Tyler Ortego Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Natrx uses proprietary, advanced technology and manufacturing to deliver high-performance, nature-based solutions to coastal resilience and protection challenges.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Sr. technical contributor, subject matter expert. Empowering the infrastructure community to build with nature at scale.

New Orleans, La, Us

ORA Estuaries grows oyster reefs into living coastal protection infrastructure.Oysters have been described as the “temperate equivalent of coral reefs” for their importance to the coastal environment. They form the foundation of the estuarine ecology. Almost every estuary in the world once supported oyster reefs, but now 85% of the world’s oyster reefs have been lost. Likewise, estuaries support people. Twenty two of the 32 largest cities in the world are on estuaries. These coastal communities are growing in the face of sea level rise and storm intensification due to climate change. The result is that global storm surge damages are expected to rise from $10-40 billion to $100 billion annually by 2100. In response to these factors, communities throughout the world are developing coastal resiliency plans that combine robust natural features with engineered protection.ORA Estuaries is at the forefront of this trend. ORA Estuaries' founder, Tyler Ortego, is a leader in the field of using engineered oyster reefs for coastal shoreline protection. Tyler is on a mission to fundamentally disrupt the economics of coastal protection. To that end, ORA Estuaries and sister company ORA Technologies are developing a solution called the Oyster Scaffold. The developing Oyster Scaffold technology will empower communities to grow living oyster reefs into building blocks for coastal restoration. Those living building blocks can then be assembled into low cost shoreline protection or large barrier reefs. The growing process itself becomes a habitat feature, cleaning water, enhancing fisheries etc. We're letting the oysters do the work.In addition, as science and policy develops, ORA Estuaries is developing novel solutions for monetizing ecosystem services in a way that connects diverse stakeholders to large scale ecosystem restoration.

ORA Technologies was created in 2004 to provide innovative products and services to address engineering and environmental issues in the coastal environment while maximizing the ecological benefit. ORA Technologies first product, the Oysterbreak, was developed to slow coastal erosion while enhancing local ecology. The founding members of ORA Technologies have advanced training and expertise in coastal engineering, aquaculture engineering, concrete design, mechanical engineering, and agricultural chemistry. ORA Technologies offers products, as well as provides consulting on best management practices and project specific design. At all times, ORA Technologies strives to meet and exceed client’s expectations while providing maximum ecological benefit. ORA Technologies also has a close relationship to Louisiana State University, where technologies can be transferred to the public and accepted by the academic community.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Building critical resilience infrastructure

Houston, Texas, Us

Developing a line of leading coastal infrastructure products for Forterra's national customer base. Emphasis on natural infrastructure and integrating ecology with the built environment.

Formerly an engineer for Shaw Coastal, Inc. I led the coastal engineering & regulatory compliance branch of our office. My specialty is designing and building coastal restoration projects. I also work on NEPA, regulatory compliance and wetland issues, primarily for public works projects.

Duties include:managing/coordinating field survey crew.engineering and design for land development, including drainage, site layout, sewer etc...topographic, boundary, ALTA and resubdivision surveys

research, concrete, ecology, oyster, science,

Ms, Biological Engineering

Bs, Biological Engineering