Don currently serves as Chief Operations Officer for PMA Consultants. He is also Executive Director of PMA’s National Claims Practice where he provides direction to PMA business units on disputed changes/claims avoidance and analysis and expert witness services. Don brings extensive experience in program, project, and construction management, both with large contractors and as a PM/CM consultant. Don has worked on a wide variety of project types, including major water/wastewater; manufacturing and process; infrastructure; oil and gas and energy; transportation/transit (air and rail); and environmental projects.
Established in 1990, the PMA Phoenix office is located in close proximity to the downtown area, as well as to nearby hiking trails, landmark mountains, and desert flora and fauna. Staff in this busy “Valley of the Sun” office maintain strong working relationships with agencies large and small and are well known for providing claims management and analysis; project controls (cost and schedule); scheduling; and risk services on projects locally, regionally, and nationally. With an impressive portfolio of long-term clients, the PMA Phoenix office provides services in the water infrastructure; airport; transportation (road and highway); and oil and gas industries, as well as for hospitality and government contracts, comprising a great blend for engineering professionals who enjoy a diverse and fast-paced work environment.
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Leadership
•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 he 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
•Dina Keirouz
Dina Keirouz
PMP
Managing Director, Greater Los Angeles Area
Dina is a Managing Director in the PMA western region. She is a results-oriented individual with extensive experience in profit and loss operations; strategic planning and leadership; program, project, and construction management (PM/CM); performance reviews and assessment; and the implementation of industry best practices and standards in PM/CM and in project controls and tools. She has successfully delivered design and construction projects on time and within budget while managing several stakeholders with varying interests and focus. Dina has in-depth knowledge of program-wide controls implementation, project management systems, and dashboards for public and private clients. She is also successful in managing profit and loss divisions and in providing leadership, vision, and teamwork to her staff.
Dina’s key attributes include leading high-performing teams under tough deadlines to meet multiple stakeholder expectations. She is a turnaround expert who ensures stakeholder satisfaction through constant communication and relationship building and by implementing project cost and schedule controls to produce consistent, quality results. She has been engaged as a consultant with public agencies to assess and evaluate CIP execution for the past 15 years of her career. She provided project controls and PM/CM performance reviews for large clients such as the Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, LA Metro, and Massport, among others. She also regularly presents at CMAA and AACEI National Conferences on project management, project controls, and PMIS best practices. Her project experience includes ports/harbors, airports, transportation, water/wastewater, and infrastructure capital programs.
Education
BA, Architecture, University of Washington; BS, Construction Management, University of WashingtonAffiliations
- AACE International
- Construction Management Association of America
- Project Management Institute