Qualifications/Registration

President of DSA
Member of DSA Board of Directors
Licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering: Louisiana License No. 24629
Licensed Professional Engineer in Environmental Engineering: Louisiana License No. 24629
Licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering: Florida License No. 0047914

Work Experience

2/92 – present: Designed and managed engineering projects, including conceptual development, technical design, preparation of plans and specifications and construction administration. Typical projects included: Commission Boulevard Water Treatment Plant for the City of Lafayette ($12 Million Construction Costs); South Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Digesters for the City of Lafayette ($8.2 million construction costs); Sludge Dewatering Facility for the City of Youngsville ($2.7 million construction costs); South Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Dewatering Facility ($5.9 million construction costs) North Water Treatment Plant – Filter Improvement and Instrumentation for City of Lafayette, LA ($6.2 million construction cost); North Water Treatment Plant – Treatment Unit Replacement for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.4 million construction cost); Donaldsonville Water Treatment Plant Upgrades for the Peoples Water Service Co. of Donaldsonville, Inc., Donaldsonville, LA ($1.5 million construction cost); Breaux Bridge Water Treatment Plant Upgrade for the City of Breaux Bridge, LA ($1.0 million construction cost); Lafayette Regional Airport Infrastructure Improvements, Facility for PHI ($24 million construction cost); Donaldson Water Treatment Plant for the Peoples Water Service Co. of Bastrop, Inc., Bastrop, LA ($800,000 construction cost); Construction Project No. 2, Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana ($1.2 million construction cost); 6 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant for the City of New Iberia ($30 million estimated project cost); Ambassador Caffery Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade for the City of Lafayette, LA ($22 million construction cost); Consolidated Sewerage District Project VIII, Part C – Bellevue Plantation ($1.36 million construction cost); Channel and Levee Improvements for the St. Mary Parish Consolidated Drainage District No. 2 ($1.33 million construction cost); Facility expansion for Coil Tubing Services ($2 million construction cost); Various computer Hydraulic Models of City Distribution Systems, (Bastrop, LA; Donaldsonville, LA; Tallulah, LA; Breaux Bridge, LA; Youngsville, LA; Parks, LA and Pensacola, Florida), Permits, etc.

2/91 – 2/92: Design and Project Engineer responsible for technical design and construction administration. Typical projects included: North & South Water Treatment Plants, Lime Sludge Thickeners for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.2 million construction cost); North & South Water Treatment Plants, Backwash Separator and Recovery for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.3 million construction cost); Consolidated Sewerage District for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.5 million construction cost).

1988 – 1/91: Design Engineer for Bishop & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Sarasota, FL – Sarasota County, Florida, water transmission system (more than 20 miles of pipeline from 6″ to 42″ in diameter); evaluation of existing water distribution, sewage treatment plants, sewage collection systems and pump stations in Florida; gravity sanitary sewer system and force mains in Florida; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge & fill permits; U.S. Coast Guard bridge construction permit; various EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permits.

1987 – 1988: La. Dept. of Trans. & Development, Baton Rouge, LA – Design engineer for miscellaneous drainage and highway projects.

Education

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1987

Special Skills

Expert Witness – Utility Litigation
Hydraulic analysis using Watercad Software.
XP-SWMM Drainage Hydraulics

 Awards

• 1995 Outstanding Young Civil Engineer Award – LA Section American Society of Civil Engineers
• 1998 F. Hugh Coughlin Award of Merit for Young Engineers – Louisiana Engineering Society
• 2004 Waldemar S. Nelson President’s Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
• 2011 Waldemar S. Nelson President’s Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
• 2012 Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers
• 2013 Dudley Hixon – Bobby Price National Professional Achievement Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
• 2021 – A.J. Szabo Award of Merit – Louisiana Engineering Foundation
• 2021 – Outstanding Civil Engineer – Acadiana Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers
• 2021 – Outstanding Civil Engineer – Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Affiliations

• Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board.

• • Appointed by the Governor in 2017 to a six-year term.  Currently serving as Vice-Chair of the Board.

• Louisiana Engineering Society

• • President 2005-2006
  • Past President 2006-2007
  • First Vice-President 2004-2005
  • Second Vice-President 2003-2004
  • Secretary/Treasurer 2002-2003
  • Long Range Planning Committee – Chairman 2003-2004
  • Constitution & Bylaws Committee –Chairman 2000-2005
  • State Director 1999-2001
  • State Chairman of Professional Engineers in Private Practice 2001-2019
  • NSPE House of Delegates Representative for Louisiana 2009-2013
  • President – Lafayette Chapter 1999-2000
  • Past State Chair – Young Engineers Committee
  • Past Lafayette Chapter MATHCOUNTS Coordinator
  • Past State MATHCOUNTS Coordinator

• Louisiana Engineering Foundation

• • President 2008-2014
  • Past President 2014-2016
  • Vice President 2006-2086
  • Director 2014-Present

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana

• • Lafayette Chapter President 2007-2009

• National Society of Professional Engineers

• • NSPE Professional Engineers In Private Practice Chair 2014-2015
  • Member of the Professional Liability Committee 2012 – 2018
  • Member of the Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee 2014-2016
  • Energy Task Force Chair

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

• • President Elect of the Alumni Association 2021-2022
  • Engineering Alumni Chapter Steering Committee

• Leadership Lafayette – Graduate, Class XVII, 2002-2003
• American Water Works Association
• Water Environment Federation