ENR Southwest People Showcase
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Erik Powell
Phoenix-based Stevens-Leinweber Construction has promoted Erik Powell to Vice President, establishing him as part of the company’s executive leadership team. SLC hired Powell in 2017 to launch its ground-up construction arm. Since then, SLC has completed or is constructing more than 5.5 million s.f. of ground-up speculative and build-to-suit office and industrial space, and industrial tenant improvements, alongside its award-winning and market-leading office tenant improvement footprint.
Friday, April 9, 2021
Kevin Keim
Burns & McDonnell, a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture and construction firm, promoted Kevin Keim to transmission manager in Arizona. In this role, Kevin leads a team of engineers to deliver critical power infrastructure throughout the Southwest. He has more than a decade of experience supporting utilities, municipalities and more, providing our communities with reliable energy systems as we experience growth in our populations and a shift towards renewable generation.
Monday, February 22, 2021
Matt Clafton
Alston Construction is excited to announce the promotion of Matt Clafton to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager. Matt began his career with Alston in 2002 and has provided leadership for the Nevada Business Units for over 18 years. During this time, Matt has left an indelible mark on the Nevada construction landscape with numerous major projects, as well as, developed and mentored his staff to help both of Alston’s Reno and Las Vegas offices grow.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Stephanie Miller
Transportation planner, project manager, and communications specialist Stephanie Miller has rejoined Parametrix. She has 25 years of experience developing transportation planning studies and environmental documents that comply with the NEPA, facilitating meetings, building consensus, and developing approaches and materials to convey technical information to the public. She joins the firm’s Albuquerque office and will work on projects throughout the Southwest region.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Victor Lopez
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) presents Victor Lopez with its inaugural ESA Scholarship Program grant, established to provide financial assistance to individuals from underrepresented groups pursuing careers in the many fields represented at ESA. Lopez attends the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, where he majors in Environmental Science. ESA sponsored the grant through the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS).
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Andrew Detwiler
Archer Western Construction recently hired Andrew Detwiler as chief estimator of the Arizona Water Group. He has more than a two decades of experience in construction with an emphasis on water and wastewater infrastructure and pipeline projects. Andrew will lead the charge for developing accurate and transparent cost estimates and the GMP development. With his vast expertise, Andrew will provide owners with the best options in material selections.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Kyle Ledbetter
Archer Western Construction was promoted Kyle Ledbetter to Senior Project Manager for the Arizona Water Group. Kyle joined Archer Western Construction early 15 years ago as a project engineer and has steadily advanced his career within the organization. He has experience building water/wastewater projects ranging from $4 million to $150 million with various collaborative project delivery methods. Kyle holds a degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Iain Olness
SCS Engineers, an award-winning environmental consulting firm, hired Iain Olness, who has more than 28 years of experience in the environmental industry, to serve as the Arizona and New Mexico senior project manager from the firm’s office in Phoenix.
