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Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities. 

Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what it means to deliver a better world through innovative ideas and unparalleled leadership. Their sustainable focused work positively impacts our clients, communities and world for generations. We are excited to congratulate and introduce our ENR 2026 National and Regional Top Young professionals. Read more about each of our honorees.


Here is the full list of people who were recognized for ENR’s Region Top Young Professionals:

ENR East

Marlon Bess, Project Manager (New York, NY)

Marlon’s construction management career began with Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in Rockaway, Queens, where he collaborated closely with ArchTam Tishman on critical, high-pressure projects. Following this, Marlon joined Leeding Builders Group, where he has experienced rapid professional growth, managing a broad range of trades from large scopes to specialized interior work. Currently, he oversees interior trades — including carpentry, millwork, flooring, tilework, specialties and finishes — on high-end, ground-up residential developments.

Dimitra Karachaliou, Associate Vice President (New York, NY)

Driven by a passion for infrastructure and innovation, Dimitra is Associate Vice President at ArchTam with over 13 years of experience, specializing in Program/Project Management and Controls, and Digital Transformation advisory. She provides advisory services to clients, leading digital transformation initiatives across programs that exceed $2 billion in value. Dimitra began her career as a cost estimator for luxury residential projects. In 2016, she joined ArchTam as Deputy Project Manager and quickly rose to leadership. In 2025, she launched ArchTam’s Digital Transformation Advisory Champions to scale digital consulting capabilities internally.

Celine Sze, Project Manager (New York, NY)

With eight years in the water and wastewater industry, Celine has gained experience in planning, design and design services during construction. As the ArchTam deputy project manager of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) Ashokan Reservoir Reconstruction Project, which is part of the largest public works program in the area in more than 50 years, Celine is developing creative solutions to provide more flood-resilient water supply infrastructure in addition to minimizing environmental impacts and enhancing public recreational facilities. Celine is also helping NYCDEP develop a pathway toward energy neutrality at the in-city wastewater resource recovery facilities and carbon reduction across the agency.

Brigid Wright, DBIA, Project Manager (New York, NY)

Brigid began her career at Plaza Construction’s Washington, D.C. office in 2012, working on the historic Monticello Hotel renovation. Her experience expanded across diverse sectors, including schedule and construction oversight for a nationally recognized railcar manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, serving as full-charge Project Manager for the first Fisher Houses in New York City, and managing security and MEP trades for the expansion of Resorts World Casino in Queens. Her background in architecture strengthened her ability to translate design intent into buildable solutions, a skill she applied at Leeding Builders Group while overseeing amenity completion of an ENR award-winning luxury residential tower and tackling forensic construction challenges on The Brooklyn Tower.

ENR Midwest

Tim Prince, Director of SH&E (Indianapolis, IN)

Tim began at ArchTam Hunt as a safety intern on a project in southern Indiana, where he quickly developed a strong passion for the major construction industry. In 2022, he earned a promotion to Regional Manager, where he began shaping his territory in the Central Region of the company. After three years in this position, Tim was promoted to Director of Safety for the Central Region, encompassing over 30 states. Over the past 11 years, Tim has dedicated himself to transforming the safety culture in the construction industry and helping people.

ENR Mountain States and Southwest

Stephanie Tjan, Project Manager/ Environmental Engineer (Albuquerque, NM)

Stephanie has eight years of specialized experience as an environmental engineer and project manager, with a strong track record of leading complex environmental investigations and remediation projects. The focus of her work is on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an emerging contaminant of national and global priority. In her current role, she leads high-profile PFAS investigations and pilot studies to treat PFAS contamination at the Department of Defense (DoD) facilities across the country. Notably, she led the development and execution of the first and largest CERCLA Remedial Investigation for a DoD client in Michigan which included a complex and iterative rapid site characterization approach.

Michelle Hoysick, Greater West Transportation Business Development Director (Denver, CO)

Michelle has fifteen years of experience in the transportation industry, demonstrating consistent growth, leadership and impact across her career. She currently serves as Business Development Director at ArchTam, leading strategic growth initiatives for alternative delivery transportation projects across the Great Lakes, Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states. She is also the Colorado business development lead, mentoring staff and contributing to long-term success. Earlier in her career, Michelle was Program Manager Oversight Consultant for several major Denver-area transit projects, including the $6.5 billion RTD FasTracks program, including Denver Union Station, and the West and R rail lines. Michelle was also selected for ENR’s 2026 National Top 20 Under 40 this year.

