Biography

John L. Rinard leads JME (JM Engineering, Inc.), a small private global company. Prior to founding JME he served as Vice President of Herzog Companies, and DMJM Harris (AECOM).

During Mr. Rinard's 24-plus-year career, his leadership has helped advance the transportation infrastructure in the America and throughout the world in various countries from South Korea and the Philippines to France and Canada.

John Rinard has accumulated over 24 years and over $7 billion USD of experience to date in heavy railroad and transit experience. This experience includes management of construction, engineering/design and construction-management and related. Management experience has accumulated from executive level through hands-on construction in the rail, highway and heavy construction areas.

Experience includes serving from different aspects of project delivery to include being the Owner/Operator for railroad properties, the Engineer as a consultant and the owner, the Builder and Maintainer as owner and contractor. This diverse experience allows John to view the subjects from multiple aspects and to understand the individual partners contributing to project delivery.

Specific tasks have involved management of large projects (excess of $ 2 billion USD), designs and permitting, finance and funding, management for multiple general contractors and design teams, establishing teams of up to 115 management and oversight personnel, value engineering, design reviews, progress payments, site oversight of all technical areas, coordination with funding partners, risk management, change order and claims management and mitigation, critical path scheduling and support documentation management.

Special emphasis is placed on proven ability to coordinate and work closely with the project owners to satisfy the project goals. These goals typically include: schedules, budget and funding source adherence, construction impacts, designs and architectural themes coordination, general contractor management, and planning for advancement to maintenance and long term life-cycle processes as well for a successful close-out with limited claims.