Michael Nilsson Email & Phone Number

Orange, CA, US

San Diego, California, United States

As the Director of Planning for KOA Corporation, I lead and manage the following job responsibilities:-Company operations for over 15 transportation planning staff across three Southern California offices -Operation of KOA's Orange County office, which includes 20 staff members consisting of civil engineers, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and.

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, CA

As the firm’s Active Transportation lead, I managed business development efforts and staff statewide on behalf of PlaceWorks. Building the practice from its inception in 2015, I developed active transportation, Complete Streets, corridor, multi-modal, trail and transit-oriented development Plans as well as feasibility studies and General Plan Circulation.

Glendale, CA

Lead Project Manager on transportation planning projects in the City of Glendale, managing staff teams of 9-12 people from 3-4 City departments (July 2014 – November 2015) -Involved in staff supervision, funding and career development for the 15 member Urban Design and Mobility Section of the Community Development Department for the City of Glendale.

Glendale, CA

Project Manager with experience in developing mobility policies, managing staff teams, writing ordinances and implementing transportation projects (May 2008 – June 2014) -Managed $1.8 million in City consultant contracts, including projects with Nelson\Nygaard, Hunt Design, Melendrez, Atkins, Civic Solutions and Cityworks Design-Applied and received over.

Newport Beach, CA

Land planning consultant contracted by Cook Hill Properties, LLC on the Montebello Hills Project, a 488 acre brownfield site for a 1,200 unit master-planned community (April 2004 – April 2008) -Collaborated with over 12 firms and supervised 5 TRG Land, Inc. staff members on land planning issues -Supervised the production of GIS graphics for the client’s.

Newport Beach, CA

Planner for the City of Brea Hillside Zoning Ordinance - Collaborated with Cotton Bridges and Associates (now MIG) to produce an updated zoning ordinance document for all hillside residential neighborhoods in the City of Breahttp://www.ci.brea.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/60 -Wrote zoning ordinance text and supervised staff in creating graphics to represent.

Bachelor Of Science, Urban And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Member, American Student Planning Association Member, Sigma Chi Fraternity Student Mentor, College of.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member, Sigma Chi Fraternity English Tutor, Department of Athletics