Jay Clare Joins Kleinfelder as Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth

OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kleinfelder announced today that Jay Clare has joined the firm as Senior
Vice President of Strategic Growth. Clare is a seasoned executive with
extensive experience providing strategic leadership for organizational
growth. Based in Kleinfelder’s Oakland, CA office, Clare will be
responsible for working across the organization to drive organic growth,
margin improvement, and acquisitions.

“With Kleinfelder positioned to experience significant growth, Jay fills
an important and exciting role,” commented Louis Armstrong, President.
“Jay will be instrumental in leveraging Kleinfelder’s core capabilities
to further penetrate targeted markets as well as identifying and
nurturing new growth and investment opportunities that deliver
sustained, profitable growth for our company.”

Clare comes to Kleinfelder with an extensive background in corporate
leadership and growth strategy. Most recently, Clare was responsible for
strategic direction and growth of environmental business line services
for the oil and gas market throughout the Americas, which exceeded $300
million in annual bookings. With experience managing global client
accounts, Clare has achieved double digit sales growth through enhancing
collaboration across operating groups, diversifying services, and
strategic hiring and acquisitions. Clare’s multidisciplinary background
in environmental, engineering and construction services, along with his
experience working in Kleinfelder’s targeted markets, will aid in
successful identification, evaluation and development of new
opportunities and growth initiatives.

“I am thrilled to be joining Kleinfelder in this leadership capacity
where I will have the opportunity to work with the executive leadership
team, staff, and clients to achieve the company’s growth objectives,”
said Clare. “I’m looking forward to leveraging my market knowledge and
experience with strategic growth initiatives to have a personal impact
on delivery of client services, employee career development, and
profitable growth.”

About Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since
1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals
providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water,
energy, and other private infrastructure. As an integrated,
cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative
problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day,
on every project from over 60 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia.

Contacts

Dustin Esposito
Marketing and Communications Manager
DEsposito@Kleinfelder.com
(617)
498-4627