Oil patch bits: Coffman promotes Matt Stielstra to principal

Petroleum News

Coffman Engineers Inc., a multidiscipline engineering firm, recently announced the promotion of Matt Stielstra, SE, to principal and structural department manager at the Anchorage office. Stielstra joins Will Veelman, a long-time principal, in structural leadership of the Anchorage office as Veelman continues his incredible Coffman career as a principal advisor and a member of Coffman’s executive committee.

Stielstra received his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Oklahoma State University and his Master of Engineering in architectural engineering from Penn State University. He worked at an A/E firm in Springfield, Missouri, his first year after graduate school before moving back to his home state of Alaska and joining Coffman in the fall of 2008. He is a licensed civil engineer in Alaska, a licensed structural engineer in Alaska and Hawaii, and a licensed building systems engineer in Washington.

Stielstra has worked on an array of building and nonbuilding structures for industrial, oil and gas, commercial, and government clients. His notable recent projects include the facility design for one of Alaska’s largest military developments for the F-35 program at Eielson Air Force Base.

He joins six other shareholder promotions company-wide, as well as a leadership change to our board of directors. To read more about Stielstra’s accomplishments and other leaders promoted visit www.coffman.com/leadership/.