Ian is a design leader, mentor, and project manager with experience working on award-winning projects in the USA, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines. His aptitude for universal design and its artful application in landscape architecture has manifested in a myriad of projects and continually builds on notions of inclusive, empathetic, and contextual design. He naturally values collaboration, generates enthusiasm for each project, and is a stabilizing force on each project.

As a project landscape architect, Ian coordinates the design of landscapes paying close attention to holistic design vision and narrative. His commitment to high quality placemaking means he approaches each design with a respect for regionalism, heritage, and the local environment. Ian regularly works with architects, engineers, ecologists, and planners on projects ranging from large-scale master plans to small-scale built landscapes. His work is diverse, with experience serving public and private universities, institutions, municipalities, developers, and government agencies.

Before joining Sasaki in 2009, Ian earned a master of landscape architecture from Kansas State University. He has served as a design instructor at Northeastern University, as a design critic and lecturer at Kansas State, Northeastern, and Boston Architectural College, and as the host of the Sasaki podcast, Design Chatter.