“We believe that teamwork and professionalism are the keys to success”
Treinen’s business analysts and IT consultants enter each engagement as a trusted partner with our clients to bring objectivity and a drive to deliver the highest level of quality services in the industry. Our team is passionate about what we do. We have a broad cross-section of technology, operations, and business skills combined with a deep understanding across numerous segments of the public sector. Our leadership team of seasoned practitioners works closely with each consultant to ensure their careers are aligned to their goals, invests and rewards in professional and personal growth, and provides collegial support and mentoring.
QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED
When it comes to choosing a business partner – experience counts. Treinen consultants’ experience is demonstrated not only on paper (certifications and degrees) and numbers (years of experience), but also in the breadth of experience we have in subject matters in nearly every sector from agriculture to zoology.
Our people have experience helping clients with planning, designing, and implementing a range of IT systems from the largest international firms to custom-built applications by niche or specialty companies.
We have been involved in every stage of the project development life cycle, including:
Options analysis
Policy research
Procurement and acquisition processes (RFPs, RFIs, RFQQs, etc.)
Requirements gathering and analysis
Design and development
Solution testing
Implementation
We are passionate about our profession and increasing our knowledge of the industry and best practices. Our team is involved in the Project Management Institute (PMI) by volunteering, attending conferences and regularly presenting at monthly meetings. We have Scrum and Prosci certified staff, as well as staff accepted into the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Thought Leadership Team (TLT).
“Make sure your teams are working well together, both externally and internally, so that they are not afraid to raise their hand and ask questions, to raise concerns, and also to help each other for that team cohesion.”
Senior Project Manager and Director at Treinen, Neil Smith, reflects back on his 30 years as a PM and how that experience has enabled him to support his team and be an effective leader.
TEAM-FOCUSED
Treinen’s core value is teamwork – internally with each other and externally by teaming with our clients.
Our consultants support each other. We learn from each experience and share our lessons learned to grow our collective knowledge and bring best practices to our clients.
When a client selects Treinen to partner with them in their endeavors, they are not only gaining the experience of the named consultants, but the experience and backing of the entire firm.
WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS ARE SAYING:
“Every day, the enthusiasm we bring to our careers at Treinen and the support we show for one another makes me proud to be part of this organization.”
“Treinen hires its talent very carefully, ensuring that the new hires are the right people for Treinen and for its clients – they have the skills, experience, and personal and professional dimensions that our clients value.”
“This company has a breadth of experience beyond any company I’ve worked for. The willingness to share this knowledge with other consultants to help make everyone successful is very unique to Treinen.”
“I value that leadership trusts me to do my job, but also provides me support. It’s nice to have that secure feeling that all I have to do is pick up the phone and know that Treinen is there to help.”
MEET THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
WILL TREINEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
“Our reputation is solid because of our success in delivering for our clients every time. Whether we deliver projects under legislative and federally mandated timelines; work to ensure consistent and improved services to the people of the state; or lead our clients through significant change; we consistently hear that they trust us to help them through the process.”
Will set out on his own in 2001 during one of the darkest economic times for our country, charting the path for what has become Treinen Associates today. He has more than 25 years of experience in policy development and program planning; project management; systems design and implementation; business process re-engineering; strategic planning; procurement and business operations.
In the office, you’ll usually find Will at someone’s desk discussing a project situation or how a consultant can help a client. He is passionate about solving problems with communications and transparency.
Will enjoys gardening, hiking, climbing and spending time with his family and dog. In recent years, he’s become an avid cyclist, and has participated in three Seattle to Portland bike races. He lives in Olympia with his wife Denise and enjoy spending time with his two grown daughters and grandchildren.
JOE RUETER, SENIOR IT DIRECTOR
“A collaborative approach and establishing trust are critical to the success of any project. We use these as a foundation to understanding our clients’ needs and striving for continuous improvement as people and with technology for our clients and their customers.”
Joe has over 35 years of experience in Information Technology. He has held a variety of technical as well as executive positions in his career. He has served as the project manager on several major technology projects in a variety of industries including defense, law enforcement, federal and state government. His project portfolio includes experience in finance, logistics, human resources, healthcare, education, social services, workforce development and transportation.
