KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Agnes Otto has been hired as transportation director within the Transportation Group at Burns & McDonnell.

As transportation director, Otto will drive strategy and client and people development while delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions to our client base. Her innovative approach and career in engineering delivery and applied technologies further enables Burns & McDonnell to support big infrastructure projects, aligning people development with technology integration to more efficiently deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.

Otto previously led a multistate regional transportation practice, where she was responsible for growth and delivery of engineering and planning services. She brings a passion for developing and mentoring people and helping them develop their career trajectories while aligning successful business practices.

“Agnes is a strategic thinker and has a great ability to integrate technology into the engineering and construction business,” says Michael DeBacker, vice president and leader of the Transportation Group at Burns & McDonnell. “She brings a keen sense of people development and will be an excellent champion for our employee-owners.”

"I am thrilled to take on this role with Burns & McDonnell,” Otto says. “To be working with a firm so grounded in employee ownership and people development and to be able to align that people-centric philosophy with the ability to integrate so many new and useful technologies like digital delivery, data analytics, and smart vehicle infrastructure opens a future full of new ways to support our clients.”

Otto is LEED AP certified and earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Rockhurst University. She also participated in the Kansas City Tomorrow leadership program through the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City. Otto has supported the American Council of Engineering Companies liaison committees in both Kansas and Missouri. She is on the regional investment strategies subcommittee for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Big 5 Transportation Initiative.

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