Happy People Deliver Great Work.
Meet the Team
Our approach to an award-winning culture and values is simple - when choosing to join Cobec, you become a part of the family – a chosen family.
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Kevin Schutt
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin plays the money, contracts, and the guitar.
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Hisham Jalil
Founder, Chief Growth Officer
Hisham grows business, client relationships, and the cheese selection at the office.
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Chris Teigue
Founder, Chief Technical Advisor
Chris gives quiet technical insight and beer recommendations.
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Keith Robertson
Chief Services Officer
Keith leads Cobec service delivery and manages capabilities with the flair of ‘Captain Obvious’.
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Kevin Orlandi
Chief Talent Officer
Kevin loves people, developing talent, and being a better mixed martial artist.
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Alex Deans
Associate Director
Alex leads projects and teams while enjoying a good spoonful of peanut butter.
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Andy Nahle
Principal Consultant
Andy enjoys riding his motorcycle along the west coast in sunny Southern California.
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Annette Barlia
Principal Consutant
Annette always helps clients navigate cost estimation with ease, whether she’s working in Boston or on the beaches of Puerto Rico.
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Anthony Milligan
Principal Consultant, Growth Portfolio Lead
Anthony engages with passion, collaboration, and when necessary, a drink and cigar.
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Chris Dumesnil
Principal Consultant
Whether supporting a client, digging through data, traveling with his wife, or flying his gyroplane, Chris likes to go where no man has gone before.
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Chris Street
Principal Consultant
Chris provides project management support and does his best work on his John Deere tractor while enjoying a fine cigar.
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Chuck Knight
Senior Director, Contracts
Chuck manages contracts, helps drive growth, and collects golf tips that still don’t work.
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Cleo Knicely
Head of Talent and Organizational Engagement
Cleo is the talent champion, Cobec cheerleader and professional cat herder.
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Cris Shaw
Associate Director
Cris provides program management and cost estimating support from the greatest place on earth…Pittsburgh!
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Curtis Lineberry
Principal Consultant
Curtis really enjoys helping improve coordination at work but has a passion for family, friends, and fishing, not always in that order!
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Daniel B. French
Domain Expert
Dan measures and estimates software and metrics while running the Cobec fantasy leagues.
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Dana Daum
Domain Expert
Dana enjoys working with teams to solve technical problems and long walks in the woods listening to bird songs.
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David Rose
Domain Expert
David hears any conversation about schedules from several states away.
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David Wickwire
Principal Consultant
David's passion for spreadsheets & bean counting is rivaled only by his love of traveling with his better half.
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Dexter Ithal
Principal Consultant
Dexter consults with his expertise in Safety and Training, which does not carry over with him on the golf course.
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Ellen Clark
Principal Consultant
Ellen is on mission to help Schedulers find their voices, supporting with a vision, and trying not kill anymore desk plants.
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Eric Peters
Principal Consultant
Eric is quantitatively aligned when he isn’t traveling or underwater.
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Ernie Fascett
Principal Consultant
Ernie loves crunching spreadsheets, being the devil’s advocate, and drilling 8-irons stiff to the pin.
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Eulalia Trahan Jones
Principal Consultant
Eulalia is a technology enthusiast and is trying to improve her piano skills.
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Geoff Lelliott
Principal Consultant
Geoff provides strategic support, restores old flying craft, and cruises silently on two wheels.
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George Bayer
Senior Director, Services
George directs investment analyses, architects the supply chain, and tracks the hibernation patterns of grizzly bears.
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Jack Hom
Domain Expert
Jack supports the navigation through the AMS investment process and enjoys eating any type of food.
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Jenn Billo
Business Development & Marketing Associate
When life gives Jenn lemons, she makes lemonade— using homegrown ones from her tree.
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Joe Carino
Principal Consultant
Joe provides cost estimating support for his clients while moonlighting as a professional toy negotiator to a squad of little executives at home.
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Kellie Wutzke
Associate Director
Kellie wrangles projects, data, and two delightfully unruly children.
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Marina Tucker
Principal Consultant
When Marina isn't developing and analyzing project schedules, she's scheduling court time to play tennis or planning a trip to a local winery.
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Mike Carnicom
Principal Consultant
Mike enjoys collaborating with others to solve problems and getting a good smoke ring on ribs.
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Mike Prater
Principal Consultant
Mike estimates and analyzes costs, schedules, and batting averages.
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Nate Swetland
Senior Director, IT and Collaboration
He holds the keys to the server room... and our hearts!
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Nathan McQueen
Finance Manager
Nathan focuses on managing resources, financial performance, and improving his golf game.
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Nick Celio
Consultant and IT Support
Nick answers IT requests by asking if you’ve tried turning it off and on again.
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Paul Vergnetti
Senior Director, Services
Paul is a team builder focused on performance, agility, and fun.
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Sara Blackie
Principal Consultant
Sara is always more than willing to help out, but tempt her with a hike and a beer and she’s outta here!
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Scott Gardner
Principal Consultant
Scott is a drone enthusiast, airspace expert, and hiker.
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Scott White
Principal Consultant
Scott harnesses enthusiasm and unbridled curiosity to achieve client needs and spends way too much time on his bicycle enjoying nature.
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Sherry Reese
Principal Consultant, Growth Portfolio Lead
Sherry serves clients, helps Cobec grow, and wanders the planet with her camera.
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Sriram Krishnan
Principal Consultant
Sriram provides colleagues and clients with useful cost knowledge and useless trivia knowledge.
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Steve Aguirre
Principal Consultant
Steve uses his project consulting skills to optimize client project processes, and devotes spare time to hot-rodding cars.
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Steve McClinchey
Principal Consultant
Steve has a passion for anything aviation and can't get enough of the great outdoors.
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Stu Dornfeld
Senior Director, Services
Stu has financial expertise, extensive skiing skills, and too many Dead shows to count.
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Sydney Levy
People Services and Business Operations Manager
Sydney takes care of our people while still finding time to travel around the world.
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Ted Schuneman
Principal Consultant
Ted leads Earned Value Management work and is a wannabe lighthouse restorer.
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Terry Stoltz
Principal Consultant
Terry provides expert advice on project management, but he is unable to master the skill of hitting a little white ball.
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Tia Jackson
Senior Director, Services
Tia manages multiple programs and it is what it is.
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Wilfred Tagud
Principal Consultant
Wilfred capitalizes on his endurance acquired from running marathons when tracing hyperlinks in his cost model reviews.