ENR Northwest People Showcase
The Northwest people photo gallery. The photos highlights personnel appointments, special recognitions, promotions and construction industry professionals just doing their job in the field.
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Marcelo Suárez, P.E.
Marcelo Suárez, P.E., a railway engineer at Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s Seattle regional office, has earned his professional engineer license in Washington. Suárez, who joined the firm in 2015, performs design and construction oversight of infrastructure improvements for rail projects.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Martin O’Leary
JTM Construction announced Martin O’Leary as the company’s new President. He takes over the helm from John Hayduk, who will transition to Senior Advisor. Hayduk co-founded JTM Construction with O’Leary and COO Tom Titus in 2005. O’Leary brings 30+ years of construction experience in the Puget Sound region to his new position and a track record of successful projects.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Oxana Shapovalova
Oxana Shapovalova has been promoted to substation assistant department manager for Burns & McDonnell, a 100% employee-owned engineering and construction firm, in the Pacific Northwest. In her new role, she leads a team of multidiscipline professionals to provide communities and utilities with safe and reliable power systems. Oxana and her team plan, design and build the generation connections that tie renewable, commercial and industrial sites to the power grid.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Derek Barth
Derek Barth was promoted to lead the networks, integration and automation team for Burns & McDonnell in the Pacific Northwest. With 15 years of experience in the power industry, he designs communication systems for utilities’ mission-critical networks. In his new role, Derek leads engineering and construction professionals in the planning, design, implementation and integration of telecommunications technology, helping utilities boost energy system reliability and connectivity for communities.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Joseph Richards, PE, CWRE
Joseph Richards, PE, CWRE, has joined Stantec’s Portland, Oregon office as a principal and a civil and water resources engineer. With more than 26 years of experience, Joseph will work to strengthen the team’s ecosystem restoration practice – both in the Pacific Northwest, and nationally. Joseph’s extensive experience includes water resources design, restoration, stormwater management, fish passage, water rights, international development, and regulatory compliance.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Ryan Clayton
Skanska, a leading global development and construction firm, has promoted Ryan Clayton to senior vice president of Skanska Civil Operations in Seattle.
With this promotion, Clayton will lead Skanska’s work on the newest Sound Transit light rail project. Known as the Lynnwood Link Extension L300, the team will construct 3.7 miles of light rail, including 2.3 miles of elevated guideway alignment, two elevated stations, and a multi-level parking structure between Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Kevin Kaczynski
Kevin Kaczynski, Promotion, Operations Director In his new role as Operations Director of the Alston Construction Tacoma/Seattle office, Kevin will oversee day-to-day operations from programming to warranty. He works closely with project managers and superintendents to ensure project goals are fully articulated and satisfied. Kevin brings clients over 16 years of hands-on experience to ensure and improve the performance, productivity, and efficiency of project operations.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Carla Baxley, PE
Carla Baxley, PE has been promoted to Group Manager of Airport Engineering at R&M CONSULTANTS, INC. (R&M). Carla has 18 years of Alaskan engineering experience, with 12 of those years at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities serving as a Designer, Project Engineer and Manager on aviation and highway projects throughout Alaska. She excels at working with clients to develop designs that follow FAA and State regulations, policies and procedures.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Poonam Joshi
Poonam Joshi joins Burns & McDonnell as a transmission and distribution project manager. She leads a team of engineers and construction professionals, delivering power solutions for utilities and mission-critical facilities to meet demands for increased power reliability and resiliency. Poonam received her master’s degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University and specializes in design for protection and control solutions.
Monday, January 6, 2020
Reg Hiebert
ISEC, Inc. announces the new National Account Manager Science and Technology, Mr. Reg Hiebert. Reg has been with ISEC for 20 years where Reg has been instrumental in the growth of the VDC side of the business as well as a key representative on large scale projects within Southern California. With his new position Reg will be responsible with working alongside nationwide teams to continue the growth of ISEC’s laboratory vertical.
Friday, November 1, 2019
Bob Bell
Alongside Mr. Hiebert, Mr. Bob Bell, has also become National Account Sales Science and Technology. Bob has been with ISEC for over 30 years and has built strong relationships within the laboratory market. His wealth of knowledge and dedication to customers will be instrumental as he develops a strong laboratory pipeline nationwide with his new role.
