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John Cruikshank, PE's Bio
John Cruikshank is President & CEO of tJMC2 Civil + Structural, founded in 1996. Because of his involvement with hundreds of unique engineering projects, John leverages that experience to successfully support his client’s critical projects. His current responsibilities include corporate leadership, client relations, business development, community outreach, and project management.
John started his career working for Caltrans (Los Angeles) then two civil engineering firms prior to starting his own.
John attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he received his Bachelor of Science in Building Science in 1988. He became a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California in 1993. He is a licensed professional engineer in more than 20 states. He obtained his Master of Science in Engineering Management from USC in 1994.
In addition to 30 years in civil engineering, John is currently a Board Member and Past President of the Harbor Association of Industry and Commerce (HAIC) where he formed the HAIC Workforce Development Committee. In 2017, he was named a Fellow with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), awarded Alumni of Year from USC’s School of Civil Engineering, and elected as a City Councilmember for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. He is currently Mayor Pro Tem where he represents his City as Chair of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments.
John lives in Rancho Palos Verdes with his wife, Jennifer and son, Sean, who is a recent graduate of Arizona State University.
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Erich Axsom, SE's Bio
Erich Axsom is Director of Operations with Okamoto Structural Engineering (OSE) and is a registered structural engineer with over twenty-five years of structural design experience. Erich oversees OSE’s seismic analysis and retrofit design work for the full range of building types made from wood, steel, concrete and masonry. He supervises and manages CAD and engineering staff and performs independent plan checks and project quality reviews.
Prior to joining JMC2, Erich had worked for several well-respected firms designing self-supported telecommunications towers and monopoles, single and multi-family residences, commercial buildings, along with tilt-up concrete office and warehouse buildings (over 1,000,000 sqft). He performed third-party plan check for various cities within Orange and Los
Angeles County meeting with applicants to resolve plan check correction items issues. Erich has overseen structural maintenance for Home Depot stores located in the western region of the United States (e.g. Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington). Recently, he has been designing soft story retrofit repairs for multi-story apartments in Los Angeles.
