James Moore

Biography: James A. Moore, Ph.D., AIA, AICP, CRE, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP Managing Director, Urban Solutions, Hatch Tampa, FL James A. Moore has over 30 years of technical and managerial experience and leadership in architecture, community planning, redevelopment consulting and urban design. He is the Managing Director for Urban Solutions with Hatch, helping expand the company's planning, urban design, economics and development consulting businesses globally. From 2014 - 2023, he was the Global Solutions Director for Cities & Places with Jacobs. From 2000 - 2014, he was a Senior Vice President and head of the planning and urban design practice at HDR. Moore has worked on award-winning projects through the US, the Middle East, China and Australia. He has particular expertise in organizing and managing complex urban redevelopment projects; areas of technical expertise include community sustainability, the integration of physical design and economic development, urban redevelopment, real estate development practices, urban design, and leading multi-stakeholder participatory events. His projects integrate concerns for physical, social and economic revitalization and involve intense client interaction and community participation. Recently, Moore has begun to focus on the integration of GIS and other IT tools and techniques into the analysis, planning and implementation of urban projects. Moore received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and also holds degrees from MIT, including an MS in Real Estate Development. From 1988 - 2000, he taught in the School of Architecture & Community Design at the University of South Florida, leaving as a tenured Associate Professor. In 1999 - 2000, he served as the Interim Dean of the School. He also led the Florida Center for Community Design & Research for five years, providing design services and technical assistance to communities and State agencies. Moore is active nationally with ULI, AIA, APA a