Friday, November 1, 2019
Nathan Corser
Nathan Corser has joined Burns & McDonnell in Portland, Oregon, to serve clients in the Pacific Northwest. He will lead architectural design-build commercial and industrial projects for the region and across the U.S. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Nathan has led design teams on a range of project types, including site master planning, high-rise commercial offices, high-tech manufacturing campuses, higher education and R&D laboratories.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
John Strickland
John Strickland joins Burns & McDonnell and its growing Pacific Northwest team to lead integrated design-build projects across the U.S. With more than four decades of lean construction experience, he has successfully completed complex projects for a wide range of clients. He has been an active member of the Lean Construction Institute since it was established in 1997 and involved in major Construction Industry Institute (CII) research projects focused on innovation and fast project execution.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Franco Rosete
Franco was recently promoted to Principal at ZGF. Franco has 19 years of professional experience working in a design capacity on both interior and exterior architecture. His experience includes corporate office, retail, residential, healthcare, academic halls, and government buildings. His approach centers on discovering the unique qualities of each client and the local context, using these insights to craft places of delight and beauty.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Kristina Thomsen
During her 20 year career, with 15 at ZGF, Kristina has been involved in all aspects of the project as designer, project architect, and in her current role as project manager. Her varied background informs Kristina’s leadership approach and gives her keen insight to lead project teams to achieve the best possible results. Kristina's experience across a variety of project types includes healthcare facilities, office and mixed use buildings, as well as institutional buildings for higher education.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Tami Fuller
Tami Fuller wins business. As a Senior Marketing Manager at ZGF, her contributions to the firm’s business pursuits and marketing strategy are fueled by a love of competition, a bent towards creativity, and a lifelong passion for learning. Tami claims over 20 years of experience in the architecture industry and 15 years of involvement with the Society for Marketing Professional Services.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Milena Di Tomaso
Milena was recently promoted to Principal at ZGF. At the firm, she has been solving problems as a Project Manager for 22 years. Milena has a range of experience from highly technical projects with strict sustainability requirements to international embassies. While solutions and deliverables are of the upmost importance, she strives to create optimal circumstances during projects to ensure all stakeholders – from clients to designers – are aligned in their expectations and enjoy the process.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Andrew Feinberg
Andrew was recently promoted to Principal at ZGF. He is a project manager and a natural facilitator whose leadership style has led to the successful delivery of some of ZGF’s largest-scale projects. Known for his ability to liaise and drive to see a project through to a successful end, Andrew’s experience includes shepherding over one million square feet of high-performance office, residential, parking, and retail space at the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, from programming to completion.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Rich Shiga
As a Project Architect and Project Manager for the last 31 years, Rich is one of ZGF's most versatile players. He has led over 20 healthcare projects requiring complex and creative design solutions. Rich's utilization of Evidence-Based Design and lean design principles have resulted in the successful delivery of new construction and renovation for hospitals. Rich has taught Advanced Design Studio and other architectural courses at schools around the country.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Glen Justice
Glen was recently promoted to Principal at ZGF. With 25 years of experience, Glen is an expert technical designer with an eye for detailing and systems coordination. He brings experience in a variety of building types, including commercial, laboratory, dormitory, multi-family residential, and aviation. Glen combines his interest in technical design with his knowledge of building code to deliver complex projects that are well-crafted, technically sound, and maintain the original design intent.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Heidi Wahto
Heidi Wahto has joined Stantec as a principal and senior environmental regulatory expert in Bellevue, WA. Wahto will apply her 20-plus years of experience to serve and grow the firm’s WaterPower & Dams practice. She specializes in analyzing requirements for and advising clients in licensing, permitting, and developing compliance programs for hydropower and water-resource related projects. Wahto has extensive experience managing FERC-regulated environmental assessments and NEPA processes.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Zach Baer
Zach Baer recently joined Stantec in its Anchorage, Alaska, office as an environmental scientist and professional wetland scientist. Baer has 12 years of experience focused on wetland delineation, mapping, permitting, and restoration. Baer has focused on vegetation mapping, exotic and rare plant surveys and identification, stream characterization and monitoring, groundwater hydrology monitoring, GIS analysis, and other state and federal environmental permitting throughout his career.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Steve Reidsma
Steve Reidsma recently joined Stantec as a senior wetland scientist working from the firm’s Fairbanks, Alaska, office. He has more than 25 years of Alaska natural resources experience and leads teams conducting natural resource baseline and permitting work for small retail developments to larger transportation, mining and pipeline projects. Reidsma has completed wetland field delineations, functional assessments, and preliminary jurisdictional determination reports throughout Alaska.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Victor Ross
Victor Ross recently joined Stantec in its Wasilla, Alaska, office as a senior associate and senior regulatory specialist. He has 40 years of experience working for private firms and both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management. He is a 20-year member of the Alaska Miners Association and has worked on some of the state’s major mines. Ross has been involved in project management, permit evaluation and issuance, wetland delineations, and site compliance.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Brian Duffy
