Business: Consulting engineering firm specializes in designing water supply, treatment and distribution projects. Also plans upgrades to existing treatment plants, provides solutions to water-quality programs and does water rate studies.
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Brooklyn Center
Website: www.pce.com
Employees: 12
Executives: Naeem Qureshi, CEO
2008 revenue: $1.5 million, projected
Strategy: Pursue leadership training, make hires to help grow revenue, train future managers
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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