Hetal Shah

About Hetal Shah

Hetal brings more than 23 years of experience in a wide variety of practice areas like Retail, Single and multi-family Residential, and Adaptive reuse.Hetal is a registered architect in California, a LEED-accredited professional, a certified program manager, and has a Master\'s degree in Urban Design. Her strength lies in managing a large volume of projects, people, and data - and GETTING THINGS DONE. Hetal joined Gensler as a Retail Design Manager in 2016. She managed the design and execution of several Retail prototypes including IMAX, Me Undies, and Urban Decay. As a Senior project manager with the Program Management Office at Gensler she managed 20-25 Adaptive Reuse projects in the US and Canada. Before joining Gensler, Hetal managed vast retail rollout programs for brands like Lululemon and Forever 21 across the US and internationally.Currently, Hetal is using her years of experience in Adaptive Reuse, Residential Architecture, and Program Management to develop Interim and Permanent Supportive Housing for people experiencing Homelessness. Hetal is using her superpower of GETTING THINGS DONE in a sector that requires it most.​Hetal brings value and unique insight to projects by often overlapping her roles as Project Architect and Project Manager. She has amassed vast experience in Design and Project Management, Owner representation; Prototype Development and Implementation; Brand standards management; Due Diligence and Code Analysis; Permits and Jurisdictional Approvals; Construction documentation, Detailing, and Construction Administration.Hetal stays deeply involved with the design and execution of projects and thrives on carrying projects from concept to construction. She is a PROBLEM SLOVER, RISK TAKER, and a CONSTANT LEARNER.

Experience

1. Senior Associate, Project Director

   Gensler

   Jan 2026 — Present

Education

• CEPT University

  Master's degree, Urban Design

• The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

  Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture

  1991 — 1996

Skills

• International Project Experience
• Architectures
• Design Research
• Multi-Family Homes
• Architectural Design
• Retail Design
• Architecture
• Space Planning
• Indesign
• Mixed-Use
• Revit
• Interior Design
• Leed Ap
• Multi-Family
• Urban Design
• Architectural Project Management
• Archicad
• Project Estimation
• Residential Homes
• Sketchup
• Submittals
• Solution Architecture
• Project Planning
• Autocad
• Autocad Architecture
• Retail Buildings
• Sustainable Design