Michael Luyuan Ren
Designer & Project Manager
San Francisco, CA · mikerenly@berkeley.edu
Designer and project manager bridging building design and real estate development — currently owner's rep for retail CRE and R&D at PMA, previously at SOM and IwamotoScott. UC Berkeley M.Arch with a Real Estate Development certificate.
Experience
Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA)
July 2025 – PresentAssociate Project Manager · San Francisco, CA
- Owner's Rep, Retail CRE Advisory and R&D Lab PgM
IwamotoScott Architecture
June 2024 – August 2024Architectural Designer · San Francisco, CA
- VDC BIM modelling, coordinated the transition of legacy design assets from unstructured formats (hand sketches/drawing sets) into structured BIM environments to support the firm's ongoing project expansions and remodels.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
May 2023 – November 2023Architectural Designer · San Francisco, CA
- Precon feasibility and massing strategy, delivered design-bid for a 2M sq.ft mixed-use residential development in APAC aligned with strict CRE requirements.
Leadership
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design
August 2023 – May 2025Graduate Student Instructor · Berkeley, CA
- Course instruction and program planning, led technical & design classes for 50 graduate students and 120 undergraduates.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
May 2025Master of Architecture — STEM and NAAB Accredited — Certificate in Real Estate Development
University of Melbourne, Australia
July 2021Bachelor of Design — Major in Architecture & Construction — Global Mobility Scholar
Skills
Project Management & VDC: Bluebeam Revu, Revit (BIM), AutoCAD, Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft 365
Scheduling & Controls: Procore, Smartsheet
Data Analytics: Microsoft Power BI, Advanced Excel (Power Query/Pivot)
Languages: Bilingual in Chinese (Mandarin) and English