Terracon Consultants, Inc.

David Gaboury is President and CEO of Terracon and also serves as Chairman of the Board. David is a licensed professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in environmental, geo-environmental and water resources engineering. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. David received a masters’ degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program. Prior to joining Terracon, he was with Woodward Clyde for 15 years, serving as COO and president of Woodward Clyde Consultants for the last five years.

David is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Olathe Medical Center, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Olathe Medical Services, Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors of two firms - - Smith Seckman Reid, an engineering design firm headquartered in Nashville, TN and RS&H, an architectural, engineering and consulting firm headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. Previously, he served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Olathe, Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Olathe Economic Development Council. He is past president of GBA/The Geoprofessional Business Association and a past member of ASCE’s Industry Leaders Council. He is a member of the Counsel of Fellows of GBA and participates in the CEO Conference Group, the Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT), the Incident and Injury-Free Executive Forum and ACEC’s Design Professionals Coalition.

In 2013, David was selected as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® award winner for the Central Midwest and as a national finalist.

As part of its executive succession plan, Terracon is pleased to announce Swaminathan (Vasan) Srinivasan, P.E., is now president of Terracon Consultants, Inc.

Srinivasan assumes leadership of Terracon’s operating company, including the firm’s geographical operating groups, service lines, business sectors, and quality group, which provide professional services across the country.

He succeeds David Gaboury, P.E., who has served as president of Terracon since 1997. Gaboury continues as Terracon’s chairman and CEO. Under Gaboury’s direction, the company has created a legacy of safety, climbed 57 spots on Engineering-News Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list, and exceeded $600 million in revenues. Gaboury and Srinivasan will continue the executive transition throughout the year.

“Vasan has been a large part of Terracon’s success. His drive to advance innovation in all we do, his initiative, and his commitment to our employees, clients, and communities makes him a highly effective leader,” Gaboury said. “He represents the outstanding quality and dedication of the employee-owners at Terracon.”

Since joining the firm in 2007 as part of Terracon’s acquisition of H.C. Nutting in Cincinnati, Srinivasan advanced from senior engineer to geotechnical engineering manager to division manager. His progression continued while serving as Western Operating Group manager and executive vice president. He has held a seat on the company’s board of directors since 2013, and recently served as Terracon’s chief operating officer.

“It is an exceptional honor to be entrusted with leading Terracon into the next phase of our journey as a company,” Srinivasan said. “I look forward to working together with our employee-owners to build on our strong foundation and find new, innovative ways to serve our clients, contribute to the advancement of our industry, and make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.”

Srinivasan is a licensed professional engineer with a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in geotechnical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Among his accomplishments are leadership positions with the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Geoprofessional Business Association, and Deep Foundations Institute. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Cincinnati State College, authored several technical papers, and delivered presentations on numerous geotechnical engineering topics.

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,500 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 130 offices with services in all 50 states. Terracon currently ranks 32nd on Engineering News-Record’s list of Top 500 Design Firms. For more information, visit terracon.com.