John Tran has joined the Phoenix office of SmithGroupJJR as design principal and part of the leadership team for the firm's practice in Arizona and the Southwest. Before joining SmithGroupJJR, Tran was vice president and project designer at HKS Architects in Phoenix.
Michael Malloy has been named Southwest regional director of transportation in the Albuquerque office of WHPacific. Malloy was recently president and CEO of Gannett Fleming West, having spent 40 years at the firm. He is also a member of the board of directors for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association and previously served as president of the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers and the American Public Works Association of New Mexico. In 2011, he was selected as the member of the year by the American Council of Engineering Cos.