Otak adds Hollen as civil engineering intern
ENGINEERING Daniel Hollen has joined Otak鈥檚 Portland office as a civil engineering intern. He recently received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Portland State University. While at PSU, […]
Otak adds Haines as civil engineering intern
ENGINEERING Morgan Haines has joined Otak as a civil engineering intern, supporting the water and natural resources team in Otak鈥檚 Vancouver, Wash., office. She previously worked as a fisheries biologist […]
Otak adds Kutansky to Portland civil team
ENGINEERING Andy Kutansky has joined Otak鈥檚 Portland civil team as a project engineer. He has 15 years of experience in transportation engineering. He is familiar with all phases of transportation […]
Otak adds Spelts to Portland office
SURVEYING Mike Spelts has joined Otak as a survey party chief / civil CAD designer. He is a professional land surveyor licensed in Washington and Oregon. In 22 years, Spelts […]
Otak adds Ramme as survey technician
SURVEYING Rodger 鈥淓ric鈥 Ramme has joined Otak as a survey technician. He has seven years of experience working as a survey technician for a Bonneville Power Administration contractor. He is […]
Otak adds Jones to Portland office
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Sandra Jones is Otak鈥檚 newest project assistant in its Portland office. She has 18 years of project support experience, including administrative and technical editing support in the mining, […]
Otak adds Miller to Portland office
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Wendy Miller has joined Otak鈥檚 corporate marketing team in Portland. She has more than 16 years of marketing experience, including stints for a number of Portland-area architecture, engineering […]
Otak adds Cochran to Portland office
SURVEYING Kenneth Cochran has joined Otak as a professional land surveyor/survey manager. He has over 40 years of experience involving use of AutoCAD and Land Development Desktop software as well […]
Scoggins re-elected Farleigh Wada Witt president
LAW Hal Scoggins has been re-elected president of Portland law firm Farleigh Wada Witt. He will continue to serve on the 2016 executive committee. Scoggins focuses his practice on financial […]
Lord named Mason, Bruce & Girard president
CONSULTING Natural resource consulting firm Mason, Bruce & Girard has named Roger Lord its new president. He joined MB&G in 2004 as a forest economist and currently leads its appraisal […]
Lee joins Allen Trust Co. as financial planner
FINANCIAL SERVICES Allen Trust Co. has hired Allison Grebe Lee as a financial planner. She will develop and manage all aspects of the firm鈥檚 financial planning services. Lee previously worked […]
CBRE hires Alter as sales associate
REAL ESTATE Michael Alter has joined the specialty brokerage team in CBRE鈥檚 Portland office as a sales associate working with Senior Vice President Thomas Fellman. He previously worked at Capacity […]
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