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ALUMNIPROFILE
MARCUS THOMAS
(BCE 1994)
MARCUS THOMAS (BCE 1994), PRINCIPAL AT BOLTON & MENK, INC., IS ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED BY YOUNG CIVIL ENGINEERS ENTERING THE FIELD.
MARCUS THOMAS BEGAN HIS CAREER AT BOLTON & MENK AS AN INTERN DURING HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. CEGE MET WITH THOMAS RECENTLY TO HEAR HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD.
Bolton & Menk hired me My philosophy is that if you can help come to a company that’s committed
an individual figure out what they love, they will to do their best work, they will be happy, they will succeed, and the company will succeed. When I inter- view people, I let them know, ‘If you’re the engineer I want to hire, my inten- tion is to get you to retire from Bolton & Menk.’ I think candidates want to
right out of college and I have no intention of leav- ing! The firm let me create my own career within the
company based on what I was good at and what I loved to do. What Bolton & Menk did for me is what I try to do for young engineers and technicians.
to them. We invest a lot into each indi- vidual’s success. And, frankly, it makes good business sense to keep them.
I am very, very encouraged by young engineers coming into the field. They have values conducive to the practice of good civil engineering. They’re look-
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