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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-22T20:47:32Z</created-at>
  <description>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Tulsa, OK &amp;ndash; Shane Fernandez, AIA,  NCARB, LEED&amp;reg; AP has joined the Tulsa office of Crafton Tull Sparks as Director  of Architecture. He has a bachelor&amp;rsquo;s degree in architecture and master&amp;rsquo;s degree  in architecture and urban design from the University of Oklahoma. Shane has over  14 years&lt;span class="986161520-22092008"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;of experience in architecture. As  Director of Architecture, he will establish a strategic plan to&lt;span class="986161520-22092008"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;grow the architecture division and provide  leadership to accomplish that plan. He previously&lt;span class="986161520-22092008"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;worked at McFarland-Davies  Architects in Tulsa, OK.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Shane is a member of the American  Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration  Boards, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. He is on the Board of  Directors for the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Electrical  Examiners for the City of Tulsa. As a strong proponent of Tulsa, he is actively  involved in the community as the Chairman of the Tulsa&amp;rsquo;s Young Professionals, a  member of the Young Contractors Forum, and a volunteer with Youth Leadership  Tulsa, Youth Services of Tulsa, Tulsa Street School, the Tulsa Zoo, and Youth at  Heart.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks has 320 employees with  offices in Conway, AR, Little Rock, AR, Oklahoma City, OK, Rogers, AR,  Russellville, AR, Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS. Founded in 1963, they provide  architectural, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and  surveying services across the nation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="font8"&gt;Shelley Bowersock, Manager Marketing/PR&lt;br /&gt;Crafton Tull  Sparks&lt;br /&gt;918-588-4026 / shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #383838; font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span class="916290519-28032008"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com" title="mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com blocked::mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="../../../assets/0000/0871/Shane_Fernandez_9-22-08_.pdf"&gt;View press release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <published-at type="datetime">2008-09-22T00:00:00Z</published-at>
  <sub-title>Firm Plans to Grow Architecture Division</sub-title>
  <title>Crafton Tull Sparks Hires Director of Architecture</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-09-22T21:16:24Z</updated-at>
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