PORTLAND, OR — Otak was founded in Portland 40 years ago to serve both private development and public clients with planning, engineering, and architecture services for urban design and civil infrastructure. Otak recently organized its Portland and Vancouver offices to continue growth in both the private and public client sectors with new senior leaders dedicated to serving each client set.

The new leadership team make-up is both existing Otak leaders in expanded roles and leaders new to Otak. The focus of the team is to leverage expertise and technical knowledge in both Oregon and SW Washington with teams dedicated to the needs of public and private clients.

“We find ourselves in the fortunate position of having strong teams at all levels throughout Otak, by structuring teams with leadership focused on public or private exclusively, we’ll better meet the unique needs of each,” Otak CEO Jim Hamann said.

Tim Leavitt, P.E. led the Vancouver office as Office Manager since 2017 and will now lead the civil infrastructure business for private clients as Regional Director Oregon and SW Washington. Millicent Williams takes the role of Regional Director for planning, engineering, and construction services for public clients after rising to Deputy Director at the Portland Bureau of Transportation. Brian Fleener, AIA, has been with Otak since 2015 as Architecture Practice Leader and will take on an expanded role as Regional Director for architecture design, and Henry Alaman is Regional Director for comprehensive project management. Both Brian and Henry have public and private client portfolios.

For private clients, Otak leads the planning, civil engineering, architecture design, and comprehensive project management on projects in the Portland Metro area. Together, Leavitt and Fleener coordinate engineering, project planning, and architecture services to help developers and owners prove out their project concepts and take them through entitlement to construction. Alaman’s comprehensive project management team helps owners through the process of construction and commissioning.

Otak’s private practice is for DOT’s, public works departments, library districts, school districts, water districts, and ports. Williams' state and local agency-focused team can provide a range of planning and design services from urban planning to roadway and bridge design, from stormwater management to park and recreational trail planning and design. Teamed with Fleener and Alaman, Otak's public client team has delivered public facilities from affordable housing to libraries and courthouses.