Steve Quiggle has more than 37 years of experience working exclusively with Architects, Engineers, Planners, and related professionals. This includes 26 years as the CFO and a Senior Principal in four different firms with hands-on responsibility in the areas below.
Lionakis (architectural practice) – Member of Board of Directors (January 2017)
SIRs Branch 98 (non-profit) – Member of the Branch Executive Committee (January 2017)
Quad Knopf (engineering firm) – Member of the Board of Directors (2007-2009)
2002-June 2010 and 1990-1992
Management Design – Principal and Vice President
Provided consulting services exclusively for Architects/Engineers and Planners. Primary areas of emphasis included ownership transition, mergers and acquisitions, Visioning and Strategic Planning, incentive compensation, financial management, government contracting, branch office management, organizational structures, international practice expansion and operational management.
1992-2002 and 1985-1990
EDAW, Inc. – Principal and Chief Financial Officer, VP Strategic Planning and Managing Principal of Corporate Services
EDAW was a global practice that provided landscape architectural, land and urban planning, environmental and economic planning services. During my tenure, EDAW grew from 110 employees (approximately 160 when I rejoined the firm in 1992) to over 850 with 23 offices, and expanded its branch office network to Europe, Asia and Australia. During that time, I was responsible for completing eleven acquisitions and their integration into the firm, implementing a global ownership transition program and developing the infrastructure to successfully facilitate the firm’s substantial growth while significantly increasing profitability at a faster rate than net revenue volume.
1979-1985
Environmental Planning and Resources, Inc. (EPR) – Principal and Chief Financial Officer- National Interior Architectural practice.
1977-1979
John Carl Warnecke, Inc. – Vice President of Finance- International Architectural practice.
1974 to 1977
Winzler and Kelly, Consulting Engineers, Inc. – Business Manager- Regional Engineering practice.
1971-1974
Simpson Timber Company
- Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (ACEC CA) – Ownership Transition
- Professional Services Management Association-Ownership Transition, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Management and other topics
- North Coast Chapter of Structural Engineers-Building Firm Value
- American Institute of Architects East Bay – Financial Management
- Professional Services Management Association (Now Association of A/E Business Leaders)
- Past National President, Board Member and Director of Education and Research-National Conferences
- Co-Host of Sacramento AEBL Metro Group (facilitating program series)
California State University, Humboldt
- Bachelors of Arts-Business Administration – 1971
- Masters of Arts-Management and Finance – 1974