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As part of the new generation of SOM leadership, Carrie Byles is helping integrate technology into every facet of the firm’s practice and is transforming the practice of design itself.

Carrie Byles, a director based in SOM’s San Francisco office, has more than 22 years of diverse experience in design, technology, and management, with special emphasis on projects with complex programmatic and technological requirements. She is passionate about multi-disciplinary, research-based design. She believes in bringing all parties together as early in the design process as possible to spawn new ideas, establish collaborative working relationships, and create a strong foundation for the design.

With her background in both architecture and digital design, Ms. Byles has a lifelong commitment to understanding how information technology is changing the way we live, and she translates this influence into SOM’s building designs. Examples of these advances can be seen in projects such as the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and the new Library and Information Technology Center at UC Merced, which was recently awarded LEED® Gold. Her laboratory projects at Harvard and Rice Universities will incorporate the latest initiatives in multi-disciplinary scientific research and the use of space and technology to facilitate further collaboration and the spontaneous generation of new ideas.

Ms. Byles's passion for advancing building design and technology is balanced by her “developer mentality” of optimizing her clients’ real estate investment as well as meeting their development goals and schedules.