Johnson Named Area Manager of VTX

July 28, 2008/Baltimore, Md.: Shawn E. Johnson, Q.E.I. was recently named area manager of Vertical Transportation Excellence (VTX) Baltimore and Washington, D.C. offices. VTX, an elevator and escalator consulting firm, serves aviation, education, government, healthcare, commercial, retail, recreation, and public transit clients across the United States.

With 26 years of engineering, design, and project management experience, Johnson is responsible for developing design solutions, supporting contract documents, performing detailed installation and equipment inspections, reviewing contractual submittals, and evaluating design change orders.

Johnson has had numerous noteworthy accomplishments. He was awarded most modernization orders in North America (Kone) in 2006 and largest portfolio growth in Pacific Coast Region (Schindler) in 2003. Johnson has served as District Manager and Regional Modernization Operation Manager on both the east and west coast.

Johnson is a registered qualified elevator inspector (Q.E.I.), as well as a member of the National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities International, American Institute of Architects of Baltimore, Building Owners and Managers Association of Baltimore, and the Executives Association of Baltimore, Inc.

VTX operates as a division of Gannett Fleming, an international planning, design, and construction management firm.