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

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 employees. • Manage finances and company budget of $1.4 mil/year, cash flow, and accounts payable projections. • Draft and negotiate contracts with private and public clients, sustain effective client and jurisdictional relationships. • Assist developers in budget projections and overall project management. • Design public and private marketing proposals and materials. • Project management, planning, project engineering, and design solutions. • Review quality assurance and quality control for other engineers and planners work. Parati Company of Oregon, LLC (Formerly LDC Design Group), 2006 - 2007 Land Development Manager • Advise management committee as a member on decisions for the company. • Manage 25 planning and private engineering employees, conduct performance reviews, hire and terminate staff. • Marketing proposals, draft and negotiate contracts with private and public clients, sustain effective client and jurisdictional relationships. • Assist developers in budget projections and overall project management. • Project management, planning, project engineering, and design. • Oversee quality assurance and quality control reviews for engineers and planners work. Venture Properties, Inc., 2001 - 2006 Project Manager • Locate new land and review for feasibility of development, create subdivision layouts. • Estimate project budgets, land, hard and soft costs. • Assist in land contracts and purchase and sale agreements and work with land sellers. • Work with attorneys to guide direction and case, fact finding, testify in court, and help manage cases. • Maintain project budgets throughout the project life, about $40 mil/year. • Hire Consultants and then manage the consultants to obtain land use approvals. • Work with various county and city staff to obtain all approvals sought. • Manage consultants to obtain all necessary project and construction permits. • Manage consultants and contractors to complete construction, record plat and project completion. • Solve Building permit issues. • Manage Special Projects: DM residence, OES intersection reconstruction, OES Master Plan. Project Design Consultants, 2001 Project Engineer • Managed medium-large to small projects from initial planning design to construction. Responsible for the client relations, proposal, project budget, project timeline, and invoices. • Responsible for engineering project needs and quality control and maintaining engineering work file. • Direct and work with project team members and supervise 3 project staff. • Responsible for the construction documents including the design and drafting of the sanitary sewer, storm drain, water systems, and roadways as well as the various reports. Alpha Engineering, Inc., 1995 to 2001 Project Engineer, Staff II Engineer, Staff I Engineer EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Registered Professional Engineer Oregon and California since 1999; Wash. since 2009 • University of Portland, B.S. in Civil Engineering • Chehalem Elementary Site Council Member 2008 – 2014 • Clean Water Services Development Liaison Committee Member 2008-2009 • AutoCAD various versions, Microsoft Office Suite and HEC-RAS