Olness is responsible for all phases of project management, client service, business development, and technical leadership and will oversee teams of professional staff. He also is the Arizona and New Mexico environmental services practice leader.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Marcus Myers
Marcus Myers has joined Stantec as director of commissioning and energy services for the Western US. Myers is based in Stantec’s Chandler, Arizona, office where he will lead the project management, business development, and integration of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services, and projects focused on envelope design, enclosure commissioning, and energy. Throughout his career, Myers has contributed to advancing energy and carbon solutions within the built environment.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Amber Alfson
Amber Alfson has been promoted by Burns & McDonnell in Arizona to lead the firm’s regional team of substation engineers in delivering electric power projects throughout the Southwest. Her decade of electrical transmission and distribution experience includes design and management for a broad scope of substations, ranging from 12-kV to 500-kV, across more than 10 states. Amber currently leads several multidiscipline design and construction teams supporting substation projects statewide.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Adrienne Pauly
Adrienne Pauly has been promoted to lead the Energy mechanical and process team in Phoenix for Burns & McDonnell. With nearly two decades of diverse experience, Adrienne has managed large-scale projects for natural gas, simple- and combined-cycle, and coal-fired power generation assets. Having successfully spearheaded more than 30 projects in the past six years, Adrienne will lead a multidiscipline team of professionals delivering energy solutions to clients throughout the Southwest.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Joel Canchola
Joel Canchola joins Burns & McDonnell in Arizona to lead and grow the firm’s construction/design-build services across the Southwest. Within his 15-year career in construction management, Joel has led major-capital projects for clients in the commercial, healthcare, manufacturing, residential and transportation sectors. Well-versed in integrated project delivery methods, Joel specializes in the execution of design-build projects to provide comprehensive, cost-effective solutions.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Todd Cencimino, PE
Wilson & Company, Inc. Engineers & Architects, a national engineering and architecture firm, hired Todd Cencimino, PE, as the Arizona Transportation Operations Manager. Todd will be expanding transportation services throughout Arizona. For more than 25 years, Todd has experienced the breadth of transportation engineering from planning and design to construction services. His extensive background with municipal, state, and federal agencies enables him to manage multi-disciplined projects.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Joseph Lujan
Parametrix has hired Joseph Lujan as a Senior Scientist. He has nearly 30 years of experience in natural resources management with four federal agencies throughout the Western United States. Lujan comes to Parametrix from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He joins Parametrix’s environmental planning and compliance division based out of Albuquerque, providing cultural and natural resource services to clients throughout New Mexico and the Southwest United States.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Afton Trail, CPM
Lincoln Property Company has hired industry veteran Afton Trail, CPM, as Director of Property Management for the Desert West region, charged with directing LPC’s regional portfolio of almost 10 million s.f. of landmark office, industrial and retail space and identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow the LPC property management brand in the Desert West region of Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. She is a member/past board member of BOMA and member of NAIOP, AZCREW and ICSC.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Andy Rabasca
Skanska USA has promoted Andy Rabasca, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience in commercial construction, has been promoted to vice president of preconstruction in Arizona. Rabasca, who is based in Skanska’s Phoenix office, joined the company in 2012 and was most recently a senior preconstruction director. He is OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certified and also holds certifications in injury-free environment (IFE) training.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Peter Hemingway, PE
RITOCH-POWELL & Associates (RPA) is pleased to announce Peter Hemingway, PE, as President of RPA. Mr. Hemingway has more than 35 years of civil engineering and management experience and has been an Executive Vice President with RPA for the past seven years. “I’m excited about the opportunity to continue the successful growth and expansion of RPA into the new decade.” Mr. Hemingway shared.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Todd Peters
Graycor Construction Co. has hired 27-year industry expert Todd Peters as Project Executive. Based in Graycor’s Southwest Regional Headquarters in Phoenix, Peters will support local project activity and Graycor's continued growth in the national industrial buildings market. Prior to Graycor, Peters served in positions ranging from senior manager, chief estimator, project manager and operation manager for well-known and well-respected construction and real estate groups in the Pacific Northwest.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Tyler Lamb
Tyler Lamb was promoted to Manager of Project Development for Burns & McDonnell in Arizona, specializing in competitive and merchant transmission, as well as renewable energy projects. With more than ten years of experience in the power delivery industry, Tyler has supported hundreds of miles of greenfield design, rebuild, thermal upgrade and NERC compliance projects for public and private utilities, developers and government agencies.
Wednesday, December 12, 2019
Glen Maxwell
The PENTA Building Group announced the recent promotion of Glen Maxwell to Senior Vice President of Preconstruction. With more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Glen will continue to develop PENTA’s Preconstruction capabilities and services, positioning the firm for continued growth.
