“My StrengthsFinder architype is ‘passionista,’ which as a natural teacher is certainly true.”
Teams: PM/CM & Owner's Representative
Shawn Klinkner
Shawn has a keen understanding of change management and how the building initiatives he works on can really change clients’ organizations and the people they serve. With this understanding he works hard to discover clients’ needs and advises and advocates for them to ensure their needs are met. He specializes in facilitating high functioning project teams through building trust between owners, contractors, architects and consultants. “It is in cultures of trust that accountability and excellence thrive,” Shawn says. He takes trust-building to his time away from work where he volunteers for the board of Battleground Healthcare with annual strategy development and deployment work. Shawn also enjoys spending time with family, quilting, gardening, reading and writing.
Renee Rhiner
Renee is a recognized leader and project manager with significant experience with office buildings, renovations, manufacturing, critical facilities, school, and environmental projects. She has a proven ability to identify and implement scalable processes to reduce costs and improve business practices. Renee believes in an integrated team approach that encourages an environment that builds trust and respect among clients, team members, and the community. With over 30 years managing projects to completion, Renee utilizes an analytical approach while applying strategic thinking, planning, and problem solving. She takes the client’s key objectives into account, assessing potential risks and identifying available best practices. To reduce cost, improve project scheduling, and manage change, she prefers to use Lean principles. Specifically, Renee uses the pull planning tool for scheduling in which every stakeholder collaboratively starts with the end goal and works backward toward the start date. A constant in her personality, Renee specializes in bringing teams together in a spirit of open communication, collaboration, and teamwork to form a plan.
Andrew Lent
“Nothing gives me more satisfaction than seeing kids’ eyes light up as they take their first step into a brand-new school.”
Brian Hardebeck
Growing up as a member of a local farm family, Brian enjoyed building or making things. In high school he participated in a drafting and construction program that eventually provided a scholarship to Oregon State University in Construction Engineering Management. The rest of his 33-year career is result of that opportunity. As an owner’s representative with Otak CPM he provides his 30+ years of planning, development, and construction experience to allow his clients to focus on what they do best. He assists clients like the Nestucca Valley School District in making their dream projects come true and to add value to the larger built community.
Brian’s superpower is being able to visualize system components in their eventual constructed forms while still on paper. He can also visualize interactions with spaces above, below, and beside an object during planning. When Brian’s not at work, he enjoys spending time with my family and friends at the beach and driving race cars. He also volunteers with the Sunset High School Football Dads Club and the Oregon Emergency Medical Technicians Association.
Mike Day
“Our mission is to provide high-integrity leadership, always acting from the client’s perspective. We listen and then lead from humility with kindness and empathy, always speaking truth to create a culture of honor and respect.”
Sarah Oaks
Studying architecture, Sarah was drawn towards understanding how users’ needs could be solved by their environments, exploring space programming dilemmas (especially in historic buildings), and conceiving buildable projects. Starting her career with a K-12 school district working on capital projects and sustainability initiatives, she quickly learned how to act on behalf of her client and how to be part of the client. Working as an owner’s rep has been a fantastic fit, allowing Sarah to combine those early aspirations—bringing human-centered spaces to life and solving problems that can’t be fixed by the building alone—and expand her client and project base. Sarah loves the collaborative team culture: from delivering exceptional service to our clients to supporting each other’s professional development. We have an incredible wealth of diverse subject matter experts to learn from and grow with. “I am inspired by the entrepreneurial, ‘can do’ drive that unifies every individual I’ve met at Otak. We are a community that actively pursues ‘better’ whenever possible for our practice, relationships, and company.”