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SPEAKER BIOS
SPEAKER BIOS

Michael Givens, PhD. Dr. Givens has 16 years of experience in geotechnical and geological
engineering. Dr. Givens has conducted project studies and formulated recommendations
for geotechnical engineering projects including slope stability, bridges, retaining walls, roads
and parking lots, pipelines, sewer lines, storm drains, residential and commercial construction
as well as litigation support.

Robert Gladstone, PE. Robert is the Executive Director of the Association for Mechanically
Stabilized Earth, AMSE, the national trade association for suppliers of MSE structures. Bob
has 48 years of experience designing, building and teaching about MSE structures. He
introduced Mechanically Stabilized Earth technology to DOTs across the United States in
the 1970s and ‘80s and guided engineers and contractors through creating many of their
first MSE structures. An industry consultant since 1996, Bob helped create AMSE and has led
that organization for 24 years. He is active in the AASHTO Bridge Committee’s T-15 Technical
Committee, focusing on improvements to AASHTO’s MSE specifications that maximize MSE
structure performance, reliability and long-term safety.

Gonzalo Garcia-Ros, PhD. Gonzalo finished the Master’s and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering. He is currently
an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena,
Spain, where his focus is on ground engineering. His research areas are in soil consolidation, seepage, creeping,
and geotechnics.

Peter Gross, Peter has over 17 years’ experience in the roofing industry, both on the
contracting and manufacturing sides of the business. Peter holds a Construction Documents
Technology (CDT) certification from the Construction Specifications Institute. He has also
served as the past president of the Carolinas Chapter of IIBEC and served as a board
member of the Gulf Coast Chapter of IIBEC

David Hallman, PE. David graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a BS in
Geological Engineering in 1983. Mr. Hallman is a registered Professional Engineer in the States
of Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota and Wyoming, and a Professional Geologist in the
State of Wyoming. Dave has 38 years of experience specializing in geotechnical engineering
and construction on a variety of mining and civil engineering projects throughout the United
States and Internationally. His technical expertise includes tailings and water dam design
and construction, static and dynamic stability of embankments and natural slopes, landslide
evaluation, rock slope stability, open pit design, underground support systems, seismic risk
characterization, liquefaction evaluations, mine subsidence assessment and abatement,
and coal mine fire investigation and extinguishment. This experience includes high-mobility pressurized grout
injection and foamed sand backfill placement for mitigating subsidence from historic mine workings. Mr.
Hallman participated as an instructor at the 2019 Colorado School of Mines Grouting and Ground Improvement
short course presenting a technical session on backfill grouting for abandoned mine lands. Mr. Hallman has
served as a qualified person for National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects in the
fields of heap leach design, pit stability and tailings management, and as a tailings dam expert for the State
of Alaska Dam Safety Program.