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Managing Principal and Chief Marketing Officer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors and planning for new construction.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, and building optimization from offices coast-to-coast and in China. Core areas of design expertise include Civic, Courts, Detention, Energy Services, Higher Education, Hospitality, K-12 Education, Retail, Sports, and Workplace. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and our planet. DLR Group fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge and is an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment. John Fuller provides strategic guidance to the marketing, brand communications and business development practices for DLR Group, the #1 ranked Architectural Firm in the United States in 2012. John currently serves as its CMO. In this role he manages the national marketing and business development practices for the firm, and actively mentors marketing staff professionals. John joined DLR Group's Omaha office in 1986. In 1994, he was part of a leadership team that opened DLR Group's Kansas City office which has since grown to be one of the largest DLR Group offices and is recognized annual by KC Magazine as one of Kansas City's top ten places to work. In 2010 DLR Group Kansas was cited as the #1 place to work in Kansas City by the KC Magazine. In 2011 DLR Group Kansas was recognized by AIA Kansas City as the "Architectural Firm of the Year".