Robert Daoust

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Associate Vice President & Water/Wastewater Section HeadIntroducing the Florida Water/Wastewater Market to JMT - a new choice for your engineering partner. @ Big Moose Group
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, United States
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With 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, I specialize in driving top-line growth by building and managing teams of water resources, water/wastewater, and stormwater professionals that capture market share by expanding into new geographies, diversifying service offerings, and broadening client portfolios. Further, I am adept at working with underperforming teams, developing and implementing corrective actions to stem revenue loss, recapturing lost market share, and rebuilding client relationships.With a natural passion for learning, I quickly grasp new concepts, which has enabled me to be comfortable leading technically diverse teams composed of scientists, engineers, hydrogeologists, and planners. I have extensive experience successfully leading and guiding the pursuit, capture, and execution of a variety of municipal utility projects such as feasibility studies, permitting, engineering design, and construction services that span the spectrum from water resources and stormwater management to the collection, distribution, and treatment of potable water and wastewater.My core areas of technical expertise include ecosystem restoration, freshwater wetland ecology, coastal ecology, and watershed management. I have worked on some of the nation’s largest ecosystem restoration programs, such as the Florida Everglades, as well as local stream restoration and monitoring projects. I have substantial capabilities in experimental design, implementation and optimization of monitoring programs, and statistical analysis. My experience includes planning, design and permitting of restoration and resilience projects, which have often incorporated a multi-functional approach to shoreline protection that mitigates flood risk; restores or enhances ecological condition; and provides tangible socioeconomic benefits. I have worked with public and private clients on a variety of projects to enhance resilience to rising sea levels. This includes efforts developing plans to adapt to the impacts of recurrent flooding and mitigate future risks from storm surge induced flooding through a combination of strategies and policies that not only reduce vulnerability risk on a localized level, but which also work together holistically to yield regional benefits. I have also supported studies to evaluate how specific strategies or certain outcomes can have significant implications on growth and stability by shifting the burden for adaptation disproportionately among individuals, businesses, and government entities or even among socioeconomic classes.

