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Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 397 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 06:52 am:    You there! How do they call you? No, not the "pet names" they call you, but your official title. Office is reviewing job titles, and am interested in what title you carry on your business card, or on other indicators. Also, if you are part of a department or larger spec staff, what is the title of the head of that unit? John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 530 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 08:20 am:    Current job: Senior Construction Specifier. Previous job: Director of Technical Services. Mitch Miller,AIA ,CSI, CCS, MAI Senior Member Username: m2architek Post Number: 81 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 08:36 am:    Director of Specifications Stephan Reppert CSI, CDT, assoc. AIA Senior Member Username: steprepp Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 09:09 am:    Designer III, Architectural (AKA Chief, cook and bottle washer) William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: wpegues Post Number: 604 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 09:17 am:    Director of Research and Specifications Doug Frank FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: doug_frank_ccs Post Number: 150 Registered: 06-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 09:19 am:    Specifications Manager; I also have a "Specifications Writer" on staff Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 373 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 09:25 am:    My business card reads "Associate" and on the next line "Specifications". My boss' title is "Associate Vice President, Director of Specifications and Allied Disciplines". In addition to being able to have "CSI" and "CCS" (or whatever) on our cards, the decision has been made to list (if applicable, of course) "LEED AP". Stephan Reppert CSI, CDT, assoc. AIA Senior Member Username: steprepp Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 09:43 am:    Our Department is Design Services, under the Facilities and Construction Management Division, School Board of Broward County, Florida Tracy Van Niel Senior Member Username: tracy_van_niel Post Number: 179 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 04:15 pm:    Specifications Manager Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 347 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 04:43 pm:    My card is "Associate Partner" "Specifications Writer" I do use FCSI and CCS on the card. its not typical in our firm that people are "directors" of anything -- we have a couple of those, but not of any architectural disciplines. We also list any other initials (LEED AP, or whatever) that are applicable. Ron Beard CCS Senior Member Username: rm_beard_ccs Post Number: 132 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 05:28 pm:    President Also, I'm giving some consideration to adding the following to my business card: "Fast is good, accuracy is better" ....Wyatt Earp PS: Earp lived to be 80. Marc C Chavez Senior Member Username: mchavez Post Number: 157 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 05:35 pm:    In the play The Odd Couple, Murray the cop says "Do you want speed or accuracy!" They would not call me "Cheif of Architectural Production" so I became "Information Architect" I know, I know, but it's better then "Hey you!" Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 376 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 05:38 pm:    I wanted "Queen of Specifications" or "She Who Must Be Obeyed" but didn't get that either. Marc, it's a good thing they didn't call you "Cheif". Steven T. Lawrey, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: lawrey Post Number: 51 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 05:41 pm:    My official title is Chief Specifier however our company policy is not to list titles on business cards. However, the astute reader could probably figure out that I'm the spec writer with AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA following my name. Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 349 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 08:07 pm:    I wanted "Queen of Specifications" on my cards, too, but was told I would have to have them printed privately to do that. they might actually approve "Office Know-it-All" William Wagner Senior Member Username: bill_black Post Number: 21 Registered: 07-2005 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 08:39 am:    Once working for a large corporate firm, they had me fill out a form for business cards. In the blank following the title question I put "Genius". I thought it was a funny little Wiley Coyote reference until I got 500 cards back with "William Wagner, Genius". Everyone thought I was an arrogant bastard. Classic... Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 399 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 08:58 am:    Have we no-- Countessa of Written Communications Grand Pooh-Paw of Project Manuals AHJ over Specficiations Local Administrator of MF04 Richard Howard, AIA CSI CCS Senior Member Username: rick_howard Post Number: 81 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 09:14 am:    I am not one for titles. My card simply says "Specifications" after my name. Brett M. Wilbur CSI, CCS, AIA Senior Member Username: brett Post Number: 120 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 09:40 am:    My corporate title is Associate. I am the Director of Specifications. On my business card it says: Brett M. Wilbur, AIA, CSI Associate Director of Specifications Most people in the office just call me the "Spec Guy". I thought about getting a cape with a big 'S' on the front. I go by many other names, some not so good. Recently, I was branded "The muffin man". Long story. Nina Giglio Member Username: ngiglio Post Number: 3 Registered: 01-2006 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 09:45 am:    frequently "Spec Winch" But NEVER "Spec Wench" Ellis C. Whitby, AIA, PE, CSI Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 15 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 10:05 am:    My corporate title is “Construction Contract Administration Section Manager” and my business cards have: Ellis C. Whitby, AIA, PE, CSI Construction Contract Administration Section Manager Robert E. Woodburn Senior Member Username: bwoodburn Post Number: 115 Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 10:27 am:    My card just says ROBERT E. WOODBURN, RA,CSI,CCS" -- due to our standard card format, it's all caps, and the space is restricted, so there's no room for "CCCA" (or even for space between sets of initials). I don't have a title. When a new secretary kept calling me "sir" I kept asking her not to, lest I start getting age-sensitive. In "title" blanks on forms, I put "architect/specifier"... Ellis C. Whitby, AIA, PE, CSI Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 17 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 10:41 am:    Pet names: What I am called varies by circumstance and what my role is. I am most familiar with: “Hey, you!, “You idiot”, and “&%$* architect.” The later is most often heard during and after contractor claim reviews. I have tried for years to teach my children to address me a “Lord High Emperor of the Universe”, but have been singularly unsuccessful. Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 379 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 10:53 am:    In the spirit of the dog who thinks her name is "No, no, bad dog", sometimes I think my title is "That got VE'd out and we're using this now"... Tomas Mejia, CCS, CCCA, LEED Senior Member Username: tmejia Post Number: 29 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 11:24 am:    As an IndependentSpecifier, my business cards have "Specification Consultant" under my name. TOMÁS MEJIA, CCS, CCCA, LEED Specification Consultant Kristin C Kennedy RA CCS CSI Senior Member Username: kkennedy Post Number: 14 Registered: 09-2004 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 03:00 pm:    Lead Specifications Writer and Project Manager. I write most of the specs in our small office, but that's only about 25% of my time. The rest of the time, I'm wearing my architect hat or my manager hat or my marketing hat. Ann Baker (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 06:24 pm:    I suppose I could be the Assistant Chief Specifier (since we already have a Chief Specifier), but my card says "Architect/Specifier". As pet names go, though, I guess it's better than Fluffy. Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 179 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 08:29 am:    In my previous position, I was known as "DOS" for Director of Specifications, or as "The Lord of the Specs" though I couldn't make the specs dance a jig. Both of these titles jokingly implied a level of authority that of course was nonexistent. In my new position, I'm called lots of things. Don Harris CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: don_harris Post Number: 72 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 09:46 am:    Officially - "Senior Associate" Unofficially - Guru of all things not design.