Since 1991 I have helped restore environmentally impacted sites, planned and designed resilient public infrastructure facilities, and assisted communities deliver projects with enhanced economic, social, and environmental (triple bottom line) project outcomes.
I help clients use nature-based solutions for environmental mitigation, resilience, sustainability, and stormwater management. I’m very proficient in the use of the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Framework, which is a scoring system for horizontal public infrastructure projects. I obtained my Envision Sustainability Professional credential in 2013. In 2016, the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) retained me to verify Envision projects. In 2019 I became an Envision Trainer. In 2022 ISI appointed me to serve on their Envision Review Board.
I currently serve on the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force, which is working with county departments to prepare a 2050 Flood Resilience Plan for Harris County. I participate in the West Houston Association’s Sustainable Infrastructure Committee activities. I chair the Public Affairs Committee of the Houston Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. I assist the Urban Resilience Committee of the Houston District Council of the Urban Land Institute with program development and delivery. In 2020, the Texas Water Development Board appointed me to serve on their Flood Technical Advisory Group, which provides input to the Board’s new state-wide flood planning efforts.
I started working as an environmental consultant in 1991. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I arrived in Texas in 1998. I’m married to an Aggie-girl (also an engineer). I have two wonderful daughters, three cats, a dog, and a keen interest in technology and science-fiction. I’m a registered Professional Engineer in Texas and seven other states.
I’m employed by 5engineering, LLC, a great water resources engineering and sustainability consulting firm in the Houston area, but the thoughts presented in this blog do not necessarily represent the views of my employer.