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Mr. Costello is a highly capable senior executive with over
twenty-five years of experience in the Real Estate industry, including
all sectors of architecture, engineering and construction practices. He
has successfully led several prominent, publicly traded (NYSE and
NASDAQ) multi-disciplined infrastructure and environmental firms at the
CEO/President level. In addition, he has over seven years of experience
in a CFO position. He has been responsible for major strategic
initiatives in areas that include merger/acquisition planning and
negotiations, post-merger integration, joint ventures, privatization and
concessions financing, client partnering, international operations and
design/build teaming. In addition to his overall leadership qualities,
Mr. Costello’s primary strengths include P&L focus, organizational
effectiveness, implementation of growth strategies, and creation of
value from the business. In anticipation of imminent
growth opportunities beyond the $2 billion threshold, AECOM Technology
Corporation recruited Mr. Costello to join as the COO of its Facilities
Group (a $400 million group which includes the Company’s primary
architectural firm, the lead aviation engineering and program management
firm and its private-sector, industrial design/build construction
management firm). He instituted operational performance improvements,
immediately engaged in M&A efforts for expansion of the Company’s
design/build capabilities in the private sector industrial market and
led the way on a critical merger transaction. Mr. Costello was assigned
Corporate Group Chief Executive responsibilities, including several
operating units such as its flagship water/wastewater engineering firm
and primary environmental business management. Working as
a private consultant, primarily in business turnaround situations, Mr.
Costello has worked with several highly regarded business restructuring
firms. He was engaged to analyze and recommend recovery strategy for a
large, but troubled, west coast construction company and assisted in
improving the company’s credit position with its bank and with its
bonding agency. While serving as Division President for a
$1.4 Billion, 8,500 person global engineering services firm, Mr.
Costello merged several of the company’s various operating groups to
form a $400 million, 2,000 person divisional operation. Key clients
included multiple state DOT’s, transit agencies, airports and federal
clients such as EPA, FEMA and DOD. In addition to the P&L function, he
organized and led the company’s most senior business development
managers in federal, industrial and infrastructure markets.
Mr. Costello also served as President and member of the Board of
Directors for a $325 million environmental engineering and construction
services firm with over 2,300 employees and 70 locations in the United
States. The company had just completed a merger, and Mr. Costello
assumed responsibility for all operations of the company as he
implemented merger-related integration activities.
Robert Costello, Jr. earned his BA at Western State
College, Gunnison, Colorado and his MBA at the University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon. He has completed coursework toward a Ph.D. at the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. |