ENR Texas & Southeast

Erik M. Alcantara, Client Service Manager/Senior Project Manager (Coral Gables, FL)

Erik is Client Service Manager and Senior Project Manager in ArchTam’s Water business line based in Coral Gables, Florida. With over a decade of experience, he leads major municipal programs and projects across South Florida focused on stormwater and flood mitigation, water and wastewater infrastructure, and climate resilience — bringing together planning, design, permitting and delivery to help communities adapt and thrive. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida, a Project Management Professional (PMP), and an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP). He is also active in advancing the civil engineering profession through ASCE leadership and service, including as President of the ASCE Miami-Dade Branch (FY 2025).

Imtiaz Ali, Project Controls – Schedule & Cost Lead (Atlanta, GA)

Imtiaz currently serves as Schedule & Cost Lead at ArchTam, contributing to one of America’s largest transportation programs — a $4.7 billon infrastructure project in Georgia — where he leads the review, analysis and maintenance of integrated project schedules with a strong focus on earned value management and schedule risk mitigation. Earlier in his career, Imtiaz worked on some of the most ambitious developments in the Middle East including the world’s largest indoor sports mall in Dubai.

Tanner Oetjen, Civil Engineer (Houston, TX)

Tanner is a civil engineer at ArchTam with over nine years of experience in transportation design. Tanner works in the Transportation Planning group, a multidisciplinary group that combines elements of traditional transportation engineering, feasibility and long-range planning. He is a key member on major projects across the state of Texas and is currently leading construction phasing for the Wheeler Station Transit Center in Houston. Tanner has also contributed to Fort Worth’s long-term transportation goals, serving as the lead roadway designer for the city’s Master Transportation Plan and the redevelopment of the historic Butler Place site.

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Meet our 2025 top young professionals https://www.archtam.com/blog/meet-our-2025-top-young-professionals/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:15:27 +0000 https://www.archtam.com/blog/?p=18367 We are excited to congratulate and introduce our ENR 2025 National and Regional Top Young professionals. Read more about each of our honorees.

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities.

Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what it means to deliver a better world through innovative ideas and unparalleled leadership. Their sustainable focused work positively impacts our clients, communities and world for generations. We are excited to congratulate and introduce our ENR 2025 National and Regional Top Young professionals. Read more about each of our honorees:

ENR East

Aneesh Karlekar, Director. As director of the energy business practice in ArchTam’s New York Metro and East Region, Aneesh provides solutions to major utility, private and public clients, within the transportation electrification, renewable energy, grid modernization and energy advisory market segments. Aneesh is responsible for setting the business’ strategic direction in the region, providing oversight for the delivery of the 150-plus projects, and bringing leadership and mentorship to the team. Aneesh is the client account manager for the New York Power Authority, the state’s leading utility and a leader in energy transition. Previously, as a project manager, Aneesh delivered multiple projects including landmark projects like a $40 million EPC project for a digestor gas conditioning plant and $20 million O&M of the co-generation facility.

Matthew Calvey, Architect. With 16 years of experience, Matthew is an innovative architect who has helped design high-performance buildings globally and locally across Massachusetts and New York. He contributed to Boston’s urban planning standards through the city’s Living with Water competition, which focused on resilience against rising sea levels. Using digital tools, he has shared expertise to create energy-efficient, healthy buildings worldwide. At ArchTam, Matthew focuses on Boston Logan Airport’s Terminal E, managing complex BIM models, design, documentation, construction administration and project management. He collaborates closely with the construction team to realize the terminal’s intricate geometries and systems through virtual clash resolution and redesigns.

ENR Texas and Southeast

Milad Rezaee, Senior Structural Engineer. Milad has over a decade of professional experience in civil and structural engineering, with expertise ranging from FEA and structural design of ports, wharves, and coastal structures to CFD, hydraulic design, and hydrodynamic modeling. At ArchTam, Milad has served as a structural lead, deputy project manager, and structural engineer on several high-profile and impactful projects, delivering innovative and efficient design solutions. Milad’s leadership includes mentoring junior engineers, fostering technical growth, and promoting collaboration. His commitment to operational efficiency is evident in his use of advanced tools and methodologies to optimize workflows and outcomes. As a digital lead, Milad spearheads initiatives to integrate automation technologies, driving project delivery improvements and fostering a culture of innovation across regional departments.

ENR West

Alicia Pajares, Water Resources Project Manager. Based in Seattle with 12 years of industry experience, Alicia leads water resources planning projects nationwide. Her work revolves around developing solutions for drought resilience, flood prevention and watershed protection. Throughout her career, she has worked with federal agencies including the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), evaluating water resources projects including new reservoirs, agricultural water supply, flood control and watershed protection projects for primarily rural and underserved communities. These projects have involved detailed environmental checks and balances required to construct new infrastructure, which have allowed Alicia to continue to strive as a steward for the environment.

