Meet Our ROCKstars

Welcome to the ROCK Solid Project Solutions family! We’re thrilled to introduce you to out team of ROCKstars who are ready torock your world with their expertise, passion, and dedication. 

At RSPS, we believe in building relationships that rock. Our team isn’t just a group of professionals – we’re a tight-knit crew united by our love for what we do and out commitment to excellence. Get to know the faces behind the projects below. 

Check out opportunities to join our dynamic team! Interested in becoming a ROCKstar?

Raquel Floyd
FPMCOS, PSP, EI

President

Public or private, vertical or horizontal, simple or complex – no matter the project type or size – Raquel has the expertise to provide scheduling, cost estimating, and project controls services. She has provided professional services across all industries for both owners and contractors. Complimented by her team of dedicated professional controls experts, Raquel understands regional and field factors that affect cost with respect to known risks.

Her cost estimating experience includes more than $700 million in capital cost projects that she developed estimates that are easy to understand and support accurate trending and forecasting. Raquel considers productivity, unit rates, historical performance, and labor conditions related to costs. This comprehensive approach streamlines communication and facilitates collaboration across diverse teams.

Craig O'Donnell

Director of Construction Management

For nearly 30 years, Craig has specialized in the management and oversight of construction projects ranging from complex roadways, interchanges, and bridges to flood control facilities and water and wastewater systems. His love of construction started with his brother when they constructed golf courses together. Craig loves working on challenging projects to bring all the local agencies, regulatory entities, and the community together.

He takes pride in the infrastructure projects he has built. Craig gets tremendous satisfaction from building something tangible that he can showcase to family and friends. His knowledge and expertise include confirming safety measures for traffic control and coordinating with multiple stakeholders.

Jerry Robinson
PSP, EVP

Director of Scheduling

Detail-oriented, diligent, and responsive are the key characteristics clients use to describe Jerry. He has three decades of construction and project management, scheduling, forensic and delay analysis, progress audit, and training experience. His strengths include hands-on experience from management of both design and construction projects. Jerry has worked for both public and private entities with a depth of practical, real-world knowledge required to effectively manage virtually any type of project. He has a demonstrated ability to understand a project’s goals and proactively manage potential challenges.

Jerry has specific project management expertise including the development of determination schedules, design-build schedules, assignment and management of project staffing, reporting, monitoring, billing, and executing of all aspects required by the client.

Brad Heyen

Senior Construction Inspector

With a stepfather who was in construction, Brad was inspired early to take the construction path and grew up working with his hands in rural Nevada. He worked with and for great people who have taught him technical skills and reinforced the values he first learned working with the masonry company.

Brad enjoys the fact that his work is always changing and creating new challenges. Whether determining how to navigate through design changes or achieving aggressive delivery schedules, Brad is skilled at working with owners and contractors. His specialties are heavy civil and infrastructure construction for transportation, water, storm drain, and wastewater projects in Southern Nevada.

Andrea Taylor

Senior Project Specialist

Passion and diverse experience – that’s what Andrea brings to each project. Finding that she enjoyed and had a talent for building things, she pursued a career path that aligned with her skills and interest. With more than 19 years of construction expertise, she specializes in public works, commercial, retail, and high-rise facilities. She has an eye for process improvement that assists in smooth transitions and seamless integration for successful project completion.

Through experience gained in the field facilitating CPM scheduling, construction planning, and cost estimating, Andrea has excellent team building skills with an exceptional working knowledge of the construction process. Her attention to detail is a tremendous asset to teams for quality control, coordination with subcontractors, and partnering across multi-disciplinary teams.

Ajith Aredla

Senior Project Specialist II

Mr. Aredla is a results-driven Program and Project Manager with nearly 10 years of experience leading cross functional teams across capital infrastructure, facilities, and data platform programs. Ajith is adept at managing base build capital projects, developing strategic plans for space and budget optimization, and delivering cost-effective infrastructure solutions.

Ajith has proven expertise in project controls, stakeholder engagement, data analytics, and the application of Lean and Agile principles. His strong background in aligning technical, operational, and financial goals across multi-disciplinary teams in support of manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering makes him an asset to our team.

Through experience gained in the field facilitating CPM scheduling, construction planning, and cost estimating, Ajith has excellent team building skills with an exceptional working knowledge of the construction process. He has been responsible for compiling, managing, updating, reporting, and identifying risk on complex project schedules.

His attention to detail is a tremendous asset to teams for quality control, coordination with subcontractors, and partnering across multi-disciplinary teams.

