Affiliations & Accreditations
Member of Council for Canadian Urbanism, Member Congress for the New Urbanism, CNU-Accredited Professional (LEEDND point credit), Member New Urban Guild, Knight Fellow at University of Miami, Florida; Pasha Member Urban Land Institute, NCI Certified Charrette Planner Certificate; Imagine Calgary Working Group; LEEDND Corresponding Committee
Education
Knight Fellow in Community Building, University of Miami
Miami, Florida, U.S.: 2006
MEDes (Urban Design), University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: 2003
BSD, Housing & Urban Development, Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.: 1998 (Honors)
Professional Experience
Director of Design: Lafayette Downtown Development Authority
Lafayette, Lousiana, US: August 2013 – present
Principal Urban Designer, Founder: Placemakers Canada Inc. (Previously T-Six Urbanists Inc.)
Calgary, Alberta: 2006 – present
Director Canadian Operations, Principal Urban Designer: PlaceMakers, LLC
Delaware, US: 2007 – 2013
Senior Urban Designer, Principal, Co-Founder: Civic Design Group
Calgary, Alberta: 2004 – 2006
Urban Design Instructor: Faculty of Environmental Design University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta: 2004 – 2005
Principal: Geoff Dyer Town Planning & Urban Design
Calgary, Alberta: 2002 – 2004
Planner/Urban Designer, Walker Newby Partners Inc./ Urban Systems Inc.
Calgary, Alberta: 1999 – 2002
Field Engineer, Bridgeway Construction Company
Seattle, Washington: 1998 – 1999
Associate Planner, City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona: 1997 to 1998
Lectures and Publications
Housing for Older Canadians: Insight into Senior Housing Providers & Real Estate Considerations, Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC)
Upcoming Publication due Fall 2013, Contributor
SmartCode: Placemaking Beyond Aesthetics
Centre for Urban Greenery & Ecology (CUGE) Biannual “CityGreen”, Issue 6: Green Spaces. Sustainable Cities, Winter-Spring 2013
“The Plazas of New Mexico”
Stefanos Polyzoides and Chris Wilson, 2011: Cover Illustration
PlaceShakers.com
Regular Blog Contributor with syndication to APA, Planetizen, and Better!Cities&Towns
SmartCode Workshop Educator and Lecturer:
SmartCode Workshop El Paso, November 2011
SmartCode Workshop Michigan, November 2009
SmartCode Workshop Miami, October, 2005
SmartCode @ Work Webinar Series:
"The Roundabout Debate: Swift+Dyer v. Massengale+Dover with Peter Swift, Geoff Dyer, John Massengale, and Victor Dover", June 2014
“Urban Design for Character Based Environments”, June 2012
“Urban Design Under a SmartCode”, September 2012
Alberta Professional Planners Institute, Calgary Luncheon Series:
“Land Use Regulation for the 21st Century: Form Based Codes Essentials”, 2010
Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners, Annual Conference:
“Restructuring Rural Settlement”, 2006
“Trends in Innovation: Understanding the New Urbanism”, 2003
“Transect Seminar”, 2001
Community Planning Association of Alberta, Annual Conference:
“Regulating Open Space & Community Design for the 21st Century”, 2009
Urban Land Institute: Healthcare Facilities Information Packet
Intown Memphis, 2009
Congress for the New Urbanism, Annual Conference:
“Urban Lab Instructor- Austin”, 2008
“Advanced Application of the Transect in Form-Based Coding”, 2008
“Urban Lab Instructor- Denver “, 2009
“New Urbanism 202 Instructor: Form Based Codes”, 2010
Low Impact Development Conference:
“Low Impact Development in Alberta” , 2006
Scale; Journal for the faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary
“Kabul Initiative, International Avenue Design Initiative, South City Centre”, 2003
Design Communications Association: Drawing Exhibition, 2005
Awards & Recognition
Mayor’s Urban Design Awards 2011 (Calgary):
Honourable Mention; Heritage Station: Station Area Plan, 2011
Brownie Award, Canadian Urban Institute:
Communications, Marketing, and Public Engagement; 52nd Street Charrette, 2008
Arthur Ross Award, Institute of Classical Architecture :
Community Design: The Mississippi Renewal Forum (Forum Member), 2006
Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Award:
“International Avenue Design Initiative”, Student & Faculty (Faculty), 2005
Project Experience: