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ON THE MOVE MINDY FRINK JOINS JQ ENGINEERINGAS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING DIRECTOR JQ Engineering , a multi-office, multi-discipline engineering firm, announced that Mindy Frink has joined the firm as its business development and marketing director. Based in JQ’s Dallas office, Frink will focus on developing business and marketing strategies and tactics, enhancing client relationships, improving pursuit and proposal efforts, directing corporate communications, collaborating with internal and external project teams, and participating in industry and community programs. Frink has more than 15 years of marketing experience in the AEC and healthcare industries. She excels in understanding business goals and aligning business development, marketing, and communications activities to achieve success in delivering client satisfaction and stakeholder engagement. “Mindy is highly respected in our industry, and her exceptional technical and business skills are a great addition to our leadership team,” says JQ CEO, Stephen Lucy, P.E. “We look forward to her contributions in expanding client relationships and promoting our brand throughout Texas and the regions we serve, and across our major market sectors.” Prior to joining JQ, Frink served as marketing director for the southern region of a 155-year- old national construction firm. Previously, she was the marketing manager for one of the largest electrical contractors in Texas, and prior to that she served seven years as the marketing manager for a Dallas-based, integrated architecture, construction, and
sustainability firm. Frink holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, and an MBA from the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1984, JQ provides structural and civil engineering, geospatial, and facility performance services throughout the United States. The firm is considered a leader in engineering design innovation and technology to support its complex, multi-state and multi-market projects. Nationally, JQ has been recognized as a Best Firm To Work For and as a Hot Firm by Zweig Group. JQ has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio. DEWBERRY ANNOUNCES THE PROMOTION OF LISA PETERSON Dewberry , a privately held professional services firm, announced that Lisa Peterson, P.E., PLS, has been promoted to business unit manager in the firm’s Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office. In her new position, Peterson will be responsible for management of the office’s daily operations and serving clients in the areas of transportation, real estate development, energy utilities, and telecommunications. With more than 17 years of experience in transportation engineering, Peterson’s expertise includes bridge replacements and highway drainage and interchange design improvements. She was involved with the award-winning New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6-9 widening project, the I-295/ Rt. 42 Direct Connection, and the Route 3 over the Passaic River project. Peterson is the first woman to hold dual professional engineer
and professional land surveyor licenses in southern New Jersey. “Lisa’s diverse background and strong leadership skills make her the ideal choice to lead and grow our Mount Laurel office,” said Craig Johnson, executive vice president. Peterson earned her first bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology (2002) and her second in survey engineering technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (2010). She is a professional engineer, professional land surveyor, and certified municipal engineer in New Jersey. Peterson is a member of the Women’s Transportation Seminar, American Society of Highway Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, and New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. Peterson was named a 2018 Top Young Professional by Engineering News-Record New York and a Women to Watch by South Jersey Biz in its February 2019 issue. Dewberry is a leading, market-facing firm with a proven history of providing professional services to a wide variety of public- and private-sector clients. Recognized for combining unsurpassed commitment to client service with deep subject matter expertise, Dewberry is dedicated to solving clients’ most complex challenges and transforming their communities. Established in 1956, Dewberry is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with more than 50 locations and more than 2,000 professionals nationwide.
organization to embody these values. If done successfully, you will start to see and feel the accountability grow within your organization as you move to fulfill your mission and vision. “As a leader of your team, you are responsible for setting the tone and the expectations. This is where a set of core values can have a transformational effect on your company.” Th ere are a lot of great tools available online for helping you develop the core values for your organization. If you are looking for some help or advice on how to get started, please contact me. BRANDON PINKERTON, PE, LEED AP, is the president of HP Engineering, Inc., an MEP design firm that believes everyone deserves comfortable, safe, healthy, and easy to manage building environments. He has over 16 years of electrical design experience. Contact him at bpinkerton@hpengineeringinc.com.
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outcome should be a list of no more than five to six key characteristics that define the expected behaviors for your organization. As a catalyst to the process, you may find it useful to research the core values of other companies. Find one or two companies that you admire and read through their core values. Th is will give you some insight into how to proceed. However, at the end of the day you want your core values to be unique to your organization. Simply copying the core values of another organization and using them as your own will not fit well with your team; everyone will see through it. Once the list of core values is completed, it is important that the entire leadership group has consensus on the final list and is ready to hold each other accountable. Th e next essential step is the clear communication of these values to the entire organization. Bring the entire team together and share not only the core values, but also walk through the process of how you arrived at these values. Share why it is important for the people in your
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