Brad Hermanson, PE, PMP, provides strategic environmental and project management consulting through his own company, Hermanson Consulting Company LLC. Brad has a bachelor’s degree with high scholarship in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in civil/environmental engineering with a minor in chemical engineering from Oregon State University, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Oregon. He is a professional engineer in both chemical and environmental engineering.
Brad has worked in the consulting engineering industry for almost 40 years. Brad’s technical and regulatory specialties include environmental cleanup and he has been involved with over 60 federal and 20 state cleanup sites. He has been project manager, program manager, or provided senior project management support on some of the largest and most controversial environmental projects in the Pacific Northwest. For example, for seven years he provided consulting support to EPA as project manager for the Portland Harbor CERCLA RI/FS project on the lower Willamette River. He also provided project management support to the Port of Portland and Corps of Engineers on the Columbia River Channel Improvement Reconsultation project.
Brad has a high expertise in project management. He was Corporate Director of Project Delivery and Quality at Parametrix, and a Regional Project Execution Leader at CH2M HILL. He speaks frequently about many aspects of project management. He is a recognized leader in project risk management, and taught or co-taught the PMI Portland Chapter PMP certification risk management section for almost ten years. He has given global webinars and spoken at international conferences on risk management, decision-making, and organizational development.