Robert Ruch Email & Phone Number

Peachtree Corners, Ga, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Commands the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center. The Huntsville Center executes more than 6,000 contracts valued at $2.5 billion annually in engineering, construction and technical services in support of strategic national programs such as the design and construction of worldwide chemical weapons demilitarization facilities, Army and Air Force installation facility repair and renewal construction, national energy savings programs, nationwide environmental and ordnance remediation programs, Army medical facilities design oversight, and overseas contingency operations.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Leads a 1,300 person district with a $1.2 Billion annual program providing civil works, military construction and environmental restoration to 147 DoD installations. Responsible for Federal water resources and environmental regulatory programs, including operations and maintenance, water quality and supply, hydroelectric power, flood risk management, recreation and navigation in the upper Missouri River Basin. Supports Federal and State disaster response and recovery and Homeland Defense operations. Maintains personal liaison with senior military, Congressional, Federal, State and local officials, and 53 American Tribal leaders.

Division Engineer for 1st Cavalry Division and Multi-National Division-Baghdad, the largest division in Iraq. Responsible for the staff that plans, coordinates and tracks engineer operations. responsible for Engineer Battlefield Assessment of the Division's AO - collecting information and producing products to enable commanders and their staffs to better visualize the operating environment in the aspects of mobility, countermobility and survivability. Supervises staff effort to defeat the IED threat. Serve as the Deputy Team Leader for the Baghdad PRT. Responsible for a joint interagency team including 85 members fro DOD, DOS, DOJ, USAID, NGOs and local nationals. Responsible for reconstructing the provincial level of government in Baghdad to include governance, economics, rule of law and infrastructure. Primary interlocutor for Governor, Provincial Council Chairman and Mayor.

Commander of an Engineer District with over 500 military and civilian personnel, an annual operating budget of over $200M in assets. Manages water resources for a 13,000 square mile basin with a population of 8M people. Responsible for military construction in area of responsibility including Dover Air Force Base and Fort Dix as well as GWOT reach-back contracting support to CENTCOM. Supports congressional leaders from 5 states. Provides quality engineering support; maintains 550 miles of navigation channels and 21 associated dredged material placement sites; operates the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, a 300 foot long ocean-going hopper dredge, 5 dams a recreation site with 1,2M annual visitors; and manages other civil works projects, coastal engineering for 150 miles of shoreline, regulatory functions, and environmental clean-up.

Brussels, Be

Joint Engineer staff officer member of the Resources Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). Plans, validates, and manages over 40 strategic level infrastructure works costing over 50 million dollars in support of the NATO Crisis Operations. Directly responsible to secure funds to execute these works from NATO's implementing committees. Coordinates directly with NATO's International Staff (NIS), Military Staff (IMS), AFN, AFS, ISAF, SFOR and KFOR Commands for strategic planning. Advises the SHAPE Joint Planning Staff and the SHAPE Command Group on the employment of critical engineer assets in direct support of operations in SFOR, KFOR, and ISAF. Represents the CMRB at the SDC J-Reps meeting and advises on resource issues impacting operations. COL Ruch traveled often to places such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, FYROM and Albania to make sure that Joint NATO projects were properly funded and constructed to support deployed NATO troops. He was part of the initial NATO assessment team sent in to recon what was to become the NATO ISAF Headquarters. Force protection recommendations have saved many lives over the years. He also worked as a key member of the team that worked to resource the efforts at Kabul International Airport allowing NATO access militarily and improving operations for the most important airport in the country for the GOA.

Masters, Strategic Studies

Mem, Engineering Management

Geo-Environmental Science