Professional Profile: Craig Thomas Chinn 2016

Name: Craig Thomas Chinn - 2016
Title: President, Founder
Company: Architecture Design Collaborative
Location: California & Colorado
Birthplace: Boise, ID
Family: Wife Kristy and son Connor
College: California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
First job unrelated to your current field: Paperboy
First job in current field: Intern at Architectural Dimensions
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? We focus on retail, residential, and mixed-use projects across the country. We provide design, entitlement, and construction drawing services. We are currently active projects in 17 states and have plans to continue to take our mobile design studio concept to more states and more clients.
Hobbies:Skiing, Lego building with my son
Favorite novel: “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy
Favorite film: “Eurotrip”, love to laugh
Keys to success: Do what you say when you say it.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Hiro Kinoshita, one of my mentors when I graduated college and started working in architecture.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Development