In his expanded role, Glen is responsible for guiding PENTA’s work acquisition and preconstruction services in Nevada, Southern California and Arizona.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Rebecca Timmer, CBD
Rebecca Timmer, CBD, has joined Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects as their first Arizona Business Development Manager. Timmer will be responsible for driving business development, growth initiative, and recruitment. She is Honorary Commander Alumni, and inducted as a Blue Blazer Squadron – Delta Class, with Luke Air Force Base’s Leadership Program. Timmer is an active member of the Arizona Association of Economic Development and was their 2016 Member of Year Award recipient.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Stephanie Handley
Graycor Construction Co. has hired industry veteran Stephanie Handley as Business Development Manager, Southwest Division. Handley serves on Graycor’s Southwest leadership team, directing sales/marketing efforts to grow market share and pursue opportunities through existing industrial and office projects, and new development opportunities in retail, entertainment, hospitality and TIs. Handley is the AAED Spring Conference Chair, member of Valley Partnership and active member and leader with ULI.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Stephen Malmros
Stephen Malmros joins Burns & McDonnell and its growing Pacific Northwest team, to help expand the firm’s integrated design-build capabilities across a wide range of markets including electronics, food and consumer products, manufacturing, mission critical, life sciences and corporate and commercial real estate. With nearly three decades of experience, he has successfully led more than $15 billion in design and construction projects for Fortune 500 manufacturing companies around the world.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Jay Sciarani
Phoenix-based George Oliver has hired Jay Sciarani as Lead Architect at George Oliver Design, charged with managing design and implementation of repositioning strategies for George Oliver projects and strengthening the company’s ability to identify and respond to a booming creative office market. Jay has more than a decade of experience in construction and commercial architecture. He has a bachelor’s in Architecture from UNLV, a master’s in Architecture from ASU and is a member of AIA and NCARB.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Charles Jerkovich
Phoenix-based George Oliver has hired Charles Jerkovich as a company Partner, overseeing portfolio management for existing George Oliver assets and sourcing, evaluating, underwriting and executing new development and investment opportunities as the company grows its modernized investment strategy. Jerkovich has almost a decade of experience in asset management, acquisitions and real estate investments. He has a bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Iowa and is a member of ULI and NAIOP.
Friday, June 21, 2019
JLL Phoenix office
The Phoenix office JLL has promoted four senior brokers, advancing Brett Abramson, Keith Lammersen and Steve Larsen to the title of Executive Vice President and Chris Latvaaho to the title of Senior Vice President. Each of the brokers serves as leaders in the commercial real estate industry, from managing clients across multiple product and geographic sectors to maintaining community and industry leadership positions, and earning recognitions such as CoStar Power Broker and JLL Top Achiever.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Mark Chase, PE
AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc. has promoted Mark Chase, PE to Transportation Practice Leader. Chase has been with AZTEC for 20 years and previously served as Bridge Group Manager, Senior Project Manager, Deputy Transportation Practice Leader, Vice President, and more recently was promoted to Senior Vice President in January of 2018. In this role, he will oversee AZTEC’s Transportation Market, which includes all highway, freeway, municipal street and traffic-related projects.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Art Mehler
Art Mehler recently returned to AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc. as Deputy Division Leader for AZTEC’s Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Division. Mehler has over 34 years of specialized experience in utility designation and locating in Arizona. Based in the Phoenix office, he will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of utility designation and locating including data collection from project owners, project planning and support from survey and CAD.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Steven Sutherland
AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc. recently hired Steven Sutherland as Hazardous Materials Group Manager/Geologist. A graduate of Arizona State University, Sutherland has over 25 years of experience working in the environmental/hazardous materials related field throughout Arizona, as well as nationally and internationally. His most recent project experience is the SR202L South Mountain Freeway in Phoenix, where he serves as Hazardous Materials Manager.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
M’balia Tagoe-Guzman
M’balia Tagoe-Guzman recently joined Stantec’s Las Vegas office as a Transportation senior project manager. She has extensive experience in the management of complex projects across all phases of project delivery, both in the role of the PM/CM consultant and as the design-build contractor. She joins Stantec with 27 years of experience at an international engineering and construction firm based in San Francisco, where she worked on large-scale transportation and environmental projects.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Rob Lemke, PE
