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From: "John Albers" <albersiw@gmail.com>
To:'Steve-homeLipschulE'<srl.srl@comcast.nef>
Sent Friday, February 18, 2011 9:12 AM
Subiect Letter of Recommendation
February 18,20ll
To Whom It May Concem,
It is my pleasure to recommend Steve Lipschultz to you. I have had the pleasxre of knowing and
working with Steve at a national, 250 person Architectural and Engineering firm for 23 yeax!.
As a colleague of Steve's,I have had the opportunity to experience his positive, proactive {titude
and his ubility to meet deadlines while still exhibiting a very detailed and accurate work ethic.
Steve brings to all of his activities energy, enthusiasm and commitment. Whether he's leading a
project in producing code compliant contact documents, establishing rapport while presenting
iftoj"ct issues to clients, demonstrating initiative, or coordinating efforts and ensrning
construction compliance between architects, engineers, consultants, project managersand the
field, he consistently deliven quality, timely work. His traits include an excellent understanding
of codes, building componeots, and detailing, a technologically sawy affitude and skill set, and
an ability to coordinate and implement solutions. Having directed teams of up to 15 architects,
he possesses a strong collaborative team attitude and interpersonal skills. His versatility enabled
t im to work on a wide variety of our most challenging projects. Steve was also a very patien!
and caring mentorto the less tenured of ou staffarchitectso CAD support staff, engineers and
project numagers.
Steve's background and skill set would be a welcome addition to any organization in the building
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professions. welcome discussing his many strengths with you and how he may help your
organization.
Sincerely,
John W Albers, AIA
Retired President of Opus A&E
100 Third Avenue South
unit 3404
Mpls, MN 55401
612.925.3756
albersj -*'@. gmail. c om
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