Wes Minder Email & Phone Number

Platte City, Mo

Missouri

Registered in Illinois from 1995-1998 and in Missouri from 1998 till today. I officiate all levels of basketball and football as a hobby and also a community service. If you think you would enjoy time with kids and service, please send me a message. I would be more than happy to get you in touch with people who can get you started in baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Some stories about the nationwide referee shortage:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/a-referee-shortage-brings-thursday-night-lights-to-northern-virginia-football/2016/10/06/129e0fc4-8b49-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html?utm_term=.2e12d9b275f4http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/09/12/tennessee-high-school-referee-shortage-causes-concern/89909690/

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Responsible for leading a 1,008 employee organization with a $461M operating budget and a $2.5B+ capital improvement program.

Platte County, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

I am looking forward to helping our clients develop results to their infrastructure issues using my more than 20 years of design experience working in five states, delivering Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded projects. I have a track record of leading multi-disciplined initiatives and working on developing large-scale transportation projects, such as the US 169 Buck O’Neil Bridge. I look forward to helping local governments leverage their capital improvement funds. I've been successful in securing over $210M in federal, state, county, and private funding for capital improvements utilizing joint funding agreements with other governing agencies, tax increment financing and transportation development districts, and multiple public-private partnerships.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

I have grown my job responsibilities and successes through multiple successful projects, initiatives, and relationships over 22 years and built a reputation as a “doer” and someone who gets things done. Examples: •Supporting the City Council, Mayor’s and City Manager’s Offices with variety of initiatives, projects, and issue resolution on varied projects and policies.•Developing financing plans for large scale capital improvement projects using public-private partnerships and securing outside investment for public infrastructure improvements through TDDs, CIDs, TIFs.•Securing over $207M of federal, state, and local grants for street, bridge, and trail projects.•Supporting and developing portions of the Kansas City’s 2016 United States Department of Transportation $50M Smart Cities Challenge Grant which was one of seven nationwide finalists.•Bridging program management for the Kansas City Smart+Connected City initiative between Cisco and City departments.•Co-authoring the City’s Complete Streets Ordinance.•Representing the City’s brand with presentations at business organizations with updates on City initiatives to improve the business climate.•Utilizing traditional and alternative project delivery methods for capital projects using design-build, public-private partnerships, and integrated design teams.•Completing engineering plans and bid documents for simple projects to minimize cost of utilizing outside design consultants.•Developing relationships and streamlining right of way acquisition by integrating property owner communication at project initiation and maintaining communication until project completion and secured over $5M of right of way donations.•Creating and implementing public participation plans which included mailers, press releases, displays, and supporting material including use of online surveys and social media to engage.•Negotiating consultant contracts and developer reimbursement agreements for public-private partnership projects.

Project and Marketing Manager for municipal and private clients responsible for creating marketing materials and prospecting potential new clients. A sample of accomplishments and responsibilities include:• Creating project and service marketing materials highlighting where the firm provided value.• Updating company website and segmenting professional services.• Networking and meeting with targeted clients in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

Lead Design Engineer responsible for designing small and mega projects for Departments of Transportation in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania by work sharing with other teams within the multi-national corporation.• Completing the firms first MoDOT projects on two bridge replacement projects and connecting roadways.• Creating over thirty Type, Size, and Location (TS&L) plans for the Route 13 bypass around Warrensburg.• Serving as the Kansas City Information Technology liaison and network support including setting up and supporting the Microstation and AutoCAD installation.• Networking and meeting with targeted clients in the western Missouri and eastern Kansas.Lead Design Engineer responsible for designing small and mega projects for Departments of Transportation in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania by work sharing with other teams within the multi-national corporation.• Completing the firms first MoDOT projects on two bridge replacement projects and connecting roadways.• Creating over thirty Type, Size, and Location (TS&L) plans for the Route 13 bypass around Warrensburg.• Serving as the Kansas City Information Technology liaison and network support including setting up and supporting the Microstation and AutoCAD installation.• Networking and meeting with targeted clients in the western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

Design Engineer for Department of Transportation projects in Iowa and Missouri responsible for completing final quantities, preliminary plans, 3D computer modeling, and public engagement displays on varied projects.• Designing preliminary alignments and 3D model using Inroads for the Iowa 394/US 218 Donnellson project.• Checking and calculating final quantities on the final phase of the US 71 Bruce Watkins Drive project.

Mba, Business Administration

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Bachelors Degree, Civil Engineering

Transportation and Construction Emphasis

Education record