Oil patch bits: PND board of directors elects new leadership
 Click here to go to the full PDF version of this issue, with any maps, photos or other artwork that appears in
some of the articles.
Petroleum News
PND Engineers Inc. said Nov. 25 that President and Principal Engineer Jim Campbell, PE, is retiring at the end of the year. Effective Jan. 1, 2025, PND Senior Vice President and Principal Engineer Dempsey Thieman, PE, SE, will become the fifth president in PND's 45-year history. Campbell, who served as president from 2016 to 2025, was hired at PND in January 1995; Thieman was hired five months later and will celebrate his 30th year with PND in 2025. A professionally licensed civil and structural engineer, Thieman has managed hundreds of projects at PND from the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope of Alaska, including several large waterfront and expansive civil infrastructure developments. His arctic, coastal, and waterfront engineering expertise continues to push PND's propensity for producing ambitious and innovative design.
"We pride ourselves on high quality and responsiveness," Thieman said of PND. "We're all motivated to do good work, be responsive to our clients, and solve challenging problems."
PND's board of directors also elected PND Principal Engineer Bryan Hudson, PE, SE, to serve as the company's next senior vice president. Hudson has two decades of professional experience at PND, specializing in bridge engineering and waterfront infrastructure design. Both Thieman and Hudson operate out of PND's Anchorage headquarters. Campbell, whose career focus was geotechnical and hydraulic/hydrologic engineering, resigns after 30 years at PND. He was the second-longest tenured president in PND history after co-founder Dennis Nottingham served 30 years in that capacity from 1979 to 2009.
"PND has grown over the years but has always maintained the values of providing the best possible engineering for our clients, research/innovation in our fields of practice, and loyalty to our employees," Campbell said. "We really value our employees. There's a lot of loyalty there. The quality of our service is rooted in the expertise of our employees."
|
