ATT00001 ATT00002 ATT00003 Jon_Tapping.docx Jon Tapping · Jon is a transportation executive, professional civil engineer, and risk manager with a transportation program management career that spans over 30 years · including management positions in project management, design, maintenance, and mega-project construction.  · Currently Jon is the Director of Risk Management and Project Controls for the $68 billion California High Speed Rail Program. · He manages and directs all aspects of a comprehensive risk management program for the California High Speed Rail Authority.  · Prior to this position, Jon was the Risk Manager for the $6.3 billion seismic retrofit and replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB). · Under his leadership, the SFOBB risk management program was recognized by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program for effective and innovative risk management practices.  · In recognition of Jon's many risk management accomplishments and innovations, the National Transportation Research Board enlisted him to participate on a committee developing guidance on risk management projects nationwide. · Jon is the recipient of several awards for innovation in project management, construction management and risk management practices -- most notably: the 2011 Charles H. Purcell Award for his risk management accomplishments. The Award recognizes a single California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) engineering manager’s outstanding contributions to transportation program management. LMU_SELP_694_Memo_Sample_(1).docx MEMO <indicate, First Submission, Second Submission, or Final Submission> FROM: <insert student name> TO: Professor Poladian, Instructor SELP 694, LMU DATE: <insert date> SUBJECT: Memo on <insert speaker name>, <insert title of speaker’s presentation in quotes> On February XX, 2015 in the SELP 694 Seminar Class, Mr. XYZ presented a lecture entitled “Systems Engineering LMU SE Seminar Class.” Mr. XYZ is currently the Vice President of ABC Corp. Mr. XYZ graduated from XYZ University and joined the US Navy to work in various intelligence positions and travelled throughout the world. Mr. XYZ described the typical career path for a systems engineer including the expectations and responsibilities of the various positions. Furthermore, Mr. XYZ shared the different aspects of business sizes and how to develop new business in both the commercial and government arenas. Mr. XYZ started off the seminar with a concept called “MATTESS,” which stands for “Money, Advancement, Travel, Training, Experience, Satisfaction, and Security.” The concept states that an employee is motivated to do their best work by at least one of the aforementioned items. System engineers usually promote themselves out of a job, which includes the transition to engineering management, then managing engineering, then program management, and finally business development. Transitioning to engineering management requires go ...

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Jon Tapping
· Jon is a transportation executive, professional civil engineer,
and risk manager with a transportation program management
career that spans over 30 years
· including management positions in project management,
design, maintenance, and mega-project construction.
· Currently Jon is the Director of Risk Management and Project
Controls for the $68 billion California High Speed Rail
Program.
· He manages and directs all aspects of a comprehensive risk
management program for the California High Speed Rail
Authority.
· Prior to this position, Jon was the Risk Manager for the $6.3
billion seismic retrofit and replacement of the San Francisco–
Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB).
· Under his leadership, the SFOBB risk management program
was recognized by the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program for effective and innovative risk management
practices.
· In recognition of Jon's many risk management
accomplishments and innovations, the National Transportation
Research Board enlisted him to participate on a committee
developing guidance on risk management projects nationwide.

2. · Jon is the recipient of several awards for innovation in project
management, construction management and risk management
practices -- most notably: the 2011 Charles H. Purcell Award
for his risk management accomplishments. The Award
recognizes a single California Department of Transportation’s
(Caltrans) engineering manager’s outstanding contributions to
transportation program management.
LMU_SELP_694_Memo_Sample_(1).docx
MEMO
<indicate, First Submission, Second Submission, or Final
Submission>
FROM: <insert student name>
TO: Professor Poladian, Instructor SELP 694, LMU
DATE: <insert date>
SUBJECT: Memo on <insert speaker name>, <insert title of
speaker’s presentation in quotes>
On February XX, 2015 in the SELP 694 Seminar Class, Mr.
XYZ presented a lecture entitled “Systems Engineering LMU
SE Seminar Class.” Mr. XYZ is currently the Vice President of
ABC Corp. Mr. XYZ graduated from XYZ University and
joined the US Navy to work in various intelligence positions
and travelled throughout the world.
Mr. XYZ described the typical career path for a systems
engineer including the expectations and responsibilities of the
various positions. Furthermore, Mr. XYZ shared the different
aspects of business sizes and how to develop new business in
both the commercial and government arenas.
Mr. XYZ started off the seminar with a concept called

