Over the past two decades as an engineering design consultant, I have been blessed to help lead many of Kentuckyâ??s largest, most complex, and highest profile projects, such as:

• Mountain Parkway widening (current)â??Wolfe, Morgan, and Magoffin counties
• Kennedy Interchange (nearing completion)â??Louisville: the junction of I-71, I-65, and I-64, aka Spaghetti Junction
• Industrial Parkway (completed)â??Greenup and Boyd counties: built to boost Northeastern Kentuckyâ??s economic growth

I am grateful that our clients entrust Qk4 to help them deliver those projects.

As the Kentucky Transportation Cabinetâ??s Assistant State Highway Engineer for Preconstruction from 1983 to 1992, I managed Kentuckyâ??s program that yielded over $3.5 billion in highway construction projects, including:

• Toyota Access Roadsâ??Georgetown: key to bringing Toyota to Kentucky
• Reconstruction of I-264, Watterson Expresswayâ??Louisville
• US68/KYâ??Western Kentucky: corridor improvements
• â?¢ US 23 Reconstructionâ??Eastern Kentucky

Yet it isnâ??t just these extraordinary projects that define my career. There have been dozens, if not hundreds, of small and medium sized projects that matter just as much to their communities. For example, last year I helped KYTC deliver plans for an improvement to Lexingtonâ??s KY 4 (New Circle Road)/US 60 (Versailles Road) interchange that hits close to homeâ??my wife has driven that road each school day for 41 years to reach work at Tates Creek Elementary.

As I travel throughout our Commonwealth, I drive over roads, under bridges, and through mountain tunnels that Iâ??ve helped design and see through construction over the past four decades as a KYTC employee and as a consultant. Iâ??m proud of those achievements, but when I see them, what pops into my mind are all the great people Iâ??ve worked with along the wayâ??folks who are just as vivid to me as the road or bridge I happen to be driving across.

And for those people to have been a part of my work, and often a part of my life outside of work, I feel blessed.

Education

BS, 1969, Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky

Registration

PE / KY, WV, NC, OH, IN, GA, TN, VA :: PLS / KY, WV

Affiliations

Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers
Kentucky Association of Transportation Engineers
Society of American Military Engineers

Awards

2008 UK Civil Engineering Career Achievement Award