Collin P. Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

- Co-founded the firm.- Manage investments.- Oversee business operations.- Lead business growth strategies.- Allocate capital and resources.- Review business finances.- Review risk mitigation strategies.- Consult on business matters.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

- Lead electrical team growth, effectiveness, and performance.- Allocate team resources to projects.- Manage projects for the engineering team (MEP+S).- Manage client relations on projects for the engineering team.- Present to clients and students for educational and marketing purposes.- Participate with interview teams to win projects.- Seek out new team members through recruiting efforts such as career fairs and interviews.- Propose, review, and manage project budgets and team efforts.- Consult and design lighting, power, security, data, communications, and fire alarm systems for education, justice, civic, institutional, sports, religious worship, and hospitality clients.- Lead and participate in meetings with Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, Contractors, Owners.- Conduct site visits for punch lists and facility inspection/review.- Develop tools to improve team efficiency/effectiveness.- Develop and present training material for the regional electrical team.DLR Group is an integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, and building optimization from offices coast-to-coast and in China. Core areas of design expertise include Civic, Courts, Detention, Energy Services, Higher Education, Hospitality, K-12 Education, Retail, Sports, and Workplace. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and our planet. DLR Group fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge and is an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Overland Park, Ks

Overland Park, Kansas

Lenexa, Kansas

At Henderson Engineers, I designed lighting, power, and low-voltage systems for schools, sports, hospitality, retail, and government projects. I worked frequently with Impact Illumination, the lighting design group within Henderson Engineers. I also helped conduct a light fixture review to update specifications, as well as a lighting mock-up.Examples of my experience at Henderson Engineers, Inc. includes:Education, athletics, and retail lighting and electrical design.Lighting design layouts.Lighting calculations.Lighting equals.Energy calculations.Panelboard design and selection.Short/fault circuit calculations.Site Visits.Shop drawing review.Shell drawing review.

Overland Park, Kansas

At Mercer-Zimmerman, I was exposed to the manufacturing and sales world of lighting. I met with numerous entities involved in the design/engineering/construction industry. Such include: manufacturers, regional sales people, contractors, distributors, architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers, owners, and more. While working at Mercer-Zimmerman, I learned about 120+ lighting and controls manufacturers; most were manufacturers that they represented but some were competitors. I also helped set up presentations for specifiers, as well as mock-ups for projects.Examples of my experience at Mercer-Zimmerman, Inc. includes:Lighting Manufacturers' Representative.Consulting Lighting Design.Lighting equals. Lighting Mock-Ups.Sales in Lighting Fixtures and Controls.Lighting fixture sample inventory and distribution.Lighting presentations.

Master’S Degree, Architectural Engineering

Emphasis in Electrical and Illumination Engineering and Design.

Bachelor’S Degree, Architectural Engineering

Emphasis in Electrical and Illumination Engineering and Design.