Brian Duffy has joined Stanley Consultants as a Client Service Manager. Based in Anchorage, Alaska, Duffy will interface with Department of Defense clients in the Asia/Pacific region to maintain and grow the firm’s business opportunities. A retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, his 27-year active duty career encompassed 18 assignments at 14 locations.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Randy Meyer
Randy Meyer has been promoted to Webfoot Painting’s general manager (GM) in Portland and has relocated to lead the region’s operations as Webfoot expands its concrete coatings division to the Portland area. Meyer was elevated from a sales representative in Central Oregon for Webfoot, where he was instrumental in developing and expanding the company’s new concrete coatings division. Under his leadership, the new Portland area office will hire and train local team members.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Carel Nagata, CDT/CCCA, NCIDQ
Architect and interior designer Carel Nagata, CDT/CCCA, NCIDQ, has joined Stantec as an associate and senior architect with the firm’s Buildings group in Anchorage, Alaska. Nagata will apply her 20 years of experience to serve and grow the firm’s Buildings practice, with a focus on multi-family housing, education, planning and development. Nagata brings a combination of architecture and real estate experience. Since 2005, she has worked for both architecture firms and real-estate developers.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Nick Arnold, PE
Nick Arnold, PE, was recently promoted to project manager in the Anchorage office of Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm. Arnold joined Stantec’s Oil & Gas team in 2017 as a project engineer, and in his new project management role, he is responsible for the delivery of a wide variety of projects for Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. He has 10 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Jenny Iwinski
Jenny Iwinski recently joined the Anchorage office of Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm—expanding the firm’s team supporting the Oil & Gas industry in Alaska. Iwinski joins Stantec as its projects control lead for petroleum work. She has more than 10 years of experience in the Alaska Oil & Gas industry, working on projects ranging in value from $1 million to $8 billion. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
William Cobb, PE
William Cobb, PE, recently joined the Anchorage office of Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm—expanding the firm’s local Oil & Gas team. Cobb is a senior mechanical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, working on both onshore and offshore facilities. He has focused on drilling engineering, surface facility engineering, pipeline engineering and project management. He is a U.S. Army veteran and graduate of the University of Florida.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Paul Schlenger
Paul Schlenger joins Environmental Science Associates (ESA) as a principal associate to its Seattle office in the Biological Resources Group. With more than 22 years of experience, Schlenger is a fisheries and restoration ecologist, specializing in salmon biology, aquatic ecology, habitat assessment, and restoration planning and design. Prior to ESA, Schlenger was owner and principal biologist of Confluence Environmental Company.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Abby Hook
Abby Hook joins Environmental Science Associates as as senior managing associate to its Seattle office in the Biological Resources and Land Management Group. A hydrologist and conservation planner, Hook boasts 17+ years of experience providing leadership for complex planning and ecosystem recovery projects. Previous to ESA, Hook owned her own environmental consulting company, Hook Environmental, and guided collaboration between local parties to reach watershed and regional goals.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Tom Garrett, PE
Tom Garrett, PE, has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as a senior civil engineer in the firm’s transportation group in Anchorage, Alaska. Garrett will apply his 20 years of experience to serve and expand the firm’s Alaska transportation practice. Garrett’s project design experience includes site development, road reconstruction and resurfacing, grading and drainage plans, retaining wall design and utility main extensions.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Jim McPherson
Jim McPherson joins Stantec as a Senior Project Manager for Transportation. Based in Bellevue, Wash., he comes to Stantec from Jacobs, where he specialized in large infrastructure, handling complex and alternative delivery projects such as the SeaTac Airport Renovation. McPherson is a civil engineer with 30 years of experience. In the Puget Sound region, Stantec provides engineering and design services for buildings, transportation, water, waterpower and dams, and environmental projects.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Jill Connell
Jill Connell has joined Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, consulting, and construction firm—as a senior health care project manager, joining the mechanical practice in the Seattle office. A mechanical engineer for more than 30 years, Jill has an established background in project management, construction administration, and design. In her role at Stantec, Jill will focus on leading mechanical designs on projects of all sizes, in addition to working on larger multidiscipline projects.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Adrienne Centano
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental science and planning firm with offices on the West and Gulf Coasts, has added Adrienne Centano as director of communications. Joining ESA’s corporate management team, Centano’s responsibilities include overseeing internal and external communications, launching new technology tools for the firm and sharing ESA’s work and vision across audiences.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Janelle Kolisch
Heery International Senior Associate Janelle Kolisch was selected as Young Engineer of the Year by the Professional Engineers of Oregon (PEO), a chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers, at the Annual State Conference Awards Dinner on May 11th. An outstanding chapter member under the age of 35, Kolisch was recognized for her outstanding commitment to the profession and early career achievements.
Monday, May 15, 2017