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Meet our 2024 top young professionals https://www.archtam.com/blog/meet-our-2024-top-young-professionals/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:00:39 +0000 https://www.archtam.com/blog/?p=15814 Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities. Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what […]

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities.

Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what it means to deliver a better world through innovative ideas and unparalleled leadership. Their sustainable focused work positively impacts our clients, communities and world for generations to come. We are excited to congratulate and introduce our ENR 2024 National and Regional Top Young professionals. Read more about each of our honorees.

ENR Mountain States

Santosh Vangala, Associate, Structural Engineer. Santosh is a registered professional engineer with a master’s degree and 10 years of experience in structural engineering, precast design and project management for commercial projects. As a lead structural engineer, Santosh successfully executed the concept, analysis and design of a theatre operational facility at Peterson Air Force Base and a vehicle maintenance/aircraft support shop/storage complex at F.E Warren Air Force Base. Santosh is also a founding member of ArchTam’s Structural Gatekeeper community, which advocates the use of digital tools and writing scripts to automate repetitive tasks and enhance efficiency.

ENR California

Jacqueline Saladé, Natural Resources Group Manager, Southern California/ Project Director/ Senior Restoration Ecologist. Jacqueline joined ArchTam in 2015 working as a Restoration Ecologist and then as a task manager soon after. Jacqueline’s proactive and team-motivating style facilitated her project successes as well as earned her the role of ArchTam’s Southern California Botany and Restoration Practice Leader, managing a team of 25, just three years after joining ArchTam. One of her most impactful technical achievements has been her contributions to the implementation of an industry-leading, large-scale, seed collection program for a local utility company. With a knack for financial strategy, Jacqueline’s impact also extends into Northern California where she supports ArchTam as a Portfolio Delivery Lead, overseeing financials on over $20M of projects.

ENR Northwest

Courtney Brozovsky, GIS Specialist. Joining ArchTam in 2013, Courtney is a GIS Specialist who seeks to connect with junior staff, peers and mentors by bringing solutions to problems using GIS, technology, creative thinking and a “can-do” attitude. These traits are evident in her involvement during her education, career and the Alaska GIS professional community. Courtney’s career-defining projects include the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project (Alaska Energy Authority), Point Thomson Project (ExxonMobil) and the Bering Sea-Western Interior Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management).

ENR Midwest

Mirela Keserovic, Structural Engineer. In her more than 11-year career, Mirela has worked on some of the Chicago Bridge group’s biggest projects, winning many prestigious regional and national engineering awards; 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive project won over 20 awards, among them ENR’s 2019 Best of the Best award. As a Peoples Manager, Mirela has been involved in several high-profile engineering projects, consistently delivering exceptional results and reflecting her exceptional skills, unwavering dedication and commitment to both personal and professional growth.

Kendall Williamson, Director of Community and Industry Engagement. Kendall currently manages all engagement and DEI operations for ArchTam’s Hunt’s Central Region, showcasing passion for expanding opportunities for all in every capacity of his work, including historically excluded and marginalized communities. Kendall has had the opportunity to support many award-winning projects, including the Joint Public Safety Training Campus (JPSTC), a state-of-the-art facility to provide comprehensive, joint, best practice training for the Chicago Fire Department, the Chicago Police Department, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications; and O’Hare21 (ORD21), an $8.5 billion modernization and expansion project to transform O’Hare International Airport to a premier international transit hub.

ENR New York

Ryan Andrew, Vice President, ArchTam Tishman. Ryan Andrew, a construction management professional with a 14-year track record, launched his industry career on a 6.3 million-SF Hotel and Casino project in Atlantic City, NJ. Andrew has been involved in various mixed-use projects in the tri-state area but excels in the management and execution of mega projects. Ryan takes pride in ‘leading by example’ and holds mentoring young professionals as one of his top priorities.

Blair Pan, Senior Project Manager. Blair is a Senior Project Manager at ArchTam Tishman with 12 years of experience working in the construction industry. A few of her most recent projects include One Madison Avenue, 3 Hudson Boulevard and 30 Hudson Yards. Due to her outstanding commitment to her work, as well as her contribution to advocating equality in the ACE industry, she was recognized among the 40 Outstanding Women in Construction Under 40 and also received the Next Generation of Women Builders Award prepared by the Women Builders Council in 2021.

