A resident of Walnut, Gutierrez has served HMC Architects in the various capacities of senior project architect, associate, senior associate and currently serves as principal. From 1988 to 1999, Gutierrez was principal of the architecture firm The Gutierrez Partnership before joining HMC. Prior to that, he was an architect with the interior design firm Reel Grobman Associates from 1983 to 1988. He serves on NCARB’s Licensure Task Force. Gutierrez also chairs the Board’s Professional Qualifications Committee and serves on the Board’s Executive Committee.