Andrew Luce, PE
- Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 2007
- Graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington
- (Thought about being a History Teacher)
- Hidden Talent: Memorizing useless sports facts and movie lines
- Blind as a bat – legally blind without contacts or glasses
- Professional expertise: Subsurface Utility Engineering, Utility Coordination, and Municipal Roadway, Drainage, and Utility Design
“IT’S HARD TO BEAT A PERSON WHO NEVER GIVES UP!” ~ BABE RUTH
Brian Maddox, RPLS
- Born in Dallas, Texas
- Began a career within the surveying industry in 1984
- Attended Eastfield College and Army Defense Mapping School
- (Thought about being an Army Ranger)
- Hidden Talent: Best Dad and Papa in Texas
- Enjoys fishing and anything outdoors, and spending time with family
- Professional expertise: Professional Land Surveying, Land Development and Project Management
“STRENGTH DOESN’T COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T.” ~ BRIAN MADDOX
Cecil Cheshier, PE
- Born in Bowie, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1993
- Graduated from Texas A&M University
- Thought about being a fighter pilot or a rock star (or better yet a rock star/fighter pilot!)
- Hidden Talent: Even though I never became a fighter pilot, I can still fly an airplane– and hey, I even have a license to do it!
- I guess I blame my 7th grade football coach and math teacher for never making it as a rock star. After all, he is the one who got me into this business when he offered me a part time job while I was still in high school. He was a registered professional land surveyor (RPLS) and did surveying work on the weekends and in the summer.
- Professional expertise: Land Development, Site Development, Complex Grading/Drainage Design & Analysis
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” ~ Mark 10:45
Chris Cuny, PE
- Born in Dallas, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1983
- Attended Texas A&M, College Station
- (Thought about being an Attorney)
- Hidden Talent: Private Pilot, solo flight at age 18!
- Met Nelson Mandela in Amsterdam!
- Professional expertise: Site Development, Environmental Remediation, and Criminal Justice Design Consulting
“IT’S WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU ACT WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING THAT REALLY COUNTS.” ~ UNKWOWN
Christopher Hartke, PE, CFM
- Born in Elgin, Illinois
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1999
- Graduated from the University of Iowa, Iowa City (BSCE)
- (Thought about being an engineer, it allowed me to skip foreign language classes)
- Hidden Talent: Ambidextrous
- Only left-handed catcher in the league until I knocked out the umpire on a throw to 3rd base
- Professional expertise: Transportation, Management and Design (Streets, Highways, TxDOT)
“ENTHUSIASM IS EVERYTHING. IT MUST BE TAUT AND VIBRATING LIKE A GUITAR STRING.” ~ PELE
Daniel P. McCullough, PE
- Born in Waco, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1996
- Graduated from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- (Thought about being an Architect)
- Hidden Talent: Drawing 3D Sketches Freehand
- Played trumpet in the “Goin’ Band from Raiderland”
- Professional expertise: Transportation
“REMEMBER YOUR LEADERS, WHO SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU. CONSIDER THE OUTCOME OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND IMITATE THEIR FAITH.” ~ HEBREWS 13:78 (NIV)
Jay Maddox, RPLS
- Born in Alexandria, Virginia
- Began a career within the surveying/engineering industry in 2006
- Graduated from Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M University, Commerce
- (Thought about being a High School Baseball Coach/English Teacher)
- Hidden Talent: Carpentry and Cooking (Not at the same time…)
- Fouled out of a basketball game in under one minute in middle school (realized basketball was not my sport)
- Professional expertise: Design Surveys, Land Development, Boundary Retracements and Project Management
“THE LORD IS MY ROCK, MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER; MY GOD IS MY ROCK, IN WHOM I TAKE REFUGE, MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION, MY STRONGHOLD.” ~PSALMS 18:2
Jennifer Hall, SR/WA
- Born in Houston, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 2002
- Graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
- (Thought about being an Elementary Teacher)
- Hidden Talent: Love to cook (evidenced by winning TNP’s chili cook-off 3 consecutive years)
- In a former life I was a Swim Team Coach, Life Guard Instructor and Water Aerobics Instructor
- Professional expertise: Right of Way Acquisition for Government and Private Sector Clients
“YOUR WHY HAS TO BE BIGGER THAN THE SACRIFICES YOU WILL MAKE IN THE PRESENT TO BECOME YOUR FUTURE SELF.” ~AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Jonathan Bengfort, PE, CFM
- Born in Lindsay, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 2004
- Graduated from University of Texas at Arlington
- (Thought about being a Meteorologist …. partial derivatives, atmospheric physics, bow ties…need I say more)
- Hidden Talent: Extraordinary dance skills, watch out if it’s family dance party night at the Bengfort household!
- Have a twin sister. No, we don’t communicate telepathically. No, we don’t look alike. No, we’re actually nothing alike at all. But, she’s still pretty awesome…after all, we are twins.
