Matthew Pfund, who began working at Tarlton Corp., St. Louis, as an engineering intern in 1995, was promoted to senior vice president. Pfund will be responsible for company operations and directing Tarlton team projects.
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Matthew Pfund, senior vice president at Tarlton Corp. |
Pfund is project director of the Olin Business School Expansion at Washington University in St. Louis, and recently served as vice president at Tarlton. He directed two highly visible construction projects in St. Louis: the 200,000-square-foot Saint Louis Art Museum expansion and the new Center for Outpatient Health at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Pfund also advanced Tarlton’s productivity improvement initiatives and managed the firm’s TEAM equipment and maintenance facility.
Pfund played a key role on more than 30 Tarlton projects at Washington University, including the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center and the Washington University School of Medicine.
Dirk Elsperman, chief operating officer at Tarlton, says Pfund’s reputation in the construction industry derived from his efforts for project excellence. “In addition to his strengths as an engineer, he is a highly motivated team member who applies his drive and determination to everything he does,” Elsperman says.
Previously at Tarlton, Pfund was a project engineer for the Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Facility, City of St. Louis Water Division, the Saint Louis Zoo, BJC HealthCare, the U.S. General Services Administration, Macy’s and Nordstrom Inc.
Pfund spearheaded construction-related community service projects in the St. Louis area. In his hometown of Edwardsville, Ill., Pfund donated his expertise to manage the 2013 all-volunteer construction of a playground designed for children of all abilities at Township Park.
Additionally, Pfund helped build an “Intelligent House” for the Smithsonian exhibition at the Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, and organized Tarlton employees and several area contractors to build the prototype structure outside the museum on a weekend.
