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Meet the Team
Sandra Ruiz
President & CEO
Sandra has been navigating the worlds of construction and corporate real estate for over 30 years, receiving her B.Sc. in construction management at the start of her career. Her extensive project history reflects her ability to successfully manage a variety of concurrent multi-million dollar projects on sites throughout the country. She enjoys facilitating projects from inception to completion and understands the importance of being able to hold the big picture in mind while simultaneously staying detail-oriented. Her areas of expertise include contract negotiation, cost and profit analysis, oversight of contracting activities, team leadership, directing of external consultants, and problem-solving as needed to keep the project advancing on-time and on-budget. As the client’s advocate and primary point of contact, Sandra ensures the desired project scope is met while effectively managing fees, schedules and staffing levels. She recognizes that a truly successful project always includes regular communication with the client, ensuring they feel respected, valued, and informed throughout the process.
Bill Brandon
Account Manager
Bill is part of the original team that launched Monumentum and has 11 year’s experience in the commercial design-build industry with broad knowledge of all aspects of the development process including site planning, architecture, interior design, permitting, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and construction. He has also worked in site evaluation/selection and real estate brokerage capacities. Bill brings a valuable understanding of the unique perspectives and challenges of all the key stakeholders typically involved in both public and private projects along with a proven ability to manage the development process with a client-focused eye. He has primarily worked with financial institutions throughout the west coast on administrative, operations center, and retail projects including both new construction and tenant improvements. Cultivating a long-term relationship with the client by meeting expectations and delivering successful projects is always his primary focus.
Katrina Kuhl
Architect
Katrina graduated with a BArch. Landing her first position with a large commercial architecture firm in San Francisco where she was lucky enough to work with wonderful people on many complex and collaborative national and international projects. This was a fantastic base to have. A strong work ethic and client-centric attitude helped Katrina build great relationships with peers and Clients along the way. Licensed in CA since 2000, over the past 20+ years Katrina has consulted and collaborated with a beautiful grouping of Architectural and Design-Build firms. It has been a lovely journey. Fortunate enough to be in a profession where building codes, local regulations, technology, materials & products are constantly evolving … never is there a dull moment. Katrina has never looked back about the professional choice she made, but always looks forward to the next client and the next opportunity.
Erik Feld
Project Manager
As a Project Manager, Erik works on a variety of assignments ranging from ground-up new construction projects to historical renovations. Erik has gained well-rounded experience in a range of construction project applications over his career. His ability to manage the sequencing of a project, coupled with strong client relationships, makes him a valuable asset to any construction project team. Erik implements construction best practices with a passion for delivering projects in a way that has service at its core. Erik leverages technology to eliminate operational friction and minimize risk for all project stakeholders.
Mike Greco
Chief Operating Officer
Mike provides oversight for all aspects of the company’s day to day operations and financial strategies. Mike prides himself on delivering his 30+ years of broad experience acquired while owning and operating a number of businesses in customer relations, real estate management and finance. This experience allows him to provide exceptional service and support to our clients, and team members.
Emily McCuiston
Designer
Emily holds a degree in Interior Architecture and has been working as a commercial interior designer for more than five years. During a long career in the hospitality industry, she became very interested in the effects of spaces upon the people who use them and decided to pursue a degree in design. Today, Emily’s background in hospitality informs her design approach with a people-centric, service-minded perspective. She is a skilled communicator who listens closely. She derives great satisfaction from providing people with innovative design solutions that are custom tailored to their specific wants and needs. Emily had the opportunity to work on well-received solo design projects straight out of school, which she found both challenging and very rewarding. She then spent two years working in an established design firm before finding a home in her current role in the design-build world. Only happy when she is learning, Emily greatly enjoys the opportunity to collaborate closely with other design and building professionals on projects from concept to completion. She is a client advocate who strives to ensure that their vision is realized and expressed through every detail of a project.
Larry Gandelman
Advisor
Larry has over 30 years of project management experience in the areas of architecture, construction, land use, entitlement processes, complex environmental circumstances and the hands-on management of over 100+commercial real estate transactions. These project areas have included the following vertical markets: Financial, Healthcare, Commercial Office and Education. The projects in these three verticals ranged in project size from $50,000 to $125,000,000.These projects have included corporate headquarters, multi-family residential, critical care facilities, retail installations, state of the art educational facilities and a myriad of commercial tenant improvement projects. Along with his extensive experience, Larry has a proven track record of representing his client’s needs and fulfilling their budget and schedule expectations.
Drew Learned
Advisor
Drew has more than 25 years of professional design and construction experience, completing hundreds of domestic and international projects ranging in size from several thousand to billions of dollars. Drew started his career in the construction industry after receiving a BS Degree in Construction Engineering from Arizona State University. He then went on to master as many entry level positions as possible, then worked his way up to more advanced positions, until finally in 2006, he cofounded a design build firm focused on financial institution retail and office spaces. Under his leadership that firm did extremely well, however in 2017 Drew sold his shares and started his own design build firm, TruEdge Builds, Inc. Here he is President and CEO, as well as holds all contractor licenses for the various regions this company serves.
Tyler Davis
Advisor
Tyler has 20 years of experience in construction, managing a wide variety of projects in occupied healthcare, new hospital expansions, medical office buildings, office, retail, multi-use residential, light industrial, and heavy civil. Founding Porter Consulting in 2006, Tyler built the company by approaching every project as if it was his own. As the owners’ representative and construction manager, he takes personal responsibility for the quality of the project from the design to the final product.
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