Vikram Vithal Rajadhyaksha

Vice President

Vikram Vithal Rajadhyaksha (Raj) currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DLZ Corporation, which was established in 1989. DLZ Corporation, the largest privately-owned A/E firm in Ohio, is the parent company for all the acquired companies. Much of Raj s time is now spent planning for continued growth and expansion in the U.S. and internationally. From six employees in 1979, Raj now has responsibility for over 600 full-time employees, with offices in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and throughout India.

Raj is a registered Professional Engineer in twelve states in the United States. He began his career with G.K. Jewell and Associates, a geotechnical engineering consulting firm. While there, he served as a project engineer for many types of projects, including highways, dams, waste disposal facilities, and high-rise buildings.

Raj developed specialized expertise in the design and construction of earthen dams. After the passage of the Ohio Dam Inspection law, he began working for a regulatory agency of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, where he served as head of Dam Safety. He was given project management and administrative responsibilities in conducting safety inspections, geotechnical investigations, hydraulic and hydrologic studies, design of new dams, and rehabilitation of existing dams.

In 1979, Raj took advantage of an opportunity to purchase controlling interest in a local engineering firm, Dodson-Lindblom Associates, Inc. As President of the Company, much of the task of marketing to the government sector became his responsibility. He was initially involved in many of the civil engineering projects completed by the firm, with special emphasis placed on water resources, hydrology, and hydraulics.

Raj actively participates in several professional organizations, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Society of American Military Engineers, the US Committee on Large Dams, the US India Business Council, and the US Hydropower Council for International Development. Raj is a past board member of the US India Business Council and the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees.

Raj received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1990. Raj received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from the University of Cincinnati in June 2000.

He received his Bachelor s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and his Master s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, where he received his Master s Degree in Civil Engineering.

Raj was awarded the Maxell Award in 2012 International Entrepreneurship by the Government of Maharashtra, India.

Raj is an avid collector of contemporary Indian art and has one of the largest collections of this artistic genre in the United States. He enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family and friends.

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