- Professional expertise: Municipal Engineering and Consulting
“A MAN’S HEART PLANS HIS WAY, BUT THE LORD DIRECTS HIS STEPS.” ~ PROVERBS 16:9
Mandy Clark, PE, CFM, AICP
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1995
- Graduated from Texas A&M University
- Thought about owning a crafting Bed & Breakfast
- Hidden Talent: I can name every NFL, NBA, MLB, & NHL Team (I’m not a sports fan, just an insomniac.)
- Was once pulled on stage in Nashville to sing “Panama” with a Van Halen cover band.
- Professional expertise: City Engineering and Stormwater Program Management
“Don’t Panic” – Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Michael DeMotte, PE, CFM
- Born in Lemoore, California
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1998
- Graduated from Texas A&M University
- (Thought about being an Air Force Pilot, until I needed glasses)
- Hidden Talent: Enjoy singing in the church choir (whether or not others enjoy me singing is a different story)
- Served in the US Navy aboard a Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine and ran a nuclear reactor on part-time job during college
- Professional expertise: Lift/Pump Stations and Tanks; primarily Public Works (Water, Wastewater, Drainage, Roadway)
“…IT SHOULD, IN FACT, BE THOUGHT OF AS A CREATIVE ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN FOR THE LOVE OF THE WORK ITSELF; AND THAT MAN, MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE, SHOULD MAKE THINGS, AS GOD MAKES THEM, FOR THE SAKE OF DOING WELL A THING THAT IS WELL WORTH DOING…IT SHOULD BE LOOKED UPON, NOT AS A NECESSARY DRUDGERY TO BE UNDERGONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING MONEY, BUT AS A WAY OF LIFE IN WHICH THE NATURE OF MAN SHOULD FIND ITS PROPER EXERCISE AND DELIGHT AND SO FULFILL ITSELF TO THE GLORY OF GOD.” ~ DOROTHY SAYERS
Mike Wilson, PE
- Born in Lubbock, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1999
- Graduated from Texas Tech University (BSCE) and University of Texas at Arlington (MBA)
- (Thought about being a Meteorologist)
- Hidden Talent: Word Search aficionado
- Hit two hole-in-ones in my lifetime… one at age 14 and one at age 20
- Professional expertise: Management/Design of Site Development, emphasis on school sites
“THE ONLY IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY IS THE ONE YOU NEVER BEGIN.” ~ANTHONY ROBBINS
Niraj Acharya, PE, CFM
- Born in Detroit, Michigan
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 2007
- Graduated from University of Texas at Arlington (BSCE, MECE)
- (Thought about being an Aerospace Engineer or Comedy Sketch Writer)
- Hidden Talent: Able to detach and hold over 20 clothespins with the same hand.
- Love Taco Bell (don’t judge me…!)
- Professional expertise: Storm Water Analysis and Design
“DO YOUR WORK WITH THE WELFARE OF OTHERS ALWAYS IN YOUR MIND”. ~ THE BHAGAVAD GITA
Sue Cole
- Born in Detroit, Michigan
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 2001
- Graduated from Michigan State University, E Lansing Michigan
- (Thought about being a Home Economist)
- Hidden Talent: Smocking and French Studies (not necessarily at the same time, but maybe….)
- Early career involved public service television spots
- Professional expertise: Accounting
“…BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO BECOME ANGRY.” ~ JAMES 1:19
Todd B. Turner, RPLS
- Born in Greenville, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1985
- Attended University of North Texas
- (Thought about being a professional hunter)
- Hidden talent: Big Game Hunting
- Enjoy Rocky Mountain wildlife spotting
- Professional expertise: Design Surveys and Project Management
“DO NOT MOVE AN ANCIENT BOUNDARY STONE, SET UP BY YOUR ANCESTORS.” ~ PROVERBS 22:28 (NIV)
Todd Dughman, CCISO, CISSP
- Born in Thermopolis, Wyoming
- Began an IT career within the engineering industry in 1999
- Graduated from Colorado Christian University (BSMIS, MBA)
- (Thought about being a gym owner)
- Hidden Talent: Pretty good weight lifter, fair cribbage player
- Huge dog lover. Has adopted many rescue dogs, including a retired greyhound whose racing name was “The Undertaker”.
- Professional expertise: Cybersecurity – Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
“TRULY, TRULY I SAY TO YOU, THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO, HE WILL DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE WILL DO; BECAUSE I AM GOING TO THE FATHER.” ~ JOHN 14:12 (NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)
Veronica Hodge, PE, CFM
- Born in Alice, Texas
- Began a career within the engineering industry in 1997
- Graduated from Texas A&M, College Station
- (Thought about being a Doctor. Plans changed when faced with the reality of years of additional school.)
- Hidden Talent: Trying new recipes in the kitchen and bringing people together through food
- Should have a customer loyalty card at the orthopedic surgeon, she has torn both ACL’s playing basketball.
- Professional expertise: H & H Studies and Drainage Design for TxDOT