Carl Kleisner

Senior Inspector

Carl Kleisner is a seasoned Construction Inspector with over 27 years of experience in public works and facility construction. He specializes in inspections for new builds, upgrades, modifications, and repairs across both horizontal and vertical projects. His expertise spans roadway, flood control, and utility construction, with a strong understanding of Clark County and local standards. Additionally, he has experience in electrical work related to instrumentation, telemetry, and controls, as well as commissioning electrical components.

He has worked on projects for Clark County Public Works, the City of North Las Vegas, Boulder City, Washoe County School District, Truckee Meadows Water Authority, NV Energy, and more. His private sector experience includes industrial, commercial, hospitality (major casinos), and residential construction.

Sanjib Mulepati
PE, PSP, MSCE

Senior Project Specialist II

Sanjib has 12 years of combined experience in civil engineering design and construction project management. He has a depth of experience ranging from surveying, designing, and construction scheduling for both public and private construction projects. His experience is incredibly valuable to construction teams for scheduling and sequencing of tasks, evaluating constructability, and integrating tasks.

With his new construction and renovation experience, Sanjib reviews and analyzes the on-going status of a project to identify critical work areas, delays, and measures to mitigate any impacts. He performs jobsite walks, conducts meetings with the owner and contractor, and provides detailed narratives for pay applications related to risk and schedule performance.

Rachel Smallwood
PSP, MSCM

Project Controls Regional Manager

With a multi-disciplinary approach, Rachel uses the knowledge gained to serve as a trusted advisor for projects ranging in size and complexity. She understands the project lifecycle and how to maximize a project’s schedule from design through construction. Her expertise includes contract and specification compliance, scheduling, procurement oversight, punch list management, and risk analysis.

Her attention to detail, standards of quality, and design conformance are critical to the successful oversight of projects. Rachel has the public works, commercial, industrial, and private market sector experience to support any type of project.

Heather Buinicki

Project Controls Regional Manager

Heather has 25 years of experience in CPM scheduling for design and construction projects with extensive experience working on heavy highway projects. She versed in claims analysis and has served as an expert witness in several litigation proceedings.  Heather founded Dynamic Scheduling Solutions, Inc. in 2005 and her firm has performed scheduling services on over 400 projects exceeding in value of $2BN.  She has a reputation for excellence with Owners and Contractors.

Heather excels in using the project schedule as a platform to communicate the plan with project stakeholders.  Her approach to scheduling involves identifying, quantifying and incorporating project issues into the schedule as they arise to maximize the time to develop a resolution with the goal of minimizing the impact to the project schedule as well as running what-if project scenarios to identify the fastest, most cost-effective method to construct a project.

Kristen Shutt

Project Specialist III

Brainstorming and solving project challenges – that is Kristen’s superpower. With a degree in Mechanical Engineering, she applies her real-world construction experience to successfully deliver projects safely and efficiently. Her interests in engineering and building started when she was young and led her to a career in construction. Kristen is recognized as a creative and practical problem solver with the unique ability to adapt quickly to challenges.

She has a keen ability to evaluate and enhance the flow of a project by serving as a centralized source of information and advice for critical decisions. Through her involvement, projects have an added benefit of higher efficiency, greater productivity, and higher standards for safety.

Monique Nguyen

Project Specialist II

Monique has worked in the construction industry since 2005 – beginning in Construction Accounting before moving into Project Management and working bags-on alongside her crews. She holds certifications in Project Management from UCSD, Managerial Accounting from USD, and is OSHA 30 certified. As a Project Specialist II, she supports critical path scheduling and delivers compliant technical reports that contribute to project success. Monique is known for her integrity, honesty, and commitment to doing what’s right; earning the trust of clients, colleagues, and stakeholders alike. She thrives in a positive, growing environment and is passionate about supporting colleagues and clients to ensure projects are delivered with excellence, efficiency, and accountability. “When our team and clients win, we all build something we can be proud of.”

Shaneen Murdock

Contracts Manager

Shaneen has a passion for all things administration and organization. She loves supporting the team and our stakeholders to verify goals are met and processes run smoothly along the way. She prides herself on being solution minded and seeking new challenges and consistent opportunities for growth within the organization.

Throughout her 15 years in the administration field, Shaneen has gained experience with client relations, contract execution, process and policy creation, document management, and all aspects of running an efficient and productive office environment. She enjoys analyzing policies and procedures for maximum productivity and consistency for the business operation.

Randi Anzevino

Office Manager

With over 10 years of construction industry experience, Randi excels in business administration and document management. She provides project coordination, communicates effectively with all project stakeholders, and exhibits an exceptional level of professionalism and accountability.

Randi is a critical member of the RSPS team and facilitates the needs of each team member with an attention to detail, timeliness, and deep understanding of commitment, timeliness, and collaboration. Her software knowledge includes Microsoft 365, ProCore, Timberline, and Quickbooks.