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"I am committed to provide quality workmanship to the benefit of the organization I work for. I approach each project with a focus on high quality, cost effective solutions, functionality, and on-time completion." 

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Akino Sakaoka

Akino Sakaoka has worked on various types projects throughout her career. She began as a technical architect at Baltimore Design Group in 1996 after graduating from the Interior Design Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. During four years with Baltimore, she undertook design projects for multi-million dollar mansions in Long Island and New York City. In 2000 and 2001, while working for GHK Associates, she was responsible for managing renovation for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, the UN's largest department. She also worked independently in 2003 and 2004 with Crown Road, Inc., a developer in Brooklyn, New York, creating contract documents for multiple residential projects.

In 2004, she began her studies in the Construction Management Graduate Program at New York University. Her concentration was Construction Executive Management. Her studies included construction accounting and finance; negotiation and dispute resolution; real estate and construction laws; labor relations; Microsoft Project and Suretrack scheduling; estimating; real estate development process; safety management; project management and construction organization management. After graduating from the program in 2006, she joined Butler Rogers Baskett, where she managed a number of commercial design projects for two and half years.

In January 2009, she earned a LEED accreditation. She also worked as a tutor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2009, teaching students Auto CAD; perspective drawing; architectural working drawing and rendering.

Ms. Sakaoka is also active outside of her professional life. She conducts monthly meetings for The New York City Japanese Language Meetup as the organizer since 2003.