Rob Lemke, PE, recently joined Stantec as a principal, business developer, and senior project manager for major transportation infrastructure projects in Arizona and throughout the US. He joins the Stantec Phoenix office with 32 years of experience. A design-build expert, Lemke has an excellent understanding of all facets of engineering projects, from planning and environmental studies, to preliminary design, including corridor studies, and design concept reports.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Krishna Anantuni, PE
Krishna Anantuni, PE, recently joined Stantec’s Phoenix-area office as a transportation sector leader and principal. Anantuni is well-known in the Metro area and has more than 28 years of experience managing transportation projects and design services for the Arizona Department of Transportation and other municipal agencies. Anantuni is charged with growing the firm’s transportation presence in Arizona and is managing Stantec’s efforts for light rail and highway design projects in the Southwest.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Michele K. Brigida, AIA
Michele K. Brigida, AIA, was recently named principal of Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto (CSD) Architects – a 33-year-old Las Vegas-based architecture and interior firm responsible for public and private projects in 41 states nationwide, including the Zappos.com headquarters and Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, both in Las Vegas, plus the University of Phoenix, Riverpoint Campus, in Phoenix. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Brigida is a 12-year resident of Las Vegas.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Cade Rowley
Sundt Construction has promoted Cade Rowley to Southwest Regional Manager for the Transportation Group. He will oversee Arizona, New Mexico, El Paso and Southern California. Rowley joined Sundt nearly 20 years ago as a field engineer. Since then he has served in multiple roles within the Transportation Group. He holds a degree in civil engineering from Arizona State University and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Friday, March 22, 2019
Doug Klocke
Lincoln Property Company has promoted Doug Klocke to VP of Development and Construction Management for the Desert West Region. Klocke serves as the primary customer contact and manager for all LPC real estate projects and tenant improvements – currently totaling more than 5 million square feet of announced or under-construction commercial developments. Since joining LPC in 2005, Klocke has developed and constructed nearly 5 million square feet of Class A office and industrial projects.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
John Orsak
Lincoln Property Company has promoted John Orsak to VP of Real Estate Development, responsible for leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and property management in the Desert West Region. This includes a 10 million s.f. property management portfolio and the development and leasing of high-profile projects like Lincoln Logistics 40, Grand at Papago Park Center and Union. An LPC employee since 2016, Orsak is on the NAIOP Arizona Board and is the founders of non-profit organization Santa’s Sak.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Matt Lyons
McCarthy Building Companies recently promoted Matt Lyons to vice president of preconstruction. He has more than a decade of experience in construction with an emphasis on commercial and industrial projects. In his new role, he will provide management oversight over preconstruction processes, estimating and design management functions required during the design phase portion of our projects.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Tammey Dugan
VanTrust Real Estate, a full-service development company with a regional focus & national scope, hired Tammey Dugan as senior finance associate at its Phoenix office. She will be working with local & regional offices to deliver fast & reliable financing solutions. Experienced in real estate lending, credit structuring, troubled asset management & disposition, Dugan worked at JPMorgan for over 20 years, most recently as a senior underwriter in the firm’s CRE Group, before joining VanTrust.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Andrew Swingle
VanTrust Real Estate, a full-service real estate development company with a regional focus and national scope, hired Andrew Swingle as senior vice president of finance at its Phoenix office. He will be responsible for delivering fast and sustainable financing solutions to regional development teams across the country. With 28-years of banking experience, Swingle is very familiar with CRE lending and credit, homebuilder lending, real estate cycles, troubled asset management and disposition.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Chris Anvik
McCarthy Building Companies Inc. (www.mccarthy.com) recently promoted Chris Anvik to vice president of preconstruction for the Water Services team. Anvik previously served as chief estimator and has 12 years of experience in construction with an emphasis on water and wastewater projects. In his new role, he will provide leadership for project teams during the design phase.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Davin Wang
Davin Wang joins Burns & McDonnel in Tucson, Arizona, as a project manager and business development coordinator for Global Facilities in the Southwest region. Davin has more than a decade of mechanical engineering consultation, design and project management experience, supporting projects including new and existing building utilities, centralized campus utilities, campus planning, energy analysis and investment analysis.
