Christopher Paul García Cárdenas

My name is Christopher Paul García Cárdenas. I am a highly motivated and passionate architect with 3+ years of experience working on large-scale projects in the United States, Chile, and Mexico.

I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and I have a proven track record of successful collaboration with international firms on a variety of projects, including residential, retail, cultural, community, civic, and educational buildings. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture with academic experience in the United States, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and Bolivia.

I have extensive experience with a broad range of design software, including Revit, as detailed in my resume and portfolio. At Javax Consultores S.A. de C.V., I successfully managed the design and construction of various projects, most notably a 440,822.71 ft² cultural center in Jalisco, México. Through close collaboration with clients and the community in this role, I developed a wide range of skills and knowledge, including:

• Conceptual and detailed design
• Drawing preparation and production
• Construction documents, solutions, and resource creation
• Project and time management
• Teamwork and leadership
• Effective communication and attention to interests and motivations

In addition to my architectural experience, I have developed transferable skills that would make me a valuable asset to any company. As a Sales Representative and Sales Executive at Marcell Telefonia Celular, I built relationships and connected with people, communicated and presented effectively, and motivated myself and others to achieve results. I am also adaptable and willing to learn.

My skills, experience, and dedication would make me a valuable asset to your team. I am currently located in Tizapán el Alto, México, but I am willing to relocate to any city and am happy to travel for an interview at my own expense.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE / SALES EXECUTIVE: MARCELL TELEFONÍA CELULAR. TAPACHULA, MÉXICO. APRIL, 2021 / JUNE, 2022.

• Executed sales and promotions of telecommunication products and services applying various strategies that included:
• Providing personalized customer service, sensing needs, proposing solutions, encouraging through the benefits of our products and also persuading in order to achieve our clients satisfaction and consequently, reaching new potential customers.
• Effectuated administrative tasks such as running POS systems, conducting credit inquiries, filling out forms, collecting payments, generating invoices, collecting clients data, cash balancing, creating reports and stocktaking items.
• Led the sales team using dynamic communication, executing stock rotation, writing emails and training new employees.
• Implemented strategies that improved our corporate image through order, cleanliness and effective POP display. Also used tools that increased the company’s sales and income.

ARCHITECT / DESIGNER II: JAVAX CONSULTORES S.A. DE C.V. GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO. FEBRUARY, 2017 / AUGUST, 2017.

• Developed architecture and design projects from pre-design to construction, satisfying the needs of our clients and users offering solutions that were tuned to them and to the vision of our company.
• Created construction documents such as: 
• General sheets, civil engineering sheets, landscape architecture sheets, structural sheets, architectural sheets, plumbing sheets, mechanical sheets, electrical sheets, construction and assembly sheets, building permits plans, architectural construction detail sheets, house construction cost calculator sheets, as-built drawings, renders and virtual 3D tours.
• Worked on the interior design project for Las Originales Mexican Bar and Grill. This was a 6600ft2 commercial project located at 641 W Palmdale Blvd E, Palmdale, California.
• Made site visits, executed direction, took photographic registers, carried out surveys, made purchases and transferred materials in order to effectuate process control.
• Kept dynamic communication with the areas within the company, providers and contractors.

JUNIOR ARCHITECT / DESIGNER: CONCEPTO TERRITORIAL S.A. DE C.V. GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO. JANUARY, 2015 / JUNE, 2015.

• Created construction documents, architectural construction detail sheets, construction and assembly sheets.
• Kept dynamic communication with the areas within the company.
• Effectuated price quotes, handled documents, wrote emails and wrote individual unit deeds in condominium.

BACHELOR DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE: UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO. AUGUST, 2012 / MAY, 2018.

CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO DE ARTE, ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO.

• In the course of June 2015 I took part in workshop Análisis de la vivienda: Case Study Houses Program. Guadalajara / Los Ángeles:
• The goal was to execute a field study and to examine the work of the architect and designer Charles Eames, through researching process, site visiting and showing results back in México.

STUDY ABROAD: UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO, CHILE. FEBRUARY, 2016 / MAY, 2016.

FACULTAD DE ARQUITECTURA.

• During May 2016 I partook in the workshop S. O. S. Ciudades 2016, Chiloé:
• The goal was to develop a regional reactivation plan through a local intervention project in the city of Castro, located in the south of Chile, working in collaboration with the community.