HAKS, a full-service consulting engineering firm headquartered in New York City with nearly 700 employees, has named Alberto Villaman, P.E., as its new president. Villaman will oversee the firm’s operations in its 15 corporate offices throughout the U.S., and international offices in India and Bahrain. The firm’s practice areas include engineering design, construction management/inspection, architecture/facilities, environmental, and surveying and mapping.
Villaman joined HAKS in 2000 after working with NYSDOT for 12 years, and rose through the ranks in a variety of management roles, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Head of the Construction Inspection Department. At HAKS he has managed some of the metropolitan area’s largest infrastructure improvement projects, including the NYCDOT design-build rehabilitation of the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, the NYSDOT Gowanus Expressway Emergency Repair and ConnDOT’s I-95 Interchange 14.
HAKS founder, Chairman and CEO Husam Ahmad heartily endorses Villaman’s appointment. “Alberto brings a unique ability to listen, collaborate and communicate, is confident yet humble, and has demonstrated exceptional skills in managing large, complex projects.”