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Oct 2021
34m 38s

The Secret to Building a Not So Average ...

Anthony Fasano, PE and James Taylor
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In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Ryan Getz, P.E, Managing Partner at WGA Consulting Engineers, about how he grew his civil engineering firm from seven to 50 people, and the role that your staff plays in building a business. Ryan also gets into the importance of reinventing yourself and how […]

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