Meet Our Team
Partner & President
Design Lead
Jesse began his career working as a draftsman in the summer of 2006. After working for three years for another company, Jesse ventured off and started his own company, KL Drafting & Design, in 2009. Jesse learned all aspects of the building permit industry throughout these years. Jesse is very familiar with the zoning and building codes of all the jurisdictions within San Diego County. Any size job, Jesse would handle, from retaining walls, decks, all the way up to custom homes and multi-family dwellings.
Through the years, the workload has expanded and has brought Jesse to where he is today. In 2022, Jesse decided to build a team to keep up on the workload and fast-track projects by keeping them in-house for as long as possible, where PRO-CAL Design kicked off.
Jesse Leon
Partner & President
Design Lead
Partner
Christian has over 13 years of San Diego real estate experience. Beginning from simple property management, Christian has built his business over the years by expanding his repertoire to include residential sales, property flips, and now includes full-fledged investor-based projects. It was Christian's vision to make a streamlined design and engineering venture that has now led into what PRO-CAL has become.
Christian Spicer
Partner
Engineering Lead and Project Manager
Luke graduated from Cal Poly SLO and has been in the structural engineering field for 7 years. Before Joining PRO-CAL he spent 5 years designing a variety of projects for the largest structural firm in San Diego. These projects included large scale wood construction, multi-level concrete podiums, and steel structures with various seismic force resisting systems.
Luke was a project engineer on The Society Apartments, which consisted of over 950 units and 1 million square feet. He has also designed new structures and performed structural conditions assessments for the Navy, worked on miscellaneous projects at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and worked on renovations for the Hotel Del Coronado. Luke specializes in the design of wood structures including tenant improvements, ADUs, single family homes, and large scale commercial and multi-family buildings.
Luke Nazaroff, PE
Engineering Lead and Project Manager
Engineering Designer
Operations Manager
Cameron started his career in November 2013 traveling through the North-East United States as a pipeline applications specialist with Kerr Engineered Sales Company based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In May 2015 he transitioned to the renewable energy industry when he took a job with SolarCity out of Annapolis, Maryland as an Energy Consultant. In January 2016 Cameron was relocated to O'ahu, Hawaii to survey homes and help pilot a smart inverter system.
A year later he moved to San Diego, California where he started to pursue a career in engineering. After supplementing his education, by October 2017 he secured a drafter position at Reverence Engineering, a structural engineering firm specializing in architectural signage and shade structures. He spent 5 years with Reverence Engineering, growing into a designer and honing his skills until he was leading a team of designers by the time of his departure. He started with PRO-CAL Design and Engineering in November 2022 as an Engineering Designer, and quickly grown into the operations manager position, helping the business meet and keep promises.
Cameron Etienne, EIT
Engineering Designer
Operations Manager
Residential Designer
Yahaira has been in the Architectural, Structural, Design Consulting, and Drafting field since 2014. Through the combination of business, project management, and leadership skills, Yahaira has led a team, coordinated projects, worked on residential and mixed-use projects and gained knowledge on permitting projects for small additions, custom residential projects, track home developments and small light commercial tenants improvements. Yahaira's knowledge of codes, local municipal codes, and local City and County processes for permitting provides a comprehensive addition to the PRO-CAL team.
Yahaira Ibanez
Residential Designer
Residential Designer
Mary started her career working as a Junior Architect in the Philippines in 2021. She worked on a range of projects in residential, commercial, and institutional building types. In 2022, she was partnered with a junior engineer to handle three distinct residential projects, and an on-site commercial project that has a floor area of 15,000 square feet. With these experiences, she not only enhanced her planning and design skills. She also learned how to get permits and comprehend a project from concept to completion.
In December of 2022, she moved to San Diego in search of greater professional advancement. Through her perseverance and proven skills, she obtained her first job in PRO-Cal Design and Engineering as an Architectural Designer. She has been showcasing her talent and competence in the field since May of 2023.
Mary Dabu
Residential Designer
Residential Designer
Denisse started her career in Washington DC where she grew up. Moved to San Diego to focus on residential architecture, focusing on creating living spaces that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. In addition to Architecture, her experience includes metal fabrication and product design.
Denisse brings creative and technical skills to her role as a Residential Designer. Denisse is adept at using Revit, an architectural software, to produce designs, construction documents, and 3D visualizations for clients. Detail-oriented and organized, she is committed to getting each aspect of a project completed with precision and timeliness.
Denisse Prado Liendo
Residential Designer