The consultant management series is led and/or hosted by Carrie Bristoll-Groll, PE, ENV SP, Executive Vice President, Engineering Services Division of AQUALIS.  Carrie has 30 years of experience in civil engineering, 21 of which was as the owner of Stormwater Solutions Engineering, LLC (SSE), a certified Small- and Woman-owned Business. SSE was acquired by AQUALIS in 2023, leading SSE into its next generation as the Engineering Services Division for the national stormwater maintenance and restoration company. In the early days of SSE, Carrie was also a student of the MMSD Business Capacity Development Program training sessions, completing the cycle of student to trainer.

For the 2024 Program, the curriculum will be geared to winning work with MMSD.  A new emphasis will be presented on the business use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) where appropriate within each topic. Carrie will prepare sessions on topics that her company has focused on to advance the business and focus on core aspects. These topics will be held in 6 sessions that are consultant specific, but the beauty of combining the contractor/consultant program will allow more cross-marketing and connection.

On July 20, 2023 we hosted a contractor & consultant panel discussion network event with two previous or current SWMBE firms that have experience starting, growing, and maintaining successful businesses. With a combination of preplanned questions from our facilitators and questions from our audience, we asked our panel guests how they have done it as successful business owners. Topics of discussion included company structure, business development, software, staffing, accounting, past struggles, or anything pertinent to starting and growing a business. This course offers the recorded questions and answers of this event.

This track is geared toward contractors wishing to hone their skills in estimating, bidding, and project management.  This track includes training videos that follow the 6-part in-person construction management seminar series.  Each in-person seminar is broken down into smaller subtopics that allow participants to revisit seminar topics at their own pace.