Who We Are

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co-founder, Lighthouse Management Group

In 2000, David’s professional experience started at LOEWE (LVMH), in worldwide retail design and project management. 

Later, he joined Pritzker Prize architect Rafael Moneo’s office to deliver LISE, a nanotech research laboratory for Harvard University. In 2006, David cofounded Horizontal Systems, a collaborative cloud-based platform for BIM management, today known as Autodesk’s BIM 360. 

In 2008 he joined Diane von Furstenberg to lead the brand’s global expansion, completing over 100 projects in less than four years. In 2013, David moved to CA to work for Apple, delivering flagship projects all over the world.

In 2015, David was hired at Google, to lead design initiatives for Alphabet’s public facing retail launches. Then he joined Atlassian, to lead its award winning global headquarter tower in Sydney (AU), which redefines workplace and sustainability standards.

in 2022, David joined Citadel, to lead the design for landmark commercial projects in NY, MIA, and London. In 2024, together with Scott Hazard, founded Lighthouse Management Group.

David received his Masters in Design Studies in ’04 and Doctorate of Design in ’07, both from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

co-founder, Lighthouse Management Group

Scott was born and raised in Northern California prior to attending Dartmouth College where he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering and Economics. 

Upon graduation, he worked for 5 years in product design at Apple followed by 5 years rolling out flagship Retail stores globally for Apple. He was then recruited by Google to help them develop their own Retail strategy and footprint including Google Glass, Google Fiber, Hardware, Google public spaces and showrooms. 

Scott was recruited in 2018 to help Atlassian develop a more visible public brand through their physical spaces and transitioned into leading corporate real estate development and operations  globally.

Ken Griffin from Citadel reached out in 2022 to request support reinventing the “boring” banking environments and developing ground-up Headquarter projects in NYC and Miami. Scott relocated to Miami to work with Ken from 2022-2024. 

He is currently residing in the Miami area supporting a portfolio of local and international projects through Lighthouse Management Group; an outsourced Design, Strategy and Development consultancy. Current clients include Coinbase, Fort Partners, and several confidential partners.