Our Team

With over three decades of architectural experience, Suzanne Lee leads the firm’s quality control effort to ensure the production standards of STOA’s designs are of the highest quality. Throughout her career, she has acted as both a project architect and project manager, working with clients in corporate, education, and aviation sectors.

Dr. Chang has over 35 years of experience in managing and conducting engineering, construction, and planning projects for education and research institutions, local, state and federal agencies as well as Fortune 100 firms. His diversified technical background and strong management skills grant him the privilege to lead multi-discipline project teams and subcontractors to provide cost-effective solutions to our clients.

Ramón Patiño has over 30+ years of experience and has worked on projects ranging from residential housing to large corporate office buildings, and international medical facilities. His award-winning creativity has received recognition from the American Society of Interior Designers, Houston Chapter.

Bill is an experienced Senior Project Manager. Bill graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.S. in Architecture. Bill has 59 years of experience in several architectural firms in Houston, Dallas, Lubbock and Fort Worth. Bill has project delivery experience in a variety of project types including airports, office buildings and corporate offices, healthcare, hospitality, specifications, construction, and owner’s representative, collaborating with stakeholders, and design teams to accomplish project goals.

Elijah B. Karnley graduated with from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003 with a B.S. in Architecture, Kennesaw State University in 2006 with a B.Arch. Architecture, and Keller Graduate School in 2008 with a Masters in Project Management & Masters in Public Administration. With nearly two decades of architectural experience, Elijah B. Karnley has joined the firm’s project management and quality control effort to ensure that the production standards of STOA’s designs are of the best quality. With his diverse experience, both within the US and internationally, his work with a variety of project types and clientele in both project management and production, his addition to STOA’s staff is of optimum benefit to the organization as we continue to pursue excellence in the industry.

Graduating from Prairie View A&M University with a B.S. in Architecture in 2012, I’ve been working within the construction industry since then. Started off as an estimator for a roofing company, and a landscaping company, I began working for David Weekley, designing and customizing single family residential homes and shortly thereafter began to work for an independently owned custom home builder. After working for 5 years between the two companies dealing with residential buildings, I made the decision to switch over to commercial properties in 2019 and have not looked back since.

Azeez Aleshe graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Master of Architecture, having previously graduated from Covenant University, Nigeria. Azeez plays a critical role in design production services which includes implementation of Building Information Modeling(BIM) and Digital Construction procedures at design, construction, and handover stages of a project.

For over 30 years Ms. Doody has worked as an Architectural Administrative Office Professional. She handles a myriad of responsibilities for STOA Architects including Executive Assistant to both the CEO and Vice President, Administrative support to Project Managers, and Construction Administrators, Quarterly Contract Compliance liaison for the Pay or Play Program, and the Workforce Utilization Program, oversees the Group Medical Insurance, and assists with Project Administration as needed.

Graduated from Northwestern State University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and Management. Larson joined STOA's Marketing Team in August of 2022. He prepares proposal packages, creates/edits websites & handles social media for STOA. Larson played collegiate baseball at Northwestern State University for five years. Being an athlete has molded him into a strong leader, very disciplined & goal-oriented marketing coordinator.

With a background in Architecture, Nitasha Tiene graduated from City College of New York with a Bachelor of Architecture and Minor in Art. She currently plays a role alongside Larson in STOA's Marketing Team. Her eye for detail and understanding of color and form have provided branding and graphical updates to the firm. Supporting STOA through various marketing efforts, she continues to study architectural design and learn about new and improved architectural techniques.