VP Position

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Dennis Biegel – Dennis Biegel has spent his 21 year career dedicated to the inspection, design, construction and testing of movable bridge machinery systems.  He has been involved in movable bridge projects of all kinds for clients across the United States and internationally, and his range of expertise extends to other kinds of heavy movable structures, including inspection travelers, movable stadium roofs, flood gates, ferry slips and railroad turntables.  Having fallen in to the movable bridge world accidentally after graduating with his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cooper Union, he hasn’t looked back since and has been a passionate supporter of for the needs of these structures with his clients and an advocate for technical excellence with his staff and colleagues.  Mr. Biegel has served as STV Incorporated’s chief mechanical engineer for movable bridge projects since he was hired in 2006.  Over his time at STV, his role has grown to project engineering, project management, management and supervision of movable bridge staff, national marketing, and assisting the development and implementation of the company’s short term and strategic goals in the movable bridge market.  These roles allow him to work closely with STV’s local bridge staff and business units leaders and to help them further develop and expand their relationships with their clients through movable bridge related projects.  Mr. Biegel has been attending Heavy Movable Structures Symposia regularly since 2008.  Inspired by the dedication and exuberance that he has seen first-hand at these events from the officers and participants, he hopes to be able to give something back to the industry that he feels has given him so much.

Jon Henrichsen – Jon Henrichsen is the Bridge Services Manager for the Multnomah County Bridge Section which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 4 large movable bridges and two fixed bridges over the Willamette River in Portland Oregon. Jon has been with the County Bridge Section for 27 years during which time he designed and programmed PLC based control systems for all four movable bridges and managed the construction of the replacement of both fixed bridges, in addition to working on many other electrical, mechanical, and structural projects.  Jon is currently on the NCHRP T12-112 panel overseeing the development of the new edition of the AASHTO LRFD Movable Highway Bridge Design Specifications and was recently appointed to the AASHTO Technical Committee for Movable Bridges.  Jon has a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, both from Portland State University, and is a licensed PE in both electrical and mechanical engineering in the State of Oregon. Jon attended his first HMS Symposium in 1996, and with the exception of 1998, has attended every symposium since then. Jon is currently a HMS Board member.

Jorge Leon – Jorge Leon, PE currently serves as STV’s Director of Operations for the South Florida market is responsible for the overall day to day activities of STV’s Miami office. His duty includes all phases of project delivery from the planning phases to construction support and shop and field testing. Mr. Leon has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from FIU and has been continually involved with movable bridge design and inspection since the beginning of his career in 1995.   Mr. Leon’s bridge electrical engineering career started at Hardesty and Hanover, before transitioning to Transystems, and finally joining STV in 2013 as STV’s chief electrical engineer/office manager. During the past 23 years, he has been responsible for developing client relations with FDOT and local Cities and counties. He has been responsible for expanding STV’s overall transportation practice in South Florida for the past 5 years which includes rail/highways/bridges, ports, airports, municipalities, program management, asset management, general engineering consultancy, and construction administration. Mr. Leon has been responsible for managing and designing power distribution systems, lightning protection, instrumentation, programmable logic controller (PLC)-based systems, motor-drive systems, remote monitoring, automation, roadway lighting, and traffic control for movable bridge projects. Mr. Leon has also provided electrical engineering for commercial, residential, industrial, aviation and educational facilities. Jorge is an active member of AREMA committee 15 and, along with other committee members, he is currently working on the development of a major update to the AREMA Chapter 15 Electrical and Mechanical Design guidelines for rail movable bridges.