Prior to joining PT&C, most of my experience was in the Traffic and Transportation Engineering consulting sector. I’m originally from Wilson, North Carolina, and a graduate of North Carolina State University. I have lived in Raleigh, NC; outside of New York City; and Baltimore, MD before relocating to Atlanta, GA. I spend most of my free time enjoying photography and reading.

1. What do you like most about your job?

Having previously worked in the traffic engineering industry on smaller projects, I like the challenges involved with learning project management, controls, scheduling, and estimating on very large projects. I feel like I have been constantly learning since joining PT&C.

2. How has your role or career evolved since you have joined PT&C?

I have needed to learn how to manage larger projects versus small projects. I also now have a better understanding of the needs of a large government client versus a smaller private client or local municipalities.

3. What is one of the most memorable projects on which you have worked?

The most memorable projects would be my current ones. I’m helping support the senior management for the Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management projects funded by the stimulus funding. It’s an up- close opportunity to be a part of managing projects that are talked about on a weekly basis in the news and creating jobs.

4. What is your favorite benefit or perk at PT&C?

My favorite benefit at PT&C is that the management is not overbearing and is flexible, unlike many of the consulting firms for whom I have worked with in the past.

Tan is an Industrial Engineer, graduating from Wichita, Kansas, specializing in the construction of Water and Waste Water Treatment Plant and Pumping Stations. He moved to Atlanta about 3 years ago from Detroit, following a 12 year project manager position for a General Contractor. Before PT&C, Tan worked as an Assistant Project Manager for Archer Western Contractors. Tan currently lives in Roswell and is getting married July 2009; looking forward to settling down and having a family. He enjoys working on home improvement projects and loves to play sports. Most of all, Tan has a need for speed, so he loves to ride his Yamaha R6 on nice curvy mountain roads on Sunday afternoons.

1. What do you like most about your job?

I like most the team approach used at PT&C to work on a project. Different team members bring various expertises and you learn a lot from each other. I also like the opportunity to travel to project sites and acquire a unique experience.

2. How has your role or career evolved since you have joined PT&C?

Over the period of one year, I have been involved in 5 DOE projects. Each was unique in size and nature. I had always been involved in the construction aspect of a project. At PT&C, I am utilizing all my experiences in field planning, coordination and estimating.

3. What is one of the most memorable projects on which you have worked?

My most interesting project, to date, is the Environmental Restoration Plan for the Bomblet Target Area at Nevada Test Site (NTS). Project services involved planning and estimating for the identification and clearance of Depleted Uranium (DU) fragments located over South Antelope Lake, an area of 1900 acres. Visiting NTS and interviewing key personnel was a unique and memorable experience.

4. What is your favorite benefit or perk at PT&C?

Visiting DOE project sites and seeing things that most others do not have the privilege to see is a favorite perk of mine at PT&C.

I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I obtained my love for electronics. My first encounter with electronics was working in my father’s T.V repair shop testing transistors in televisions, radios, and stereos. I later joined the U.S. Army where I was a Radio Operator and Repair Technician.

I have worked in the IT industry for 10 years servicing small, medium and large businesses. I became a Microsoft Certified professional in 2000.

I have 4 children. My daughter is the eldest, followed by 3 boys. I have twin boys which makes the 6th set of twins in my family.

I enjoy reading, writing poetry, cycling and working on computers. I am an avid lover of Jazz music and frequent local Jazz concerts.

1. What do you like most about your job?

I love the employees.  It feels as if I am working with family.

2. How has your role or career evolved since you have joined PT&C?

I have developed and grown as a System Support Technician with the guidance and confidence of my manager, Jim Osborne. Jim has supplied me with the necessary tools and support to accomplish many tasks which has allowed me to grow professionally.

3. What is one of the most memorable projects on which you have worked?

My most memorable project was assisting with the preparation and implementation of PT&C’s IT disaster recovery plan. These tasks offered me a chance to utilize my disaster planning skills learned while working in disaster recovery.

This project was very important to me as an IT employee. While assisting companies with recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina, I witnessed the effects to companies who were unprepared for a disaster. An estimated 25 percent of businesses do not reopen following a major disaster, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety. Knowing that we have a disaster recovery plan helps me and my team sleep better at night.

4. What is your favorite benefit or perk at PT&C?

My favorite benefit is being paid for something that gives me great satisfaction. I enjoy working with computers and being able to help people while sharing my knowledge with my co-workers.

Erica currently works in the accounting department at the corporate office in Atlanta, GA. Prior to working for PT&C, she was the Accounts Payable Coordinator for a large electronics distributor and served 8 years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force doing transportation and logistics. Erica is from Houma, LA, southwest of New Orleans. She and her husband have two sons. Her husband is from Virginia Beach, VA, so they chose Atlanta to be geographically between both families. The family enjoys the outdoors and camping. During her free time, Erica loves to paint and work in other crafts.

1. What do you like most about your job?

I most like getting to interact with all the employees of the company.

2. How has your role or career evolved since you have joined PT&C?

My role with PT&C has evolved from processing expense reports for reimbursement to becoming the reporting and systems expert and internal controls of accounting.

3. What is one of the most memorable projects on which you have worked?

Customizing the time and expense system for the Forensic Unit is my most memorable project to date. This responsibility allowed me to show my technical skills.

4. What is your favorite benefit or perk at PT&C?

Working at PT&C provides me the privilege of working, on a daily basis, with a great professional staff.

Tony grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Houston. His first job involved monitoring main propulsion systems during the first two Space Shuttle missions from Mission Control. Tony worked for several corporations before founding and operating his own company, F.J. Engineering, Inc. performed, among other services, forensic investigations. Tony joined Project Time & Cost in November 2005 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf coasts. Tony is listed as both a Civil and Mechanical PE, licensed in 13 states, is certified as a Fire & Explosion Investigator by the National Association of Fire Investigators, and is certified as an Industrial Hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Tony lives in the Houston area with his family where he enjoys outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, and mountaineering.

1. What do you like most about your job?

It’s the nature of the work. I’m not stuck in one physical office wearing a suit and tie all day, every day. I’m traveling to locations where losses occurred, and the causes of these losses are not known. Either as an individual, or as part of an investigative team, I’m challenged to determine the origin and cause of these losses. My job often involves climbing high on structures, entering confined spaces, employing sophisticated technologies, disassembling equipment, collecting and analyzing samples, and reporting on my findings. No two losses are ever the same.

2. How has your role or career evolved since you have joined PT&C?

Although I had been performing forensic investigations before I was hired by PT&C, the magnitude and variety of losses related to assignments is significantly larger now. For example, with PT&C, I’ve been involved with large loss investigations including: a salmonella contamination outbreak at a peanut butter producer’s facility in Sylvester, Georgia; a blast furnace explosion at a facility which produces steel for the automotive industry in Dearborn, Michigan; damage to chicken feed corn stored in a silo at an egg farm in Malcolm, Iowa; and damage to a cable television provider’s network and infrastructure in New Orleans, Louisiana.

3. What is one of the most memorable projects on which you have worked?

There have been many more than those listed above.  If I have to select one, it would be the origin and cause investigation of the blast furnace explosion in Dearborn, Michigan.

4. What is your favorite benefit or perk at PT&C?

It’s the opportunity to associate with, and learn from, top quality individuals at PT&C, and from other entities, including clients and competitors. Within PT&C, I have unrestricted access to such experts as structural engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers, cost engineers, fire and explosion investigators, as well as marketing representatives, support staff, and managers who have always been willing to listen and support my requests at the drop of a hat. I’ve never been refused any assistance I’ve requested.