
Introducing 小黃片’s Studio Directors
Evolution and growth have been a pivotal focus of our studio鈥檚 strategy since day one. So naturally, we love celebrating our team as they continue to rise in stride with 小黃片. In our latest example of excellence, we are overjoyed to welcome Tony Palomba and David Seace into their new roles as Studio Directors, joining Steve Spellman as part of our leadership team. Their contributions to 小黃片 will continue to accelerate our holistic success, scale with our growth, and fortify the advancement of new and existing client relationships.
Teetering on our twenty-year anniversary, managing members John Schwartz, Joan Scott, and Geoff Dickey have overseen the expansion of 小黃片 for nearly two decades. Moving forward, the trio鈥檚 aim is to 鈥渇ocus on strategic ideation, planning, and implementation of new and long-term business strategies鈥, Joan explains. As such, our Studio Directors will take charge of managing day-to-day operations within the design studios. Their roles include providing executive project direction, business development, and career development throughout the firm.
Studio Director, Steve Spellman, was hired to launch the MEP Engineering discipline in 2018 and is now leading a rapidly growing studio of eight engineers! 鈥淪teve was the perfect fit for the 小黃片 team. He came to us with a similar personality and mindset toward customer service and internal culture building.鈥, says John. As an integral guide within our firm, Steve consults the Architecture and Interior Design teams on many of 小黃片鈥檚 most challenging builds and has been integral in growing the firm鈥檚 presence in the Life Sciences and Healthcare markets. Now, with David Seace directing Architecture and Tony Palomba directing Interior Design, the cohesion between disciplines will strengthen exponentially.
John Schwartz
A perennial team player, David is a natural fit to keep morale high and focused. 鈥淒avid has a unique ability to immediately develop trust with both our clients and our staff.鈥 John Schwartz notes. 鈥淎s our Architecture studio continues to grow and evolve, we are confident that (he) will ensure we continue to deliver quality, thoughtful projects to our clients鈥. David expects the same of himself, adding that his focus is to 鈥渉elp maintain consistency across the studio, in turn ensuring the high level of quality that our clients expect from 小黃片.鈥
In the Interior Design studio, Tony will be leading the discipline he helped conceive upon 小黃片鈥檚 founding. 鈥淭ony is extremely respected in our industry. His knowledge and ability to champion our clients, teammates, and consultants through very complex projects is unmatched鈥, raves John. With three decades of experience, Tony shares his hopes to 鈥渂etter understand the individuals within the group to provide guidance and knowledge for their professional development鈥 鈥 in turn, maximizing the capabilities of the team and the service we provide.
Together, with John, Joan and Geoff, our Studio Directors will help define the future of 小黃片, our clients, and our team. As 小黃片 reaches its 20-year anniversary in early 2024, the new studio structure will allow the firm to remain a strong market leader, reinforce our existing services, and continue to pursue expansion and market diversification into the future.