Welcome To the Summit Spotlight: New Hire Edition!

Summit is excited to welcome Robbie Prezioso as our new Maintenance Program Manager! Based in Virginia, Robbie brings more than 30 years of experience with the Virginia Department of Transportation, where he led initiatives in highway construction, maintenance, emergency response, and government affairs.

Driven by a lifelong commitment to public service and problem-solving, Robbie is known for his leadership in performance-based maintenance contracting and his ability to turn challenges into opportunities for improvement. Read on to learn more about Robbie’s career journey, what inspired him to join Summit, and how he spends his time off the job — from golfing to volunteering with his church youth group.

Welcome To the Summit Spotlight!

The Summit Spotlight shines on our exceptional team members each month, showcasing the incredible individuals behind our success. From their career journeys to their contributions at Summit, we’re excited to introduce you to the stars who make a difference every day.

We’re excited to spotlight Chase F., one of Summit’s Senior Assistant Resident Engineers, whose journey is rooted in curiosity, growth, and a genuine love of learning. From his early days at Summit to taking on new challenges today, Chase brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to his work and a strong commitment to making a positive impact through every project.

When did you begin with Summit?

So I started with Summit the summer of 2019 as an intern. I was still at NC State working on my bachelor’s in civil engineering. Had a great summer. Really enjoyed the experience. Was invited to come back and intern again with Summit at the summer of 2020.  Again, still finishing up my undergrad, and once I finished up in December of 2020, I was offered a full time position to start January of 21. And I’ve been with Summit since then.

What was Summit like back then?

It was definitely a lot different. Being in, more technician or field  role was a lot different than what I’m doing now. But, it was a really good opportunity for someone who was still pursuing their education to get field experience. Learn more about how you know, engineering concepts are applied in the field. How, contractors and partners use those concepts to actually build the infrastructure we use every day that I was learning in my classes. So it was really valuable for me to really connect some dots going from the classroom to the field.

How has your role evolved over time?

Yeah, my roles evolved a lot over time. So I started as an intern, like I said. From there, I was still in a field role initially as a technician, working on a project, inspecting work. After some time in the field, I was pulled up into more of an office project manager type role, which I’ve done the past 3 or 4 years, working primarily on the complete 540 projects. So my role is kind of shifted to more contract administration. Project administration. Managing a team of inspectors, managing a team of, both summit and partner firm employees, and working towards the ultimate goal of finishing and closing out the project.

How would you say Summit has fostered your career development?

Yes, so Summit has definitely fostered my career development by, you know, just providing resources to me, giving me opportunities to learn, giving me opportunities to try new things. There’s ever a time I’m not sure about something. There’s plenty of resources throughout the company that I can call and talk to and just give feedback on what I’m thinking, and so I’d say it’s a very  collaborative environment, but for someone who’s early in their career, it’s really valuable to have that kind of institutional knowledge to tap into.

What is a project you are most proud of?

Yeah. So for me, that’s definitely the complete 540 projects. I’ve definitely spent the overwhelming majority of my time here working on those. Those are really transformative projects for this area specifically. And so I think the opportunities I’ve had to learn and grow on those projects are something I’m really proud of and will definitely be something I will keep on my resumé for a long time.

Have you faced any challenges while working at Summit?

Yeah, definitely faced challenges on a regular basis. Working with the contractor, working with the department, the client. You know, there’s always challenges. There’s issues that come up on a project level that we have to work through. And the biggest thing is just finding solutions and moving forward. You can’t let a challenge slow down progress, and you can’t let it derail you know, something bigger than just that one issue. So you have to work together and find a solution to move forward.

What is some advice you would give somebody who is looking to join the Summit team?

I would say the best piece of advice for someone looking to join would just be, you know, be willing to try things, be willing to do things you’re not comfortable with. When I first started with Summit, I didn’t really know what heavy highway construction looked like. I’d taken classes, you know, engineering classes, but I didn’t really know how it when the field. And so it was definitely uncomfortable at first. But if you’re willing to be uncomfortable and learn and, you know, be exposed to new things, you might find things that end up being really interesting to you, which is exactly what happened for me.