Unleashed With Big Red Dog Engineering

Our hosts got a kick out of our new guest this month, Joelle McCormick, Team Leader based in our Austin, Texas office on our MEP Engineering team. She talked about growing up in New Jersey and going off to college at The Pennsylvania State University to become a doctor. She changed her career path to becoming an engineer because she is good at solving problems and making systems work efficiently. She went on to talk about how she found herself moving to Austin, Texas after a site visit with a previous employer while eating Thai food. She ended up here at WGI and has been with us for 5 years!

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we got to chat with Mario Garcia, Graduate Civil Engineer located in our Houston, Texas office. We were thrilled to get to have Mario as a guest in this podcast episode. Mario has expressed great interest and fandom towards Unleashed since the beginning and was excited to finally be on the show! He discussed many projects he has worked on throughout his career with WGI, growing up raising cattle, his love for movies, and how his two-year-old daughter and the family dog both fight for his attention daily! Mario works in our Civil Engineering division on land development projects across Texas and the Southwest. He also has extensive experience in parking planning, parking design, parking analysis, and operations studies. If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to subscribe in your favorite podcast app – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we chat with Jose Mendoza, Geospatial Field Supervisor located in our West Palm Beach, Florida office. We were excited to get to know Jose since he was recommended so many times to be on the podcast. He talked about how he was a military kid growing up in many different countries and how he eventually ended up in Florida. He also talked about his favorite place he has ever been to which is Barbados. He is an avid surfer and he loves visiting Barbados to surf. He told our hosts that he had visited Barbados at least 6 times. Today, he's a father and a new hobby he shares with his son is knife throwing! At WGI, Jose is responsible for a wide variety of surveying assignments. He is proficient in the use of conventional surveying methodology, and hydrographic surveying technology, as well as both static and RTK global positioning. Jose's project experience over the past 13+ years includes work on major highway projects as well as urban and local roads. Jose is also proficient with

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we got to chat with Jeff Cassell, Proposal Coordinator who is located in our Orlando, FL office, and Katherine Heighway, Senior Proposal Coordinator located in our Austin, TX office. Both Katherine and Jeff work in our Business Development Team. They both work with our technical professionals to develop captivating responses to RFPs/RFQs that spark the interest of our clients. Jeff's experience is very broad and versatile from various forms of media which include magazine production, special print and digital projects in the newspaper industry, working at an advertising agency, and in radio broadcasting. Katherine's strategic writing and proposal development skills stem from my Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.  Check out Jeff's podcasts Jeff Allen Sportstalk and AAC Report With Jeff Allen.

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we chat with Lilli O'Steen, Roadway (Transportation) Engineer Intern located in our Orlando, Florida office. When we sat down with Lilli, we discussed how she grew up in Georgia and how she came to find herself in Florida working as an intern for WGI. She displayed her knowledge of Disney facts and claims to be the "queen of Disney karaoke". Lilli also talks about her home life, her 4 dogs, and how excited she is to get married this year! Lili is also the first podcast guest to ever win our "Two Truths and a Lie" segment!

Monte discusses his professional and personal life. He talks about his upbringing on a cattle ranch in Montana, attending the University of Montana to study Music and Education, planting trees across the country, developing a "roadshow" for a large chain of membership-only warehouse clubs, and how he finally made his way to West Palm Beach, Florida. He also discusses his role at WGI in helping solve clients' problems and helping connect people to bring projects to life. Monte has more than 20 years of experience in business leadership and sales, he has a wide reach statewide with the many leaders of business and government that run the state of Florida. Monte has developed a network of people that enable him to connect the team with new sectors and opportunities. He is able to bring this diversity of skills together to advance established strategic business development plans across all of WGI’s business sectors within Florida and beyond.

In this episode, we talk with Matt Blankenberger, Senior Engineer Intern from our Parking Design team in our Indianapolis, Indiana office. Matt is an experienced structural engineer specializing in the design of parking facilities. He is involved in multiple phases of new parking structure design, from preliminary concepts in schematic design to construction review and inspection throughout construction administration. He has experience with a variety of structural systems including reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, precast concrete, and structural steel, and is also knowledgeable in the review and rehabilitation of existing concrete structures, including structural modifications and retrofitting. During the podcast, Matt talked about growing up on a farm in a small town in southern Illinois, and how he is happy he is still close to home while living in Indiana. He also talked about recently buying a new home, his desire to travel to Australia, and the favorite projects he has contributed to acros

In this episode, we talk with Casey Sveiven, an Electrical Project Engineer from our MEP team in our Austin, TX office. Casey has a wide range of experience from transportation and infrastructure development to high-rise senior living and laboratory design. Having spent most of his early career working on retail roll-out programs, Casey excels on projects that are thoroughly designed at a fast pace and delivered within a succinct schedule. Casey talks about his training for RECA KnockOut Night that he participated in, his passion for jiu-jitsu, and what it was like growing up with eight siblings in southern California. Casey also discusses how he grew up around electrical contractors in his family, so becoming an Electrical Engineer was almost unavoidable.  

In this episode, we talk with Megan Amitrano who was more than excited to be a guest on the Unleashed podcast. Megan is a Graduate Engineer for our Civil Engineering team in our San Antonio office. She has been with WGI for over three years and counting!  

