President Appoints Omishakin Vice Chair of Active Transportation Council
The association said that President John Schroer appointed Adetokunbo "Toks" Omishakin of the Tennessee Department of Transportation to a two-year term as vice chair of the newly formed AASHTO Council on Active Transportation. Omishakin is deputy commissioner and chief of environment and planning at TDOT, where Schroer is the commissioner. Omishakin has also participated in other association activities, which include chairing a task force on multimodal transportation planning and policy, a...
Ige Taps Butay to Head Hawaii DOT When Fuchigami Joins Governor’s Office
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said that Jade Butay, who is now deputy director of administration for the state Department of Transportation, will become HDOT's interim director Nov. 1 when current Director Ford Fuchigami joins the governor's office as its administrative director. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that Butay "will have the interim director title pending Senate confirmation during next year’s Legislature" to be the department's permanent CEO. Butay assumed his deputy director po...
AECOM Grows Water Leadership within its Americas Design and Consulting Services Group
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has named Sergio Bazarevitsch senior vice president, water design-build and Quirien Muylwyk, MASc., P.Eng. vice president, water quality, both within the Americas Design and Consulting Services group. Mr. Bazarevitsch will oversee the design build practice, a critical growth area, and develop integrated and efficient solutions for AECOM’s process for building infrastructure systems. He comes...
KAI Design & Build Hires Three New Employees
(St. Louis, MO, Oct, 2017) KAI Design & Build announces the hiring of three new employees: Tom Graff of Edwardsville, IL as Construction Inspector. Graff comes to KAI with 19 years of industry experience. He has a Bachelor of Science in GIS/Environmental Planning from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. George Robin, PE, of O'Fallon, MO as Senior Electrical Engineer. Robin comes to KAI with 41 years of industry experience, with expertise in the hospital/medical center indu...
J.F. Kiely Construction Co. Sr. VP to Headline as a Speaker at the 2017 New Jersey Water Association Conference
LONG BRANCH, N.J., Oct. 18, 2017 - Senior Vice President of Water Resources, David J. Applegate, will be a speaker at the upcoming New Jersey Water Association Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A long-time water industry veteran, Mr. Applegate will speak on Thursday, October 19 at 2 PM about energy conservation with a presentation entitled 'Common Sense Methods for Lightening the Load'. With more than 32 years of water resources knowledge and experience in the engineering design, cons...
Michael Baker International Promotes Michael J. Conaboy, P.E., to Regional Director for the Firm’s West Region
Pittsburgh (October 18, 2017) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced the promotion of Michael J. Conaboy, P.E., to Regional Director for the firm’s West Region. Mr. Conaboy will be based in the firm’s Santa Ana, California, office and report directly to Michael Baker’s Chief Operating Officer Dale R. Spaulding, P.E. In his new role, Mr. Conaboy will focus on growing the West Region and is responsible for regional l...
Bob Freinberg, Former CEO and President of Airbus DS Communications, Joins RapidSOS Advisory Board
NEW YORK - RapidSOS today announced that Bob Freinberg, former Chief Executive Officer and President of Airbus DS Communications, Inc., is joining the RapidSOS Advisory Board. Freinberg joins the Advisory Board to contribute expertise in public safety and technology from his 25+ years of leadership experience in the Software Services and Telecom Systems industries. "Bob has proven himself as a remarkable leader and expert strategist throughout his career in telecom and software servic...
Carl Bass, Former Autodesk CEO, Joins Zoox Board of Directors
Carl Bass, pictured fourth from left, with the Creative team at Zoox. MENLO PARK, Calif. - The Board of Directors of Zoox, Inc. announced today the appointment of Carl Bass as an independent director of the company. Bass retired as President and CEO of Autodesk earlier this year, having served in that role since 2006, taking the company from a market cap of $2 billion to $18 billion during his tenure. He has served as an advisor to Zoox since 2016. "Carl is an accomplished b...
Leif Law, Environmental Services Expert, Joins Cardno's Client Development Team
Los Angeles, CA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Leif Law has joined the firm as Senior Business Development Manager in the company’s Los Angeles (Lake Forest, CA, USA) office. Leif has a background in environmental remediation and in-depth operational experience leading projects for federal, state, and local governments and private sector clients in the oil and gas industry. He has more than 15 years of business development experience in supporting project implementation, in...
Mississippi Commission Chair Presley Appointed to NARUC’s Board of Directors
WASHINGTON—National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President John Betkoski III has appointed Mississippi Public Service Commission Chair Brandon Presley to the NARUC Board of Directors. Chairman Presley was elected to the Mississippi PSC in 2007 and then re-elected in 2011 and 2015. Presley is also the former mayor of Nettleton, Miss., having served from 2002 to 2007. His leadership experience includes serving as the vice chair of NARUC’s Natural Gas Access and Expansion Tas...
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