Tim joined The Freelon Group in 2002 as Director of Science and Technology and became Vice President in 2006. He is widely recognized for his expertise in the programming, planning and design of institutional projects including academic, research and healthcare facilities. Tim’s broad range of experience with science facilities includes secondary education, undergraduate and graduate teaching/research facilities, in addition to research and development facilities for the pharmaceutical industry. His special strengths include the ability to understand the client’s needs, simplify the problem, explain in layman’s terms the issues involved, then build consensus amongst the various constituencies to create successful design solutions for his clients.
He has been involved with the planning and redevelopment of over 1 million square feet of space on Science Hill located on the Yale University campus for almost 20 years. Some of Mr. Winstead's corporate and institutional projects include Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, DuPont Pharmaceuticals, Merial, Wyeth-Ayerst and the NC Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to Yale, his work on academic science facilities includes projects at University of Connecticut, Duke University, Elizabeth City State University, Hartwick College, The Lawrenceville School, MIT, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, South Carolina State University, SUNY Albany and Winston Salem State University.
Tim is a native of North Carolina, having spent 10 years in Princeton, New Jersey prior to joining Freelon. He has a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from North Carolina State University. He has served as a Peer Reviewer for the NIH and Guest Lecturer at MIT. He has been on ongoing participant with Project Kaleidoscope furthering innovations in spaces for teaching in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for over 15 years. He is LEED AP certified, a member of the American Institute of Architects and the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.