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Tom Parrish is an accomplished Structural Engineer and Associate Principal at DES Architects + Engineers, with a distinguished career beginning in July 1989. In addition to engineering responsibilities, Tom serves as Co-Chair of the SEAONC South Bay Dinner Committee. Prior roles include engineering positions at Neil Moore & Associates from June 1988 to June 1989 and Philips & Giorgi from June 1985 to June 1988. Tom holds a degree in Architectural Engineering (ARCE) in Structural Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, earned between 1981 and 1985.
DES
Born and bred in the Bay Area, DES shares the trailblazing spirit of Silicon Valley. As an integrated design firm, we collaborate between disciplines, from architecture and interior design to planning and engineering. We are here to cross boundaries. The clients we attract span technology, education, life science, healthcare, and real estate development. We cross-pollinate insights, designing solutions special to each project and informed by the full breadth of our experience. Research centers can inspire startup facilities. Social spaces can shape wellness clinics. Tech campuses can transform the urban places of tomorrow. It all starts with the partnership, a give-and-take of ideas. Bring us your site, budget, and brief. Bring on the unexpected, the unexplored, the uncertain. Where others see limitations, we see possibilities. We believe a process that’s agile and flexible produces a place that is the same. A place that’s designed for working and playing, healing and learning, dreaming and doing. A place that inspires people to make it their own.