Arora Welcomes Tim Simmerly as President

Arora Engineers (Arora) is pleased to welcome Tim Simmerly as President. Arora has experienced tremendous triple-digit growth over the past 5 years, expanding its market share and solving some of the nation's most complex projects.

Simmerly brings more than 20 years of experience building, scaling, and leading global staffing and consulting businesses serving the utility and heavy infrastructure sectors. His expertise spans talent and human capital services, mergers and acquisitions, and value creation within private equity-backed organizations. Throughout his career, he has launched new businesses, executed strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and expanded organizations into new markets worldwide. He brings a hands-on leadership approach grounded in operational discipline and business development expertise.

Before joining Arora, Tim was an instrumental part of the founding leadership team and served as President and later Chief Executive Officer of The Planet Group, a global consulting and human capital organization serving the technology, utility, marketing, and professional services sectors. During his tenure, he helped drive significant revenue growth and strengthened the organization's market position.

Simmerly also served as CEO of PFES, a separate operating company within The Planet Group supporting complex utility and energy infrastructure projects. Under Simmerly's leadership, PFES ranked among ENR's Top 50 Program Management Firms in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

As President, Tim will guide Arora's overarching global strategic, business, and operational initiatives. His experience in executive leadership, organizational structure, team building, and strategic growth will support the firm as it strengthens its capabilities, pursues new opportunities, and advances its vision for the future.

"We are excited to welcome Tim to Arora as President," says Manik Arora, PE. "Tim brings the experience and perspective to help guide our next chapter of growth while keeping our people and clients at the center of our decisions. His ability to build strong teams, expand into new markets, and turn strategy into action will be a tremendous asset as we build what's next for Arora."

Mr. Arora will continue to serve as CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Please join us in welcoming Tim to the Arora team!