People

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Adam Rea – Field Ecologist II, true outdoorsman If you’re looking for Adam Rea, you can immediately eliminate anywhere with four walls. His office has wheels; the great outdoors is his domain. Honestly, you’d better just give him a call. For as long as he can remember, Adam has enjoyed working – …

Aaron Geckle has joined V3 Companies’ newly opened Cincinnati, Ohio office as Senior Project Manager in its Natural Resources Practice Area. Aaron has more than 22 years of experience including impact assessments, feasibility analysis and environmental permitting. He specializes in transmission and distribution site and route selection, the Ohio Power Siting Board process, land use …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Shannon Simpson – Senior Marketing Communications Specialist, Adventurist Shannon Simpson, a 17-year member of the V3 team, grew up in Willow Springs, IL as the youngest of three, with two older siblings 5+ years her senior. It was a difficult childhood, and, at just 17 years old, she lost her mom to …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Kristine Wright – Adventuresome Environmentalist, Project Scientist Throughout her childhood on the south side of Chicago, Kristine Wright was passionate about the environment and being outside. She has fond memories of those early days spent playing in nature, taking family vacations to national parks, hiking, and adventures at YMCA camp. “I’ve always …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Laura Shafer: Senior Project Manager/Sustainability Services Leader, Adventurous Friend Growing up in Western Springs, IL, Laura Shafer remembers spending her summers with her face buried in a book or playing outside. She was active, sharp, and a member of what she describes as a “very practical family.” “My parents always pushed us …

V3 welcomes Jim Fazekas, PLS to the team. Jim was one of the founders of Carmel-based SEA Group, LLC that recently merged with V3, expanding its Indianapolis operations with additional surveying capabilities. Jim has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Technology with a Land Surveying emphasis and more than 20 years of experience in all …

V3 welcomes Brian Rismiller, PLS to the team. Brian was one of the founders of Carmel-based SEA Group, LLC that recently merged with V3, expanding its Indiana operations with additional surveying capabilities. Brian has more than 25 years of experience in all phases of land surveying. His project management work includes land survey due diligence, …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Michael Held: Business Analyst, Magnanimous Computer Wiz At the time of our interview, Michael Held had worked at V3 Companies for 4,448 days, or 146 months, or about 12 years. But who’s counting? Well, actually, he is. As V3’s resident Business Analyst, people often come to Michael for answers to all sorts …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Meet Paige Drury: Design Engineer, Humanitarian at Heart Paige Drury didn’t initially have an interest in engineering. Instead, she had her sights set on a Spanish degree, and, after graduation, moving to a Spanish-speaking country to teach English. But a little nudge from her mom changed everything. “My mom knew I wanted to …

FEATURED EMPLOYEE: Andy Graf – Field Operations Director, Second Generation Dirt Guy Growing up, Andy Graf relished the stories his Dad shared about his excavation job around the dinner table. To a young boy with an affinity for Tonka trucks, the heavy-duty equipment and interesting projects sounded less like work and more like a daily …