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Burns & McDonnell Promotes Senior Executives, Expands Officer Group
Mike Fenske
Renita Mollman
Karen Bray
Matt Olson
KANSAS CITY, MO — Burns & McDonnell announces several key leadership promotions to President, Senior Vice President, and Vice President after another record year of sales for the 100 percent employee-owned engineering, construction, and architecture firm. These individuals contributed to a year that produced $5.3 billion in sales, resulted in the support of nearly 15,000 projects, and included the addition of more than 600 employees.
Mike Fenske has been promoted to President in the Global Facilities Group, which he had led as General Manager since 2013. Fenske joined the firm in 1992 as part of the firm's aviation business. Since then, he has held leadership roles in a variety of industries. He has been instrumental in the expansion of the firm's design-build capabilities across markets, including manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and mission critical.
The following employee-owner has become Senior Vice President:
After serving as General Manager of the California offices for Burns & McDonnell for more than a decade, Renita Mollman became Chief Administrative Officer in 2020. In this role, Mollman leads many of the firm's operational departments, including human resources, corporate marketing, and the Burns & McDonnell Foundation. Mollman began her career as a Civil Engineer at Burns & McDonnell in 1988 in Kansas City. In 2009, she was promoted to General Manager for the California region and in 2011 was promoted to Vice President.
New Vice Presidents and members of the Burns & McDonnell officer group include the following employee-owners:
Karen Bray is Director of Process and Project Development for the Oil, Gas, & Chemical (OGC) Group, leading and managing approximately 100 process engineering employee-owners across the firm's offices. Prior to her current role, Bray led the firm's chemicals group for five years. A Process and Project Engineer for the first nine years, Bray spent time in the field during both the design and construction phases of engineer-procure-construct projects.
Matt Olson is Managing Director of the firm's Telecom Group. In his role, Olson helps utility clients develop networks that support their entire organization. Olson is an Electrical Engineer with 20 years of experience. He has supervised the design of more than 1,000 substations of packet network deployment, planned network construction with hundreds of nodes being installed per year, and delivered the applications cutover onto them in as little as a few months.
Midwest Contractor PeopleMike Fenske has been promoted to President in the Global Facilities Group, which he had led as General Manager since 2013. Fenske joined the firm in 1992 as part of the firm's aviation business. Since then, he has held leadership roles in a variety of industries. He has been instrumental in the expansion of the firm's design-build capabilities across markets, including manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and mission critical.
The following employee-owner has become Senior Vice President:
After serving as General Manager of the California offices for Burns & McDonnell for more than a decade, Renita Mollman became Chief Administrative Officer in 2020. In this role, Mollman leads many of the firm's operational departments, including human resources, corporate marketing, and the Burns & McDonnell Foundation. Mollman began her career as a Civil Engineer at Burns & McDonnell in 1988 in Kansas City. In 2009, she was promoted to General Manager for the California region and in 2011 was promoted to Vice President.
New Vice Presidents and members of the Burns & McDonnell officer group include the following employee-owners:
Karen Bray is Director of Process and Project Development for the Oil, Gas, & Chemical (OGC) Group, leading and managing approximately 100 process engineering employee-owners across the firm's offices. Prior to her current role, Bray led the firm's chemicals group for five years. A Process and Project Engineer for the first nine years, Bray spent time in the field during both the design and construction phases of engineer-procure-construct projects.
Matt Olson is Managing Director of the firm's Telecom Group. In his role, Olson helps utility clients develop networks that support their entire organization. Olson is an Electrical Engineer with 20 years of experience. He has supervised the design of more than 1,000 substations of packet network deployment, planned network construction with hundreds of nodes being installed per year, and delivered the applications cutover onto them in as little as a few months.
