MCLAREN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Structural Engineer
- Regional Director - Florida
Andrew Habel is a structural engineer with expertise in the design and inspection of various structures of every size, shape, scope, and complexity. His experience includes commercial buildings, multi-family residential buildings, entertainment structures, and marine structures. He is a proactive, ambitious leader, well-versed in all phases of the design process.
Job Titles:
- Director of Human Resources
Annette Lucke is a result-driven HR professional within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Her experience spans managing the full spectrum of HR programs, services, and functions to meet key business objectives coupled with strategic organizational growth planning. As an accomplished advisor among the senior leadership team, her abilities to coach and direct managers to encourage results and improve performance serves as the conduit to the firm's global growth trends.
Job Titles:
- Regional Director - Georgia
Brian Moody has over two decades of engineering and diving experience. He is a specialized leader in underwater condition assessments, structural designs, and construction inspection services. He has worked on all types of moveable and stationary structures including bridges, water taxi landings, piers, fender systems, anchorage systems, roadways, buildings, and foundations.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Structural Engineering
David McLaren has over three decades of experience in building structure design. He has directed projects of various sizes, shapes, scopes, and complexities across the country including iconic adaptive reuse, multi-story residential facilities, mixed-use structures, and university housing. His energy and enthusiasm have helped the firm develop a presence in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Civil Geomatics
Dawson Bloom has nearly three decades of engineering expertise and surveying experience. A trusted leader in civil engineering, highway/transportation, site development, urban planning and design, municipal engineering, project management, lighting design, forensic engineering, strategic planning, and construction management, he has the ability to manage complex multidisciplinary teams of design professionals through all phases of project development.
Job Titles:
- Director of Marketing
- Marketing Expert
Denisa Moss-Heitlager is an award-winning marketing expert, helping to build trusted and authentic brands through various platforms and channels. Focused on in-bound marketing development and strategies, she brings a vast background in design, content creation, community building, and digital trends.
Job Titles:
- COO
- Senior Vice President of Operations
Donna Brangaccio is a strategic thinker with exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills. She oversees strategic initiatives, safety, and other various daily operations throughout all of McLaren's locations nationwide with her proven results-driven leadership.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Bridge, Highway Rail
Gerard Bartucci has over four decades of experience with structural engineering projects for highway, railroad, utility, and bridges. His technical expertise includes seismic fatigue analysis, retrofit, in-depth inspection, historic structure evaluation, and rehabilitation. He has worked on construction staging for some of the most heavily trafficked bridges, roads, and rail lines in the U.S.
Gul Khan has spent his career providing executive management and leadership in engineering, environmental, construction, and disaster response and recovery services in the AEC arena. He has extensive expertise in managing U.S. military mission support programs (in the U.S. and around the world), federal civilian agency contracts, and professional services contracts with states and local agencies. At McLaren, Khan oversees all aspects of technical services practice areas that include new business pursuits, project delivery, and design center collaboration to provide the highest quality of services to our clients.
Job Titles:
- Partner and Director of Construction, D & a Companies
James McCormick is Director of Construction at D&A Companies, helping to optimize development strategies with a project's build in mind. He has led several high-profile project teams in New York City including The Graduate Hotel at Cornell Tech, 50 West, and The Viceroy Hotel. A graduate of Cornell University, he earned both a Master of Engineering in Project Management and a B.S. in Civil Engineering, in addition to having a concentration in architecture from the Cornell School of Architecture, Art, and Planning. James also sits on the advisory council of the Civil Engineering School at Cornell, and is an advisor to StructionSite.
Job Titles:
- Regional Director - Maryland
Jan Cook is an accomplished land development professional deeply ingrained in Maryland's built environment with extensive work in Baltimore County. His three-decade career spans planning, regulatory procedures, engineering, and management of public and private projects throughout the region.
A key business development and planning strategist, Jay Carter led the sales team for Lucent Technologies mobility sales in North America with annual multi-billion dollar quotas. He also led major sales teams as President of the AT&T customer business unit and President Asia Pacific region based in Hong Kong. Throughout his career, Carter helped develop, refine and implement successful sales initiatives by focusing on customer relationships, market trends and growth opportunities.
