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Joel Oppenheimer Named Senior Vice President of STV

Joel Oppenheimer has been named a senior vice president of STV. Oppenheimer is the firm’s Baltimore office manager and head of STV’s Transportation & Infrastructure practice in Maryland.

Oppenheimer has more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning and engineering design. He joined STV as a vice president in 2005 and is currently serving as the deputy program manager on one of Maryland’s largest ongoing transportation initiatives, the Maryland Transit Administration Red Line. This $2.6 billion project includes a 14.1-mile east-west transit corridor connecting many essential Baltimore neighborhoods.

Active in numerous industry organizations, Oppenheimer mentors young STV engineers through the EDGE group (Enriched Development for Growth and Excellence), a program he created in Baltimore. He was named 2013 Civil Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Maryland Section.

Leonard Smith Named STV Vice President

Leonard R. Smith Jr., P.E., has been promoted to vice president of STV. Manager of the Harrisburg, PA office, he is assuming responsibility for all management operations and business development for STV’s Transportation & Infrastructure Division in Pennsylvania within the Northeast Region.  He will continue to serve as a principal-in-charge/senior project manager on strategic STV pursuits.

Smith, who joined STV in 2008, has more than 35 years of experience directing bridge and transportation improvement projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. He oversees a number of complex, long-term assignments, such as the $500 million rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement and resurfacing of the I-95 and Betsy Ross Interchange in Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), for which he is project manager. Smith is also principal-in-charge of PennDOT’s District 2-0 five-year environmental and engineering open-end agreement.  He actively contributes to STV’s Corporate Quality Practice and national bridge practice.  Currently Smith is collaborating with STV’s Energy Services Division on its entry into the Ohio market.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. A registered professional engineer in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Smith is a member of the Association of Bridge Construction & Design, the Harrisburg chapter of the American Society of Highway Engineers and the Pennsylvania chapter of American Consulting Engineers Council.

Scott Krieger Named Vice President of STV

Scott A. Krieger, P.E., was promoted to vice president at STV. He is a senior project manager in the firm’s Transportation and Infrastructure Division and the director of project management for the national vehicle practice. He has been with the firm for more than a decade.

Krieger’s 29-year career has focused on vehicle engineering, and project and operations management for heavy rail, light rail and commuter rail. Krieger also has experience in developing, implementing and monitoring quality assurance, staff training, and safety programs for maintenance facilities.

While with STV, he has served as the project manager for many vehicle procurement efforts including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority HSP46 locomotive procurement, as well as that agency’s procurement of new bi-level coach cars. Krieger is also playing a significant role in growing the firm’s national vehicle practice. He recently helped lead the mobilization of the joint venture team in supporting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s heavy rail procurement.

Krieger earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Rutgers University College of Engineering. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is active in the American Public Transportation Association, and is a registered professional engineer in New York State.

Vinny Kissoon Named Vice President of STV

Vinny Kissoon, CCP, CEP, AVS, MRICS has been promoted to vice president of STV. He will continue in his role as a chief estimator with STV’s Construction Management Division’s Project Controls group. 

Based in the New York City office, Kissoon has been with STV for 15 years and has more than 28 years of experience as an expert in project controls for transportation, education, civil works, and facility projects nationally. He is skilled at reviewing project schedules, coordinating architectural and engineering drawings, conducting constructability reviews, and providing contract administration.

The Federal Transit Administration has recognized him for supervising and providing quality, detailed cost estimates for the federally-funded Colorado Department of Transportation Denver Southeast Corridor Highway reconstruction and light rail system (T-REX). He is currently managing estimates for projects at Columbia University and New York University in New York City, as well as the Maryland Transit Administration Red Line light rail transit project.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Everglades University and is a certified cost professional, certified estimating professional, associate value specialist and professional quantity surveyor.

Kevin Bomboy Promoted to Vice President of STV

Kevin D. Bomboy, P.E., LEED® AP, was promoted to vice president at STV, where he is the industrial market leader. 

Bomboy has 30 years of experience specializing in the planning, design, analysis and specification of HVAC and other mechanical systems, and has supervised numerous projects from concept to completion for private and government projects. He specializes in planning, design, analysis and specifications for industrial, research, commercial, high-security, pharmaceutical, higher education, correctional and nuclear facilities.