As Senior IT Director at Treinen, his focus is on technical project management and helping expand the business into areas such as architecture, application development and other technically-focused specialties.
Joe and his wife Tami live in Prosser, Washington in the heart of Washington wine country and share their home with an extremely spoiled dog.
ERICA VAN OGLE, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Erica joined Treinen after 12 years with Washington State government agencies in multiple contract oversight, and procurement and project management roles within Health and Human Services, General Services, and Tax and Revenue—bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in state government and coordination.
Here at Treinen, Erica leads the Business Development team in opportunity discovery and tracking, proposal management, client relationship management, and consultant tracking and recruitment. She works closely with Account Managers and other Business Development team members in expanding Treinen’s services across the United States, and creating long-term relationships with our clients.
Erica and her family live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and enjoy all things outdoors – rain, snow or shine.
NEIL SMITH, DIRECTOR
Neil has over 33 years of IT and business experience in industries including federal, state and local government, health insurance, health care, telecommunications, utilities, services, retail, manufacturing and high-tech. He has led and managed projects in various roles including Senior Project Manager (where he managed infrastructure, application development, testing and business transformation programs), Developer, Technical Leader, Business Leader, and Team Leader.
As a Director at Treinen, he focuses on project management and supporting other Treinen resources to maintain and grow the skills and experience to best serve our clients and partners.
Neil and his wife Ros live in Olympia, WA.
ROB ST. JOHN, STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Rob St. John brings over 30 years of progressive leadership experience in state government information technology operations and project delivery to Treinen. Having served in cabinet level positions for the largest agency in state government Rob was invited to serve on the executive cabinet for both Governors Gregoire and Inslee as the Director for central technology services for the state.
Rob's insights into the mission driven work of government as well as the processes to delivery successful technology projects have been invaluable in his state government career as well as here at Treinen. Additionally, he assists our Business Development team with recruitment and further networking within both Washington state and across the nation.
When not working Rob can either be found touring the country on his motorcycle or with a guitar in his hand at a local music venue.
KATHY WALKER, SENIOR DIRECTOR/ACCOUNT MANAGER
Kathy Walker has over 30 years of Information Technology experience, primarily working with multimillion-dollar applications development programs driving large scale global teams to implement successful programs and business outcomes. Kathy’s expertise in program and project management came early in her career as she worked to establish global development centers that supported all areas of custom applications development. Kathy has worked on business transitions and transformations, application modernizations from mainframe or legacy systems to cloud-based solutions, and in numerous industry sectors including travel and transportation, energy, automotive and manufacturing, high technology, healthcare and state and local governments.
As a Senior Director of Account Management at Treinen, Kathy is focused on driving results for Team Treinen and our clients.
Kathy enjoys most everything outdoors, having grown up in Michigan and now lives with her husband Doug near Winter Park, Colorado.
MEGAN PILON, SENIOR DIRECTOR/ACCOUNT MANAGER
“Megan has strong commitment and passion to ensuring service delivery is maintained at the highest levels for our clients.”
Megan has over 30 years of experience in Information Technology, and over 25 years working with Washington State agencies. She is an expert project manager and has extensive experience with Washington State high-profile projects and understands what it takes to deliver projects. Megan has worked as a state employee, as a consultant for the state, and in service delivery, allowing her to see different perspectives for project delivery.
As Senior Director and Account Manager at Treinen, Megan is focused on service delivery and providing our clients with what they need to be successful.
Megan and her husband, Lee, are long-time Olympians where they enjoy spending time with family and friends.
RENEE MARTIN, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Before serving as Treinen’s Director of Finance, Renee Martin has worked as a receptionist, a medical records supervisor, a cruise ship engineer, and an automotive operations leader before finally landing at Treinen as a staff accountant. Now as head of Finance, Renee provides Treinen with budget advisory and projections for our ever-expanding clientele and staff across the country. She manages both internal auditing and multi-state small business compliance while heading all other financial and administrative duties and staff.
Renee enjoys collaborating with all staff, problem solving, working on fiscal projection models, and financial analysis. She finds that the most gratifying part of her position is that it allows her to advise and help people.
She enjoys riding her horses in the woods with her husband, training her German Shepherds in IGP (formerly known as Schutzhund), snowboarding, waterskiing, backpacking, watching baseball, and traveling around the world at time allows.
