Rob
L. Petroelje, P.E., Class of '74
Mr. Rob Petroelje is the founder and CEO of V3 Companies.
He completed his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering
at Michigan Tech and is a Registered Professional Engineer
in a number of states. Following his graduation in 1974, Mr.
Petroelje was employed by HNTB Corporation as a highway engineer
on several interstate highway projects. In 1976, he joined
McDonough Associates as a project engineer on the Chicago
Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP). In 1978, he was recruited
to Skidmore, Owings and Merrill to participate on the King
Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
During his tenure at SOM, Mr. Petroelje assumed the role of
Civil Engineering Department Head and was active in projects
in Malaysia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and throughout the United
States.
In
1983, Mr. Petroelje left SOM to begin SDI Consultants, the
predecessor firm to V3 Companies. During his leadership of
V3 Companies, he has guided the firm as it grew from a single-discipline,
civil engineering consulting firm to a multi-faceted organization
providing consulting, construction and real estate services.
Today Mr. Petroelje serves as V3's CEO with specific responsibility
to preserve and expand V3's culture of integrity, excellence
and value and to provide the strategic leadership necessary
to develop a national presence over the next decade.
In
addition to his responsibilities at V3, Mr. Petroelje has
served on the boards of professional, public policy and faith-based
institutions and has been active in the governing council
of his local church. He and his wife, Sally, reside in the
western suburbs of Chicago and are the parents of four children.
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