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SPEAKER BIOS
SPEAKER BIOS

Theresa Loux. Theresa is the Technical Director for Aero Aggregates of North America
where her primary responsibilities include overseeing Aero’s research and development
activities, technical documentation, engineering support, quality control program, and
education and outreach efforts. Theresa brings to Aero over ten years of combined industry
and academic experience. In the past, she has been involved in and managed a variety
of civil, geotechnical, and geoenvironmental consulting and construction projects in the
Mid-Atlantic United States. Additionally, Theresa has taught geotechnical and other civil
engineering courses at Rowan, Drexel, Temple, and Bucknell Universities and is the current
vice-chair of the Geo-Institute’s Delaware Valley Chapter.

Christian Lundskog. Christian is a Research Assistant conducting research related to
lightweight cellular concrete at Brigham Young University (BYU). Christian completed his BS
degree in Civil Engineering at BYU in April 2020 and is expecting to receive his MS degree in
June 2021. He has worked as an intern with a geotechnical consulting firm and with a land
development company.

Dave Mackintosh, PE, GE, D.GE Principal. Dave started as a rock me-
chanics technician at the newly opened Cominco, now Nutrien, Vanscoy Saskatchewan
potash mine in 1969. Completing a BSc. in geology at the University of Saskatchewan
in 1985, Dave continued as chief mine engineer then senior project en- gineer at Com-
inco until 1996, when looking for new challenges, formed ADM Consulting Limited. Since
then, Dave has been fortunate to work on projects in Thailand, Argentina and Brazil, Britain,
the Congo, and the U.S. and Canada. Dave has published numerous papers on potash
rock mechanics and geology, and continues to mentor students as well as incumbent rock
mechanics engineers at various mines. Dave is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy, a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan,
the CIM Rock Engineering Society and the International Society of Rock Mechanics.

Ryan Maw, PE, GE, D.GE Principal. Ryan’s career spans 14 years. He is a licensed
professional and geotechnical engineer with experience providing innovative and practical
solutions to geotechnical challenges and geologic hazards as a technical consultant and
practitioner on projects across the Intermountain West and West Coast. His project portfolio
spans a wide range of infrastructure, geologic conditions, and delivery methods, including
design-bid-build, design-build (DB), progressive design-build, and CM/GC. Ryan completed
his undergraduate and graduate education at Utah State University. His graduate research
involved the coordination of multiple field teams, state and federal transportation officials,
and technical experts with a focus on a potential failure modes analysis for a portfolio of
geotechnical assets for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). As a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), Maw serves at a national level on the
Embankments, Dams, and Slopes; Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics; and Driven Pile committees. He
has been recognized nationally by ASCE, along with a select group of others, as one of the Next-Generation
Geo-Professionals for his efforts in research as well as contributions to industry and practice. Maw has authored
multiple industry papers and publications, including State of Utah Infrastructure Report Card, Dams, Levees
and Seismic hazards. He has presented and lectured at numerous conferences such as Deep Foundations
Institute, Transportation Research Board and ASCE, National Engineers Week, to name a few.