Colorado Real Estate Journal - January 21, 2015
Vince Shoemaker, who has served as chief financial officer for general contractor Bryan Construction for the past 15 years, was promoted to president. Shoemaker, who has helped preside over the company’s growth, is a certified public accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in information systems from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and an undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado. After 34 years of service to the architecture, engineering and construction industry, Rob Davidson retired from H+L Architecture . The former principal of the architecture firm worked on numerous health care projects, including leading the design teams for St. Joseph Hospital, Craig Hospital, Longmont United Hospital and others. GE Johnson Construction Co. promoted and added new employees as part of the construction firm’s expansion plans. Justin Cooper 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 billion 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, operations and design phase services throughout the region. Peter Speiser has been promoted to vice president of support services. His role as chief financial officer and support services 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 management of the firm’s wholly owned subsidiaries. He joined the company in 2006. After 11 years with GE Johnson, Dan Seib has been promoted to the role of construction executive and operations manager. He continues to serve as client champion and also oversees the administrative, training and staffing functions of GE Johnson’s field operations. J.W. Stamison was hired as the director of project development. Stamison brings more than a decade of commercial office, hospitality, gaming and health care project experience across the Rocky Mountain region. He will be tasked with growing existing client relationships while seeking new opportunities in GE Johnson’s established niches. He is responsible for developing strategic niche and market initiatives while working closely with project development, marketing, preconstruction and operations teams. He will be assisted by Cory Wight , who was elevated to the position of project development manager. Additionally, Shannon Rogers has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Central region, including the firm’s current work program in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. RTA Architects recently promoted four staff members. Kevin Gould, AIA, was elevated to principal. Gould has more than 28 years’ experience in designing and managing projects. Since joining the architecture 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 associates. Reu has 30 years of experience 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 graduation in 2002, focusing on educational and retail clients. Sara Hendricks 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 project management teams to deliver commercial interiors for businesses across Colorado. She also will be responsible for programming and budgeting, and attending all client and construction meetings to ensure projects 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 management experience. Axel Bishop, FASLA , cofounder 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 recognizes the contributions of distinctive individuals to their profession and society based on their body of work, leadership and management, knowledge and service. He has been a part of Colorado’s planning and design community for more than three decades, and accomplishments include the redesign of regional storm water and drainage systems as naturalized recreational amenities. 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, architectural design and interior design. Genevieve Hicks, architectural administration and marketing consultant, has started a firm specializing in on-call and project-specific administrative and marketing support within the design community, specifically for organizations not wanting to retain additional full-time staff