Monday, February 3, 2014

New Member Spotlight: Tamara Savinas

Tamara Savinas
Kiewit Building Group

Tamara is the proposal / marketing coordinator for Kiewet Building Group, which is the vertical construction arm of Kiewet Corporation, a fortune 500 construction and engineering firm. The firm provides pre-construction and post construction services for projects in a wide variety of market segments.

Tamara is a French citizen, born in Thailand and raised around the world (Africa, Middle East, South America, and France.) She received her Bachelor's degree with a double major in marketing and entrepreneurship from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Her career has been mostly in marketing, but last year she decided to go to the field to understand the core of our business and worked as a Document Control Manager on a large project in Kitimat, British Columbia. She just moved back to Austin approximately four months ago.

Tamara is enjoying discovering everything Austin has to offer since it is a brand new city to her. She enjoys dancing, snowboarding, muay thai, traveling, and of course being around family and friends.

Tamara enjoys SMPS for the opportunities to meet other marketing professionals, as well as the networking and learning opportunities the group has to offer.

Please say hello to Tamara when you see her at SMPS events!

February Luncheon: Show me the money!

Show me the Money! A Primer on Public Higher Education Funding

The first question we should all ask when pursuing a public higher ed project is, "how is it funded?" Dave Dixon will provide us with a primer on the different funding mechanisms available to projects of public higher ed institutions and what the limitations and pitfalls may be for each one. Questions such as, "What are PUFs and who can use them," and "What projects can get TRB funding?" will be answered. David will also give us an overview of upcoming projects for the University of Texas System. 

SPEAKER
David Dixon
Executive Director of Program Management 

WHEN
February 11, 2014
11:30 - 1:00

WHERE
University of Texas Club, President's Room

REGISTRATION
Members: $35
Non-members: $55