Okaloosa County BOCC — April 5, 2016 — Prather, Wendy Resume

WENDY K. PRATHER, PE, CFM Results oriented manager and engineer with twenty years of experience including management, engineering business ownership; project management; development review and oversight; engineering and planning design and review for rail, transit, transportation, stormwater treatment and conveyance, sewer systems, water systems, and land use; experience ranges from $1.5 billion municipal project to small private projects. EXPERIENCE City of Beaverton, July 2012 – Current Project Engineer • February 2015 to current Interim City Engineer while maintaining project engineer duties; • Manage 8 staff including inspection, plan review, and administrative personnel; • Manage additional 3 Site Development staff as needed; • Plan division budget and work with team to implement; • Draft employee recruitment materials, interview, and hire new division staff; • Planning development review from pre-application conferences through land use approvals including attend land use hearings as needed; • Construction plan review, construction oversight through end of private maintenance and full bond releases; • Assist public works director/city engineer with engineering opinions, engineering design modifications, review of CIP projects, review of city standards and draft changes for update to include South Cooper Mountain needs; • Assist in annual CIP review and project planning and mentor other engineers and project managers; • Assist in planning for infrastructure improvements for South Cooper Mountain; • Certified Flood Manager responsibilities for City; • Emergency Operation Command training; • Participate in ODOT EC Technical Review Committee to rewrite erosion control specifications and details. City of Milwaukie, April 2009 – July 2012 Light Rail Design Coordinator • Assist Community Development/Public Works Director managing city interest on 2.2 miles of the 7.3 mile proposed Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail project. Civil team captain – lead team of public works staff, engineering director, staff engineer on light rail project preliminary engineering into construction; • Assist City engineering and operations director with engineering opinions, review of various city policies, city standards and edit for general annual updates and inclusion of light rail; • Coordinate 12+ person team permit and construction review, including environmental impact statement comments, preliminary and final engineering plans for light rail proposal in Milwaukie; • Advocate on behalf of the City with TriMet and Metro; • Manage all ongoing project issues and work with City staff, TriMet, Metro, Clackamas County and City of Portland staff; • Work with TriMet staff to resolve design and project issues; • Present and facilitate at monthly public light rail community meetings discussing various project elements and issues; • Evaluate existing infrastructure (storm, sanitary, roads, water) for light rail project replacement and for city project enhancement; • Manage Quiet Zone projects, work with junior level staff to meet federal and state requirements, prepare application and receive FRA quiet zone approval. Work with TriMet, ODOT Rail, Federal Rail Administration, Union Pacific RailRoad, Portland and Western Railroad and city staff. Multi-year project in process. • Manage Harrison Street Sidewalk project. Bid external work, hire and manage consultant. Manage design staff and team, work with Union Pacific Railroad and ODOT Rail, produce crossing order applications; NW Engineers, LLC, April 2007 – April 2009 Principal – Founding Partner  • Human Resources: manage 5 employees directly of 14 total staff, secure and manage benefits, performance reviews, hire and terminate e