Newly Launched N.C. Engineering School Names Jenna Carpenter Dean
Hisham Mahmoud on April 25 joined Calgary, Alberta-based global engineer Golder Associates Corp. as president and CEO, the 8,000-person firm says. He had been senior executive vice president and group president of infrastructure at Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a newly created position he held since late 2013. Mahmoud, now based in Atlanta, succeeds Brian Conlin as Golder's first CEO from outside its executive ranks. In the roles since 2009, Conlin moves to a senior-level business development role, the firm says. Golder ranks at No. 36 among ENR's Top 150 Global Design Firms, with $1.26 billion in 2013 revenue. Mahmoud also had been a group president at AMEC, responsible for mining, oil and gas, power, and environment and infrastructure business in a multinational region.
Jenna P. Carpenter has been named founding dean of an engineering school set to launch in 2016 at Campbell University, Buies Creek, N.C. Her new role at the school, 30 miles south of Raleigh, takes effect on July 1. Carpenter is associate dean for undergraduate studies and directs the office for women in science and engineering in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana State University, Ruston.