According to corporate interiors firm MKDA, Suzanne Troiano, ASID, LEED AP ID+C, has joined the firm as project manager. She will provide interior design and project management services out of the firm's N.Y. headquarters.
"Suzanne joins us as a well-rounded project manager with proven design aptitude. Her diverse experience includes sizable corporate, government, healthcare, academic and residential projects that will broaden our reach and add value to our clients," said MKDA president Michael Kleinberg.
With 20 years of experience, Troiano was most recently a project manager, interior designer and project architect at Gruzen Samton Architects, where she performed work on behalf of government institutions, global corporations, academic institutions and condominium developments.
Clients included General Services Administration, The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art, Cornell University's College of Human Ecology, PepsiCo Inc., Crystal Point Condo and Banner Ave. Residential Condo.
She was previously a principal for Grand Street Design and a project designer at The Hillier Group and Griswold, Heckel & Kelly Associates. Clients included Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, Prudential Health Care, Prudential Group Life and Disability, and luxury brand LVMH Moet Hennessy, among others.
Troiano has also lent her talents to Perkins and Will and The Mufson Partnership as a consulting architect and designer, designing spaces for private residences and medical institutions such as New York Presbyterian Hospital.
"My mission is to bring the highest level of integrated design and management to all new and existing projects," said Troiano, "offering clients superior customer service and efficient and exciting spaces."
Troiano, a former principal dancer for numerous prominent dance companies, holds an AAS Degree in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design and a Liberal Arts Degree from Fordham University.
She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), a Certified Interior Designer by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), and holds the LEED AP Interior Design + Construction (LEED AP ID+C) credential.
MKDA is a corporate space planning and interior design firm that was established in 1959 by showroom designer Milo Kleinberg. The firm today has two locations—its headquarters in Manhattan and a second location in Stamford, Conn. MKDA services corporations, non-profits, government agencies, and commercial building owners. MKDA clients include Centerview Partners, CVC Capital Partners, Duval and Stachenfeld, Fab.com, Brown Shoe, Makerbot, Design Within Reach, Heineken and Guggenheim Partners, among others. The firm is one of the most prolific interiors firms for landlords, servicing esteemed building owners Silverstein Properties, Vornado Realty Trust, Blackstone, Boston Properties and Normandy, to name a few. Tags: