AECOM has appointed Tony Loyd, P.E., vice president and Houston executive to develop the company’s growth strategy and leadership, AECOM announced on Wednesday. 

“AECOM’s footprint is growing in Houston, and we are fortunate to have Tony join our Texas Initiative,” said Senior Vice President Wendy Lopez, AECOM’s Texas executive. “He is a proven leader who knows how to attract talent, mentor staff and build business.”

In his new role, Loyd will provide full-service solutions to the transportation, water, energy, education and health care industries to the company’s client base. He will also expand services and recruit new professionals to enhance AECOM’s workforce and employee base. 

Bringing over 25 years of experience, Loyd has deep-rooted knowledge in the development of local, regional and national revenue growth strategies. Prior to joining AECOM, he was market sector leader for Jacobs’ Buildings and Infrastructure business unit. 

Comprised of 5,500 architects and engineers in the United States, Canada and Latin America, he grew the aviation transportation sector from $9.3 million to $61.8 million in gross margin over a three year period with Jacobs. 

In addition, he helped the company secure major program acquisition in Los Angeles, New York and the United Kingdom. Loyd was also a key member of the firm’s integration team as it restructured post-merger with Carter & Burgess Inc. 

During his time with Carter & Burgess, he served as west region managing principal, senior vice president, and was a member of the board of directors for three years and elected as vice chairman of the board in 2007.

“At AECOM, we always seek to attract, recruit and retain the brightest, most imaginative and diverse talent in our industry,” Lopez said. “Tony understands this, and I look forward to the collaboration and innovation he will bring to meeting key objectives within our Houston office.”

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s premier infrastructure firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to consulting and construction management. We partner with our clients in the public and private sectors to solve their most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come. 

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, governments, energy and the environment, our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm with revenue of approximately $20.2 billion during fiscal year 2019.

Danny McGlynn, former principal deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has been appointed senior vice president of K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network, the company announced on Wednesday.

“Danny’s leadership experience working for the Treasury Department is invaluable, having played a key role in developing several of the counter-illicit finance strategies that guide global policies today…adding Danny’s expertise and management skills to help grow our best-in-class team,”said Chip Poncy, co-head of the firm’s financial crimes risk and compliance practice.

McGlynn will be responsible for managing and expanding the firm’s online products and services team, with particular focus on developing the firm’s newest offering, the Dedicated Online Financial Integrity Network (DOLFIN), an eLearning platform and online interface that offers continuing education, training, testing and certification resources and risk management tools.

He will bring over 20 years of experience to his new position with K2 Intelligence. In McGlynn’s former role as principal deputy assistant secretary, he was responsible for leading intelligence research and analysis to safeguard the international financial system from abuse and combat threats to national security.

McGlynn has held a variety of positions in OIA and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). As acting assistant secretary for OIA, he was responsible for managing the organization’s receipt, analysis and dissemination of intelligence related to the Department’s mission to safeguard the international financial system, ranging from abuse and to combat threats to U.S. national security.

He previously served as the Director for OIA’s Middle East-Europe and Iraq Issues offices, helping to lead the Department’s effort to utilize intelligence information to conceptualize, coordinate and implement strategies to deny terrorist and insurgent groups access to funding.

During his career, Mr. McGlynn has also served as Treasury’s liaison to the United States Central Command, as a Compliance Specialist and Foreign Terrorist Programs Analyst with OFAC and as a Presidential Management Fellow.

“Deepening our bench of experts and enhancing our core offerings for clients will continue to set us apart as the leader in risk management solutions, and we look forward to working with Danny to help drive training and other initiatives,” Thomas Bock, co-head of the firm’s financial crimes risk and compliance practice, commented.

About K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network (FIN)

K2 Intelligence is an industry-leading investigative, compliance, and cyber defense services firm founded in 2009 by Jeremy M. Kroll and Jules B. Kroll, who is credited with originating the modern corporate investigations industry. Redefining 21st-century corporate intelligence, the firm combines subject-matter expertise with cutting-edge technology, bringing to bear the industry’s best multidisciplinary teams to solve its clients’ most difficult problems.