Corporate Role: Founder & CEO, Space 6 Studios, LLC -  

Functional Role: Interim Program Manager, Coastal Communities Initiative

Business: Space 6 Studios, LLC

Thomas practiced as a Licensed Architect for over 24 years, over 20 years as a Program, Project or Construction Manager, and over 20 years in private practice to comprise over 35 years of combined professional experience in the Washington DC Metropolitan area and abroad. Thomas worked on, managed or developed projects in coastal regions throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and aboard including Japan, Korea, Guam, Portugal, St Lucia, Jamaica, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Bermuda..

Thomas has developed an infrastructure required for the ongoing operations of his proposed new and innovative initiative known as the Coastal Communities Initiative, which will promote the sustainability of the communities without the significant reliance on forces outside their control – public emergencies, disasters, and climate change preparedness.

As the Founder and CEO of Space 6 Studios, LLC, he is managing and overseeing the implementation of the Coastal Communities Initiative. Additionally, during the past 12-plus years (inclusive of the Pandemic) Thomas worked exclusively in coastal communities in the Caribbean region and the District, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) communities. This includes working directly with community-specific, small, and micro-businesses in his own community of Ward 4, section of the District of Columbia, and on his pre-development analysis on the north coast of the Dominican Republic in the seaside coastal community of Cabarete.

In addition to other coastal regions including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and three areas of Haiti, he has completed the pre-development planning, site analysis, community needs analysis, and pre-development site concept design phases for five of the six sites in Space 6 Studios.

Thomas’s approach is to fully integrate easy-to-apply sustainable technologies and make them immediately available to localized at-risk coastal, underserved/undeveloped, or pockets of highly developed communities. This integration is designed for use before, during, and after public emergencies, disasters, and climate change events.

Thomas conducted extensive research and provided schematic site design concepts on six sites, referred to as Space 6 Studios, to analyze and align with our proposed business model for addressing community-specific needs. Some of these sites are moving forward to become designated prototype Sustainable Urban Villages/(SUVs)/Enclaves. Please visit our link above under "Sustainable Urban Villages" to review three of six current studio (1,2 and 3) sites.