Matt Gibbons

Commercial millwork professional with five years at a high-end custom millwork firm, producing takeoff-ready documentation, resolving scope gaps before fabrication, and coordinating material sourcing with vendors and suppliers. Experienced reading and interpreting architectural drawings across residential and commercial project types.

Bluebeam Revu

Quantification certified.

Background in theatrical production management adds depth in multi-deadline coordination and fabrication sequencing under pressure.

Senior Designer at Rusty Nail Design (2019-09 – 2026-03)

• Interpreted architectural drawings, specifications, and engineering documents for 30+ custom millwork projects annually — identifying scope, flagging ambiguities, and producing takeoff-ready documentation for fabrication teams.
• Caught and documented scope conflicts, drawing errors, and specification gaps before fabrication — resolving multi-stakeholder coordination issues through clear documentation that protected project margins and prevented costly field modifications.
• Coordinated material sourcing with vendors and suppliers, verifying product specifications, lead times, and pricing to support accurate project scoping.
• Developed detailed material specifications with functional justification across complex dual-material and custom-spec projects — ensuring accurate cost modeling and correct fabrication when treating materials as a single spec would have produced wrong results.
• Managed multi-vendor FFE packages with cross-dependent dimensional requirements under luxury hotel opening deadlines — sequencing fabrication through documentation to prevent on-site discovery of dimensional conflicts.
• Produced submittal packages and led documentation hand-off processes, ensuring fabrication and installation teams had complete, accurate information before production began.
• Applied Bluebeam Revu Quantification for precise on-screen takeoff and digital markup workflows across commercial and residential project documentation.

Technical Director at Grandstreet Theatre (2012-06 – 2017-10)

• Managed full production lifecycle for 60+ theatrical productions — translating designs into fabrication-ready documentation, procuring materials, coordinating build schedules, and delivering finished work on fixed opening-night deadlines.
• Produced takeoff-driven cut lists, material specifications, and fabrication packages for volunteer build crews, with zero margin for remake given production schedules.
• Collaborated with directors and designers to identify scope, resolve design-intent conflicts against budget constraints, and document solutions that protected both the design and the build budget.

Technical Advisor at Capital High School (2018-10 – Present)

• Coordinate scenery fabrication for theatrical productions, managing material procurement and build documentation.

Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design – University of Montana