Terracon

Growing up, my dad was joint owner of an asphalt and concrete company. As a kid, I can remember my dad taking my brother and me to see the new concrete plants and show off the new concrete trucks they had purchased. Many Sunday drives included driving out to whatever new project his company was working on.

A side bonus to having a dad in this business: every summer, a brand new sand pile was delivered to our backyard. My brother, the neighborhood kids, and I would spend summer days playing in those sand piles.

I truly believe this exposure as a kid had a big influence on my love of this business.

Growing up, I was always playing in the dirt. My family is very active in outdoor activities and that appreciation for the environment is what led me to a career in the earth sciences. I am grateful for my parents’ guidance, which led me into a career more fulfilling than I could have imagined. I knew in childhood I wanted to be a scientist.

I’m inspired by our team getting involved in projects other firms aren’t confident enough to touch. Working at a firm that embraces the challenging projects and supports its scientists and engineers is priceless. At times, we’ve been asked to install a type of instrumentation we have not installed before. Figuring out the process with the geologists, exploration team members, project managers, and other team members, fires me up.

How I innovate. We’re leading the industry in collaborative geotechnical project management using GeoReport and leveraging our national database of geotechnical information by sharing it with clients through our new Report of Expected Geotechnical Conditions – it is an industry first. Since we are in the captain’s chair, we have a responsibility to guide the industry in the right direction – a direction that is innovative.