b'//INVESTING IN A BOLD FUTURE Industry recognitionRecognizing Excellence Scott Finnesand, PE, TechnicalErin Stegman, Senior Marketing Manager, was named to PrairieSpecialist, was selected as one First Penguins Business Magazines Annual 40of just 40 participants in the under 40 list featuring youngLeadership Fargo MoorheadUlteig transforms the future by inspiring growth through innovation. Our First Penguin Award refers to the penguinprofessionals in the UpperWest Fargo program.who first jumps into the water so that others may follow safely. These awards recognize employees who broughtMidwest making significant forth a new solution to do something uncommon or innovative to help Ulteig better serve our clients.impacts in their professionand communities.Innovative use of a non-traditional technology Implementing more efficient softwareAngie Boisjolie, Lead Engineering Technician; Joeland workflowsFeik, Lead GIS Analyst; Dan Haglund, DistributionCasey Bekkerus, Senior Engineering Technician,Design Supervisor; Tad Hase, Engineering Technician;and Kory Kleinknecht, PE, Engineer, researchedUlteig interns Matt Stoel and Becca Franzen were named Power and Energy Society (PES) scholars by the Jay Johnson, Technical Manager; Doug Kwater,innovative software programs and taught them to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), given annually to outstanding electrical engineering Lead Land Surveyor; Chuck Mathson, PE, Seniortheir teams, reducing time and costs for our clients.students throughout the United States.Engineer; Steven Poirier, Survey Technician II; Mike Schnetzer, Senior GIS Analyst; Matt Thompson,Promoting employee growth and development Becca was also awarded a RMELMatt was also named theProject Manager; and Keith Weatherby, PE, Jeff Heinemann, PE, Technical Director, designed Foundation scholarship, given toIEEE John W. Estey ScholarDirector-Field Services, developed interactiveand implemented a new technical management deserving, qualified students in afor Region 4, one of just sixGeographic Information System (GIS) applicationsposition at Ulteig, offering a new career path for futurecurriculum related to the electricin the nation. to provide the client with real-time access to datamanagers and expanding our teams capabilities.energy industry. and decreased time spent in-office. Recognized for a National Award for Engineering Excellence by theFacilitating public and private collaborationAmerican Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Brian Riniker, PLS, Senior Survey Technician, andCreating tools to save time and money Brad Stangohr, PE, Senior Engineer, broughttogether a private client with public entities impactedEthan Harvey, PE, Engineer; Adam Hutter, PE, Leadby their project to create a collaboration process for Engineer; Ayrton Kuzela, Design Engineer; and Danethe benefit of both.Swartz, PE, Lead Engineer, all collaborated to develop and implement a new time-saving design tool. With this tool, the team was able to make a 60% reduction in time spent draftingaffording more engineering time to the client. // 14'