ENR Southwest

Raybeau Richardson, Structural Engineer III. Throughout his 9-year career, Raybeau has worked on several notable projects including assisting in the structural design and radiation shielding for Australia’s ANSTO nuclear medicine facility in Sydney, serving as the lead structural engineer for the design of the new 12,000 SF Headworks Facility at the Wastewater Treatment Facility in Salt Lake City, and as the structural engineer for a 16,000 SF terminal expansion building at the Lea County Regional Airport in Hobbs, NM. Three years into his career, Raybeau passed the Professional Engineering licensing exam and became a licensed PE in the state of New Mexico. Since then, Raybeau has also obtained his PE in the states of Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Texas.

ENR Mid-Atlantic

Jonathan R Eberle, Associate Vice President, Structural Discipline Lead. Jon currently serves as a department manager role, where he enjoys the opportunities to mentor younger staff. He is also the Operations Manager for ArchTam’s national, movable bridge practice where he helps to pursue work and coordinate staffing needs for the practice. He has recently taken on additional responsibilities as project manager for multiple DelDOT tasks and several movable bridge projects where he manages project teams and coordinates with clients and other consultants. Jon has authored papers and presented numerous projects, including DelDOT BR 1-717 Precast Panel Redecking, DelDOT BR 1-813 Emergency Repairs, MnDOT High Bridge Stability Analysis, and CM/GC Delivery.

ENR Texas and Louisiana

Leah Read, Structural Engineer VI. Leah has developed a strong professional focus on flood risk reduction, water conveyance and coastal restoration projects and structures during her 16 years of work with ArchTam. After graduating from Tulane University, Leah stayed in New Orleans working on flood risk reduction and drainage infrastructure projects for USACE and local governments in New Jersey, New York, Texas, California, Kentucky, Ohio, and Louisiana. She progressed as a team engineer and has had leadership roles in multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects. Leah also has a Graduate Certificate in Coastal Engineering and earned licensure in states outside Louisiana, to perform as a structural Engineer of Record (EOR) for several important projects.

Watch to learn more about our honorees’ stories and how their work is pushing the limits of what’s possible.

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Honoring our 2023 top young professionals https://www.archtam.com/blog/honoring-our-2023-top-young-professionals/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:41:29 +0000 https://www.archtam.com/blog/?p=12820 Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities. Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what […]

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) annually recognizes top young industry professionals under the age of 40 in the United States from each of its 10 regions. The chosen professionals have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and professional growth, all while creating landmark projects and giving back to their communities.

Across the nation, our young professionals continue to showcase what it means to deliver a better world through innovative ideas and unparalleled leadership. Their sustainable focused work positively impacts our clients, communities and world for generations to come. We are excited to congratulate and introduce our ENR 2023 National and Regional Top Young professionals. Read more about each of our honorees.

Jaime Miller with her co-mentors and their 6th grade Explorers at Colorado Bend State Park at the 2021 Annual Explore Austin Summer Wilderness Trip and also on a project site giving a tour of Austin Independent School District’s new Rosedale School to stakeholders.

ENR National Winner and ENR Texas & Louisiana

Jaime Miller, PE, CCM: Jaime is a program director leading ArchTam’s team providing project and program management services for the City of Richardson’s $397 million 2021 Capital Improvement Program. Previously, Jaime led three of the most unique and complex campus modernization projects of the 2017 Austin Independent School District $1.05 billion Bond Program. These included the award-winning, state-of-the-art Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders ($75 million total project cost) and the Rosedale School for students with severe special education and medical needs that also features a one-of-a-kind partnership with a pediatric clinic. Jaime has many other public infrastructure projects including a successful 72-hour emergency dam stabilization effort as both an engineer and a construction manager.

From upper left to right: Carla Aguilar Rivera, Elliot Wong, Heather Riebeling, Jonathan Rumbaugh, Ryan Samuels, Shelby Rizzi, Jenell Schroeder, Michelle Sweeney

ENR California

Carla Aguilar Rivera, PE: As a first-generation undocumented Latina raised in a low-income community, Carla has had to overcome constant barriers to blaze her own trail in the infrastructure world. Now, Carla is a rail and transit infrastructure project manager at ArchTam and an engineer of record for several large infrastructure projects all around the world. Working in the Northern California Mega Region, Carla is bringing her experience as a business development lead and client account manager to help develop the local transit group. 

Elliot Wong: A multifaceted leader, Elliot is a certified project manager and ArchTam accredited quality manager whose career has led him from Asia to Europe, to the Middle East, and now California. In his current role with ArchTam, Elliot is working with client development executives systematically through all workstreams of their programs to ensure a more resilient and monitorable approach to their project delivery practices. Elliot has led efforts within several notable projects including Valley Link, Caltrain Grade Separation and San Jose Downtown West Development. Beyond ArchTam, he is making significant, global contributions to the industry. Currently, he’s working on establishing an industry standard to be published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as well as volunteering in Southeast Asia.

