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Structural Engineer Olson Joins Green Bay Area Staff
July 21, 2022
Kris Olson, PE, has joined our Structural Engineering Group, bringing his 25+ years of bridge design experience and his familiarity with clients and projects in northeastern Wisconsin. He is based in our Green Bay area office. Olson’s quarter century of experience includes many years of leading teams that have completed successful projects for state and… Read More »

Leith Joins ACEC WI Board, Looks to Boost Public Works Projects, STEM Careers
June 15, 2022
Sue Leith, PG, CPSM, Ayres’ marketing director, has been elected to the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin Board of Directors. Her one-year board term is just the latest in her approximately decade-long involvement in ACEC Wisconsin. Leith is based in Eau Claire. ACEC of Wisconsin presented its 2020 Chair’s Award to Leith in… Read More »

Dan Fox Named Director of MEP-Minnesota
June 9, 2022
Dan Fox, PE, has been named director of the Minnesota group of Ayres’ MEP Division. Ed Studniski, PE, who previously held the director post, has moved to the position of senior project manager, where he’ll lead MEP’s large-retail rollout programs. Fox, who has nearly 20 years of experience with Gausman & Moore – a Division… Read More »

Ivie Named Manager of Municipal Design & CEI in Southeast Operations
May 9, 2022
Matthew Ivie, PE, has been promoted to manager of the municipal design and construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services group in Ayres’ Southeast Operations, effective May 9. Ivie has served as a project manager and design engineer during his approximately 15 years working in civil site design, stormwater management, grading, drainage, water, wastewater, pumping stations,… Read More »

Schoenfeld Returns to Ayres to Lead Waukesha Transportation Group
April 28, 2022
After beginning her professional engineering career at Ayres and then spending decades at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Brenda Schoenfeld, PE, has returned to Ayres to manage the Waukesha transportation group. Schoenfeld uses positive reinforcement and a gratitude leadership style to boost productivity and collaboration. Her skilled mentoring has helped transform recently promoted engineers into… Read More »