OUR TEAM
Steve Massetti
Owner/ Program Manager
Steve Massetti, the founder of Massetti Consulting LLC, started the company in 2015. He has approximately 20 years of professional experience in program/project management, civil engineering, construction management, construction claims resolution, and construction project litigation/claims mitigation. Prior to his work as a program manager (since 2007), Steve was a licensed attorney, litigating construction defect and construction contract dispute cases, as well as a registered civil engineer, focused primarily on managing public works construction projects throughout Southern California.
He is currently the consultant Bond Program Manager for the SMMUSD bond program, valued at approximately $1 billion, and has been the program manager for three previous large school bond programs, with an aggregate value of nearly $2 billion, as well as experience managing multiple years’ worth of public works construction projects.
Steve is a LEED Accredited Professional with over 20 years of industry experience in program and project management, civil engineering, construction management, construction claims resolution, and construction project litigation/claims mitigation. He has extensive and comprehensive knowledge and experience in all areas of Educational Facilities Services and Planning.
KEVIN KLAUS
Deputy Program Manager
Kevin Klaus is a California Licensed Civil Engineer with over 20 years of public works project management and engineering design experience and several years of K-12 educational project management experience. Kevin has diverse experience in public works including acting as a program manager, construction management, and project manager in a wide range of different projects from reclaimed water upgrades, storm drain upgrades, and various transportation and infrastructure projects.
Kevin is currently the deputy bond program manager for the Santa Monica Malibu Unified Bond Capital Improvement program, a $400 million program. Other large education projects include serving as project manager overseeing multiple simultaneous projects for the San Bernardino City Unified School District 1.3 Billion K-12 bond program. Kevin has excellent experience in construction and program management and understands the importance of communication in working with a diverse team and working with the client to achieve common goals. Kevin understands the intricacies involved to ensure projects are delivered on schedule, effectively and efficiently.
Alan BraatvedtSamohi Director of Projects
Alan is the Santa Monica High School Director of Projects at the Facility Improvement Projects at Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
BARBARA CHIAVELLI
Senior Design Manager
Barbara has a Master’s in Architecture and is an accomplished planner, project manager and senior design manager who has a proven track record of developing, planning, and executing complex building programs on behalf of various owners, with over 35 years of experience. Barbara’s experience includes her role as a senior design/preconstruction manager, senior planner, planning consultant, and project manager.
She has served SMMUSD, LACCD, and several other private and public clients including the Judicial Council of California Courthouse Construction Program and The Getty Center building project where she was Sr. Project Manager from inception through completion. She currently serves as the SMMUSD senior design manager, overseeing multiple design projects as well as the development of the Malibu Middle and High School campus master plans and the District-wide development of facilities assessments and master plans.
MICHAEL BURKEDesign Manager
Michael is an NCARB certified and licensed California Architect with a 20-year history of working in the architecture & planning industry. He has extensive knowledge with educational/civic projects and the regulatory agencies and requirements associated with those projects. He has broad experience with Educational, Civic, Mixed-Use and Institutional Building types. He has worked in all the roles from planning through construction and understands the unique challenges from project conception through construction.
Michael is currently a Design Manager for the Sana Monica Malibu Unified Bond Capital Improvement Program. In the past he has served as Designer, Project Architect and Construction Administrator on many large scale public and private elementary high school and college campus projects. He is passionate about sustainable building practices and applies that experience into all projects throughout the District.
Veronica RuvalcabaContract Manager/Program Administrator
Veronica has worked in the Architectural industry for 13 years and has joined our team as a Contract Manager/Program Administrator at SMMUSD.
Kelcey DavisMarketing Coordinator
Kelcey Davis has worked in many aspects of business management, community outreach and communication. She currently works as a Project Coordinator for SMMUSD Facilities Improvement Projects.
Julian CapataCEQA/Entitlements Manager
Julian Capata is a Senior Project Manager, with 16 years of technical, supervisory, project and client management experience in the preparation and management of CEQA documentation, with an emphasis on K-14 Facilities. As a project manager and technical lead on NEPA and CEQA documents, Julian assures document compliance with applicable regulations and accuracy of environmental assessments, including budget, schedule, invoicing, QA/QC and management of consultants.
Training and Professional Development
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
With regard to professional development and training, Massetti Consulting pays for employee memberships to CASH and CMAA and encourages employees to attend seminars and training sessions with those and other organizations to keep up with the latest trends and changes in the industry. We also partially fund further education opportunities for our employees in order to ensure that we have the most qualified candidates available.
EMPLOYEE CREDENTIALS
We value the desire for our clients to work with teams with high-level credentials.
We employ and subcontract professionals with the following credentials based on each individual projects needs:
- Professional Engineers
- Certified Construction Managers
- Registered Architects
- Project Management Professionals
- Certified Professional Estimators
- Chartered Quantity Surveyors
- Certified Cost Consultants
- Design-Build Professionals
- Planning & Scheduling Professionals
- LEED Accredited Professionals
Hiring Philosophy
Massetti Consulting’s experience gained while managing large school bond programs while employed with a very large prior employer, has honed our team’s ability to pick the right people for the right jobs to properly staff projects or positions.
We believe that the real key to success for these services is not just the ability to do the work, since many companies and individuals could adequately perform these roles, but rather the company’s ability to locate, hire, and retain talented employees who can perform and shine. Massetti Consulting has been successful identifying and hiring qualified professionals, and to date has had a 100% success rate in keeping them.