Electrical Department
Dan is a senior designer at the firm, specializing in lighting, electrical power, telecommunications, and fire alarm systems. He joined the firm in 2002 and has since led design efforts on more than 50 major higher education renovation projects.
Recently, Dan was the principal designer for lighting, electrical, telecom, fire alarm, and electronic security systems in a $50 million renovation of a university student center completed in 2021. He also designed a cutting-edge eSports suite with advanced lighting systems and is currently completing a second suite.
He has been the lead lighting and electrical designer for over 50 major, multi-million dollar building and renovation projects, ranging from high-rise dormitories and historical building renovations to several science buildings, office buildings, and a sports arenas—including interior and exterior lighting for the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY. As has become common in current building requirements, many of these projects included extensive telecommunications and audio/visual systems with videoconferencing and distance learning capabilities that he designed.
Outside of higher education, Dan has led industrial plant renovations involving complete electrical service replacements, arc flash hazard analyses, and large-scale medium voltage coordination studies. He has also designed numerous emergency generator installations. Dan was also the lead electrical designer for the Thousand Island Arts Center in Clayton, NY, a government facility in Plattsburg, NY, a church in Syracuse, NY, and other commercial office spaces in the Syracuse area.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater with a focus on lighting and technical design from The College of Wooster in Ohio. Before joining the firm, he worked to produce numerous entertainment and theatrical productions, ranging from multi-million dollar parades to rock and roll road tours at Walt Disney World, to productions with automated stage settings at the Huntington Theater in Boston. From this and other work, he gained a strong background in lighting and electrical design, CAD drafting, and Revit modeling.
He is a Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (2023), a Certified Lighting Designer (2025), LC certified by the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (2009), a LEED Accredited Professional (NC 2.2), and a NICET Level III Fire Alarm Systems Engineering Technologist.