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ON THE MOVE SAM LOCKLEAR ELECTED TO FLUOR’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fluor Corporation announced that Sam Locklear, president of SJL Global Insights LLC, and retired U.S. Navy Admiral, was elected to its board of directors effective February 1, 2017. In addition, Joseph W. Prueher, who has served on Fluor’s board since 2003, has elected to retire effective May 3, 2017. “The addition of Admiral Locklear to Fluor’s board of directors provides the company another top-tier advisor with a global business perspective and demonstrated leadership credentials,” said David Seaton, chairman and chief executive officer of Fluor. “Locklear’s nearly four decades of global experience serving in the United States Navy will further enable and bolster Fluor’s strategy to become the integrated solutions provider of choice for its clients around the world. “On behalf of Fluor Corporation and all of our colleagues, I would also like to thank Joseph Prueher for his more than 13 years of excellent service to our company,” Seaton said. “He has provided our company with great value and has been a tremendous mentor to me personally.” Locklear retired from the U.S. Navy in 2015 as a four-star admiral after 39 years, including 15 years as a flag officer. During his tenure, Locklear served as Commander for the U.S. Pacific Command, Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, and Commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Forces Command. He was ranked 11th among the 100 most influential people in global defense issues by Defense News in 2013. Locklear also serves on the board of directors for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Advisory Board for the Center for Strategic and International Studies Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, and as a senior advisor to the Center for Climate and Security.

Admiral Locklear graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1977. He is a 1992 graduate of the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces and holds amaster’s degree in public administration from George Washington University. He received numerous awards and decorations including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and decorations from South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and France. MARK PRAWL JOINS ATWELL Consulting, engineering, and construction services firm Atwell, LLC is pleased to announce Mark Prawl, PE, has joined the firm as senior project engineer of power and energy. Based in Denver, Colorado, his responsibilities include protection and control design packages and associated engineering studies for high voltage substation projects for the national firm. Prawl has extensive experience in the design, construction, operation, and estimating of high voltage substation projects and a variety of power plant projects, including fossil, nuclear, geothermal, and solar CSP. He is also experienced as both an electrical and I&C project lead engineer with experience in power plant and substation/switchyard design. Prior to joining, Prawl’s recent project experience included completion of HV equipment upgrades at several existing substations for a large northeast utility (115kV, 230kV, 345kV, and 750kV). The typical project also included station service distribution system upgrades (medium and low voltage distribution). He also recently supported a Department of Energy contract (Nevada Nuclear Security Site), including performance of a health analysis study of the site power distribution system (480V through 138kV). “Prawl’s design skills and experience in a variety of power plant types, including,

fossil, nuclear, geothermal, and solar plants are a great addition to our team,” said Atwell Director of Power and Energy, Ryan Anderson. “He brings the industry knowledge, expertise, and responsiveness necessary to meet our clients’ needs and help expand our growing power and energy market.” HANSON HIRES LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Kelly Gust, learning and development manager, recently joined Hanson Professional Services Inc. ’s (#35 Best Firm Civil for 2016) Springfield headquarters. Her responsibilities include partnering with the vice president of human resources and business leaders to drive talent management and leadership development strategies as well as develop tools and solutions for performance management, succession planning, coaching, and career planning to develop staff to meet the firm’s needs. Prior to joining Hanson, Gust was a director of learning and development for H. D. Smith in Springfield. She also served as a training and development manager for Hot Topic Inc. in City of Industry, California; senior manager of organizational capability for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. in White Plains, New York; and a human resources consultant for talent management for Southern California Edison in Rosemead, California. Gust earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and a master’s degree in industrial/ organizational psychology from California State University, Long Beach. She is a member of the Association for Talent Development and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is certified as a senior professional in human resources and strategic workforce planning. Hanson is a national, employee-owned consulting firm providing engineering, planning and allied services.

an acquisition when we are open to change and are willing to learn from the companies we acquire. PAUL GREENHAGEN is president and CEO of Westwood Professional Services. Contact him at paul.greenhagen@westwoodps.com. “Acquisitions bring new experiences, talent, and ideas that can help propel us to the next level. We get the most out of an acquisition when we are open to change and are willing to learn from the companies we acquire.”

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for clients. This includes producing work faster, more accurately, and more cost effectively. With each acquisition, it is important to ask the right questions to determine if processes are aligned, identify where there are gaps, and work to create solutions that bring the team together. Early on, Westwood didn’t realize the depth of opportunities and challenges we would encounter during the acquisition process. The real value of M&As for Westwood is that they align perfectly with our brand promise to retain better people and deliver better results. Acquisitions bring new experiences, talent, and ideas that can help propel us to the next level. We get the most out of

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