The Company has assembled a team of professionals with long tried and proven track records of success. Each strategic relationship brings incredible talent to the company.
A. Penfield & Smith Engineers Surveyors Planners Construction Management – Senoir Engineer Dan Stitt
Penfield & Smith was founded by Wallace C. Penfield and Delbert D. Smith in 1946.
The firm’s roots go back to the Santa Barbara practice started by George A. Miller in 1924. In 1960, the practice was incorporated as an employee owned company. With over 50 years of experience, the firm has established itself as one of the most progressive and well-respected firms based in the Tri-Counties area. With a staff of over 140, corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara, and branch offices in Camarillo, Lancaster, and Santa Maria, Penfield & Smith is the largest company providing complete surveying, mapping, planning, engineering, and construction administration services to the Central and South Coast areas of California. We serve both the private and public sectors and specialize in providing professional services to our clients from project inception through construction.
Our 40 registered civil engineers have extensive experience in the design of roadways, bridges, water and wastewater systems, storm drainage, grading, and erosion containment systems. Our engineers also provide expertise in the areas of flood control, solid waste management, municipal financing, traffic engineering and transportation planning, transportation demand management, permit processing, and construction engineering.
The firm's survey department is staffed with 5 licensed professionals, 9 fully equipped field crews and sufficient office personnel necessary to respond to many projects including boundary surveys, right-of-way easements, ALTA surveys, field control for aerial mapping and GIS, subdivision mapping, and construction staking.
Professional Associations
Penfield & Smith is actively involved in numerous professional boards and associations. Our staff currently holds the following positions:
• American Public Works Association (APWA), Central Coast Chapter Vice President
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Santa Barbara/Ventura Branch Secretary and Director
• California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA), Channel Islands Chapter, Vice-President and Treasurer
• Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC), San Luis Obispo Chapter Vice President and
Membership Chairman
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Central Coast Chapter Secretary
Representative Client List
| Corporate • Pulte Homes, Inc. • Bermant Development Co • Bollenbacher & Kelton • Donahue Schriber Realty Group • Larwin Company • Four Seasons Biltmore • Fru-Con Development • Hyatt Corporation • Investec • Montecito Bank and Trust • Ojai Valley Inn & Spa • Public Storage Inc. • Sares-Regis • Senior Resource Group • The Gas Company • Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts, Inc. • The Towbes Group Institutional • Allan Hancock College • California Lutheran University • California State University Channel Islands • Conejo Valley Unified School District • Laguna Blanca School • Moorpark Community College • Oxnard City College • Santa Barbara City College • Santa Barbara School Districts • Santa Maria Bonita School District • Turnkey Schools • University of California, Irvine • University of California, Santa Barbara • Ventura County Community College District • Westmont College |
Government • Central Coast Water Authority • City of Camarillo • City of Oxnard • City of Paso Robles • City of Port Hueneme • City of Santa Barbara • City of San Luis Obispo • City of Santa Maria • City of Simi Valley • City of Solvang • County of Los Angeles • County of Santa Barbara • County of Ventura • Goleta Sanitary District • Naval Base Ventura County • Oxnard Harbor District • Santa Barbara Airport • Vandenberg Air Force Base Design Professionals • BSA Architects • CH2M Hill • DMJM + Harris • KBZ Architects • Fields Devereaux Architects • Granite Construction Co. • Harris & Associates • Jones & Stokes • Kennedy Jenks Consultants • NBBJ Architects • PMSM Architects • Rincon Consultants • RNP Architects • Science Applications International Corporation • Tetra Tech • URS • WLC Architects • Wallace, Roberts & Todd Architects |
B. John Schneider – Commercial Real Estate Broker
Mr. Schneider has been a national leader in the Commercial Real Estate business for over 30 years. His responsibilities include Acquisitions, and entitlement oversight.
C. James Fallon – Co/Manager Investor Relations
With over 20 years experience in real estate finance, development, and sales. Mr. Fallon was a key member of a development team that built and sold a master planned golf community in Maui, Hawaii. This community included 170 single-family home lots. and 320 condominiums. Mr. Fallon was responsible for land acquisitions, entitlements, and sales of planned unit high-density housing developments in Pismo Beach California, which totaled in excess of 100 individual units. Mr. Fallon was part of a boutique investment firm in Redwood City Ca that syndicated residential, commercial, and industrial properties. During this time he created a unique method of utilizing tax qualified retirement plans to secure properties. In addition he is a subject matter expert in tax deferred 1031 exchanges.
Most recently Mr. Fallon was Co founder of a real estate development company that in the last 3 years has acquired over $15,000,000 in mixed use properties primarily Industrial land for development. The industrial land is presently being developed into Industrial/ Business parks.
Mr. Fallon interfaces with all members of the advisory board on all aspects of the companies business.
D. Kim Walters – Co/ Manager Investor Relations
With 30 years interdisciplinary experience in land use planning, business financing, real estate financing and raising of private equity capital for real estate acquisitions. Mr. Walters graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Urban Regional Planning. His land use experience includes developing General and Master Plans for cities and also revisions, site planning and review for various California cities. He was active in Save Mt. Diablo, Danville, CA and Las Positas New Town, Livermore, CA both were progressive organizations for “Positive planned - pro growth”.
His experience extends to providing funds and financing for capital equipment for businesses to grow in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, especially Silicon Valley. In the 1980’s his company Far West Ventures provided funding for computer printed board assembly equipment, plastic injection molding equipment, highly advanced CNC metal working machine tools and fiber optic equipment. Most mainstream banks and financing companies were unwilling to do “asset based financing” for young companies. For the ‘high-tech’ industry to grow this new generation of highly advanced production equipment was essential. His financing gave the “little guy” a chance to grow with Silicon Valley’s dominance in the emerging world market of “High Tech”.
E. Gilmore and Associates – Tax Accounting/ Auditing / Business Consulting
Kevin R. Gilmore, CPA
Throughout his 20+ years in the business, Kevin has gained valuable experience in corporate and individual taxation, auditing, business valuation, computer accounting system implementation, and business consulting. Though he is the financial advisor for a variety of industries, Kevin's emphasis within the firm is construction companies, nonprofit organizations, and professional services firms.
After college, Kevin began his accounting career with Good & Fowler where he spent 10 years learning how to service client needs in a wide variety of areas. After leaving Good & Fowler, Kevin opened his own full-service CPA firm and is the sole owner.
Kevin earned a B.S. degree in business administration from San Francisco State University in 1980. In addition to being a member of multiple accounting organizations such as California Society of CPA's, American Institute of CPA's, and Institute of Business Appraisers, Kevin holds a securities and insurance license and assists clients in financial and retirement planning.
Kevin lives in Millbrae, California, with his wife and three children. He enjoys coaching volleyball and playing golf.
F. Bank of America Business Banking
Personal Banker Mr. Jacob Shklovsky
1053 Willow Pass Rd. Concord, CA. 94520
925.566.9327
G. Charles Schwab Company and Fidelity Investments - Retirement Plan Custodians
All Invision Development Company LLC offerings are approved as an Alternative Investment for Schwab and Fidelity account holders.