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Big Moose Group

Big Moose Group

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Associate Vice President & Water/Wastewater Section HeadIntroducing the Florida Water/Wastewater Market to JMT - a new choice for your engineering partner.
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
Robert Daoust Work Experience Details
  • Big Moose Group
    Big Moose Group
    Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us
  • Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
    Associate Vice President | Water/Wastewater Section Head
    Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Apr 2024 - Present
    Serving Clients Across The Us, Us
    Tasked with building and leading a team of water and wastewater professionals in Florida. Based out of the Fort Lauderdale office, the initial focus is working with clients in south Florida, particularly within Broward County. JMT is full-service engineering firm with nearly 2,300 employees in offices nationwide. In Florida the company is a highly respected provider of transportation design, water resources, and CEI services. As the Water/Wastewater Section Head, I have been tasked with the challenge of expanding the company's service footprint in Florida, which will require leveraging JMT's excellent reputation for its highly responsive service, the exceptional caliber of their technical expertise, and an ability to consistently deliver within negotiated budgets and on time. JMT offers a fresh new choice to clients in the area for their engineering partner.
  • Big Moose Group
    President/Founder
    Big Moose Group Jan 2021 - Mar 2024
    Founder and president of independent boutique consulting firm that specialized in using advanced research to resolve complex data into identifiable trends and pattern that provide insights that help solve our client's most pressing challenges.
  • Rk&K
    Senior Manager, Municipal Engineering | Florida Water Practice Area Manager
    Rk&K May 2018 - Dec 2020
    Baltimore, Md, Us
    Lead the introduction of the firm into the Florida municipal water market, where it had previously not had any presence. Established, grew and managed the water/wastewater/stormwater practice based out of the office I opened in Fort Lauderdale. Drove the growth of the practice using a strategy that aligned firm resources with targeted client opportunities. Recruited technical staff members, including two hydrogeologists that brought new capabilities to the firm, expanding its service offerings across all its geographies. In addition to hydrogeology, the team provided a range of planning, engineering, and construction management services with a focus on design of potable water distribution and wastewater collection systems constructed using trenchless technologies. As the firm's structure was highly decentralized and office/practice focused, I also developed and implemented operational policies and procedures for the Florida water practice as these were generally absent on a firmwide basis. This effort included development of: standard QAQC procedures; standard fee development spreadsheets that automatically calculated project multiplier and estimated profit; as well as branded standard deliverable templates and related branding guideline. These operational and branding standards were adopted to ensure that the practice delivered work consistent with the firm's well-established reputation for technical excellence and responsive service as wel as adhering with its corporate brand identity.
  • Arcadis
    Associate Vice President
    Arcadis Jan 2016 - Apr 2018
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Directed client development efforts with municipal clients in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties that achieved strategic objectives through positive impacts on top line bookings and enhanced regional marketshare by expanding portfolios with existing clients and securing opportunities with new clients. Worked collaboratively with the entire southeast Florida Water team to accomplish targeted client development objectives to grow water/wastewater, transmission/distribution, and pump/lift station business. Provided support to municipal clients on planning or studies to address resilience and local adaptation to mitigate flood risk associated with storm surge and recurrent flooding / sea level rise. Directly managed a team water/wastewater design engineers and hydrogeologists in south Florida.
  • Arcadis
    Associate Vice President
    Arcadis Jun 2014 - Dec 2015
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Served as the Major Market Manager for Florida and was tasked with leading and coordinating all client development activities across Florida. Between June 2014 and March 2015, focus was on the firm's core Water Business Line services, such as water treatment, wastewater treatment, distribution and transmission, pump and lift stations, as well as water resources and water management. Through a corporate reorganization that occurred in March 2015, focus was shifted to public sector clients (city / county / state entities) across Florida. Was specifically tasked with diversifying the firm's portfolio of services with existing municipal / state clients and winning new clients to expand position throughout Florida's key markets, including southeast Florida, Tampa Bay, central Florida, and Jacksonville.
  • Arcadis
    Manager, Ecosystem Restoration & Coastal Protection
    Arcadis Jan 2011 - Aug 2014
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Managed the firm's national Ecosystem Restoration and Coastal Protection practice, part of the Water Management business unit. Was responsible for managing and growing the practice, which provided planning, permitting, and engineering support for large- and small-scale ecosystem restoration and coastal protection projects. By 2014, had significantly increased practice size beyond its initial footprint in Florida and Louisiana to New York City and San Francisco by implementing a strategy that leveraged existing domestic and international experience to win targeted planning studies, alternatives analyses, and conceptual design opportunities to mitigate flood risk associated with storm surge and sea level rise.
  • Arcadis
    Ports Market Team Leader, Southeast
    Arcadis Dec 2012 - Jan 2014
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Managed and coordinated the teams responsible for business development with Port clients throughout the southeast, with a focus on Florida.
  • Arcadis
    Associate
    Arcadis Apr 2009 - Jan 2011
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Scientist that provided technical support to a variety of ecosystem restoration and watershed conservation projects throughout the southeast. Was part of the firm's Client Management team responsible for business development.
  • Arcadis
    Senior Environmental Scientist
    Arcadis Sep 2007 - Apr 2009
    Amsterdam, Nederland, Nl
    Was responsible to secure, manage and execute work issued through an as-needed contract for biological services with the South Florida Water Management District. Projects included ecological monitoring of nearshore wetlands in Lake Okeechobee; monitoring the abundance, distribution and composition of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Indian River and Lake Worth lagoons; monitoring and analyzing success of an experiment release of laboratory-raised apple snails into a natural wetland; and conducting an analysis of the phosphorus budget in St. Lucie Estuary. Also responsible for securing a new contract for environmental services with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana and managing subsequent assignments.
  • Bem Systems, Inc.
    Senior Environmental Scientist
    Bem Systems, Inc. Aug 2004 - Sep 2007
    Madison, New Jersey, Us
    Worked extensively on a variety of projects related to Everglades Restoration, including development of monitoring programs to evaluate transport of particulate phosphorus from Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) discharges downstream in the the Everglades Protection Area. Also optimized a program for long-term monitoring of nutrient retention rates in each of the STAs. Developed an approach using Bayesian Statistics to integrate results from two large-scale field experiments that examined differential approaches to accelerate recovery of phosphorus-impacted areas of the Everglades.

Robert Daoust Skills

Environmental Consulting Ecology Water Resources Water Water Management Water Quality Ecological Restoration Environmental Science Climate Change Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Issues Watershed Management Environmental Engineering Mitigation Environmental Compliance Water Resource Management Conservation Issues Environmental Policy Environmental Permitting Natural Resource Management Coastal Groundwater Environmental Management Systems Wetlands Remediation Soil Climate Change Adaptation Stormwater Management Ports Environmental Planning Sustainable Development Rcra Gis Ecosystem Ecology Ecosystem Management Coastal Management Watershed Assessment Climate Change Impacts Integrated Water Resources Management Constructed Wetlands

Robert Daoust Education Details

  • Mcgill University
    Mcgill University
    Geography
  • Florida International University
    Florida International University
    Biological Sciences
  • University Of South Carolina
    University Of South Carolina
    Biological Sciences (Estuarine Ecology)

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