As Vice President, Project Development with Mortenson’s Advanced Manufacturing Group, I lead our industry positioning and project acquisition efforts across the United States. While semiconductor, battery and PV serve as core market segments for the Advanced Manufacturing team, I actively pursue opportunities across a broad spectrum of segments where we can leverage Mortenson’s integrated scope of services, including real estate development, site selection, procurement, and EPC/Design-Build project delivery to successfully deliver complex manufacturing projects. One of the things I’m most excited about is combining our internal initiatives around Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) with the innovative solutions of our advanced manufacturing customers. From process line automation and right-sizing the environmental requirements to creating new workforce development programs and leveraging federal funding, the next wave of advanced manufacturing dynamic and going to positively change the world in which we live and work.

Expertise in MEP Systems and Customer Service

Since joining Mortenson in 1995 as a member of multiple semiconductor project teams, my unique technical background in MEP systems and passion for customer service has led to a robust career at Mortenson. I was selected to be part of Mortenson’s first international project, a substrates facility for Seagate Technology in Limavady, Northern Ireland. I have worked on a multitude of large, complex projects, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, California), the 500-acre DeKalb Data Center campus (Dekalb, Illinois), 23-story Lurie Children’s Hospital (Chicago, Illinois), University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons and over $900 million of healthcare projects in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Community Involvement and Advocacy Extend Beyond Mortenson

Based in Chicago, Illinois, I keep a busy agenda filled with speaking engagements and civic activities. I am an active member of the Minnesota CHIPS Coalition, SEMI Fab Owners Alliance (FOA), and the SEMI Midwest Chapter. Outside of Mortenson, I serve on the Governing Council for Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and have been an active supporter of the Pat Summitt Foundation, focused on advancing research for treatment and a cure, providing care and support for patients and caregivers, and educating the public about Alzheimer’s disease.