3. “MATTESS,” which stands for “Money, Advancement, Travel,
Training, Experience, Satisfaction, and Security.” The concept
states that an employee is motivated to do their best work by at
least one of the aforementioned items. System engineers usually
promote themselves out of a job, which includes the transition
to engineering management, then managing engineering, then
program management, and finally business development.
Transitioning to engineering management requires good
communication and motivational skills. In addition,
transitioning to managing engineering requires the
understanding of corporate goals as well as management of
budgets, schedules, requirements, and business strategy
development. Furthermore, transitioning to program
management requires successful budget, schedule, requirements,
and new business development as well as providing key
interactions with the customer. Lastly, transitioning to business
development requires a good understanding of how business is
generated, engaging customers and competitors, helping the
customer sell the solution, find funding, and finally keeping the
program sold. Mr. XYZ described the different business sizes
including the large-sized businesses such as Lockheed Martin
and Northrop Grumman, medium-sized businesses such as
Honeywell and Rockwell Collins, and finally small-sized
businesses, which are the largest growing market segments
relied upon by the government and large-sized businesses.
Mr. XYZ’s presentation made me realize that satisfaction is
what motivates me to do my best work as a subcontracts
manager at my company. Furthermore, my position allows me to
transition into my company’s business development area and I
found Mr. XYZ’s presentation useful in helping me achieve my
promotion goal into this new area.
I found the speaker very engaging and I appreciated his
openness with his personal life which allowed the audience to
connect more with him on a personal level. I also appreciated

4. the information he shared about the current and future financial
situation of the nation that allowed us to remain optimistic
about our future business and security.
SELP_694_Guidelines_(2).docx
Memo Guidelines
· Memos should summarize the content of the lecturer’s
presentation. Pretend you are writing to a boss or colleague
when you write about the contents of the speech.
· Use proper grammar and mechanics. By the time you submit
the final draft to the professor, there should be no grammar,
spelling, or mechanical mistakes. It is both your job and mine to
make sure that you are submitting a coherent, intelligent, and
well-written paper after each speaker.
· Before you turn in the final copy, you will email the first two
rough drafts of your memo to me.
Memo Timeline
· 1. The first draft you will turn in will be due the Saturday at 5
pm following the presentation to [email protected]. If you turn
it in even a minute late, I will only give you one round of edits
rather than two. This will affect your grade!
· 2. I will return your papers back to you by Monday morning
with my suggested edits.
· 3. You will revise your paper again with my edits and send it
to me by Tuesday at 5 pm. I will give you one more round of
edits by Wednesday at 5 pm, and then you will have to edit your
paper one more time before you submit it to the professor on
Thursday.
Grading Criteria
· Proper spelling
· Subject-verb agreement
· Word choice—did you use the correct word and demonstrate

5. that you have a grasp on tone and language?
· Format
· All papers must be in Times New Roman font, size 12.
· One inch margins
· Approximately 500-750 words
· Professionalism.
· Avoid slang and colloquial phrases
Scott Jarvis
Deputy Chief Program Manager
California High-Speed Rail Authority
As Deputy Chief Program Manager for the California High-
Speed Rail Authority, Scott Jarvis
provides oversight for project delivery functions, transportation
and commercial planning, right-of-
way, and environmental planning for the statewide high-speed
rail system.
Jarvis comes to the Authority with extensive background and
knowledge in multiple areas for major

6. transportation projects. He spent 26 years at the California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and
worked in construction and project management, transportation
engineering, contract administration,
claims analysis, and dispute resolution.
He served as Caltrans’ Assistant Chief of Construction and
Principal Transportation Engineer. In that role
he was responsible for overseeing and executing the statewide
construction program, consisting of
approximately 650 projects valued at over $12 billion. He held
several other management positions at
Caltrans including Construction Field Coordinator, Contract
Administration Chief and Claims Engineer.
He also worked as the Construction Manager, Project Manager
and Resident Engineer for Caltrans’
Northern Region.
Jarvis earned B.S. in Civil Engineering from California State
University – Chico.