ENR MidAtlantic

Heather Riebeling: As a certified project manager as well as transit market sector operations manager for Greater Pennsylvania, Heather has delivered industry-leading project outcomes that greatly influence the transit industry. Heather was the U.S. OCS Team Lead for the Réseau Express Metropolitan (REM) project in Montreal, a CAD$6.3 billion alternative procurement design-build project. Heather also served as Systems and Tunnel Facilities Package Manager on the $2 billion Southwest LRT project. She is currently managing several projects for Amtrak and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in Philadelphia. Heather serves on the board of the IEEE VTS Overhead Contact Systems Committee and is active in WTS and ArchTam’s Pride Employee Resource Group.  

Jonathan Rumbaugh: Jonathan has become a leader in designing mission-critical facilities around the world and has a passion for integrated architecture and engineering design. He is currently the lead engineer for projects across the country and around the world for notable clients, such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, Architect of the Capital, Department of Homeland Security, National Park Service, and government intelligence agencies. He enjoys developing engineering solutions to complex problems for some of the world’s most critical infrastructure projects. Jonathan was the mechanical engineer for the recently completed, 2022 ENR MidAtlantic Best Project Winner, LEED-Gold, NASA Measurement Systems Laboratory, a 175,000-square-foot world-class facility for research and development of concepts, technologies, and systems that helps NASA better understand the Earth’s atmosphere, land spacecraft on other worlds, and improve space travel. Additionally, Jonathan currently serves as the Vice President of the ASHRAE National Capital Chapter and volunteers at several local community service organizations.

Ryan Samuels: Ryan is the founder of PRISM®— ArchTam’s internationally recognized hydrogeologic conceptual site model (CSM)— and a pioneer in the application of sequence stratigraphy to groundwater remediation projects. Ryan has implemented these innovative tools at over 100 complex remedial sites globally. Additionally, he has led and managed over 100 complex sites for the Department of Defense (DoD), private industry, and regulatory agencies, and has supported over $250 million in winning proposals. Ryan has been published in prestigious academic journals, including Springer Nature, and is currently co-authoring a book series.

ENR Midwest

Shelby Rizzi: Shelby is responsible for maintaining and providing technical solutions to ArchTam’s multiple safety databases used by ArchTam’s Construction Management business. She develops corporate safety metrics so ArchTam can measure incident rates as well as data relating to safety audits and observations. Shelby travels around the country providing training on safety databases. She also developed an onboarding training program and a corporate-wide training called Back to the Basics for ArchTam’s Construction Management employees. Lastly, she works closely with ArchTam’s Vice President of Safety to execute and develop corporate safety initiatives, assist with Coronavirus-related protocols, and ensure ArchTam is compliant with corporate and jurisdictional policies and procedures.

Jenell Schroeder: Jenell is the Senior Director and Market Sector Leader of multifamily, office, and hospitality projects for ArchTam Hunt. Jenell is involved in the overall project operations from preconstruction to closeout for the ventures she oversees. She has built over 4,000,000 square feet of high-rise projects. Her current role has expanded her geographic reach to follow clients outside of her primary market of Chicago to other parts of the country. Recently, Jenell has taken on new opportunities in business development to help shape the future of ArchTam Hunt. Janell’s success relies on open and transparent communication throughout the process and collaboration with the design team, ownership, and any other stakeholders to understand the vision and priorities of the project.

Michelle Sweeney: Michelle serves as Senior Project Manager at ArchTam, where she continues to excel through designing and managing municipal highways, urban, federal aid, city, and private site development projects. In addition to being a project manager, Michelle is the Transportation Planning/ CRS Department Leader, which entails staff coordination and assistance with the hiring process. Michelle constantly showcases leadership, such as her work on University Avenue Reconstruction Projects as a project manager. She assisted in transforming the major roadway into a multimodal, Complete Street corridor. Michelle is currently helping to design the IA58 & Greenhill Road Interchange as a project manager, after designing the IA58 & Viking Road Interchange.

From upper left to right: Julie Smolarek, Paige Anderson, Samer Alkhatib, Grace Porter, Patrick Wipperman, Tyler Besch, Rumpa Dey, Stefanie Massey

ENR Mountain States

Julie Smolarek: Julie has over a decade of experience in dam safety risk analyses, geotechnical analyses, and engineering design. Julie joined ArchTam as a geotechnical engineer in 2012, and she became a geotechnical engineering team leader at the beginning of 2020. Julie has been a leader in developing risk-informed dam safety procedures for state dam safety branches, including Colorado, New Mexico, and Hawaii. She has also conducted over 20 dam inspections to assess the overall condition of a particular dam and its appurtenant structures and inform risk analyses. Julie has shared her expertise with the dam safety industry through the publication of six technical papers between 2014 and 2021.

