Board of Directors

 The AACE Seattle Section Officers and Directors for the 2021 – 2022 are:

Officers:

President – Jeff Strawn PMP, RMP – Jeffrey.Strawn@pmsvs.com – (One-Year Term)
Vice President – Josephine M. Bayan, PMP – Josephine.Bayan@rockpmservices.com – (One-Year Term)
Treasurer – Roger Kong – Roger.Kong@soundtransit.org – (One-Year Term)
Secretary – Shruti Kane – (One-Year Term)

Directors:

Director of Membership – Payman Shirpay – Payman.Shirpay@soundtransit.org – (Two-Year Term)
Director of Awards – Ken Sparks – Kensparks17@gmail.com – (Continuing Two-Year Term)
Director of Education - Eric Boyd - eboyd6@gmail.com
Director of Publicity – Jordan Fette – Jfette@kbacm.com – (Two-Year Term)
Director of Communications – Paul Dutton (One-Year Term)
Past President – Tonja Stradley – Tonja.Stradley@mottmac.com

President: Jeff Strawn, PMP, RMP

Jeff has 17 years of experience as Project Controls engineer, estimator and Risk Manager while working primarily large ($1B+) projects throughout North America in the Power Generation, Aviation, Transit and Public Works sectors. Mr. Strawn currently serves as the Manager of Project Controls and Risk Management for Planning & Management Services Inc., while also working as the Risk Engineering Program Manager for Sound Transit. Jeff is particularly passionate about training professionals in Project Management, Project Controls and Risk Management to help bring forth tomorrows leaders in our industry. He is a Project Management Institute certified Project Management Professional and Risk Management Professional.

Vice President: Josephine M. Bayan, PMP

Josephine has more than 30 years of experience in project management, construction management, construction inspection, project controls, cost accounting, grant administration, commercial management, business development, and business operations for diverse projects that include light and heavy rail, airport, stormwater, wastewater, trails, community health center, maintenance facilities, and CNC fueling stations. Josephine is a Chemical Engineer with a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning specializing in Transportation Planning from the University of the Philippines. She is currently working as Project Manager/Construction Manager at Rock Project Management Services, LLC. She also serves as the incumbent Vice Chair of the City of Renton Planning Commission.

Treasurer: Roger Kong

Roger has over 26 years of experience in Project Controls, Project Management, Investment, Treasury and Banking on a variety of projects/products in type, size, complexity and level of risk. He has a strong background in all aspects of project controls in budgeting and cost management, investment in maximizing returns for safety and soundness, cash management in designing new financial systems/ procedures/ tracking and banking in developing/maintaining/increasing commercial portfolio to assure loan quality and performance. Roger currently works as a Cost Control Supervisor at Sound Transit; overseeing a portfolio of projects and contracts. He has been a new member of AACEI since relocating to Seattle from Hawaii in 2018. Roger holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Business Economics from Willamette University located in Salem, Oregon.

Secretary: Shruti Kane

Shruti has 18+ years of project controls experience in the construction industry, providing estimating, scheduling & cost controls, analysis (cash flow, trending, forecasting) and management reporting. Shruti has Bachelors in Civil Engineering and Masters in Construction Engineering and Management from IIT, Chicago. With more recent duties being a project manager for upgrades/expansions on various gas and electric utility projects. Shruti is very proficient in WinEst, Primavera P6, MS Project and highly skilled in process improvement with strong communication and collaboration skills. Shruti’s diverse experience working with both owners and contractor gives her the ability to identify and focus on the correct areas requiring attention and implement the proper tools and techniques to best enhance the overall success of the projects. 

 

Director of Membership: Payman Shirpay

Payman has more than 18 years of professional experience in project management and controls actively in oil& gas, petrochemical and transportation section in EPCC mega-projects and Programs. Payman has Master of Business Administration degree and an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering. He is currently a Senior Project Control Specialist at Sound Transit where he oversees link extension projects in the South Corridor. Payman’s depth of experience ranges from planning, scheduling to cost and earned value management.

Director of Awards: Ken Sparks

Ken has 25 years of experience in project controls and project management, including schedule development, maintenance, and management. Areas of expertise include claims, delay and time impact analysis and documentation, and cost estimating, He has worked as both owner representative and contractor on major infrastructure projects for project/program master schedules. His project experience includes work on heavy construction projects, including light rail, heavy rail, tunneling, roadway programs, bridges (conventional and segmental), wastewater treatment, process piping, and commercial developments at various phases of project development, from planning to design, construction, and start-up/commissioning. Ken is currently a Senior Scheduler with HNTB, working on the Puget Sound Gateway Program for WSDOT, and has held his PSP certification since 2009.

Director of Publicity: Jordan Fette

Jordan Fette, a recent college graduate from the University of Washington, holds a B.S. in Environmental Science. After graduating Jordan was hired by KBA and assigned to the Sound Transit Federal Way Light Rail Extension (FWLE) project in 2019. Jordan was hired as Office Engineer and quickly became an integral member of the Project Controls team, where he was recently promoted. Jordan is an active Project Management Institute (PMI) member and aspiring Project Management Professional (PMP). Jordan is the FWLE program manager for ASSIST, a cloud-based software system used to enhance workflow management and simplify field inspections. He has experience scheduling in P6, analyzing cash flow and building reports to track project performance.

Director of Education: Eric Boyd

Eric has 10 years of experience in construction and project controls, ranging from shipbuilding to heavy civil construction.  Notable projects include new passenger ferry construction, ship repair and light rail construction.  Eric is currently part of the infrastructure team with Graham, focusing on BRT station construction as well as project pursuits.  In 2022, Eric earned the PSP certification from AACEi.  In his free time, he enjoys backcountry snowboarding, backpacking and spending time with family.

Director of Communications: Paul Dutton

Paul has over 20 years of experience in the heavy civil construction industry. After spending much of his career estimating large tunneling projects across North America, he is now focused on Project and Asset Management. His educational background includes a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Michigan Technological University, and an MBA from the University of Utah. He also holds Project Management Professional credentials through PMI and is a registered Professional Engineer in eight states.

 

In Person Meeting:  AACE Seattle Section Nov 16, 2023 - AI - Applications to Project Controls & Engineering

Renaissance Seattle Hotel - Fig and The Judge Restaurant, 515 Madison St., Seattle, Wa

Please Join AACE Seattle Section Thursday November 16, 2023 for an in person meeting!!

Register Here :  AACE Seattle Section Nov 16 Registration Link

Speaker - Alan Mosca - Co-Founder and CTO of nPlan

About the speaker

-  7 years as a technologist in quantitative finance - implementing live trading strategies, quotefeed systems, trading engines, writing tools for research and automating front-office tasks for the likes of Jane Street Capital and Wadhwani Asset Management Extensive experience in algorithm design and software engineering, with a BEng in Computer Engineering and MSc in Computer Science

Synopsis -

In this talk Alan will explore how AI has advanced and its applications to Project Controls and Cost Engineering. Since 2017, nPlan has discovered and built several different ways of exploiting the advantages given by AI in forecasting, portfolio management, and reporting. Alan will run through some example use cases with the intent to stimulate and encourage a discussion after the talk.