Roberto is a licensed Architect with over 28 years of professional experience. Throughout his progressive career he has directed design and delivery efforts for major entertainment, mixed-use, residential and health care projects in the United States, Asia and the Middle East. He works hard every day to ensure that the client relationship, the concept, the design and the technical requirements of his projects are engaged and treated as inseparable endeavors. He has led multiple teams in the design and documentation efforts for entertainment and mixed-use projects. Most notably; prior to joining Gensler he led design efforts for several healthcare projects and was Project Architect for Peter Pan’s Flight in Shanghai Disneyland as staff extension with Walt Disney Imagineering.
In the Gensler Los Angeles office, Roberto led design and documentation efforts for several projects including, Motiongate Theme Park in Dubai, Doha Oasis Theme Park in Qatar, Great Wolf Resorts, Inspire Korea in Seoul, Eko Atlantic in Lagos Nigeria and SoleMia in Miami. Many of these projects spanned various Gensler offices and Roberto was engaged to lead teams across multiple offices including Costa Rica, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Bangalore. Now in the Miami Office, Roberto continues to manage a multi-million-dollar international account. He is the client relationship leader as well as leads space planning, design and documentation efforts of multiple projects world-wide.
Roberto takes pride in preparing the next generation of design professionals. As part of his mentorship efforts and an extension of his teaching experience at Ohio State; Roberto is co-lead of the Architecture Mentorship Program at DaVinci High school, where for 5 years he has led a team of mentors in the design on the curriculum and lesson plans for projects in storytelling, story board creation, sketches, product and architectural design, collages and models.
Roberto lives in Miami where he enjoys shopping at farmers markets, cooking Paellas and the occasional pig roast!
