Extensive experience in the design, construction and management of large, complex civil works projects—specializing in dams, levees, and outlet works throughout California.
WSP USA
Senior Vice President - West Dams Practice Lead
Hydrostor Willow Rock (Calif.)
Hazen and Sawyer
West Region Dams and Levees Practice Lead
Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Project Long-Term Study (Seattle, Wash.)
Ashokan Reservoir Interim Spillway Notch (Ulster County, N.Y.)
Dix Dam Safety Inspection (Mercer and Garrard Counties, Ky.)
Vermillion Dam Spillway Repair (Vermillion County, Ill.)
Grove Land Reservoir (Indian River and Okeechobee Counties, Fla.)
Harold Reservoir Outlet Structure Gate Rehabilitation (Riverside County, Calif.)
Mud Lake Restoration VE Study (Duluth, Minn.)
AECOM
Senior Project Manager
Sites Reservoir Project (Glenn and Colusa Counties, Calif.)
Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Anderson Dam Tunnel Project (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Syphon Reservoir Improvement Project (Orange County, Calif.)
Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
HDR
Senior Project Manager
Newell Creek Dam Inlet/Outlet Replacement Project (Santa Cruz County, Calif.)
Calero Dam Seismic Retrofit Project (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Levee (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Sacramento Weir Widening (Sacramento, Calif.)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lead Engineer
Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway (Joint Federal Project) (CESPK Sacramento District, Folsom, Calif.)
Hurricane Sandy Recovery Program (P.L. 113-2) (CENAD North Atlantic Division, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y.)
HQUSACE Mega Design Construction Evaluation (DCE) Panels
Olmsted Lock and Dam (CELRL Louisville District, Ill./Ky.)
Herbert Hoover Dike (CESAJ Jacksonville District, Fla.)
GEI Consultants
Senior Engineer
Urban Levee Evaluation, California Department of Water Resources
PG&E Dams, FERC Relicensing, DSSMPs and DSSMRs (Motherlode and Drum Watersheds, Sierra Nevada, Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley
MS, Geotechnical Engineering
Graduate Student Instructor for Rock Mechanics (Dr. Richard Goodman, 2003)
Syracuse University
BS, Civil Engineering
Minor studies in Mathematics
Minor studies in Engineering Management
Studied Leonardo da Vinci—Artist and Engineer, including 10-day expedition to Paris, Milan and Florence (Dr. Gary Radke and Dr. Sam Clemence, 2002)
Teaching Assistant for Experiential Steel Design (Dr. Eric Lui, 2001)
AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition (2000, 2001)
President of Auxiliary Services, ASCE Student Chapter (2001-2002)
Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honor society
The Life and Death of TED (the temporary embankment dam at the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway)
United States Society of Dams (USSD), Annual Conference and Exhibition
Innovative Grout Repair at Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway Control Structure
Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), Dam Safety 2017
Rock Mechanics Considerations in the Design of Folsom Auxiliary Spillway Approach Channel
ARMA 48th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium
New auxiliary spillway for Folsom dam, California
The International Journal on Hydropower & Dams
International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Annual Meeting
Alan Kropp & Associates
Project Engineer
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, East Canyon, Deep Bedrock Landslide Mitigation (Calif.)
West Contra Costa Unified School District Seismic Evaluation (Calif.)
Ben C. Gerwick
Geotechnical Engineer
Pitt River Bridge (BC, Canada)
Busan–Geoje Fixed Link (Sea of Japan, So. Korea)
Northstar Island (Beaufort Sea, Alaska)
ENGEO
Project Engineer
San Rafael Rock Quarry (Marin County, Calif.)
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (San Francisco, Calif.)
Alamo Creek (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Palos Colorados (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Schaefer Ranch (Alameda County, Calif.)
Muirlands at Windemere (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Norris Canyon Estates (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Sierra Vista (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Orinda Gateway (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Stonebrae Country Club (Alameda County, Calif.)
Stonebrae Elementary School (Alameda County, Calif.)
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Sonoma County, Calif.)
Gan Shalom Cemetery (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Japonica Bridge (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Markley Creek Crossing (Contra Costa County, Calif.)
Westshore Marina Residential Condominium Project (Richmond, Calif.)
Berti-Lindquist Consulting Engineers
Staff Engineer
Kalaheo Avenue Reconstructured Sewer Phase 1 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
SF MUNI Third Street Light Rail Transit (San Francisco, Calif.)
Caltrain San Bruno Grade Separation (San Mateo County, Calif.)
Caltrain South San Francisco Grade Separation (San Mateo County, Calif.)
Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit, Phase 2, Contractor Temporary Shoring (San Francisco, Calif.)
Town of Clarence Engineering Department - Engineering and Surveying Assistant (Clarence, N.Y.)
Sidewalk Replacement Project Manager
Retention Basins and Stormwater Management
Surveying (with theodolite)
Construction Observation
Records Management
S.U. Bird Library - Commons Security (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Buffalo Bills Stadium - Game/Event Security (Orchard Park, N.Y.)
Birdair, Inc. - AutoCAD Drafting Intern (Amherst, N.Y.)
Quality Markets - Cashier (Amherst, N.Y.)
Awarded $750 Penn Traffic college scholarship
Fastest local check-out time, express lane
Lou Gehrig Little League - Umpire (Amherst, N.Y.)