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Brent Aleksich
Burns & McDonnell selected Brent Aleksich to lead its new office in Tucson, Arizona. He will manage a team focused on designing and building critical facilities and power infrastructure. Brent joined Burns & McDonnell in 2009 as a senior electrical engineer and has nearly 15 years of experience in project management and design for facilities, healthcare, mining, water, wastewater and energy projects. Aleksich is member of the Tucson Metro Chamber and the Greater Tucson Leadership Class of 2019.
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Billy Price
Burns & McDonnell promoted Billy Price to lead its global facilities team in Phoenix. Billy has more than a decade of experience, leading multidisciplinary teams and managing the design and construction of nearly $200 million in projects for aerospace, electric utility and manufacturing businesses, as well as higher education institutions and commercial developers. He received a master’s degree in architecture and a bachelor’s degree in art and design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Pasanthi Vidyasagara
Burns & McDonnell has named Pasanthi Vidyasagara principal, a prestigious leadership promotion in the company.
Joining Burns & McDonnell over 17 years ago, Pasanthi has worked on a variety of projects as an electrical department manager and project manager including generation engineering projects, government facilities projects, renewable projects and infrastructure projects, as well as recruiting efforts and training junior engineering staff that are assigned to her.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Tyler Lamb
Tyler Lamb joins Burns & McDonnell in Phoenix to support electrical transmission and distribution projects across the region. Tyler is a registered professional engineer in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon with nearly a decade of project management and design experience. He has supported hundreds of miles of greenfield design, rebuild, thermal upgrade and NERC compliance projects for public and private utilities, developers and government agencies.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Tim Bee
The Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA) is pleased to announce that Tim Bee has been hired to be the next Director for Southern Arizona, succeeding Tom Dunn, who accepted the position as ABA's new President in June.
Southern Arizona Chairman Brian Barker of Barker Contracting led the search committee, which included current ABA Board members and past Chairs of Southern Arizona.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Dr. Raj Chavan
Stantec—a global engineering, consulting, and construction firm—welcomes Dr. Raj Chavan as regional leader for the firm’s wastewater engineering practice in the US West. Chavan has more than 18 years of experience optimizing process and technical operations for wastewater treatment plants. Based in Las Vegas, Chavan is an industry leader in hydraulics and process modeling. As a LEED Green Associate, Chavan’s designs frequently focus on reducing construction and operating costs for facilities.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Todd Ostransky
Graycor Construction Co. has promoted 20-year industry veteran Todd Ostransky to Vice President of the Southwest Division. In this role, Ostransky directs current Southwest industrial and office assignments, and expansion into diversity markets such as retail, entertainment, hospitality and tenant improvement. As a member of Graycor’s senior leadership team, he is also charged with serving and growing a national distribution center portfolio, with clients including Amazon, FedEx and Walmart.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Ben Fisher
ISEC, Inc. has named Mr. Ben Fisher to Operations Manager for the Southwest office of ISEC, Inc. Ben began his career with ISEC as a Estimator, learning the vast scope offerings of the company eventually transferring to Operations, where he worked on some of the region’s largest projects in Arizona, Las Vegas and San Diego. With his new position, Ben will oversee the operations staff in the region, which includes: Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern Nevada.
