Mauricio Amado, AIA, NCARB, MBA

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Country Representative
Senior Architect at KAFD Development

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Mauricio, a Conceptual Designer and Project Manager, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico in 1987, a Master of Architecture from the University of Idaho in 1992, and a Masters of Business Administration from Louisiana State University in 2005.

He has practiced architecture in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Mauricio has participated in conferences as a speaker in the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Africa has allowing him to get a global perspective of the profession. A Conceptual Designer and Project Manager, he loves a good challenge.

For the last 15 years he has simultaneously enriched his knowledge of architecture as member of the Design faculty at graduate and undergraduate level in universities of the countries where he has practiced sharing his experience and developing study abroad programs for Japan, Turkey, Cambodia, Spain, France, and Germany.

Mauricio´s involvement with the American Institute of Architects spans from Louisiana to Texas, and now to the Middle East; he is a past board member of AIA Baton Rouge, past committee chair and co-founder of the Leadership Program for AIA Dallas, and currently he is a board member of AIA Middle East as country representative for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Further, Mauricio holds a certificate of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards