Geology

After a 35-year career as a professional geologist, and the privilege of being the CEO of a geoprofessional firm, I am dedicating myself to assisting for-profit and nonprofit organizations strengthen and advance their endeavors, utilizing my passions for consulting, teaching, and writing. My business experience spans a broad range that includes strategic planning, mergers/acquisitions, market intelligence, client feedback/engagement, ownership/leadership transition, executive coaching, change management, conflict resolution, professional development, and peer review. As a geoprofessional, I have provided consulting services to clients in the energy, development, transportation, federal government, and water and natural resource markets, serving as project manager and/or principal in charge of over 1,200 site studies with a primary technical focus on the assessment and remediation of hazardous substances in various media. My career began with Woodward-Clyde Consultants in 1983, serving in their geophysics division and later in their dams and tunnels group. I joined GeoEngineers, Inc. in 1988 and became the firm’s chief executive in March of 2007. I retired from the firm in April 2017. My former firm, GeoEngineers, is a premier earth science and technology firm of 400 people with headquarters Seattle, Washington and 14 offices around the U.S. GeoEngineers' projects have spanned more than 30 countries. I also serve on the Humboldt State University Foundation Board.