PERSONNEL PROFILES -
Listed below is a brief profile for all JW&A
employees. The key personnel are highlighted and are linked to a more
in-depth personal profile.
JASON R. BENDIXEN, Field Technician
Jason joined the firm in 2005. He has been busy mostly working
with our livestock operation permitting department assisting with topo work,
soil sampling and water testing. Jason returned to his hometown after
being in the Sioux Falls area for several years working for several different
companies while there. He takes after his father, Bob, as far as work
ethic and dedication.
ROBERT V.
BENDIXEN, L.S.
Bob is a licensed land surveyor, part owner and
currently serving as Vice President of the Board of Directors for JW&A.
Bob keeps busy with scheduling duties, keeping our technical equipment up to
date, and of course with surveys for private, municipal, state and federal
concerns. He also is involved with subdivision design. Bob has been
with the firm since its inception except for the time he served in Vietnam.
PATRICK N. BOGGESS,
Land Surveyor Intern
Pat started his career with this
firm in August of 2000. He fulfilled his practicum requirements for his
two-year computer-aided drafting degree from the local community college here.
We liked his work so well, we decided to keep him on full-time. He
recently learned that he passed his exam to become a surveyor intern. Pat
worked
mainly in the office on drafting work but now will be seeing more outside time
to fulfill his experience to become a licensed surveyor.
Pat is originally from Estherville.
SCOTT A.
BRUNSVOLD, P.E.
Scott, a
licensed engineer, has been with the firm since 1984 and specializes in
municipal street design. Scott received his education (BSCE) at Iowa State
University. He, wife Becky and son Brandon reside in Estherville and are
both lifelong residents of the area. All of his engineering experience has
been with Jacobson-Westergard. He currently is President of the board of
directors and is a part-owner.
CHRISTOPHER L.
HANSON, Head
of Drafting Department
Chris started with Jacobson-Westergard in 1998. He
has an A.A. degree in CADD, also from Iowa Lakes Community College in
Estherville. He comes from a farm family and we appreciate his
hard-working traits he learned on the farm. He is very adept with AutoCAD
and carries out his tasks with a good attitude. Chris lives in rural
Spirit Lake and is engaged to be married in November 2009.
DALLAS
L. HEIKENS, P.E.
Dallas is a graduate of Iowa State University with a B.S.
in Civil Engineering. She joined the firm in 1995 and has been assisting
with project design, staking and inspection. Dallas is a native of Lake
Park and returned to the area from Ames when her husband Jason was relocated
here for employment. Dallas is currently licensed in both Iowa and
Minnesota and has been busy this past year with livestock confinements,
recreational trails, etc.
RICHARD A.
HOPPER, P.E.
Rick is the Director of Engineering and is currently
serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the
Board of Directors. He received his education from Iowa State University
with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Rick started his employment with us in
1983 after being employed by other private consultants for 5 years, the Iowa
Department of Transportation for 4 years and working in Malaysia and Saudi
Arabia for 2 years. Rick primarily specializes in drainage projects for JW&A
but works also with municipal work and recreational trails as well. Rick
lives in rural Wallingford (Ingham Lake) with his wife Connie.
KEVIN Z. MICHAEL,
Survey Assistant
Kevin joined us in August of 2006. We
have been keeping his busy with surveys, topos, concrete testing, construction
staking and he has also been getting involved in soils classification.
Kevin resides in Estherville.
JEFFREY L.
ROSE, P.E.
Jeff has been with the firm since 1995 after
graduating from ISU with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Jeff is a project
engineer, performing design from start to finish, including overseeing
construction staking and inspection of the project. Jeff is our LID
specialist which is becoming very big in the Iowa Great Lakes Region to protect
the quality of the lakes. Jeff resides in Estherville with his wife Amy and
children, Devin, Preston and Macy.
LORI
L. SMITH, Office
Manager
Lori has been with the firm since 1979. She handles or oversees all
aspects of financial records for the corporation including billing, payroll,
accounts payable and general ledger. Lori lives in rural Estherville with
her husband Gary.
CHRISTOPHER
J. TOWELL, L.S.
Chris has been with JW&A since
1997 and just recently became a licensed
surveyor in the state of Iowa. He has an A.A. degree from ILCC in
Estherville in CADD. He also attended ISU for 1 year. Chris is
married and lives in Estherville with his wife LuWanda and two stepsons
Taylor & Cody and daughter Lyndsay.
JULIE L. WILLEY, Administrative
Assistant
Julie has been with the firm since 1996.
She had worked for various businesses before joining our team. She handles
all outgoing paperwork, contract documents for construction projects, payroll,
not to mention numerous other tasks that make the day-to-day operation run
smoothly. She lives in Estherville with husband Jim.
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