the past 28 years and is a licensed architect on Guam and in California. Examples of his work can be found at: http://www.scottgoldarchitecture.com
Specialties:design, planning, marketing, negotiating, international projects, delivering challenging projects in difficult environments, strategic planning, branding
Experience
PAE Design and Facility Management
December 2010 – Present (2 years 6 months)Tokyo
Oversees PAE's Japan business (PDFM - PAE Design & Facility Management). Major business lines: Architecture / Engineering, Facility Management, and Operations & Maintenance. Client sectors include Government (US and Foreign, e.g., United States, Singapore, Netherlands Embassies), US DoD (e.g., Air Force, USACE), and Commercial (e.g., Apple, Delta Air Lines, Oracle).
PAE Design & Facility Management (PAE Japan)
April 2010 – December 2010 (9 months)Tokyo
Oversees PAE Japan's Facility Management Team with clients ranging from Northwest / Delta Airlines to Apple/Mac stores throughout Japan to the Singapore and Netherlands Embassies.
Works on all DoD work for the company.
Serves as PAE Japan's Director of Business Development.
Director of Business Development / Facilities Group Leader
PAE Design & Facility Management (PAE Japan)
June 2009 – March 2010 (10 months)Tokyo
Oversaw PAE Japan's Facility Management Team with clients ranging from Northwest / Delta Airlines to Apple/Mac stores throughout Japan to the Singapore and Netherlands Embassies.
Works on all DoD work for the company.
Served as PAE Japan's Director of Business Development.
2005 – 2010 (5 years)Tokyo
Architectural Design, Planning, and Design for projects throughout Asia. Additional work includes consulting work includes market entry, branding.
Snr VP / Dir. of Operations/ Managing Dir. SGI JAPAN
Solutions Group International / SGI JAPAN
2006 – 2008 (2 years)Tokyo, Manila
Projects:
• Melekeok Golf Resort, Melekeok, Republic of Palau
• Cliffside Hotel Renovation, Koror, Republic of Palau
• PH-1 Resort Hotel, Koror, Republic of Palau
• Coron Crown Hotel, Coron, Philippines
• Resort Mega-Pool, Philippines
• KB4 Clubhouse, Koror, Republic of Palau
• La Napa Hair Salon, Manila, Philippines
• VIP Lounge, International Airport, Airai, Republic of Palau
• SGI HQ Interior Fit Out, Manila, Philippines
• Children’s Chance for Tomorrow Orphanage Complex, Coron, Philippines.
(Open)1 recommendation
Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Department of State
Scott was a pleasure to work for.View
Children's Chance for Tomorrow (CCFT)
2006 – 2008 (2 years)
Children's Chance for Tomorrow Foundation International (CCFT) is a Philippines-SEC-registered NGO founded by William "Pete" Baldwin. Since 2005, CCFT's global mission has been to provide holistic, loving solutions to the needs of orphaned and abandoned children.
In Spring 2007, CCFT celebrated the Grand Opening of its first custom-built, residential boarding school in Coron The CCFT International School.
Coron Town is located on Busuanga Island, Palawan province. The 7.5-hectare campus was formerly a working cashew farm, since converted into a beautiful learning and living environment. CCFT-Coron's tropical campus contains top-notch facilities including a spacious children's residence, CCFT International School for up to 160 students, chapel, staff housing, play areas, an in-ground pool, animal farms, vegetable gardens and more.
Scott Gold was the architect for all the major facilities.
Scott served as Vice-President and Trustee of the CCFT Foundation.
1996 – 2005 (9 years)
Projects:
• Aimeliik Golf Resort, Republic of Palau.
• Belau National Museum, Republic of Palau.
• Palau National Master-Plan and Building Codes Development Project.
• State Capitol of Koror, Republic of Palau.
• US Embassy Design Study, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Tumon Sands Plaza Arcade Renovation, Tumon Bay Guam.
• Guam Marriott Resort Renovation (Construction Management),
Tumon Bay, Guam.
• College of Micronesia, Chuuk Campus, FSM.
• Yap Gymnasium, Yap, FSM.
• Continental Airlines Office Relocation & Consolidation Plan (Construction Management), Tamuning, Guam.
• Reef Hotel Typhoon Repairs and Renovation, Tumon Bay, Guam.
• University of Guam Small Business Incubator Building, Mangilao, Guam.
• US Navy Hospital Doors & Windows, Agana, Guam.
• Sherwood Resort Hotel (340 guest rooms), Tumon Bay, Guam
1994 – 2004 (10 years)
PUBLICATIONS
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture (Routledge, London & New York, 2002)
•Entries on: “Ando Tadao:, “Isozaki, Arata”, “Kikutaki Kiyonori”, “Kurokawa Kisho”, “Maki Fumiko”, “Metabolism”, Tange Kenzo”, and Takamatsu Shin” in the Architecture Section.
Co-author: Mary Knighton
ARCH+ (123, September, 1994)
•"Technik-Visionen: Mythos und Realität futuristischer Großprojekte" ("Visionary Tokyo: The Myths and Realities of Futuristic Urban Housing")
Co-author: Ichiro Suzuki
Casabella (Japan: a dis-oriented modernity, Jan/Feb, 1994)
•"L'abitazione collettiva. Tipologie in evoluzione" ("Collective Housing: Typologies in Evolution"). Co-author: Ichiro Suzuki
Consultant / Architect / Planner / Designer
1994 – 1996 (2 years)
Projects:
• Johor New Township Master Plan (700 acres, 10,000 condominium units), Johor, Malaysia.
• 10 x 10 Kilometer Design Guidelines & Signage Plan (100 sq. kilometers) for Kuala Lumpur International Airport and environs, Malaysia.
• Kuala Lumpur Central Railway Station Signage & Wayfinding Project, Malaysia.
KMD Architects (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz)
1990 – 1990 (less than a year)
I was employed as a designer at K/M/D to work on their Japan projects.
1984 – 1985 (1 year)
I also worked at Nikken Sekkei in 1991 in their Master-Planning Division, and have consulted Nikken on recent projects in Palau.
Projects:
• Etchujima Office/Hotel/Commercial Complex Master Plan and Schematic Design (33 acres) in Tokyo Bay, Japan
• Administration Building, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo Campus, Japan.
• Idemitsu Oil Co. Central Laboratory and Research Center, Chiba, Japan.
• Kojimachi Office Building, Tokyo, Japan
• NEC Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan.