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Seattle, WA – Parametrix has selected John Willis, PE as President, transitioning into the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role in early 2023. Willis is succeeding the current CEO, Jeff Peacock, PE who has served in the capacity since 2008.  Willis joined Parametrix in 2017 and has served as the senior vice president overseeing the operations in Oregon and Southwest Washington prior to being appointed as President. Under his leadership, the Oregon and Southwest Washington regions of the firm have grown significantly. He has over 25 years of experience in the A&E industry in a variety of leadership roles and has managed some of the region’s most significant infrastructure projects including the Interstate Bridge Replacement, TriMet’s Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail, and the Dreamlifter Operations Center for Boeing. “I am honored to lead Parametrix and continue the firm’s legacy and commitment to employee-ownership,” said Willis.“John brings exceptional leadership, business acumen, and interpersonal skills to lead the employee-owners at Parametrix,” said Peacock.  As Parametrix CEO, Peacock has been instrumental in the growth of Parametrix, among other achievements. Peacock will support Willis through the transition, remain engaged in a variety of projects at Parametrix, and continue to serve on the Board of Directors.  About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Craig Grandstrom, PE has joined Parametrix as a Senior Consultant based in Seattle, WA. He has over 20 years of experience providing transportation and transit engineering and planning services to municipalities and agencies throughout the Puget Sound region.Grandstrom joins Parametrix from Jacobs Engineering where he served as a Senior Transportation Manager. His experience includes bus and light rapid transit, multi-modal corridor studies and design, highway and interchange studies, traffic analysis and forecasting, and providing guidance on Federal Transit Administration-funded projects. He has worked with clients such as Sound Transit, the City of Seattle, King County Metro, and the Washington State Department of Transportation. At Parametrix he joins the firm’s transportation team providing engineering and planning services to clients throughout the Puget Sound region. About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – The Zweig Group has released their 2021 Hot Firm List, a two-decade-old awards program honoring the 100 fastest growing companies in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry in the United States and Canada. Parametrix ranked number 49 on this year’s list. Rankings are based on three-year growth in revenue, both by dollar and percent. Parametrix’s revenue grew by 30% between 2018 and 2021. This is the fifth year in a row that Parametrix has made the list. “Demand for services and expertise on the client side and meaningful career growth on the employee side has made it fundamentally important that every AEC firm has growth embedded into their strategy,” said Jamie Claire Kiser, Managing Principal and Director of Advisory Services at Zweig Group.About Zweig GroupZweig Group, three times on the Inc. 500/5000 list, is the industry leader and premiere authority in AEC firm management and marketing, the go-to source for data and research, and the leading provider of customized learning and training. Zweig Group exists to help AEC firms succeed in a complicated and challenging marketplace through services that include: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Valuation, Executive Search, Board of Director Services, Ownership Transition, Marketing & Branding, and Business Development Training. The firm has offices in Dallas and Fayetteville, Arkansas.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc.Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Sielen Namdar, PE has been appointed to the Parametrix Board of Directors as the eighth member. Namdar currently serves as Global Sustainability Lead for Industries and Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Cisco.Prior to joining Cisco in 2018, Sielen spent 20 years at Jacobs where she co-founded the Smart Cities Initiative serving as the Global Strategic Sales Director and led Global Strategic Sales for key programs in water, transportation, and energy markets.Namdar brings her experience across multiple industries implementing sustainable and innovative technologies to Parametrix.“We are excited to add Sielen’s expertise and perspective to the Parametrix Board of Directors,” said Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Albuquerque, NM – Ken Murphy, PE has joined Parametrix as a Senior Transportation Engineer based in Albuquerque. He has 27 years of experience providing transportation engineering, project management, design, and construction management services to public agencies in New Mexico, primarily the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). Murphy comes to Parametrix from another consulting firm where he served as a Senior Transportation Project Manager. Prior to that, he worked at NMDOT for 25 years. His recent project experience includes quality control and project management support for the City of Albuquerque’s Westside Boulevard, McMahon Boulevard, and West Central Improvements, and NMDOT’s US 84 Roadway Widening. At Parametrix he joins the firm’s Albuquerque transportation team providing engineering and design services to clients such as the New Mexico Department of Transportation, tribes and pueblos, federal agencies, cities, and counties. About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Local, state, and federal officials, including Gov. Jay Inslee (third from left) and FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez (fourth from left), enthusiastically dig into a mound of dirt with golden shovels.Bremerton, WA – On Thursday, May 19, Kitsap Transit, stakeholders, and local lawmakers gathered to celebrate the start of construction on the new Silverdale Transit Center. The new multi-modal center will serve those traveling to and from Central Kitsap, the West Sound’s hub for healthcare, shopping, and other services. It will also allow for future transit network growth, supporting Kitsap Transit’s vision to create transportation corridors in the Silverdale Urban Growth Area.From left to right, Parametrix Employee-Owners Jenna Anderson, Joanna Johnson, Bryan Nicholson, and Anne Timmermans, and Project Architect from Schemata Workshop Mike Mariano stand before a mound of dirt with golden shovels. Parametrix has been involved with this multi-phase project since October 2015, from its early stages of site selection and planning, through full design development, and now construction management services for the final phase.Washington Governor Jay Inslee stands before a podium at the project site parking lot.The new transit center will include eight bus bays to accommodate seven 40‑foot‑long buses and one paratransit bus. For the everyday transit user, decorative paving paths and landscaping will guide riders to circulation paths, waiting areas, and areas of respite, including an edible landscape garden. A cantilevered canopy will provide continuous overhead protection for waiting riders. This project also includes a driver comfort station building, public restrooms, and two bus bays equipped with wireless charging for electric buses, the first Kitsap Transit bus facility with this feature.Presentation board graphic displayed at the event on a tripod. It depicts the electric bus wireless charging technology and a 3D rendering of the transit center. The text on the presentation board reads “Silverdale Transit Center: where electric buses recharge wirelessly. Silverdale will be the first transit center in Kitsap County to feature an inductive charging system. Coils in the pavement quickly and automatically recharge battery-electric busses while they are staged and waiting for passengers to board and get off the vehicle.”Other phases of the project include a roadway realignment, a direct access bus-only on ramp onto State Route 303, and water, sanitary sewer, illumination, and stormwater improvements.The new transit center is slated to open to the public in fall 2023.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc.Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.  

Bremerton, WA – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Olympic Region has selected Parametrix for the removal of five fish passage barriers in the Gorst area south of Bremerton.This bundle of fish passage barrier removals is part of the 2013 injunction to remove 90 percent of fish barriers in Washington State by 2030. The bundle of crossings will be delivered through a pre-National Environmental Policy Act Design-Build process.Teaming partners include HDR, Art Anderson, HWA GeoSciences, Osborn Consulting, Ott-Sakai Associates, PRR, and Stell Environmental.Parametrix has been working with WSDOT on the removal of 24 fish passage barriers in the Olympic Region over the last two and a half years.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Brent Diemer has joined Parametrix as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has over 25 years of experience in the architecture and engineering industry, specializing in financial management, business growth and expansion strategy, and organizational culture development. Diemer comes to Parametrix from KLJ Engineering. Prior to that, he spent 22 years with CH2M (now Jacobs). He has served in a variety of financial and business management leadership positions as well as project delivery and business development roles across the industry.   “Parametrix’s commitment to employee-ownership and collaboration provides the optimal setting to evolve innovative client solutions. I look forward to partnering with all our employee-owners on this journey,” said Diemer.“We’re thrilled to have Brent’s leadership at Parametrix,” said Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Engineering News Record has released its annual Top Design Firms list, which ranks firms based on revenue for design services performed in the previous year. This year Parametrix was ranked number 140. Parametrix has been ranked in the top 500 design firms since 1998. For the sixth consecutive year, total revenue for the top 500 listed firms increased, rising 2.2% to $107.11 billion in 2021. Median firm revenue also rebounded after a dip last year, rising 3.8%, to $67.45 million.The transportation market continued to be Parametrix’s largest source of revenue. The firm also generated significant revenue in water, sewer and waste, and general building markets. Some of the firm’s largest projects in 2021 were Twenty-four Fish Passage Improvement Projects for the Olympic Region of Washington State Department of Transportation; the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program for the Washington State and Oregon Departments of Transportation; SH-16 Phase 2 and I-84 Franklin Interchange to Karcher Interchange for Idaho Transportation Department; MAX Red Line Final Design for TriMet; Interbay Steel Forcemain Replacement for King County, WA; Biological Process Improvements for LOTT Clean Water Alliance; and US 180 Alignment Study for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.“We’re honored to once again be ranked among the top design firms in the country,” stated Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of over 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference. 

Portland, OR – Samantha Erickson has joined Parametrix as a Senior Planner based in Portland, OR. She has 20 years of experience providing transportation planning services to public agencies across the United States.Erickson comes to Parametrix from NelsonNygaard Consulting Associates where she served as a Senior Planner. Her experience includes transit planning and service implementation projects that improve mobility for people. She has worked with clients such as San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Mateo County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.At Parametrix, she joins the firm’s Portland transportation team, providing planning services to clients such as the Oregon Department of Transportation, TriMet, and others. About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Oregon and Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.