Ryan Culton, P.E., Mba Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Springfield, Illinois Area

Responsible for maintaining operations, including the materials testing laboratory and supervision of 15 personnel, in compliance with the AASHTO Accreditation Program.Foster and maintain cooperative working environments between IDOT units, FHWA, and industry stakeholders through public interest meeting presentations, working groups, seminars, and various public speaking engagements.Provide timely evaluations to industry and IDOT personnel on evolving technology, priority changes… Show more Responsible for maintaining operations, including the materials testing laboratory and supervision of 15 personnel, in compliance with the AASHTO Accreditation Program.Foster and maintain cooperative working environments between IDOT units, FHWA, and industry stakeholders through public interest meeting presentations, working groups, seminars, and various public speaking engagements.Provide timely evaluations to industry and IDOT personnel on evolving technology, priority changes, material availability, and environmental changes. Lead personnel in evaluation and implementation of new procedures.Prepare written technical reports for conceptual alternatives and cost comparisons to directors for purposes of selecting the most responsive approach for satisfying public transportation demands and maintaining favorable public relations. Successfully administer IDOT’s materials acceptance programs having contract value in excess of $400M annually and serving over 1800 suppliers and producers. Show less

Springfield, Illinois

Facilitated the implementation of research findings and new technology into all aspects of transportation and ensure results are properly incorporated into IDOT policies and procedures.Served as technical adviser to approximately 30 technical review panels for transportation research projects including bridges, structures, highway safety, hydraulics, pavement design, materials, and emerging technologies.Worked directly with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to administer $33M… Show more Facilitated the implementation of research findings and new technology into all aspects of transportation and ensure results are properly incorporated into IDOT policies and procedures.Served as technical adviser to approximately 30 technical review panels for transportation research projects including bridges, structures, highway safety, hydraulics, pavement design, materials, and emerging technologies.Worked directly with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to administer $33M, 5-year contract research program with partner universities and consultants. Implement innovative research into practice, thereby saving over $36M per year in construction costs.Served as technical review panel chair on a 3D technology implementation initiative project. Collaborated with all districts, Central Bureaus, and the FHWA concerning research implementation, problem investigations, and research needs. Facilitate outreach, marketing, and technology transfer with county and city engineers, colleges and universities, consultants, and other state DOTs on a national level to effectively conduct problem investigations and implement research findings.Key member of the technology transfer team of the National Road Research Alliance transportation pooled fund sponsored by the FHWA and the MnROAD research center, a pavement lab operated by the Minnesota DOT. Show less

Chicago, Illinois

Accomplishments:• Technical liaison and consultant for the State of Illinois.• Successfully implemented change management and identified key performance indicators to incorporate sound management principles and accountability metrics. • Played a pivotal role in establishing regulations, administrative code and drafting legislation to improve public safety. Intricately involved with American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) task groups to establish and author international safety… Show more Accomplishments:• Technical liaison and consultant for the State of Illinois.• Successfully implemented change management and identified key performance indicators to incorporate sound management principles and accountability metrics. • Played a pivotal role in establishing regulations, administrative code and drafting legislation to improve public safety. Intricately involved with American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) task groups to establish and author international safety standards. A voting member of ASTM safety standards.• Exhibited strong project management experience with leadership personality and hands on projects control tools such as process and methods analysis, program monitoring, earned value, labor performance analysis and contracts administration.Key Responsibilities:• Liaising with legislators and inter-government agencies to develop relationships for outreach and cross-collaboration to improve public service to assist the community in developing the State to its best potential and reducing inefficient duplication of work.• Conducted legislative bill analysis for key interests and stakeholders including economic impacts, logistics of enforcement, resource allocation and anticipated opposition arguments.• Applying functional expertise, assuring liaison across multi-functional disciplines including information technology, legal and inter-governmental agencies to optimize internal processes, accountability and public relations.• Serving as a spokesperson, community liaison, responding to media inquiries, drafting press releases and writing technical bulletin opinions.• Identifying, analyzing and resolving day to day challenges, scheduling and coordinating workflow activities while ensuring adherence to CRM policies, procedures and government regulations.• Serving as liaison and technical advisor to Safety Advisory Board. Show less

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

- Proffered strategic leadership while designing and managing public works and infrastructure projects for water resources business line. - Instrumental in conceptualizing, designing, planning and scheduling project tasks for multiple municipal civil engineering projects. - Served as Steering committee leader, formulated 5 year business plans for business operating unit. Conceptualized strategies to effectively achieve yearly business plan, vision, mission and corporate values in… Show more - Proffered strategic leadership while designing and managing public works and infrastructure projects for water resources business line. - Instrumental in conceptualizing, designing, planning and scheduling project tasks for multiple municipal civil engineering projects. - Served as Steering committee leader, formulated 5 year business plans for business operating unit. Conceptualized strategies to effectively achieve yearly business plan, vision, mission and corporate values in consonance with organizational and departmental objectives.• Streamlined traditional engineering processes to optimize and adapt to the dynamism that the market requires. Employed LEAN thinking methodology through brainstorms, process mapping and statistical analysis.• Successfully implemented the PAVE (Performance Assessment Value Enhancement) system to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, quality, safety, solutions and results, and ultimately guarantee enhanced value when delivering engineering services.• Played a key role in change management and identified key performance indicators to incorporate sound management principles and accountability metrics. Show less

Decatur, Illinois Area

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Research and data analytics for inventory software database for various Army bases. Created cost models, regression analysis of asset deterioration and performed beta testing on software models.

Civil And Environmental Engineering

Masters, Business

Bachelor Of Science, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil And Environmental Engineering