WGI Unleashed

Welcome back to another captivating episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast ! In episode 81, we had the privilege of sitting down with Todd Polk, Director of Federal/Water Management Business Development , from our West Palm Beach corporate office. From growing up in Cincinnati, OH, to serving in the US Army and ultimately bringing his expertise to WGI, it's safe to say that Todd's journey has been n...

Welcome back to another captivating episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast ! In our 80th episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with none other than Mike Madison, PE, WGI's esteemed Vice President of Transportation Roadway . Get ready to delve into the fascinating life and career of yet another exceptional member of WGI with your hosts, Dan DeBellis & Katie Bolger! The Journey Unveiled Mike's...

Welcome back to another captivating episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast ! In our 79th episode, we dive into the noteworthy journey of Taylor Allen, PE, a Civil Market Leader from WGI's San Antonio, TX office. So, grab your headphones and tune in as we explore Taylor's unique story, from his Texan roots to celebrating a decade of work with WGI. Career and Education Taylor, born and raised in San A...

Welcome back to another episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast ! Today, we're diving deep into the remarkable journey of Edgar Segovia, a seasoned Civil Engineering Project Manager hailing from the vast landscapes of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Buckle up as we unravel the unique story of Edgar's life, from humble beginnings to becoming a mentor and leader at WGI. Edgar's roots trace back to the...

In the highly-anticipated 76th episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast , we had the distinct pleasure of engaging in conversation with Jeff Brophy , WGI's accomplished Vice President of PLACE. With an impressive resume that includes over 20 years of experience, an esteemed license, and an education abroad, we could not have been any more excited to feature Jeff on the latest episode of WGI Unleashed....

On the 74th episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast , we head down to our corporate office in West Palm Beach, FL , to chat with Keegan Larson, our VP, Transportation Operations Manager. Keegan began his professional career with WGI in our Transportation Engineering Division and is steadily approaching his 20-year anniversary with our firm. Tune in as we learn about Keegan's original roots in the Pac...

On the latest episode of the WGI Unleashed podcast , we get to know Mark Topping, a Geospatial Technology Specialist III based out of our Huntsville, AL office. Mark, a member of the WGI Geospatial division, joined our team a little over a year ago as part of WGI's acquisition of The Atlantic Group, LLC . In this unique episode, Mark gave us the privilege of being WGI Unleashed's first internation...

On the latest episode of the WGI Unleashed Podcast , we had the opportunity to sit down with Jacob Gonzalez, WGI's VP of Client Solutions, based out of our Houston, TX, office. Jacob joined the WGI team over five years ago and has passionately dedicated his time to helping leverage WGI's multi-discipline platform in order to provide our partners and clients with integrated solutions and maximum va...

In the latest episode of the Unleashed Podcast , we got to know Ayse Heckel, an Innovation Engineer from our Dallas, TX, office. Ayse has only been with WGI for just over a year and has already made an impact by helping streamline processes and implement new technologies to help improve efficiency. Ayse talked to us about growing up as one of three sisters in a family who moved around a lot, jumpi...

On this episode of the WGI Unleashed podcast , we had the pleasure of talking with Russell Yeager, the Director of Civil Engineering here at WGI. Russell is based out of our San Antonio, TX office but made the short drive up I-35 to Austin for a face-to-face chat with us. We learned Russell grew up in Austin, back when it was considered a "small town," and attended the University of Texas , where...

On our latest episode of the  WGI Unleashed podcast , we head back to Florida to chat with Jennifer Priem, Transportation Business Development Manager, located in our  Tampa, FL  office. Jennifer joined WGI over 3 years ago and has quickly established herself as a changemaker, helping to create more streamlined processes and often taking on additional projects outside her role's general scope. We...

For our first WGI Unleashed episode of the new year, we chatted with Christian Stewart, a Geospatial Technologies Specialist, out of our West Palm Beach, FL office. Christian is an extremely talented and knowledgeable member of our robust Geospatial division with over 18 years of dedicated service at WGI! Christian gave us a glimpse into his early life in the Berkshires, NY, and revealed that the...

In this episode, we got to sit down in the Tampa, Florida office to chat with  Floyd Jackson , Chief Designer with our Civil Engineering team. Floyd talked about growing up in Florida and attending the Santa Fe College in Gainsville, FL on a scholarship for being a school ambassador for two years. He then graduated from the University of Central Florida where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in...

In this episode, we got to sit down in the Tampa, Florida office to chat with Marcia Alvarado , Market Leader for our Structures and Parking division. Marcia discussed growing up in a military family and her travels around the world. She also discussed her path to the engineering profession, going to college with a full-ride to play basketball, and her life as a model working during New York Fashi...

In this episode, we got to sit down in the Austin, TX office to chat with Colter Sonneville , Project Manager and Certified Arborist in our Landscape Architecture department.

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....

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 wi...

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...

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...

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 abo...

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 sol...

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 cons...

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 pac...

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 an...