WGI Unleashed

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we got to chat with Jeff Cassell, Proposal Coordinator who is located in our Orlando, FL office, and Katherine Heighway, Senior Proposal Coordinator located in our Austin, TX office. Both Katherine and Jeff work in our Business Development Team. They both work with our technical professionals to develop captivating responses to RFPs/RFQs that spark the interest of our clients.

Jeff's experience is very broad and versatile from various forms of media which include magazine production, special print and digital projects in the newspaper industry, working at an advertising agency, and in radio broadcasting. Katherine's strategic writing and proposal development skills stem from my Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

Check out Jeff's podcasts Jeff Allen Sportstalk and AAC Report With Jeff Allen.

In this episode of WGI Unleashed, we chat with Lilli O'Steen, Roadway (Transportation) Engineer Intern located in our Orlando, Florida office.

When we sat down with Lilli, we discussed how she grew up in Georgia and how she came to find herself in Florida working as an intern for WGI. She displayed her knowledge of Disney facts and claims to be the "queen of Disney karaoke". Lilli also talks about her home life, her 4 dogs, and how excited she is to get married this year! Lili is also the first podcast guest to ever win our "Two Truths and a Lie" segment!

Monte discusses his professional and personal life. He talks about his upbringing on a cattle ranch in Montana, attending the University of Montana to study Music and Education, planting trees across the country, developing a "roadshow" for a large chain of membership-only warehouse clubs, and how he finally made his way to West Palm Beach, Florida. He also discusses his role at WGI in helping solve clients' problems and helping connect people to bring projects to life.

Monte has more than 20 years of experience in business leadership and sales, he has a wide reach statewide with the many leaders of business and government that run the state of Florida. Monte has developed a network of people that enable him to connect the team with new sectors and opportunities. He is able to bring this diversity of skills together to advance established strategic business development plans across all of WGI's business sectors within Florida and beyond.

In this episode, we talk with Matt Blankenberger, Senior Engineer Intern from our Parking Design team in our Indianapolis, Indiana office.

Matt is an experienced structural engineer specializing in the design of parking facilities. He is involved in multiple phases of new parking structure design, from preliminary concepts in schematic design to construction review and inspection throughout construction administration. He has experience with a variety of structural systems including reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, precast concrete, and structural steel, and is also knowledgeable in the review and rehabilitation of existing concrete structures, including structural modifications and retrofitting.

During the podcast, Matt talked about growing up on a farm in a small town in southern Illinois, and how he is happy he is still close to home while living in Indiana. He also talked about recently buying a new home, his desire to travel to Australia, and the favorite projects he has contributed to across the country.

In this episode, we talk with Casey Sveiven, an Electrical Project Engineer from our MEP team in our Austin, TX office.

Casey has a wide range of experience from transportation and infrastructure development to high-rise senior living and laboratory design. Having spent most of his early career working on retail roll-out programs, Casey excels on projects that are thoroughly designed at a fast pace and delivered within a succinct schedule.

Casey talks about his training for RECA KnockOut Night that he participated in, his passion for jiu-jitsu, and what it was like growing up with eight siblings in southern California. Casey also discusses how he grew up around electrical contractors in his family, so becoming an Electrical Engineer was almost unavoidable.

In this episode, we talk with Megan Amitrano who was more than excited to be a guest on the Unleashed podcast. Megan is a Graduate Engineer for our Civil Engineering team in our San Antonio office. She has been with WGI for over three years and counting!

In this episode, we introduce our revamped podcast and get to know our new co-host Ashley Weldon, Financial Accounting Specialist from our Austin, Texas office. We've added some exciting new segments to the show to get to know our guests a little better, including Spin the Wheel, The Hot Seat, and Two Truths and a Lie.

To kick off the new format, we took a peek "behind the curtain" of the show and talked to Raili Flint, Digital Marketing Coordinator. Raili is the producer and editor of the podcast, in addition to her other responsibilities on the Marketing and Creative Services team.

Raili discusses how she found herself living in Austin, TX, and finding a career in digital marketing after college. She also discusses her passions and hobbies such as pottery, video games, and swimming at the local swimming spot Barton Springs Pool.

Listen to the full episode and get to know more about Raili!

If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to subscribe in your favorite podcast app – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!

In this episode, Eliza discusses her passion surrounding alternative delivery projects and how they can benefit our clients. We also get to know Eliza on a personal level - she loves to stay local to Jacksonville, FL, and hang around her neighborhood. She also enjoys many outdoor activities - including scalloping, paddle boarding on the St. Johns River, and being on the water during the weekends.

In this episode, Ray discusses his passion for transportation engineering and how he discovered that passion in college. He also speaks about his loving new family, becoming a dad, and his travel adventures. Raymond enjoys running, weekends with his son, traveling to as many places as possible, and DIY projects (even though he admits he is not the best at them!).

Shayna Johnson is a Civil Team Leader in our Houston, Texas office and she has worked for WGI for about two years. Shayna has extensive expertise in planning, design, and permitting experience covering civil/site design and land development projects. Serving as a project manager, Shayna's project experience includes single-family residential, multifamily, senior living, urban infill, K-12, and mixed-use developments for both private and municipal sector clients.

In this podcast, Shayna discusses how she started her career in the Civil Engineering field, why she went to college outside of her home state of Texas, and how she found herself back in the city she grew up in.