Jake Gutekunst, PE, AICP, is a Principal at The Goodman Corporation (TGC). He is responsible for assisting in project development for both engineering and planning projects, including business development and client management activities. Jake approaches projects from both a planning and engineering mindset, making sure that planning projects are implementable and engineering projects fit into the overall goals and objectives of the areas they are implemented into. Jake specializes in traffic engineering and multimodal transportation planning, with an emphasis on corridor studies and long-range transportation plans. Jake also has substantial experience with assisting communities as an on-call engineer and with policy, code, and standards updates. Jake is passionate about creative problem solving and helping the communities he serves achieve outcomes that make meaningful progress toward long term goals. Jake holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.