ENR Northwest

Paige Anderson: Paige has integrated her passion for environmental stewardship and leadership into a multifaceted career. Now working as an environmental impact analyst at ArchTam in Portland, Oregon, Paige specializes in biological permitting, environmental analysis documents, water quality, and public outreach. Paige has used her varied skillset for a multitude of ArchTam projects—from pipeline repairs in Portland’s Forest Park to the expansion of a Metro line in southern California. She has played an integral role in furthering equity, diversity and inclusion into ArchTam’s practices across the Americas.  

ENR Southeast

Samer Alkhatib: Samer has been working with ArchTam since 2018 in the role of both a program manager and a business development director. He serves the public sector as a program management technical advisor for the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works. As a technical advisor, Samer is leading the department of public work’s internal and external coordination efforts. Through developing and utilizing innovative tools, the goal is to minimize the impact and inconvenience of future projects on City residents and businesses. Throughout his career, Samer’s led high-profile projects and programs, including Wet Weather Consent Decree, Water Rehabilitation & CIP, AMI/AMR, and Transit programs. As a CIP Department Manager, Samer led the development and management of the Maryland Transit Administration’s $2.5 billion capital program.

Grace Porter: Since joining ArchTam, Grace has supported South Carolina’s Transportation Group on a wide variety of projects for SCDOT and other local clients across the state, including road widenings, intersection improvements, safety projects, and multimillion-dollar streetscape/bike-pedestrian improvements. She personally assisted in bridge scour inspections for over 30 bridges across South Carolina, conducted surveys to local bus patrons for transit planning purposes over the course of a week, and aided in the design of many mechanically stabilized earth walls. Grace received a Making a Difference Award from ArchTam in September 2020 for demonstrating innovation and excellence with her work on an upcoming downtown Columbia streetscaping project.

Patrick Wipperman: Prior to graduating from Purdue University, Patrick had already begun working at ArchTam Hunt. Since then, he has advanced from laborer to his current role as a vice president, where he specializes in sports and multi-purpose venues. Onsite day-to-day, Patrick is communicating directly with the client/owner, program manager, and architect. As an executive, he is responsible for but not limited to site safety, site logistics, cost management, contract management/execution, and QA/QC. Patrick has played a prominent role in the construction management of high-profile projects such as the World’s Largest Engine Test Cell in Atlanta, Daily’s Place 6,000 Amphitheater and Covered Flex Field in Jacksonville, USTA Grandstand and South Campus in Flushing Meadows, Barclays Center home of Brooklyn Nets, Amway Center home of Orlando Magic, and Lucas Oil Stadium home of the Indianapolis Colts. 

ENR Southwest

Tyler Besch: Beginning his career with a land developer in Phoenix, Tyler is now a vice president for ArchTam’s transportation business line in the U.S. West region.  In his current roles as the Deputy Transportation Regional Business Line Leader in the Greater West and the Transit-Rail Division Manager in the Greater West and Gulf Coast, Tyler is part of the leadership teams responsible for delivering a business plan comprised of Highways, Structures, Transit, Traffic, and Construction Management, that covers over 20 states and 800 staff. He has exhibited leadership related to driving innovative project delivery and plays a key role in business development, client management, career development, mentorship and general support for staff.  In addition to leadership roles, Tyler is an active project manager delivering projects for key clients. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Friends of Transit, an Arizona nonprofit corporation whose mission is to educate the public on and drive awareness on the benefits of an accessible transit network.

Rumpa Dey: Rumpa is ArchTam’s ITS & Emerging Technology Leader/Group Manager for Arizona and Utah. She is a licensed professional engineer and a professional traffic operations engineer. Through her work, Rumpa seeks to improve mobility and safety with the design and implementation of cutting-edge technologies. She has been assisting government agencies as well as private clients with innovative solutions to address emerging transportation issues. With her innovative designs, Rumpa has been able to make significant positive financial impacts on several landmark projects in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. More importantly, Rumpa is a proud mom of two wonderful boys.    

ENR Texas & Louisiana

Stefanie Massey: As the youngest technical auditor in the Americas, Stefi serves as a project manager and client account manager. Her area of expertise includes wastewater treatment facilities, lift station, and pump station rehabilitation, and expansions. She is improving water and wastewater infrastructure for millions of people in North Texas, helping support clients in delivering clean water to citizens or ensuring they can release clean water to the Trinity River and other local bodies of water.

