Douglas Martin, C.S.P.
Corporate Safety Director
Doug Martin has extensive experience in all areas of safety in the heavy civil construction industry. Mr. Martin earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver. He holds both Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Certified Safety Professional (C.S.P.) certifications.
Doug Martin came to Barnard having developed, implemented, trained, and monitored a complete safety program for a large regional contractor. He conducts similar duties at our Home Office as well as for our projects in the field. His position involves regular training visits to project sites and reporting to agencies. His work history provides a valuable combination of safety, insurance, and risk management work. He is seasoned at working with owners and regulators as well as engineers and crews.
Doug enjoys outdoor activities, including skiing, biking, and supporting kids’ sports (soccer, basketball, and baseball). He also enjoys tennis, racquetball, squash, and golf.
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Tina M. Shepard
Equipment Manager
Tina Shepard has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of equipment management, from purchasing, leasing, and selling to maintenance and mobilization. She joined the Barnard Companies in 2003 after honing her expertise and developing contacts with vendors around the globe while working with the Washington Companies. She has completed coursework in fleet management, personnel management, and effective negotiating techniques.
At Barnard, Ms. Shepard oversees 200-plus pieces of heavy machinery, a large crusher plant operation, and a broad range of smaller equipment. She is our contact for those interested in purchasing or selling heavy equipment. Our fleets range from equipping a gas pipeline crew of up to 350 on a six-month project, to the longer-term establishment of a state-of-the-art aggregate processing operation. Tina also contributes equipment cost information to Barnard’s estimating teams.
Ms. Shepard enjoys horseback riding, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, motorcycles and four wheelers, wave-running, and her Labradors.
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Ron Holden
Human Resource Director
Ron Holden’s 10 years in training, recruiting, and refining organizational policy for the North Dakota State Highway Patrol translated nicely to his position heading up Human Resources for the Barnard Companies. He earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Minot State University and a Master’s in Management from the University of Mary. He served a total of 28 ½ years in the N.D. Highway Patrol before moving to Montana.
Mr. Holden’s range of expertise ensures that Barnard’s employees receive generous benefits and comply with the most current industry regulations. He actively recruits exceptional students as new hires and for our internship program and seeks to fill key positions. His role at Barnard also involves continual training at jobsites and the home office and oversight of drug testing in the field.
Ron has served on the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that holds a special place in his heart. He also is an outdoors enthusiast who enjoys fishing, hunting and downhill skiing. When hunting, fishing and skiing aren’t on the radar screen, woodworking fills the void.
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Scott Lundberg
Information Technology and Services Director
Scott Lundberg has spent the last 14 years keeping multi-faceted, multi-location organizations current and connected through the latest technology. Joining Barnard in 2001, Mr. Lundberg has ensured that our staff is working with the most productive design, budgeting and scheduling tools available. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Engineering option from Montana State University.
Scott’s position at the Barnard Companies encompasses outfitting and training more than 125 engineers, crews, and support and administrative personnel with accounting, material tracking, Microsoft Office, Windows and Primavera software. Scott is also responsible for the LAN and WAN networks, including a converged voice and data network. He continually establishes and maintains remote networks each time Barnard opens a new field office. In addition, he participates in facilities planning and operations, and assists in negotiating and estimating for the IT portions of new contracts.
Mr. Lundberg grew up in Montana. He enjoys spending time with his family and playing recreational soccer and hockey; he volunteers at the local hockey rink, maintaining the refrigeration plant.
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Kelly Pavlik
Estimating Manager
In her role as Estimating Manager, Kelly Pavlik oversees the Estimating Department and coordinates the myriad of activities required to bid multiple projects at one time. Her job includes implementing system-wide upgrades to our Sharpe Estimating program and maintaining the Document Exchange segment of the website. She also manages dissemination of bid information to team participants in-house as well as to potential subcontractors and suppliers. She trains, both formally and informally, new hires and interns assigned to Estimating, among other duties.
Ms. Pavlik earned a B.S. in General Engineering with a Civil Option from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. While in school, she worked as an intern on takeoffs and material management for a large General Contractor in California. Upon first joining Barnard as a Project Engineer in 2003, she worked on a water transmission pipeline project in Colorado. Afterward, she began work in various areas within the Estimating Department. She was promoted to Estimating Manager in June 2008.
She enjoys spending time with her husband and three children.
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Keely Ryles
Marketing Manager
Congratulations to Keely Ryles on her recent promotion to Marketing Manager at the Barnard Companies. Ms. Ryles began working in the Business Development department in 2000, joining a then-small team of estimators in preparing the companies’ proposal and prequalification documents. Her duties quickly multiplied to include marketing, licensing, and publications. In 2007, she oversaw the revamping of all Barnard marketing materials, working with outside designers to develop our website, ads, brochures and trade show materials.
Keely earned a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Montana in Missoula in 1999. She now manages the design and production of all marketing materials as well as coordinates the flow of work and production for all company proposals and prequalifications. Keely assumes this position as Vice President Dan Hertel retires. She is working with VP Neil VanAmburg, P.E., who represents this department at Barnard’s executive level.
Ms. Ryles grew up in Montana. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
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