Monthly Archives: August 2020
Sargent & Lundy Participating in Natural Gas Conversion Webinar
August 18, 2020 – The Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation is hosting a webinar on natural gas-firing power plants on August 19 at 2 p.m. CT. The webinar is exclusively for members of CEATI’s Thermal Generation Interest Group … Continue reading
Chicago Council on Global Affairs Chooses Sargent & Lundy Project Manager for Emerging Leaders Program
August 14, 2020 – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has chosen Sargent & Lundy Project Manager Jon Horek for its highly competitive Class of 2021 Emerging Leaders Program. Founded in 1922, the Chicago Council is a nonpartisan organization that … Continue reading
License Renewals Could Modernize U.S. Nuclear
August 12, 2020 – The August 3 issue of POWER magazine includes an article on the impacts of nuclear plant SLR in the U.S. In pursuing operating license extensions from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear plants will adapt their operations … Continue reading
Sargent & Lundy Participating in Heat Rate Improvement Webinar
August 11, 2020 – The ELECTRIC POWER conference is hosting a webinar regarding the Affordable Clean Energy Rule on August 19 at 10 a.m. CT. During the webinar, select industry experts will present on topics surrounding the 2019 EPA regulation. … Continue reading
Vince Heinz
Vince Heinz
Vince Heinz is the senior vice president and director of Sargent & Lundy’s energy consulting business. He is responsible for the overall management and direction of the firm’s domestic and global engagements spanning development planning, independent and owner’s engineering due diligence evaluations, operations and maintenance support for all renewable power, thermal power technologies, and transmission and distribution planning.
Heinz joined Sargent & Lundy in 2001 as an electrical engineer supporting the firm’s energy and industrial projects and later made the transition to project management supporting transmission and distribution, grid modernization, and renewable power technologies. Heinz is also responsible for the firm’s continued support of the transmission and distribution reconstruction, grid modernization, and transition to renewable energy in Puerto Rico and played a central role helping the firm open two offices on the island.
INDUSTRY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico
EDUCATION
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
• Licensed Professional Engineer – Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico
Karen Himmel
Karen Himmel
Karen Himmel is responsible for Sargent & Lundy’s enterprise information technology program. Her role encompasses corporate information technology, computer operations and infrastructure, information security, content management, and leadership of software development teams for both business and engineering applications.
Himmel joined Sargent & Lundy’s payroll department in 1985 and successfully grew a multi-faceted career at the firm. She worked in multiple areas of finance before transitioning to information technology in 1995 as a software developer. Since then, Himmel has led several large IT solution implementations and upgrades, numerous new software development initiatives, and continuous infrastructure improvements. Himmel manages Sargent & Lundy’s IT budget, projects, and resources. She works closely with colleagues across the company, including the director of engineering and innovation, to strategize, promote, and implement new technologies.
In 2014, Himmel was promoted to director, vice president, and assistant chief information officer. She was named chief information officer in 2019.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Systems Analysis and Design from Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana
Jill Liska
Jill Liska
Jill Liska is the leader of Sargent & Lundy’s commercial, procurement, and legal teams. Her expertise guides the firm’s successful management of risk, corporate insurance, litigation, contracts, and outside counsel. Her direction of the legal department influences Sargent & Lundy’s overall strategy.
Liska served as an associate attorney at Robbins Schwartz and an engineer for the Minnesota Department of Transportation prior to joining Sargent & Lundy’s legal team in 2006. She was promoted to vice president in 2013, at which point she became responsible for the firm’s legal, commercial, and procurement groups. Sargent & Lundy named her a senior vice president in January 2020.
Liska monitors developing legislation at local, national, and international levels. She develops internal policies and procedures for Sargent & Lundy, including use of intellectual property, unmanned aircraft, and conflicts of interest and ethics. She interprets various domestic and international regulations and license requirements, negotiates leases, supports acquisitions and due diligence efforts on commercial matters, advises HR, and manages the legal team’s budget. Liska, an ardent supporter of diversity issues, played a pivotal role in helping the firm launch an internal professional network for female employees in 2015 and a diversity council in 2020.
INDUSTRY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Avenues to Independence Governing Board
EDUCATION
• B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Minnesota
• MBA from the University of Notre Dame
• JD from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
• Licensed Professional Engineer – Minnesota
• Admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of Illinois and the U.S. Supreme Court
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