What Happened?
Lancaster, PA-based Rettew Associates has promoted Suhail Khan to vice president of technology.
About the Company
Rettew, ranked by Engineering News-Record magazine as one of the top design firms in the U.S., provides a wide range of environmental, engineering, surveying, planning, and related consulting services. Since 1969, Rettew has grown from a single, four-person firm to more than 350 dedicated professionals, including engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape architects, and environmental scientists who collaborate to provide integrated answers to the challenges our clients face. We control costs and accelerate schedules by offering complete in-house solutions to your projects. Featuring multiple service families, which comprise more than 100 different services, Rettew efficiently manages projects with those key results in mind.
About the Person
Khan joined RETTEW in 1996 as a technician, working to integrate developing technologies into RETTEW’s everyday business practices. Since then, he’s held roles including information systems developer, applications development manager and director of information technology. Khan has built a robust information technology and facilities team to navigate business needs from network maintenance to fleet vehicle management. He has strategized, researched, tested, and managed the installation and implementation of several major technology systems, including an intranet communications hub, a HelpDesk team, a new accounting software, a customer relations management system, a human resources information system, a remote access platform, an integrated phone and computer communications system and a file maintenance and storage solution. Each have saved the firm hundreds of thousands of dollars. Khan is also responsible for physical asset maintenance and management, and through his leadership in reviewing and negotiating leases and office moves, has significantly reduced the company’s costs. Additionally, Khan guided the group to refresh RETTEW’s core values in 2015. He has been a part of SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon in recent years, providing mentoring in business management to both fledgling and established enterprises. Khan is also involved in several sporting organizations with his children as a coach and volunteer. Khan has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Millersville University, and a master’s degree in information science from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a certified scrum master, and has his LEED Green Associate credential. Khan was named a shareholder at RETTEW in 2004, and in 2016 was elected to the firm’s board of directors for a three-year term. He resides in East Petersburg, Lancaster County.
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