Arctic Directory: PND Engineers, Inc. announces promotion of 4 engineers

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PND Engineers, Inc. said Feb. 29 that it recently promoted four engineers in its Anchorage office: Jared Kinney, PE; Cameron Klatt, PE; Kannon Lee, PE; and Taylor Mortensen, PE. All four engineers, three of whom were born and raised in Alaska, recently passed their Principles & Practice of Engineering exams in the state of Alaska and were promoted to PND senior engineers. Klatt previously appeared in the Business Spotlight in February 2024. Jared Kinney, PE Kinney, a Chugiak High School and University of Alaska Anchorage alumnus, has over five years of professional civil engineering experience in Alaska. Kinney was hired at PND in November 2023. His primary practice at PND will be hydraulic and hydrologic engineering projects, specializing in site improvements, drainage, and sewer/wastewater utilities. Kannon Lee, PE Lee has a bachelor of arts degree in history from Dartmouth College, a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a master's degree in geotechnical engineering from the University of Alaska Anchorage, with a focus on stability, seismic engineering, and frozen ground engineering. Lee, who was hired in April 2019, conducted his thesis on "Predicting Thaw Penetration and Permafrost Subsidence due to Warming Air Temperatures on Alaska's North Slope." Taylor Mortensen, PE Mortensen, a West Anchorage High School and

Montana State University alumnus, is a former flight engineer with the U.S. Navy. Mortensen, who was hired at PND in May 2019, has provided marine structural engineering and bridge design/inspection services throughout Alaska, including several projects on the North Slope. He is a certified Federal Highway Administration Team Leader and IRATA International Level 1 Rope Access Technician. PND, a dynamic multidisciplinary firm founded in Anchorage in 1979, maintains a staff of professionally licensed engineers and land surveyors who comprise more than half of our workforce, including our newest professionally licensed engineers.