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Celebrating Our Young Professionals https://www.archtam.com/blog/celebrating-our-young-professionals/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:01:24 +0000 https://www.archtam.com/blog/?p=9158 Every year, Engineering News-Record (ENR) recognizes young industry professionals, all under 40, who represent the best-of-the-best in their careers, by exhibiting qualities of leadership, career progress and community involvement. From sustainable smart energy programs and transportation visualization to major capitalization projects for water utilities and authorities, we are delivering professional services that highlight technical excellence […]

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Every year, Engineering News-Record (ENR) recognizes young industry professionals, all under 40, who represent the best-of-the-best in their careers, by exhibiting qualities of leadership, career progress and community involvement.

From sustainable smart energy programs and transportation visualization to major capitalization projects for water utilities and authorities, we are delivering professional services that highlight technical excellence and improve the quality of life for communities across the United States. As industry professionals, we understand that complex challenges require innovative technical skills to develop creative solutions that will make the world a better place in the years to come. We are proud to see the following young professionals recognized for picking up the firm’s mantel of excellence.

In that spirit of excellence, we are excited to introduce our ENR 2021 national and regional top young professionals.

ENR National winner and ENR Northwest

Courtney O’Neill, Deputy Water Resources Market Sector Leader, Water, Seattle, Washington. Courtney is a water resources engineer who specializes in large-scale water supply planning projects. As Americas’ practice lead for watershed resilience planning, she is building a new cross-disciplinary group that will bring together the firm’s experience in climate change, resiliency and water master planning in order to identify holistic solutions to our clients’ problems. She also helps coordinate a team of national experts in her role as deputy market sector leader for Water Resources.

ENR California

Matthew Gollan, Associate Vice President, Transportation, Orange, California. A construction manager and department lead, Matthew is the railroad grade separation sector lead for the transportation construction management group for ArchTam’s West Region. An industry leader in railroad construction in Southern California, Matthew works on Los Angeles area projects and is a certified construction manager, a PCI Level I/II Inspector, qualified Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Designer as well as an American Concrete Institute Grade 1 inspector. Over the course of his career he has overseen a total of $700 million worth of grade separations and rail extensions in California.

Vi Lam, Project Manager, Water, San Francisco, California. As the consultant deputy technical program manager for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)’s $7 billion wastewater capital program, Vi has put her training in wastewater process design, air quality assessments, energy audits, project management, operations and business development to good use. She led development of the SFPUC Wastewater Enterprise’s capital improvement planning framework which measured service levels, identified needs and applied a metric-driven approach to capital investments. She also spearheaded development of a three-dimensional receiving water quality model used in capital planning and regulatory discussions.

ENR MidAtlantic

Denila Deliallisi, Civil Engineer and Project Manager, Transportation, Baltimore, Maryland. Denila has extensive experience in managing multiple major innovative contracting and alternative delivery projects for transportation projects, including design-build and construction manager at risk. She is an avid user of newer technologies and project management tools which maximize the use of talent on project teams. Denila helped expand the firm’s use of such project management tools as SharePoint and ProCore. Her dedication to advancing new technologies has proven invaluable with the advent and resulting challenges of virtual team collaboration.

Jennie McCracken, Associate Vice President, Traffic/Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Department Manager, Transportation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As manager of ArchTam’s Traffic/ITS department in the greater Pennsylvania region, Jennie’s experience encompasses planning, design and transportation analysis as well as ITS related projects. Her department has grown by more than 20 percent over the past 3 years; the result of an ITS Design national center of excellence that supports design-build projects throughout North America. Jennie is currently the traffic discipline lead for the Pittsburgh Bus Rapid Transit project which recently earned a $100-million grant from the Federal Transit Administration.

ENR Midwest

Katrina Lewis, Senior Consultant, Energy, Chicago, Illinois. A member of the firm’s smart energy team, Katrina leads, researches and implements smart city and resilience initiatives around the United States. Her work focuses on strategic planning for municipal and utility resilience, sustainability and smart city strategies, developing metrics to provide a quantifiable foundation for sustainable development; quantifying community-level benefits of sustainable initiatives including microgrids, green infrastructure and electric vehicle fleet conversion; and, creating triple bottom line prioritization and optimization models for municipal-level decision-making.

