David J. Nash, engineering and construction company executive, retired military officer. Named one of Top 25 Newsmakers, Engineering News-Record, 2004; recipient Henry L. Michel award for Industry Advancement of Research, 2001, John I. Parcel-Leif J. Sverdrup award for Civil Engineering Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004, Golden Eagle award, Society of America Military Engineers, 2005, Golden Beaver award, 2005.
Education
Student in Executive Progressive, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Indiana Institute of Technology.
Master of Science in Finance Management, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1977.
Career
Advanced through ranks to rear admiral United States Navy, Commander, Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, California, Commander, Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Command, Commander, naval facilities engineering, chief civil engineers. With Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services, director, automotive & industrial division. Progressive director, technical center campus General Motors, Warren, Michigan.
Project consultant Dave Nash & Associates, LLC. President PB buildings, 2002. Director Iraq Progressive Management Office, 2003—2004, Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, 2004, Project and Contracting Office, 2004.
Chairman Bachelor of Engineering&K Federal Group, LLC. Vice president, government operations Bachelor of Engineering&K, 2003—2004, president, government group Birmingham, Alabama, since 2004.
Membership
Member of National Academy Construction, National Academy of Engineering.