A Licensed/Registered Professional Engineer, Bob has more than 30 years experience in geotechnical/geological, earthquake and dams consulting services. He has served as District Manager, Project Manager, Project and Staff Engineer with nationally recognized engineering firms on the east and west coasts of the United States, Hawaii, Guam, and Haiti. He has performed civil, geotechnical, geological, geophysical, earthquake and environmental engineering, hydaulics and hydrology on buildings and infrastructure in the United States and overseas. He has overseen turnkey designs for many dams, encompassing all phases of civil engineering. He has evaluated and designed foundations, excavation support systems, embankments and slopes. Bob has engineered rock slopes, and performed and/or supervised geotechnical, geological, seismic, hydraulic and hydrologic studies of existing facilities such as seismic safety evaluations for dams, including High Hazard, large embankment and historic stone-masonry dams. He has evaluated earth properties by geotechnical and geophysical methods including seismic refraction techniques. He is Past President of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Past Co-Chair of the Editorial Board of Civil Engineering Practice: the Journal of the BSCES, and Past Chair of the Geotechnical Group (Geo-Institute) of BSCES. Bob was Chair of the Sections and Branches Council of the Geo-Institute (G-I) of ASCE, a charter member of the G-I Professional Practice Council. He serves on the G-I Technical Committee on Embankments, Dams and Slopes, and the G-I Codes and Standards Committee on Inspection of Dams. He is a Member of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.Specialties: Geotechnical, geological, seismic and dam engineering, hydrology & hydraulics, and leadership including critical thinking/evaluating, strategizing/goal-setting, management and business development