Patrick Wipperman, Project Executive, ArchTam Hunt, Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to attending and graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Building Construction Management, Patrick began working at ArchTam Hunt, where he worked his way up from laborer to his current role as a project executive. Specializing in sports and multi-purpose venues, Patrick’s latest project of a 9,000-seat arena for the City of Savannah, Georgia, is slated to open in the first quarter of 2022. He has led or played a prominent role in the construction management of many high-profile signature construction projects.

ENR Mountain States

Brock Hodgson, Water/Wastewater Engineer, Water, Denver, Colorado. Brock exemplifies academic and technical excellence. While continuing his 10-year career in water and wastewater utility projects at ArchTam, Brock earned his Ph.D., in civil engineering at Colorado State University and saw his research funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. Brock supervises eight engineers and holds technical skills encompassing hydraulic evaluations, water and wastewater treatment as well as master planning. He has presented his projects and research at multiple conferences including the Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference.

Will Peterson, Utah Municipal Water Manager, Water, Salt Lake City, Utah. Will provides managerial and technical guidance for the company’s’ s ongoing role as Engineer for Salt Lake City’s new 48 million-gallon-per-day Water Reclamation Facility project. As ArchTam’s deputy project manager, he manages team resources and works closely with Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities and key stakeholders on navigating key project decisions. Will has an unwavering focus on quality client relationships and a deep understanding of the business.

ENR New England

Michael Wulforst, Project Manager, Transportation, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Michael works on challenging transportation projects in cities across the United States, developing planning and engineering solutions that improve accessibility, safety and quality of life. In New York City, Michael coordinated the consultant team that planned and designed the Select Bus service project in the Bronx and was consulting team project manager for traffic/transit planning and design for Select Bus service in Brooklyn. He is using his knowledge of traffic microsimulation, a state-of-the-art software technique, to deliver a $3-billion interchange project in Connecticut.

ENR New York

Gary Dragona, Senior Project Manager, ArchTam Tishman, New York, NY. Gary has twelve years of experience in the construction industry. As a senior project manager, he is responsible for day-to-day administration of projects to lead the team and to achieve project completion within budget, schedule, and in conformance with specifications. He also assists the project executive in working with all departments including estimating scheduling, procurement, labor relations, finance, accounting and other services required. Prior to joining ArchTam Tishman, he gained industry experience by working in a position that called for a variety of construction project types and aspects of project facilitation.

ENR Southeast

Lauren Catoe, Assistant General Counsel, ArchTam Hunt, Tampa, Florida. Lauren is the primary legal point of contact for ArchTam Hunt’s West Division, which includes regional and branch offices in Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  Presently, she is overseeing projects such as the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park, which includes construction of the new National Football League  stadium for the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers, as well as  the Terminal 3 Modernization Project at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 

Ryan Eckenrode, Project Manager, Senior Traffic Engineer, Transportation, Greenville, South Carolina. Ryan leads the company’s South Carolina operation’s traffic engineering group and works on projects in the Southeast. He has managed more than 25 projects over the past five years and has helped the firm gain recognition as the top firm selected for South Carolina Department of Transportation’s safety on-call contract. Ryan has made more than 30 presentations to professional organizations and universities and, in 2017, was president of the South Carolina Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Erika Grace, Project Manager, Environment, Greenville, South Carolina. A project manager and supervisor of nine professional scientists, Erika manages all aspects of the company’s technical resource specialist team. She is an integral part of the firm’s environmental impact assessment and permitting team, primarily as project coordinator and task manager of National Environmental Policy Act projects. Erika previously supported a National Science Foundation grant to study oxygen and temperature interactions on nudibranch egg masses in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, spending two months living and working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

ENR Southwest

Ellie Volosin, Traffic Engineer, Transportation, Phoenix, Arizona. Ellie is one of the company’s leaders in VISSIM modeling. She was selected for the Jane Morris Mentorship Program for Women in Transportation, which hones leadership skills of women in the industry as well as the Eno Leadership Development Conference for Emerging Professionals, which focuses on transportation policy and practice. A deputy project manager, Ellie oversees traffic engineers and modelers of varying levels. She initiated and leads bi-monthly virtual traffic modeler meetings for the company’s central region.

ENR Texas/Louisiana

Valetta Saldanha, Deputy Project Manager, Water, Houston, Texas. A deputy project manager on water and wastewater infrastructure projects, Valetta assists municipal utilities, including cities, counties, river authorities and municipal utility districts, and industrial clients, in building, maintaining and improving water and wastewater treatment plants as well as related facilities. Valetta helps clients identify and develop the scope of improvements from preliminary engineering, design, permitting to construction and closeout. She oversees all aspects of projects from technical to project management including cost estimating, interdisciplinary and subconsultant coordination.

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