Prior to joining Campus Planning, he was a Senior Associate at Sasaki Associates in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in a wide variety of college and university building projects. His passion for higher education brought him to UMass, where Doug is involved in all phases of planning and design on campus. His responsibilities include: management of consultant contracts for facility planning, programming, and feasibility studies; facility planning and programming of projects when performed in-house; and procurement, management, and tracking of off-campus leased space. In addition, Doug puts his analytic strengths to work in support of the Space and Asset Management group, to identify opportunities and evaluate options for potential space assignments.