Jeremy Billig has led a distinguished career at McLaren directing a range of engineering projects while starting and growing the New York City office to over 40 staff. As the firm has expanded, Billig has managed McLaren's organizational planning efforts, including developing a scalable structure to accommodate growth, supporting the firm's merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, and overseeing coordination and management of the regional offices. As an accomplished engineer, Billig has worked across the firm's 10 markets, ranging from entertainment venues and healthcare facilities to comprehensive structural work and restoration of landmarked buildings.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Construction Engineering
Jon Skinner is well-known throughout the construction industry as an expert engineer providing specialized services and innovative solutions to assist developers, contractors, fabricators, and erectors from design to completion. From crane engineering services to construction support, his team determines optimal and cost-effective means and methods for building construction, provides the design of temporary support, bracing, and construction sequencing, the conventional design of steel structures and connections, the design of delegated primary and secondary structural elements. and everything in between.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Former CEO of Paragon Engineering Services
Kenneth E. Arnold, PE is the founder of Paragon Engineering Services, an oil and gas project management and engineering services firm, which was sold to AMEC in 2005. He has over 55 years of experience in facilities engineering design and project management, having worked on both onshore and offshore projects in many areas of the world. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, on the Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board (GOES), and serves as a senior technical advisor to Worley and to Oxy Oil and Gas. Ken is also the Safety Committee Chair of the National Academy of Construction and a member of its Executive Committee.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman of the Board
- Founder
Since founding the firm in his basement in 1977, Mal's entrepreneurial spirit quickly propelled McLaren Engineering Group to the forefront of the AEC industry. His vision built the foundation which enables us to provide an unparalleled line of quality services and make positive impacts on communities worldwide.
Today, as Executive Chairman of the Board, Mal provides strategic advisory oversight as he heads the firm's Board of Directors.
Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board Malcolm G. McLaren, PE is an engineering pioneer. Since founding the firm in his basement in 1977, his entrepreneurial spirit quickly propelled McLaren Engineering Group to the forefront of the AEC industry.
Matthew B. Kawczenski, PE, SE, FSEI Regional Director - Pennsylvania Matthew Kawczenski is an award-winning engineer skilled in all aspects of project management and technical design. He has comprehensive knowledge of design standards and codes, full-service structural engineering for buildings with a concentration on seismic and wind code review, seismic and wind analysis, lateral load distribution, and structural modeling of structures. Read less
With the most advanced and reliable services available in-house, McLaren's Philadelphia marine engineering division is changing the landscape of the maritime industry. Comprised of over 45 engineers, designers, engineer divers, and scientists, our firm provides unrivaled services in complex waterfront inspection, dredging support, design, rehabilitation, permitting, and construction management. Additionally, our Philadelphia coastal engineering and resiliency practice puts the focus on protecting communities and waterfront facilities through coastal flood risk management, coastal engineering, coastal restoration and mitigation, and waterfront redevelopment.
Job Titles:
- Founder of Lead to the Future, LLC
- Professor of Medicine at Temple Medical School
Stephanie Olexa began her career as a Professor of Medicine at Temple Medical School, teaching Biochemistry and Hematology along with conducting research in the blood coagulation system. She evolved into the "business of science", getting an MBA with a specialty in finance while working at Rohm and Haas Company in Philadelphia and Air Products and Chemicals in Allentown, Pa. In these positions she led acquisitions of high-tech diversification businesses, preparing her to form her own venture. She founded an independent testing laboratory with technical capabilities in Microbiology, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry and grew it into a multi-million-dollar, nationwide business through organic growth and over 26 acquisitions. After selling the company to an equity investment firm, she formed Lead to the Future, LLC to work with privately held and family owned businesses in the areas of governance, succession planning and business sustainability. Currently, she focuses on Excellence in Governance, providing Board design, development, education, review, and management to for organizations. She has a reputation as an engaged and dedicated board director.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Entertainment Engineering
William Gorlin is the driving force behind the firm's industry-leading entertainment division. From Broadway to Macau, he has engineered and overseen thousands of jaw-dropping live-event productions, concerts, and displays. His team is also behind the world's best show action equipment, stage sets, theatrical rigging, entertainment venue structures, roller coasters, and architectural theming.
William McCarthy provides support to all technical divisions in generating and maintaining client relationships. He prepares RFP Responses and directs the firm's marketing strategies. Possessing nearly four decades of business development and management experience, he plays a vital role in the firm's growth, reputation and success.