Paul Riefenberg

President, CDP, Inc.

Paul is responsible for business operations and consulting across the organization. Under his direction, CDP has grown from a local Carolinas based organization to a regional player across the United States. CDP also executes on project work outside the US with clients in locations such as Canada, Mexico, Qatar, Iraq and South Korea.

As the President of CDP, Paul is charged with providing the vision and strategy of the solutions, services, partners, and resources necessary to keep CDP a valued team member of our extensive client base. He ensures that all client accounts are provided with the highest level of service and is actively involved with all major client accounts to insure that both CDP’s executive team and the client’s executive team are in alignment on all major project initiatives.

Paul was a trainer and consultant for CDP for 7 years, prior to becoming President in 1997. His consulting and training experience includes scheduling, project management, EVMS, job cost and estimating. Paul has experience working in construction, engineering, utilities, manufacturing, municipal, state, and federal government environments. His success in meeting client’s needs and developing solutions provided him the opportunity to acquire CDP from the founding owner Al Padgett.

Paul resides in Gastonia, North Carolina. He is married with 5 Horses, 1 Dog, 2 Cats. He enjoys horseback riding, hiking, biking and camping. When possible he and his wife spend time with family, traveling, and time away in the mountains.

Brett Kligerman

Vice President, CDP, Inc.

Brett is responsible for business sales, marketing, and business development across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Mid-West.  Under his direction in his previous role, the CDP Mid-Atlantic region grew steadily since its inception in 2006.

Prior to joining CDP, Brett spent 6 years working at Primavera Systems as a Power, Energy, and Petrochem sales specialist, and as the Regional Manager for the Southeast US.  He expanded their Project Portfolio Management business, focusing on organizations that managed construction and IT related projects.  While there he worked with several large customers including Disney, Westinghouse, Sarasota County, General Electric, Siemens, and Carter and Burgess.

Brett also spent several years with LF Driscoll, a regional construction management firm, as a Project Scheduler, working on a variety of projects including hospitals, commercial office buildings, schools, and parking facilities.  Brett was involved in key projects including the new Vanguard office complex, and the construction of the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

Previous to LF Driscoll, Brett worked in the project controls group at United Engineers and Constructors, a Raytheon Company.   Brett was responsible for scheduling and monitoring costs for projects in the energy plant modification division. 

Brett resides in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.  He is married with 3 children.  He enjoys mountain biking, road biking, and skiing, and spends a lot of time during the summer at the Jersey shore.

CDP is active in industry and professional organizations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, including:

• PMI (Project Management Institute) is the world’s leading not-for-profit membership association for the project management profession, with more than half a million members and credential holders in 185 countries.
• PMI Scheduling Community of Practice provides access to practitioners who have a shared interest in project management scheduling. The community develops and disseminates consistent standards of project management terminology and practices, promotes the economic value of project management, and provides opportunities to shape its future.
• Projects @ Work provides project management resources, tools and training for professional project managers.
• ProjectWorld is a leading conference geared directly to the discipline of project management and business analysis at both a micro and macro level.
• The Maryland Associated General Contractors (AGC) provides networking, advocacy and training for member firms.
• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Baltimore is a non-profit construction trade association working to promote the interests of merit shop contractors.
• The Carolinas Associated General Contractors (AGC) comprises more than 3,000 member firms and is the nation's largest AGC chapter. 
• The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Virginia, Inc. comprises more than 700 member firms including general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and service providers, and includes more general contractors and subcontractors than any other construction trade association in Virginia.

CDP is proud to partner with the project management departments at leading colleges and universities to bring real-world experience into the classroom. If you would like to add seasoned project managers with years of industry experience to your curriculum, please contact us.

• Western Carolina University Construction Management program, offering a Bachelor of Science degree and a fully online Master of Construction Management (M.C.M.) degree program.
• North Carolina State University Engineering and Construction Management program offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Engineering and Management through the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.  The program is available in two concentrations—general and mechanical.  
• The North Carolina State University graduate program in Construction Engineering and Management is built on the fundamentals of civil engineering and combines a balance of the latest developments in construction technologies and management principles with other disciplines which are required in order to understand and solve the broad range of challenges confronting the construction industry.
• Clemson University's Civil Engineering department offers a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the BSCE, MS, or PhD degrees. Faculty specializations include areas such as applied fluid mechanics, construction engineering and management, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering and transportation systems. 
• The College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina offers a civil and environmental engineering curriculum for Bachelors and Masters program.
• The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech offers bachelor of science degrees in the following areas: Aerospace Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Engineering and Management, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering,  and Ocean Engineering.

CDP partners project-centric companies that complement CDP services.

• Project Control Systems Incorporated (PCS) is dedicated to solving all of your project control challenges. Their planning, scheduling, cost control and forensic analysis are grounded in a sound understanding of architectural design, engineering and construction across a broad spectrum of industries.

• Project Risk Consultants, LLC provides project and risk management solutions for Fortune 500 companies and their subcontractors worldwide.