Welcome to the boards Adam.
An old professor of mine at Purdue; Tim Trapp.
Raised in Ventura California and graduated from California University at Long Beach. Tim’s success as a graduate culminated in his research design work being installed in the Smithsonian Institute and having a personal congratulatory meeting with President Nixon at the oval office. Tim moved to Indiana to accept the chairmanship of the Environmental and Industrial Design program at Purdue University, where he taught and restructured the program. In 1971, moving to Boulder, CO, he accepted and held the Senior Associate position with Carl Worthington Architecture, Colorado’s largest architectural company, for five years. Next, as a Vice President at Cork N’ Clever, a national restaurant chain, he was responsible for all design and architecture services. Following the Cork’s corporate closure he opened Trapp Associates Ltd in 1981. With his 40 years of experience, Trapp Associates continues to be an international, multi discipline design firm specializing in brewery and restaurant design and architecture services with a portfolio of over 350 full service restaurants.
You might give him a call, identify who you are, what you are seeking, and ask for an informational interview.