Rene Alvarez

Senior Associate, Senior Planner/Designer

Rene Alvarez has worked in the planning and design field for nearly 20 years.  At C.T. Hsu + Associates, he provides master planning, feasibility studies, programming, building designs and project management for many of the firm’s signature projects including Boone High School, Mount Dora High School, Seminole Community College’s Sanford/Lake Mary campus master plan, the Orange County Convention Center West Entrance and Valencia Community College's Public Safety Institute building and campus master plan.

Prior to joining the firm in 1998, Rene served as a senior designer with Architekturbüro Prof. Harald Deilmann in Münster, Germany where he worked in the urban design department on residential, commercial, and industrial projects.  He holds a Master of Science degree in urban design and a Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and is fluent in Spanish, German and Portuguese.

Diana V. Faustmann

Senior Associate / Marketing Manager

Diana Faustmann wears many hats at C.T. Hsu + Associates.  With a talent for creating attractive, informative and effectively persuasive documents, she supports the firm’s business development by managing and producing both response proposals and collateral marketing material.  She represents the firm at pre-submittal meetings, networking functions and trade shows and provides assistance with project and office administration, public/media relations coordination, newsletter production and website updating. 

Before joining the firm in 2001, Diana’s career included managing media services for one of Orlando’s largest advertising agencies, and writing and editing for two national magazines.  She is a Leadership Seminole participant and currently serves on the board of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

A Filipino American, Diana moved to Orlando in 1986.