Corporate Bios
JMC2 has amassed a team of highly successful and knowledgeable individuals, all of whom have significant achievements in their respective fields.
Executive Team:
John M. Cruikshank, PE, President and CEO
Janet Magrini, Vice President, Finance
Salim Sioufi, Director, Civil Engineering
Dave Hopkins, Sr. Project Architect
John M. Cruikshank, PE, President and CEO
John Cruikshank’s drive and ambition to create an engineering firm that is client-centric and delivers complete satisfaction is at the heart of JMC2. His vision began in 1996, and still is today, to create a civil engineering, surveying and architecture firm that listens to its clients and delivers quality projects on-time and in-budget. Today that vision has flourished into a high-performing firm that has experienced continual growth from its inception.
John began his professional career with Caltrans, Tudor Engineering Company, and Alpha Engineering Company. Serving primarily as a Project Civil Engineer, he worked with architects, developers, public works agencies and contractors preparing reports and construction plans for numerous important projects throughout California. John has extensive working knowledge in the preparation of master plans, land development and transportation construction documents, contract specifications, cost estimates, and peer reviews.
John holds a Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering and Master of Science, Engineering Management from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His professional registrations include Registered Civil Engineer in California, Florida, Hawaii and Arizona.
Janet D. Magrini, Vice President, Finance
Janet Magrini is JMC2’s guiding light into fiscal responsibility having responsibility for the daily accounting functions and cash management. She is a major force behind the adoption of the Company’s project management and accounting software system. Janet’s benefits also range to the operational side of JMC2 having a major role in the continuing improvement of the Company’s policies, procedures and overall control environment.
Janet’s impressive financial management and accounting background includes a variety of positions in public accounting firms providing financial statement audits for a diversified group of clientele. Her experience also includes controller positions at various private industry companies where her responsibilities included directing the accounting function, preparing monthly financial statements, cash flow analysis, fiscal year budgeting and coordination of financial statement and compliance audits.
Janet earned her CPA from the State of California. She holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from California State University, Chico.
Salim B. Sioufi, Director of Civil Engineering
Salim Sioufi is the motivational leader of JMC2’s civil engineering team. He is directly responsible for the Company’s excellent customer satisfaction rating as well as our on-time and in-budget performance. Under Salim’s guidance, JMC2’s engineering team has grown to over nine civil engineers.
Salim has over ten years of experience in both civil and structural engineering plus equivalent time in construction management. He began his career as a technical project engineer performing seismic and detail analysis on supports and foundations for vessels at various petrochemical plants. Salim also worked for a contractor as a project engineer developing means and methods for structural steel erection plans. Other relevant experience includes the Quality Control Manager for Navy projects with a government contractor.
Salim holds a Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, and a Masters in Civil Engineering both from UCLA and a Masters in Construction Management from University of Southern California. He is affiliated with the American Society of Civil Engineers, Urban Land Institute and Structural Engineers Association of Southern California.
Dave Hopkins, Sr. Project Architect
Dave Hopkins is in charge of all architecture activities at JMC2. He has more than 48 years of architectural experience providing design, estimating, and construction oversight services for residential, public agency, commercial, industrial, and educational projects. He has been the Principal of his own architecture and planning firm for more than 30 years. The knowledge and expertise Dave brings to JMC2 is tremendous and it makes us a larger player in the professional services market. His projects include multi-use city block planning, new and remodeled single family residences, corporate recreation center, retail/commercial shopping centers, industrial complexes, banks, art galleries, commercial kitchens, warehouses, bus depots, schools, offices, large subdivisions, hotels, bars, apartments, and public facilities.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and holds architect’s licenses in California and Colorado along with the NCARB certification. He is also an accomplished artist (oil, pastel, and watercolor) with his works currently being shown in private collections throughout the U.S.