Don currently serves as Chief Operations Officer for PMA Consultants. He is also the Executive Director of PMA’s National Claims Practice, mentoring and directing PMA business units on disputed changes/claims avoidance and analysis and expert witness services. Don brings extensive experience in program, project, and construction management, with large contractors and as a PM/CM consultant. Don has worked in diverse markets, including water/wastewater, manufacturing and process, infrastructure, oil and gas and energy, transportation/transit (air and rail), and environmental projects.
PMA Seattle, an up-and-coming office for many new opportunities, occupies a shared space in beautiful downtown Seattle located on the 42nd floor of the Columbia Center in Seattle’s tallest building. Through a shared office environment, staff in this region enjoy an outdoor seating area, an observation deck, and easy access to the highway and are just blocks away from the famous Pike Place Market. PMA Seattle staff are providing outstanding project management services and are proud to be growing a presence in the Seattle area. The hardworking and knowledgeable team maintain a fun, down-to-earth culture that invites growth in multiple market sectors and in project management careers.
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•Don Fredlund
Education
BS, Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University.Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Construction Management Association of America
- Project Management Institute
•Bruce Stephan
Bruce Stephan
PE, JD, PMP
Executive Director, San Francisco
The leader of PMA’s Pacific business unit, Bruce is a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer with extensive experience on complex medium, large, and mega engineering and construction projects. His distinguished career spans public service, general contracting, and consulting nationally and internationally, and he remains actively involved in managing mega construction programs. His award-winning experience includes design-build, integrated project delivery, CM/GC, and CM at-risk delivery methods; dispute resolution; complex change order negotiations; claims analysis; schedule management; technology solutions; and management consulting on public capital improvement programs. He is a frequent lecturer on improving project delivery and has consulted with numerous public agencies to implement industry best practices.
Education
JD, Golden Gate University; BS, Civil Engineering, Manhattan CollegeAffiliations
- AACE International
- CMAA - Program Management Technical Committee
- Construction Management Association of America
- Project Management Institute
•Angel Ripepi
Angel Ripepi
PE, PMP
Managing Director, San Francisco
Angel provides expertise as a scheduler and cost control specialist in the water/wastewater, high-speed rail, maritime, power distribution and generation, healthcare, and residential industries with budgets of more than $2 billion. He has performed schedule reviews of resource- and cost-loaded P6 schedules, acceleration plans, delay claims analysis and negotiations, cost control, change order management, and project progress reports. Angel has also acted as project construction manager, coordinating with operations to manage project CM teams responsible for quality assurance, cost and schedule, document control, and contract administration functions. He also assists in resolving contract disputes and in keeping projects on schedule and moving forward.
Education
MS, Construction Engineering & Management, University of Southern California; BS, Civil Engineering, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello•Tim Mather
Tim Mather
PMP, CCMP, LPEC
COO - PMA Technologies, Seattle
Tim is a collaborative and innovative executive with a talent for productizing and monetizing technological innovation. Tim leads PMA’s initiatives in information technology, product development, and intellectual property and leads the company’s internal project management and change management education efforts. Tim has extensive experience in program and project management; P&L analysis; executive leadership, analysis, business processes, and business development; and software development and implementation.
Education
Graduate Certificate, Project Management Strategy, University of Chicago; BA, Michigan State UniversityAffiliations
- Association of Change Management Professionals
- Ethics and Compliance Initiative
- Project Management Institute