Mr. Petronis is the founder and president of ARC. He has both master of business administration and master of architecture degrees from the University of New Mexico and is a certified planner and registered architect. His work has been featured in a number of facility planning and programming textbooks, including Edith Cherry, FAIA’s Programming for Design, From Theory to Practice. Case studies of Mr. Petronis’ work have appeared in Facility Programming, Programming the Built Environment, the AIA Guide to Facility Programming and “Architectural Programming” (with Edith Cherry) in the Whole Building Design Guide. Projects under Mr. Petronis’ direction have been cited for merit by the New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Association, Urban Design Magazine and by The Albuquerque Conservation Association.

Mr. Petronis has substantial facility programming and master planning experience for a wide variety of projects for federal, state and local governments, as well as for educational institutions statewide and nationwide. As senior principal, Mr. Petronis oversees most of ARC’s project work. He also manages and actively participates in planning work for long-standing clients such as Albuquerque Public Schools, the National Park Service, Santa Fe Public Schools, the State of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and variety of other clients.