June 27, 2007

Otak

Otak added 10 new professionals in six offices. In Seattle, Otak hired Allisa Carlson, Ted Udhus and Gregory Thompson. Carlson joined Otak with experience managing the expansion of an elementary school and as a planner for the U.S. Forest Service. Udhus will manage projects for a client who wants to expand its presence nationally. Thompson, job captain on the Architecture Team, has 10 years experience managing commercial, mixed-use and residential projects in the Puget Sound region. In Kirkland, Otak hired Jeff Lumsden and Josh Christofferson. Lumsden is a field technician in the Survey and Mapping Group. He has experience working with the Seattle Conservation Corps on projects for the Port of Seattle and regional parks. Christofferson, a party chief in Otak's Survey and Mapping Team, has done survey and mapping projects in Laramie, Wyo. At the Lake Oswego, Ore., headquarters, Brett Jordan joined the Water and Natural Resources Team and Christopher Yotter-Brown joined the Survey and Mapping Team. Jordan is an engineer. Yotter-Brown has nine years of surveying experience. HLB-Otak's Gearhart, Ore., office added engineer-in-training Adam Dailey. Dailey has worked on projects in Astoria, Ore., and Columbia, Mo. The Bend, Ore., office hired Dan Cady as survey technician and crew chief. Cady has 11 years of surveying experience. The Tempe, Ariz., office hired Geoffrey Brady to its Landscape Architecture and Planning Team.