Monday, June 4, 2018
David Grenier
David Grenier has relocated C-RISK, a construction risk management consulting company, to the Phoenix, AZ area. David provides risk advisory services to project owners who are involved with large construction and real estate development projects. He is a recognized expert on structuring owner controlled insurance programs. David has a B.S. degree in Construction Management from Syracuse University and MBA in Finance, Marketing and Strategy from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Rylan Schimelpfenig
Rylan Schimelpfenig was hired by Archer Western Construction as their Regional Procurement Manager. He supports all projects from a standardized process and procedure during project buyout and dimensional coordination and assists project teams to improve jobsite procurement coordination and quality control.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Molly Ryan Carson
Ryan Companies US, Inc. Southwest Region announces the promotion of Molly Ryan Carson to Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development, Market Leader. Ryan Carson has been a central leader in a number of high-profile projects in the region such as GoDaddy, McKesson, AMKOR Technology and Farmers Insurance. In her new role, Ryan Carson will lead business development and real estate development for Ryan’s Southwest region.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Patricia Rush
Patricia Rush is the new senior accountant for Arizona Builders Alliance. She is responsible for all communication between the organization and its national affiliates regarding membership and dues. She will work with member companies and vendors on all accounts payable and receivable, and will play a crucial role in the ABA’s success and ability to provide accurate monthly financial reports and payroll.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Yanet Sanchez
The Arizona Builders Alliance announced Yanet Sanchez as the association’s apprenticeship coordinator. She will handle the program’s coordination of enrollment, orientation, fundraising events, grants and increased member involvement. The ABA’s apprenticeship program is the 2nd largest in the state and currently serves nearly 500 students who are on their way to earning journey man status as electricians, heavy equipment operators or heavy equipment diesel mechanics.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Roy Epps
Roy Epps has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Water and Wastewater and will oversee its North America Water Division. Epps will provide leadership across all projects by consulting with owners, monitoring project progress, supervising and reviewing operations. Roy has 35 years of experience in water and wastewater construction, and spent the last 17 years leading The Walsh Group’s West Water Region.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Derek Wright
Suntec Concrete President, Derek Wright, has joined the Arizona Builders Alliance board of directors. He will lead the new workforce labor committee, and participate in discussions pertaining to issues and challenges that will impact Arizona’s construction industry.
“Our industry is facing a labor shortage, and Suntec has been very active in outreach to high school students,” said Mark Minter, executive director of the ABA. “We hope to encourage other companies to practice similar efforts.”
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Keyvan Ghahreman, LEED AP
Keyvan Ghahreman, LEED AP, has joined Willmeng Construction, Inc. as the director of client and preconstruction services. In the role, he will work with the Willmeng team to develop and deliver its client service strategy as the company continues to grow its presence throughout Arizona. Ghahreman has 20 years of experience in Arizona’s construction industry, having worked in field engineering, project engineering, preconstruction management and business development.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Dave Denley, LEED AP
VanTrust Real Estate (VanTrust), a full-service real estate development company with headquarters in Phoenix, is pleased to announce Dave Denley, LEED AP, as Director of Development Services. In the role, he will work closely with the development team to plan, direct, coordinate and oversee the successful delivery of VanTrust projects. Denley brings over 14 years of experience in commercial real estate as a preconstruction manager and project manager in California and Illinois.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Lorraine A. Green, PE
Lorraine A. Green, PE was recently named Executive Vice President, Oil & Gas Division at Pond. Lorraine has over 30 years of experience in providing engineering and environmental consulting services to the Oil & Gas industry. Lorraine’s responsibilities include leading Pond’s Oil & Gas team in Atlanta and Houston, including natural gas, midstream, fueling, corrosion control and environmental services.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Ron Osterloh, PE
Ron Osterloh, PE, has been named Senior Vice President at Pond, where he oversees a staff of approximately 80 engineers, landscape architects and transportation planners in the Transportation, Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering departments.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Bob Williams, PE
Bob Williams, PE has been named Vice President of Community Development at Pond. Bob has more than 28 years consulting experience in civil, environmental and structural engineering and construction. He is accomplished in municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential site feasibility, planning, development and review.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Mark Levine, FAIA
Mark Levine, FAIA has been named Vice President of Architecture at Pond. Mark leads Pond’s architectural practice with over 28 years of award winning design experience. His portfolio includes design and management of a broad spectrum of project types ranging from primary and higher and technical education projects to facilities that support advanced technology and research. Mark was also recently elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Bryan Evans