He has served as chief mechanical engineer in the central division in the firm’s Buildings & Facilities Division. Notable projects from his career at STV include the project management of the architectural and engineering design for the Secant Medical Corporate Headquarters in Perkasie, PA. He was the project engineer for various buildings and projects at Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Susquehanna University, Bucknell University, Immaculata University and Penn State University.  He has worked on projects for numerous government clients including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Education.

Bomboy earned his bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in 30 states and the District of Columbia, and he is a LEED® Accredited Professional. His memberships include the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers; the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society; the 7x24 Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter; the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology; and the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers.

Christopher Cerino Promoted to Vice President of STV

Christopher Cerino, P.E., SECB, was promoted to vice president of STV. He will continue in his role as the structural engineering director in New York for the firm’s Buildings & Facilities Division.

With almost 20 years of experience as a structural engineer, Cerino has been involved with award-winning projects that range from educational and transit facilities to residential high-rise towers.

Since joining STV in 2010, Cerino has been the structural discipline lead for many of the firm’s most innovative projects. Assignments have included the award-winning retrofit of The Avenues: The World School in Chelsea, New York; the Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot in New York City, a LEED© gold certified facility; a new cadet barracks for the United States Military Academy at West Point; and a new Central Services Building for the South Beach Psychiatric Center, following Superstorm Sandy.

With almost 20 years of experience, Cerino has worked as structural engineer for many distinctive buildings, including the 709-foot-tall Shangri-La Hotel in New York City and the podium façade for the Cosmopolitan Casino in Las Vegas by Arquitectonica.

Cerino earned his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York and Colorado, and is recognized by the Structural Engineering Certification Board. He is a director of the Concrete Industry Board, a member and past president of the Structural Engineers Association of New York, and a director of the National Council of Structural Engineering Associations.

Christopher Antoni Promoted to STV Senior Vice President

Christopher D. Antoni, P.E., has been promoted to senior vice president of STV. He is the chief engineer and operations manager of the firm’s Energy Services Division and its energy subsidiary, STV Energy Services, Inc.

Antoni is responsible for overseeing the engineering and environmental services of multidisciplinary projects related to the petroleum and gas pipeline transportation, and electric transmission industries. He joined STV in 1995 and has more than 18 years of experience specializing in the design and project management of natural gas and petroleum product pipelines, site development, environmental permitting, storm water management, floodplain analysis, wetlands mitigation and stream restoration. Appointed a vice president in 2012, Antoni has served as the principal in charge of energy projects for Sunoco Logistics, L.P., PVR Partners, LP, Colonial Pipeline Company and other energy companies. During his tenure, the Energy Division has more than doubled in size, working on projects throughout the US.  

Antoni earned a Master of Engineering in civil engineering from Villanova University and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in 26 states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas, and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Chi Epsilon, the civil engineering honor society.

Antoni resides in Bally, PA.

Andrew W. Sokol Named Vice President of STV

Andrew W. Sokol, P.E., has been promoted to vice president of STV. In this role, he will responsible for operations and business development in the passenger rail market served by STV’s Transportation & Infrastructure Division’s Western Region, spanning Colorado to California. 

Based in STV’s Los Angeles office, Sokol has been with the firm for more than 15 years, playing a vital role in developing and maintaining the region’s rail design group that has worked on a wide range of infrastructure projects for light rail transit, commuter rail and heavy rail systems.

In his more than 20 years of managing and engineering experience, Sokol has supported many high-profile rail initiatives throughout North America. He recently served as project manager for the design of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Commuter Rail project, a passenger rail and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project that will connect Marin and Sonoma Counties in California. Sokol was also the design manager of the Riverside County Transportation Commission’s Perris Valley Line commuter rail extension connecting downtown Riverside to south Perris, CA; Utah Transit Authority’s University Light Rail Transit Line in Salt Lake City; and a number of other initiatives for clients such as Los Angeles Metro, Metrolink and Orange County Transportation Authority.

Sokol earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from University of Alberta. He is a registered professional engineer in California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Arizona, as well as Alberta and Ontario, Canada. Additionally, he is a member of the  American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), and past-president of the Railway Association of Southern California.