In this episode, we introduce our revamped podcast and get to know our new co-host Ashley Weldon, Financial Accounting Specialist from our Austin, Texas office. We've added some exciting new segments to the show to get to know our guests a little better, including Spin the Wheel, The Hot Seat, and Two Truths and a Lie. To kick off the new format, we took a peek "behind the curtain" of the show and talked to Raili Flint, Digital Marketing Coordinator. Raili is the producer and editor of the podcast, in addition to her other responsibilities on the Marketing and Creative Services team. Raili discusses how she found herself living in Austin, TX, and finding a career in digital marketing after college. She also discusses her passions and hobbies such as pottery, video games, and swimming at the local swimming spot Barton Springs Pool. Listen to the full episode and get to know more about Raili! If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to subscribe in your favorite podcast app – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast

In this episode, Eliza discusses her passion surrounding alternative delivery projects and how they can benefit our clients. We also get to know Eliza on a personal level - she loves to stay local to Jacksonville, FL, and hang around her neighborhood. She also enjoys many outdoor activities - including scalloping, paddle boarding on the St. Johns River, and being on the water during the weekends.

In this episode, Ray discusses his passion for transportation engineering and how he discovered that passion in college. He also speaks about his loving new family, becoming a dad, and his travel adventures. Raymond enjoys running, weekends with his son, traveling to as many places as possible, and DIY projects (even though he admits he is not the best at them!).

Shayna Johnson is a Civil Team Leader in our Houston, Texas office and she has worked for WGI for about two years. Shayna has extensive expertise in planning, design, and permitting experience covering civil/site design and land development projects. Serving as a project manager, Shayna’s project experience includes single-family residential, multifamily, senior living, urban infill, K-12, and mixed-use developments for both private and municipal sector clients. In this podcast, Shayna discusses how she started her career in the Civil Engineering field, why she went to college outside of her home state of Texas, and how she found herself back in the city she grew up in.

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we get to know Jeremiah Slaymaker, the Regional Survey Manager for our Geospatial Divison in the Tallahassee, Florida office.

Lindsay has over 13 years of experience providing professional planning services in both the public and private sectors. Her extensive experience includes due diligence reports, comprehensive plan amendments, rezoning, and site and master planning. Lindsay has also provided planning support for land acquisition through the eminent domain process for the FDOT, facilitated public outreach, and worked with neighborhood groups on master plans, and with government entities on corridor and streetscape studies. Lindsay also has experience managing and representing multidisciplinary projects through the entirety of the land use entitlement process. On the podcast, Lindsay discusses how she started working in the planning field and her role as Director of Planning for WGI. She initially went to school for Pharmacy but changed her major a few times until she found her passion in Planning. Lindsay shares about her time growing up in New Hampshire, making her way to Florida, and raising her twin daughters.  

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we get to know Eric Luttmann, Project Architect from our Tampa, Florida office. Eric joined WGI's Architecture Division in 2017 as a Project Architect in the Tampa, Florida office. Eric's experience includes architectural design, facility planning and programming, master site planning, project management, contract document production and coordination, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Eric discusses his role as a project architect and the past projects he has contributed to in the Tampa, Florida area. He also discusses what lead him to pursue a career in architecture architect, what it was like growing up in St. Petersburg, FL, and life during and after college.

In this episode of Unleashed, we had a conversation with Bob Clemens, National SUE Services Manager from Tampa, Florida. Bob joined WGI in the summer of 2018 and has 26 years of experience as a Consultant in Utilities/SUE. He is a National SUE Services Manager in our Tampa, Florida office. Bob shared with us his day-to-day tasks in the office as well as his personal life revolving around his family and interests. He also spoke about growing up in Miami, Florida, and how he came to pursuing a career in SUE. Bob talked in-depth about his role as the National SUE Services Manager for WGI and about how he looks at ways he can position his team to grow, and support existing recourses to keep projects successful while in development. He also discusses his team's goal to expand work in Georgia, New York metropolitan area, and in Colorado.

Welcome back to WGI Unleashed! In this episode, we have a conversation with Mike Oler, a Structural Market Leader with our Structural Team in Dallas, Texas. Mike joined WGI full-time in 2019 and has worked on a variety of project types for public and private clients across Texas. Mike discussed how he came to be an engineer in college while receiving two degrees - both in Architecture and Structural Engineering. Mike spoke about growing up in Frisco, Texas, working as a contractor, and his newfound love for cooking and baking. Learn more about what inspires Mike by listening to the full episode! If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to listen and subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Welcome back to WGI Unleashed! In this episode, we have a conversation with Matt Floyd, a Project Surveyor with our Geospatial Team in West Palm Beach, Florida. Matt joined WGI full-time in 2018 and has worked on a variety of project types for public and private clients across the southeast with a focus on the Florida Department of Transportation projects. Matt shared with us his day to day tasks and how he coordinates with both his team out in the field and in the office. Matt also discussed with us the start of his career as an instrument operator and how his six years of experience in the field was critical to his career path of becoming a project manager. Matt spoke about growing up in Troy, Alabama, working in the family lumber business, and what brought him to South Florida. Spoiler Alert: the warm weather was a major draw for him!  Learn more about what inspires Matt by listening to the full episode! If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to listen and subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Mu

Welcome back to WGI Unleashed! In this episode, we have the opportunity to chat with Engineer Intern, Artis Dukes.  Artis is a part of our Roadway Team in the Orlando, Florida office. Artis spoke with us about his experience with engineering analysis, design, and production for roadway projects here at WGI. Artis also discussed the benefits of starting as a drainage engineer and then transitioning into the roadway position he now holds.    Artis shared his experience of working on the now completed Wekiva Parkway Design-Build project, and how being a civil engineer gives him the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy.   We also discussed Artis’ experience living and working in Juno, Alaska for two years with the Coast Guard, how he spends his free time with his daughter and his passions for cooking.