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CDE Who’s NewsVince Shoemaker,
who has
served as chief financial officer
for general contractor
Bryan
Construction
for the past 15
years, was promoted to presi-
dent.
Shoemaker, who has helped
preside over the company’s
growth, is a
certified pub-
lic accountant
and holds
a Master
of Business
Administra-
tion with an
emphasis in
information
systems from
the University
of Colorado Colorado Springs
and an undergraduate degree
from the University of Northern
Colorado.
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After 34 years of service to
the architecture, engineering
and construction industry,
Rob
Davidson
retired from
H+L Architec-
ture.
The former
principal of
the archi-
tecture firm
worked on
numerous
health care
projects,
including leading the design
teams for St. Joseph Hospital,
Craig Hospital, Longmont Unit-
ed Hospital and others.
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GE Johnson Construction
Co.
promoted and added new
employees as part of the con-
struction
firm’s expan-
sion plans.
Justin Coo-
per
has been
promoted to
the role of
vice president
and general
manager of
the Rocky
Mountain
region. Since joining GE Johnson
in 1999, Cooper has served in
field, preconstruction and project
development roles, including a
portfolio of more than $1.4 bil-
lion in health care projects. In
this new role, he continues to
serve as client champion and
health care market sector leader
while also leading the firm’s
project development, opera-
tions and design phase services
throughout the region.
Peter Speiser
has been pro-
moted to vice president of sup-
port services. His role as chief
financial
officer and
support ser-
vices leader
is focused on
serving the
integrated
needs of all
GE Johnson
holdings.
This includes
information
technology, finance, human
resources, accounting and GE
Johnson’s equipment division.
He also will oversee risk man-
agement of the firm’s wholly
owned subsidiaries. He joined
the company in 2006.
After 11 years with GE John-
son,
Dan Seib
has been pro-
moted to
the role of
construction
executive and
operations
manager. He
continues
to serve as
client cham-
pion and
also oversees
the admin-
istrative, training and staffing
functions of GE Johnson’s field
operations.
J.W. Sta-
mison
was
hired as the
director of
project devel-
opment. Sta-
mison brings
more than
a decade of
commercial
office, hospi-
tality, gaming
and health care project experi-
ence across the Rocky Mountain
region. He will be tasked with
growing existing client relation-
ships while seeking new oppor-
tunities in GE Johnson’s estab-
lished niches. He is responsible
for developing strategic niche
and market initiatives while
working closely with project
development, marketing, pre-
construction
and opera-
tions teams.
He will be
assisted by
Cory Wight,
who was
elevated to
the position
of project
development
manager.
Additionally,
Shannon Rog-
ers
has been promoted to vice
president and general manager
of the Cen-
tral region,
including the
firm’s cur-
rent work
program in
Kansas, Okla-
homa and
Texas.
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RTA Archi-
tects
recently
promoted four staff members.
Kevin Gould, AIA,
was ele-
vated to principal. Gould has
more than 28 years’ experience
in designing
and manag-
ing projects.
Since joining
the architec-
ture firm in
2008, he has
led a variety
of complex
health care
projects.
Paul Reu,
RA, Ken Gregg, AIA,
and
Mike Riggs, AIA, LEED AP
BD+C,
have been named asso-
ciates.
Reu has 30 years of experi-
ence in architectural design
and joined RTA in 2008. He
has managed numerous health
care projects,
including
the recent
award-
winning
emergency
department
renovation
at Penrose
Hospital in
Colorado
Springs.
Gregg’s
20 years of
architectural
experience
include nine
years with
RTA. He
focuses on
educational
facilities in
Colorado.
Riggs
joined RTA
upon gradu-
ation in 2002,
focusing on
educational
and retail
clients.
s
Sara Hen-
dricks
joined
Jordy Carter
Furnishings
as account manager.
In this role, Hendricks will
provide oversight on all client
projects and work closely with
coordinators, designers and proj-
ect management teams to deliver
commercial interiors for busi-
nesses across
Colorado. She
also will be
responsible
for program-
ming and
budgeting,
and attending
all client and
construction
meetings to
ensure proj-
ects stay on time and within
budget.
Prior to joining the commercial
furniture supplier, Hendricks
had more than seven years
within the health care industry
as well as broad project manage-
ment experience.
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Axel Bishop, FASLA,
co-
founder of community and
landscape
architecture
firm Design
Concepts,
joined the
Council of
Fellows
of
the
American
Society of
Landscape
Architects.
Bishop was
one of 32 members elevated to
the ASLA Council of Fellows
for 2014. The council recogniz-
es the contributions of distinc-
tive individuals to their profes-
sion and society based on their
body of work, leadership and
management, knowledge and
service.
He has been a part of Colo-
rado’s planning and design
community for more than three
decades, and accomplishments
include the redesign of regional
stormwater and drainage sys-
tems as naturalized recreational
amenities.
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Adrian Sopher, AIA,
and
Stephen Sparn, AIA,
have
merged their two architecture
firms, Sparn Architects PC and
Sopher Architects LLC, into
Sopher Sparn Architects LLC.
The Boulder firm, with 15
employees, will offer services
in master planning, architectur-
al design and interior design.
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Genevieve Hicks,
architec-
tural admin-
istration and
marketing
consultant,
has started
a firm spe-
cializing in
on-call and
project-spe-
cific admin-
istrative and
marketing
support within the design com-
munity, specifically for organi-
zations not wanting to retain
additional full-time staff.
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Vince Shoemaker
Rob Davidson
Justin Cooper
Peter Speiser
Dan Seib
J.W. Stamison
Cory Wight
Shannon Rogers
Kevin Gould
Paul Reu
Ken Gregg
Mike Riggs
Sara Hendricks
Genevieve Hicks
Axel Bishop