
Timothy Ruiz
Principal Designer
Art has been a passion of mine since I was a child. It gave me confidence. I taught myself how to paint, using oils, when I was in grade school and continued being involved in art throughout my middle school and high school years. After graduating, I enlisted in the Navy and attended Defense Mapping School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for construction drafting. While in the fleet I worked as a draftsman/illustrator onboard the USS Hunely out of Scotland. Then also for CVIC onboard the USS Ranger out of San Diego and Bremerton Washington. After I left the Navy, I continued working in my field with several engineering companies and graphic art companies around San Diego, including CSC, American Systems Engineering Corporation and Paragon Design Co.
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After working several years for CSC, I went back to school to study Interior design at Mesa College in San Diego. While attending Mesa I picked up a few internships, including one at Lee Laurence, a fabric and furniture showroom, where I received some valuable hands on training. From there I landed another internship at Alpha Design Group where I eventually worked as the assistant to the principal designer, then moved up to a junior designer. From there, I went on as an independent designer under Alpha Design Group.
In 2003 I left the firm and started Pacific Interiors. Over the years we have had a lot of great clients and projects and we have established valuable relationships with builders, craftspeople and local artisans.