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ON THE MOVE BURNS & MCDONNELL ADDS PROJECT MANAGER FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION Rajeev Sinha joined Burns & McDonnell in its Business & Technology Solutions Group. Sinha, a project manager, works with clients on enterprise systems integration, part of a comprehensive suite of services offered by Burns & McDonnell to deliver efficiency, consistency, and increased productivity for a wide range of users. “Rajeev’s experience in delivering data management and enterprise architecture design will provide our clients with an ability to meet their most challenging operational problems, and streamline their business outcomes, while enhancing our comprehensive solution offerings,” says Chris Underwood, general manager of Business & Technology Solutions at Burns & McDonnell. “Our in-depth

understanding of our clients’ business coupled with a robust systems integration offering is a key differentiator and we’re excited to add Rajeev to our team.” Sinha comes to Burns & McDonnell with more than 15 years of experience, having worked early in his career as a developer at Oracle – engineering key functionalities in the company’s suite of enterprise applications – before moving into functional consulting roles. Since 2006 he’s been integrating enterprise software systems for clients in oil and gas, manufacturing and other industrial sectors. He recently led a project that streamlined $1 billion of annual capital budget approval, enabling the process to be completed in six weeks rather than three months. This saved the manufacturer money, enabled plant improvement projects sooner and offered better ongoing visibility into capital spending.

He has worked on various projects related to strategic planning, setting IT investment road maps, and implementing business process improvements focused on maximizing IT investments in project-driven organizations. At Burns & McDonnell, he adds his experience to a team already skilled in technology consulting and other software solutions. Enterprise systems integration allows clients to accelerate deployment of capital, drive organizational efficiency and optimize process systems, facilities, and operations. “I enjoy the challenge,” says Sinha, who works nationwide from the Houston office of Burns & McDonnell. “This is a great opportunity to make a difference, to apply my best practices knowledge across multiple industries and to optimize IT/OT investments for clients by delivering integrated system solutions.”

are changing who you are or what you stand for. It simply means you want to do something different and challenging. If you clearly understand your motivations, you can share that with others and get them involved in your support network. ❚ ❚ Implement, implement! Once you have determined your list, implement it. Do not give up on yourself. By pursuing and completing your goals, you show others that they can empower themselves and do the same thing. You become a more complete leader by example. You are setting the tone for others so that, if they feel they have boundaries, they might see those limitations as self-imposed. All of us have examples of people who worked all their lives with the caveat that they would get to some adventure or pur- suit later, but they never made it to that finish line. Do you want to be that person who died at their desk and never even tried to accomplish their one ultimate goal? ❚ ❚ Know that your bucket list may change. Odds are your bucket list will change over time. I know mine continues to evolve. As long as you are breathing, you are never too young or too old to add to or check something off your list. Don’t let age be a defining thing for what you want to do. Don’t let financial responsibilities impose restrictions. And don’t look back with regret. There is a ripple effect as you start to fulfill your bucket list. Others will engage, and there is a social power that comes with this engagement in both your business and personal life. Your family and peers will start to ask what is going to be next? I will let you know what is next for me from atop Mt. Washington next January as I complete my next adventure. STEPHEN LUCY is CEO of JQ with offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Lubbock, Texas. Contact him at slucy@jqeng.com. “Your family and peers will start to ask what is going to be next? I will let you know what is next for me from atop Mt. Washington next January as I complete my next adventure.”

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For the Yellowstone trip, I was concerned about the chal- lenges as the description built up the physical requirements, and there were numerous health-related questions on the ap- plication. So, I set up a training program and my fears never materialized. As you visualize what you want to happen and empower yourself to make that happen, you build the confi- dence needed to complete your plans. ❚ ❚ Understand what you need to do. Perhaps your list includes a number of “must do’s” not “just do’s.” Understand why those items are important to you. Put a schedule together that ensures that you will pursue and complete those items first. Once you decide you are moving forward, then build the plan necessary to be successful. Planning is a basic part of our jobs, so you should be able to plan the implementation of your list. “There is a ripple effect as you start to fulfill your bucket list. Others will engage, and there is a social power that comes with this engagement in both your business and personal life.” ❚ ❚ Check off what you want to do with others. It’s okay to be inclusive, but don’t let others deter you if they fall short of meeting that commitment. Friends might jump at the op- portunity to share in your bucket list, but don’t despair if they pull out at the last minute. Pushing through on your own is just part of the commitment to yourself. The same is true of your business bucket list. Your partners may not agree or want to jump into something new but weigh the risks and keep moving forward. If you look at the most successful business role models, they looked beyond the nay- sayers and just did it. ❚ ❚ Share your list but be prepared for the reaction. Admit- tedly, those who know you may wonder, “Why now?” And ask, “What happened?” If you are that predictable and routine in your life, be prepared for these reactions. Wanting to do something different than the norm does not mean that you

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