Kimberly Watanabe

Professor of Practice, Construction Engineering

My expertise lays in planning, design, construction, project/program management, and asset management for heavy civil infrastructure. Some of my most rememorable projects that I have worked on are renovating Denver’s City Park, creating New Taxiway EE at Denver International Airport, developing RTD’s West Line and updating Denver’s Justice Center. 

Education

• MS, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
• BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• AS, Engineering Technology, Leeward Community College

Professional Experience

• Supervisor, HNTB Corporation, 2024 – 2025
• Manager, City & County of Denver – DIA, 2014 – 2024
• Supervisor/Manager, City & County of Denver – Public Works, 2001 – 2014
• Project work, Kiewit Corporation, 1998

Teaching Experience

• PM Software short courses, HNTB, 2025
• Denver Business Development Training Academy, 2025
• Denver Academy summer camp, 2018-2020
• Mentoring, 2010 – 2025
• Leeward Community College tutor, 1990-92

Presentations

• 2024 WTE at School of Mines – Co-presented on career opportunities for engineers at Denver International Airport.
• 2011 APWA National Congress – Presented on Alternative Delivery Methods for Public Works
• 2011 National Association of Counties – Central Webinar Series – Presented in a webinar for Denver’s Green Infrastructure
• 2006 Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers – Annual Conference – Presented on Comparison of Stream Guage Data