Stauthamer joins Thornton Tomasetti as chief HR officer

New York, NY According to Thornton Tomasetti, Daniel Stauthamer has joined the firm as chief human resources officer. He brings 15 years of human resources experience in the engineering and construction industry in the U.S. and internationally. 

Based in the firm’s Madison Ave. office, Stauthamer will lead Thornton Tomasetti’s human resources team and the development of an HR strategy that enables business growth. He is responsible for such areas as talent acquisition and retention, employee experience, inclusion and diversity and organizational development. 

He has led human resources teams through merger and acquisitions integration and the establishment of new offices. He managed start-up and staffing of international mega-projects related to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the relocation of the U.S. military garrison in Yongsan, South Korea. 

Prior to joining Thornton Tomasetti, Stauthamer was a divisional HR leader at Jacobs overseeing parts of North and South America. He also spent more than 10 years at CH2M, where he served as the human resources director for the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and is on track to receive an executive MBA from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in May 2019. 

Raymond Daddazio, EngScD, P.E., F.EMI, president, Thornton Tomasetti, said, “In collaboration with our senior leadership, Dan will merge our long-term business goals with his track record of results-oriented human resource strategies. His expertise will undoubtedly reinforce and strengthen the firm’s culture, purpose and values.”