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Sokjae Cho is the station engineer for the Northeastern
Research Station. His managerial skills were quickly applied to a major problem
in the Forest Service research community: lack of consistency in program consistency
that reduced efficiency. He delved into developing a new business operations
plan for the Northern Research Station. For the plan to be effective, a comprehensive
engineering and facility services organization was required. This organization
now coordinates engineering, safety and health, fleet operations, and facility
maintenance for the 20-State area of the Northern Research Station.
Before Sokjae Cho joined the Forest Service in 2004, he was a project manager for 15 years with the General Services Administration in Philadelphia. Sokjae Cho led large, multidisciplinary, multilevel project teams in the construction and renovation of major capital projects for Federal buildings and Federal courthouses. By the end of his tenure, he was managing projects of high complexity and scope, costing from $30 to more than $200 million. Examples of his projects include renovation of an 800,000 square foot historic courthouse, sprinkler and asbestos abatement in a high-rise Federal office building, a 100,000 square foot Federal courthouse annex, and two field offices (260,000 and 100,000 square feet) for a law enforcement agency.
In 1988, Sokjae Cho earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University of Philadelphia, PA. Sokjae, his wife, and two teenage sons live in Ambler, PA.
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