2009 – 2013 Minnesota Transportation Operations Leader- Lead staff of 30+ technical professionals - Develop and deliver on strategic plan for Transportation business line- Lead local business and proposal development activities, resulting in recent growth of client base with the addition of several strategic client accounts- P&L responsibility for Transportation business line; including, Transit/Rail, Highway/Bridge, and Planning- Coordinate cross business line pursuits with complementary business lines (Water, Environment and Architecture) June 2010 – June 2013 Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, Project Manager (See projects)June 2007 – June 2010 Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, Project Controls Manager (See projects)August 2004 – June 2007 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Ravenswood (Brown) Line Reconstruction and Clark Junction project, Project Controls Manager (See projects)June 2003 – August 2004 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Deputy Program Management, Project Controls (See projects)

Member of strategic operations team for several private and public client engagements. Representative engagements included: - Post-acquisition operational assessment and reorganization for a European bank North American Asset Management division - Strategic assessment and organizational transformation for multi-national bank‘s Finance Department - Operational assessment and operating model design for Treasury Management product management function of a Midwest regional bank

Responsible for delivery of Program Management and Construction Management services for several municipalities and agencies. Managed budgets, schedule, quality oversight and inspection staff for projects with construction costs up to $20 million. Representative projects include:- McCray/Prospect Mini Bypass, City of Hollister, California- San Benito Street Traffic Signal Upgrade and Modification Project, City of Hollister, California - Bridge Replacement Project, City of Gilroy, California- First Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement, City of Gilroy, California - Gavilan College Wastewater Pump Station, City of Gilroy, California - Eagle Ridge Subdivision Bridge Construction Oversight, City of Gilroy, California- Las Animas Skateboard Facility, City of Gilroy, California - San Ysidro Park Improvement Project, City of Gilroy, California- Del Rey Park Drainage Improvements, City of Gilroy, California

Structures Construction Project ManagerResponsible for technical oversight, construction inspection and contract administration on various bridge construction projects. Duties included preparing contract change orders, submittal reviews, project documentation, claims resolution and preparing progress pay estimates. Additional responsibilities included analyzing the design of temporary structures (i.e. bridge falsework and earth retaining structures), reviewing shop drawings (i.e. precast concrete girders and bridge post-tensioning systems), performing feasibility studies and constructability reviews for planned projects and adapting construction to existing field conditions. Other duties included sampling and testing of construction materials, construction surveying and preparation and analysis of costs estimates.Representative projects include:- Interstate 5/Route 57/Route 22 Interchange Reconstruction - Santa Ana, California- Interstate 5 Widening - San Juan Capistrano, California- Interstate 5 Widening – Anaheim, California- Bridge Seismic Retrofit – Various Contracts Orange County, CaliforniaBridge Design Academy Graduated top of class at Caltrans Bridge Design Academy. This comprehensive program consisted of eight design courses: design loads, prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete, substructures, culverts, retaining walls, structural steel and seismic retrofit.Division of Structure Design, San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge. Upon completion of the Design Academy, Mr. Watz spent more than a year in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge Special Analysis Design Unit. In this assignment he worked as a Structures Design Engineer performing computer modeling and analysis of intermediate portal frames, formulating criteria for structural steel laced member capacities and calculating member capacities.