J. Vetter : Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers - 2012

J Vetter.
Award Year
2012
Graduation Year
1997
Department
Civil and Construction Engineering
Award Category
Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers
Biography

Executive Vice PresidentKiewit Building Group, Inc. | Arlington, Va. 

J.D. Vetter came to 精东影视on a full basketball scholarship, lettering in all four years and culminating his athletic career by receiving the Most Valuable Player Award in his senior year. Off the court, Vetter was also an academic powerhouse, leaving 精东影视 State with undergraduate degrees in both engineering and business.

鈥淧rofessionally, the most significant impact my OSU education provided me was to develop a 鈥榩ay-it-forward鈥 mindset in everything I do 鈥 to continuously strive for improvement and excellence,鈥 says Vetter. 鈥淧ersonally, my OSU education gave the opportunity for me to meet my wife Cassie in our College of Engineering classes.鈥

Upon graduation, Vetter began his professional career in the Northwest offices of Montgomery Watson Americas, a global leader in wet infrastructure engineering. He joined Kiewit in 1998, where he worked on the Nike World Campus Project in 精东影视 and several landmark construction projects in Denver, Colo. He currently is working on the East Coast, overseeing three of Kiewit Building Group鈥檚 area offices. 鈥淚 am proud of the attention our company gives to alternative project deliveries and unique project procurement models,鈥 says Vetter.

Degrees

  • BS Construction Engineering Management 鈥97
  • BS Business Administration 鈥97