Bryan Evans has been named Vice President of Corrosion and Integrity Management at Pond. Bryan has a diverse background in corrosion evaluation and mitigation of buried and submerged metallic structures, with more than 24 years’ experience.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Shane Norton
Shane Norton has been promoted to Project Manager. For 10 years, Shane has continued to deliver positive project experiences to water and wastewater treatment owners, engineers, and communities. Shane recently provided crucial problem-solving on the City of Goodyear Vadose Zone Injection Wells CMAR.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Kyle Ledbetter
Kyle has been promoted to Project Manager. With over 12 years’ experience with Archer Western, Kyle’s notable water infrastructure projects include the Tolleson WWTP Ammonia Removal Improvements CMAR, Agua Nueva WRF Design-Build, and the Scottsdale Advanced Water Treatment Facility Expansion CMAR.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Matthew Visnansky
The Opus Group announced that Matthew Visnansky has joined Opus Development Company, L.L.C. as real estate manager, real estate development. In his new role, Visnansky will be responsible for managing development efforts. Visnansky has more than a decade of experience in commercial real estate transactions and previous professional ventures focused on finance, underwriting and portfolio management, during which time he was involved in sales and client interactions.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Brett Hopper
The Opus Group announced that Brett Hopper has joined Opus Development Company, L.L.C. as senior director, real estate development. In his new role, Hopper will be responsible for sourcing new development opportunities. Hopper brings 25 years of diverse real estate experience to Opus and has served as a development consultant for the company. Hopper is also an adjunct professor teaching real estate law courses at ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business Masters of Real Estate Development program.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Carl Osberg
As Scottsdale Private Lending's (SPL) first loan production employee, Carl Osberg joins SPL as an associate, in which he will source and underwrite investment real estate financing opportunities. He is eager to form new relationships within the community and assist in the growth of SPL, a private lending company. “Helping borrowers achieve their real estate financing goals while delivering an unrivaled closing experience is what is most appealing to me about private lending,” said Osberg.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Christopher Mundweil, AIA
Gensler, the leading global design firm, announced Christopher Mundweil, AIA has joined the firm’s Las Vegas office as a Senior Design Architect. Mundweil brings 18 years of experience with demonstrated leadership in hospitality and integrated resorts design to his new role at Gensler.
As a Senior Design Architect, Mundweil will provide the creative leadership to multiple project teams and will lead the design and development of large-scale hospitality, integrated resort and lifestyle projects.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Jamie Godwin
Jamie Godwin, vice president of Stevens Leinweber Construction, Inc., has become an equal partner of the company through purchase of common stock shares. Duties of his ownership will include shared operational management of the company and day-to-day management of select projects. He has helped the general contracting company expand from conducting primarily tenant improvement projects to including more ground-up and redevelopment projects.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Damaris Hollingsworth
THOR Companies announces Damaris Hollingsworth was hired as vice president of THOR Design Plus, the company’s new full-service architectural design and facilities management subsidiary. She is a LEED accredited architectural professional and holds a NCARB certificate. She worked as an architect and team leader in the Minneapolis office of Overland, Kan.-based DLR Group, prior to joining THOR. Hollingsworth will focus on building Design Plus client work in Minneapolis and Las Vegas.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Valerie Ahyong, PLA, LEED AP
Valerie Ahyong, PLA, LEED AP, joins The Planning Center’s Tempe location as the lead landscape architect. In her role, she will design and implement projects for parks, schools, streets, community gardens, and green roofs, and will also conduct work in the healthcare, mixed-use, residential and multi-family markets. Ahyong currently serves as the public awareness chair for the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (AzASLA).
Monday, March 13, 2017
Grady Gammage Jr.
Grady Gammage Jr., a real estate and zoning attorney and founder of Gammage & Burnham P.L.C., will be honored with the Award of Excellence from NAIOP Arizona at the 2017 Best of NAIOP on March 30 at the Arizona Biltmore. The NAIOP Award of Excellence recognizes an individual who has made a significant, positive impact on the office and industrial commercial real estate market in Arizona over a period of not less than 15 years, along with direct volunteer contributions to the chapter.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Ken Kortman
The Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA) has appointed Ken Kortman of Kortman Electric as the organization’s 2017 president. In his role, he will facilitate discussions with the board of directors, and utilize their direction and support to ensure consensus on industry issues and challenges, and help the organization achieve success in 2017. “My goals are to promote the association as a leader in the construction industry and as a voice of growth to the business community," said Kortman.
Monday, March 6, 2017