Business Consulting

Board governance, strategic planning, qu

Janice has more than 30 years of success in engineering and environmental consulting businesses. Her experience with a variety of business models, as well as her board and leadership roles, have provided her extensive management and leadership experience. She is a trained strategic planner and facilitator and is especially qualified in the areas of strategic planning, risk management, emerging leader mentoring and coaching, and quality control.

Board Positions

Janice's upper management and board experience, coupled with her strategic thinking skills, makes her a strong candidate for firm outside board positions. Her relevant experience includes:

Two years on the board of Hart Crowser, including during the sale of the firm to Haley & Aldrich

Two years as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the American Council of Engineering Companies. Was elected by her fellow EXCOM members to serve as Senior Vice Chair for the 2nd year of her board term

Several years on the Board of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaiʻi, including terms as President-Elect, President, and National Director

Leadership positions on several community and educational boards and committees

Strategic Planning and Facilitation

Janice is a trained strategic planner and facilitator and has facilitated strategic planning exercises for private companies and non-profit organizations. Through a structured process, Janice can help entities define their goals, set strategies, and allocate resources to achieve long-term success. A good strategic planning process enhances decision-making, improves efficiency, and provides for adaptability in a changing environment. With her experience in the AE industry, Janice is a great choice to facilitate strategic planning for consulting firms.

Janice also provides facilitation for project design charettes to assist the design team and stakeholders to work through a project’s needs and to help the team develop design objectives, evaluation criteria, and feasible concepts to carry forward into the design phase.

Risk Management Training and Coaching

Firm leaders and senior managers have so many demands that they may find it difficult to find the time for staff risk management coaching. A focused training program can help A/E firm project management staff understand their role in preventing claims. Janice has developed risk management training program (offered virtually or in person in three 1.5-hour sessions) focusing on communication and project management skills that help staff establish good "risk management habits." Janice's experience in risk management includes:

Serving as risk management lead, including managing contract reviews, for three firms, including leading a corporate risk management team, responsible for contract review, client negotiations, and go/no-go decisions company-wide

Serving on ACEC's national Risk Management Committee for more than 20 years, including as Chair of the Committee for three years, leading the development of white papers on various risk management topics and guiding ACEC's risk management policies

Serving as Chair of ACEC-Hawaiʻi's Risk Management and Legislative Committees, leading efforts to improve contract terms to protect Hawaiʻi A/E professional firms and to pass legislation such as Hawaiʻi's Design Claims Conciliation Panel

Speaking at industry forums for the Hawai'i Society of Professional Engineers, the American Institute of Architects, ACEC-Hawai'i and ACEC regarding various risk management topics

Developing risk management tools and training programs

Emerging Leader Mentoring and Coaching

Janice's strong mentorship and coaching skills are often cited by her peers and employees. Mentoring and coaching can help professionals set priorities in forging their career path. If you have a promising emerging leader in your firm and feel they could benefit from outside mentorship and coaching, Janice may be able to help. If you are a mid-level professional seeking to move into or already moving into leadership in your firm and want an experienced sounding board, please reach out to Janice to chat.

Quality Control

With strong technical writing and editing skills and risk management experience, Janice supports other consulting firms by reviewing technical documents for clarity, consistency, completeness, and risk concerns, with particular attention to sound reasoning and well-supported conclusions. She excels in translating complex technical issues into clear, concise, and accessible language for clients, regulatory agencies, and the public while preserving the detail and precision needed for informed decisions. Her experience across disciplines helps her identify gaps, reconcile conflicting information, and develop findings and recommendations that are clearly connected. If you are seeking to expand your capacity in senior technical reviews, contact Janice to discuss how she may be able to help.