Alisa Nadolishny
Designer
alisa@forge-sf.com
Hails From: Born in Moscow, raised in New York
Superpower: Almost-perfect sense of timing
Best Concert: The Pixies
Favorite City: Amsterdam
Favorite Architect: Alvar Aalto & Alvaro Siza
Allison Scott
HR Manager
allison@forge-sf.com
Hobby: Quoting The Office
Hails from: Oz (Most people would call it Kansas)
Superpower: Remembering dance routines from high school
Best Concert: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Biggest Accomplishment: Surviving 2 wild years living in China
Andy Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
andrew@forge-sf.com
Hobby: Coaching basketball & football
Hails From: Auburn, CA
Superpower: Bionics – I have pins and screws everywhere
Favorite Architect: The one George Constanza pretends to be
Doppelganger: I’ve been told Mark Ruffalo
Ann Kawata
Job Captain
annette@forge-sf.com
Hails From: Tianjin, mainland China
Favorite Architect: Antoni Gaudi
Rather Be Doing: Volunteering at animal shelter
Dream Vacation: Tahiti & Maldives
Doppelganger: Still searching…
Anthia Wong
Team Lead, Project Manager
anthia@forge-sf.com
Superpower: Ability to find calm in this crazy thing we called life
First Car: 1984 318i BMW
Dog or Cat: None, my kids are my pets
Nickname: Siuwa (my Chinese name)
Rather Be Doing: A bacon steward & connoisseur
Arjun Hunt
Designer
arjun@forge-sf.com
Hidden Talent: Amateur crepe chef
Hobby: Jamming on the drums
Hails From: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Favorite Architects: Steven Holl, Renzo Piano
Rather Be Doing: Building drums while beer tasting. What could go wrong?
Carlos Antequera Munoz
Designer
carlos@forge-sf.com
Hidden Talent: Karate kid
Hobby: Soccer, Karate, & Volleyball
Hails From: Valdepeñas, C.Real, Spain
Favorite Architects: Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe & Álvaro Siza
Biggest Accomplishment: Moving from Spain to California
Charishma Reddy
Project Lead
charishma@forge-sf.com
Area of Focus: Sustainable Architecture
Hails From: Bangalore, India
Nickname: Chari
Favorite Architects: Renzo Piano & Louis Kahn
Dream Vacation: Anywhere in Japan for a few months
Chris McCoy
Designer
chrism@forge-sf.com
Hidden Talent: Accurately guessing people’s MBTI type; historical trivia
Hobby: Game night, DnD, Anything related to space
Superpower: Ability to freeze time
Best Concert: Hans Zimmer at UC Berkeley Amphitheater
Biggest Accomplishment: Surviving Architecture school & grad school at the same time
Chris Ward
Senior Project Architect
chrisw@forge-sf.com
Area of Focus: Special Projects & Education
Hidden Talent: Chef
Best Concert: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Favorite City: Venice
Favorite Architect: Frank Gehry
Derek Cunha
Project Manager
derek@forge-sf.com
Hobby: Mountain biking and target shooting
Superpower: Teleportation
First Car: 2001 Chevrolet Trailblazer
Rather Be Doing: Exploring wilderness
Biggest Accomplishment: Being a husband and father
Eric Ibsen
Chief Design Officer
eric@forge-sf.com
Superpower: Navigation
Best Concert: Living Color – Newport Music Hall, 1990
Dog or Cat: Dogs – Max & Jake
Favorite Architect: Tom Kundig
Biggest Accomplishment: Changing careers from advertising to architecture
Erin Cash
Designer
erin@forge-sf.com
Hails From: Knoxville, TN
Dog or Cat: Dog!!!
Nickname: Airbob
Rather Be Doing: Baking a cheesecake or traveling
Dream Vacation: Europe, New Zealand – so many places still on my list
Harland Patajo
Project Manager
harland@forge-la.com
Years in the Business: 15 years
First Car: Brown 1986 Volkswagen Vanagon
Best Concert: The Beach Boys in 1989
Favorite Architect: Tadao Ando
Rather Be Doing: Rock climbing, jiujitsu, or watching my beloved Warriors
Iku Joki
Project Manager
iku@forge-sf.com
Hails From: New York & Kansai Region of Japan
Years in the Business: 14 years
Superpower: Staying calm in front of clients & consultants
Nickname: Igloo
Biggest Accomplishment: Skydiving
Leah Zeller
Designer
leah@forge-la.com
Area of Focus: Hospitality in interiors
Hobby: Boxing
Best Concert: ODESZA
Favorite City: Anything on a Greek island
Favorite Designer: Kelly Wearstler
Marieca Tye
Job Captain
marieca@forge-sf.com
Favorite Architect: Zumthor
Superpower: Rubber stretch arms
First Car: AMC Green Hornet
Favorite City: San Francisco (really)
Biggest Accomplishment: Still standing
Melissa Spring
Job Captain
melissa@forge-sf.com
Hidden Talent: Lyra/aerial fitness
Hobby: Fashion illustration
Hails From: San Francisco
Years in the Business: 4.5
Superpower: Finding deals in the sale rack
First Car: Toyota Matrix
Meredith English
Project Manager
meredith@forge-sf.com
Hobby: Sketching & making cards
Hails From: Toronto, Canada
First Car: A bike
Best Concert& Spice Girls 1998
Biggest Accomplishment& Moving to SF!
Nat Merriss
Senior Job Captain
nat@forge-sf.com
Hobby: Snowboarding, cooking, & camping
Hails From: Sonoma County, CA
Favorite Architect: Carlo Scarpa
Rather Be Doing: See hobbies
Doppelgänger: Philip Seymour Hoffman portraying Uncle Fester with a goatee
Nicole Roman
Designer
nicole@forge-sf.com
Hidden Talent: Playing the ukulele
First Car: 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Dog or Cat: Dog
Favorite Architects: Aires Mateus & Frida Escobedo
Dream Vacatio:? Anywhere I can see the Northern Lights
Patrick Sanchez
Project Designer
patrick@forge-sf.com
Superpower: Remembering useless information
First Car: ’88 Isuzu Trooper
Rather Be Doing: Playing hoops
Dream Vacation: Australia
Biggest Accomplishment: Finishing school
Sierra Caragan
Brand Manager
sierra@forge-sf.com
Area of Focus: Graphic Design, Branding, & Marketing
Hobby: Playing piano
Best Concert: *NSYNC—PopOdyssey, 2001
Dog or Cat: Dogs! Especially my furbabies: Chopper, Charlie, & Mira
Rather Be Doing: Eating churros & riding Space Mountain at Disneyland
Terri Emery
Team Lead, Senior Project Architect
terri@forge-sf.com
Hobby: DIY gardening and woodworking
Hails From: 20 mi. from the geographical center of continental US – Kansas
Best Concert: My daughter’s Master recital
Nickname: Turbo
Favorite Architect: Greg Sheppard, when he’s not grumpy
Wendy Diaz
Project Lead
wendy@forge-sf.com
Hobby: My latest is woodworking
First Car: GMC Sonoma pickup
Best Concert: Ben Harper
Rather Be Doing: Going on an adventure with my family or making something
Dream Vacation: New Zealand