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• City of Englewood, Colorado - A Home Rule Municipality located in the Denver metro area with population of
31,000, $100M budget and 520 employees
Utilities Engineering PM and Stormwater Specialist (3/2012 to 12/2014) Directing water utilities CIP projects and
programs
Accomplishments
 Coordinated all MS4 Storm Water programs and activities including inspection, monitoring, and compliance audit
and permitting with the State.
 Completed the City’s 10-year Water Conservation Plan as a mandatory requirement for obtaining State
Wastewater Revolving Funds
 Conducted a variety of regulatory compliance studies in both Drinking Water and Storm Water
 Achieved compliance with the State MS4 Permit

• Ventura Water, City of San Buenaventura, California - Pacific Central Coast full-service City of 106,000
population, $250M budget and over 1,000 employees
Water Utility Manager (2010 – 2012) Overseeing all the asset management, CMMS implementation, O&M
aspects of Treatment, Collection and Distribution, and Meters
Accomplishments:
 Achieved 100% regulatory compliance in less than one year and eliminated a State moratorium limiting new
water services, and thereby avoiding legal challenges and saving $100,000 in potential attorney fees
 Conducted a true cost-of-service study and initiated a new strategic rate analysis and revamped $100M multi-year
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and prioritized its critical components to align with a comprehensive risk
assessment and saving $5M in just one project
 Doubled the success rate for operator certification to meet all succession planning goals and reduced the
expensive high staff turn-over by 50%
 Implemented a new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to improve infrastructure and
asset management in all Divisions and saving $400K in annual cost
 Conducted a utility-wide Emergency Response Training to qualify for additional Federal Grants, completed a
cost-benefit analysis and finalized ROI study for automating 30,000 meters, increasing customer satisfaction and
increasing revenue by 10%

• Minneapolis Water Works, City of Minneapolis, Minnesota – Largest Upper Midwest City of 450,000 population,
$1 Billion budget and over 7,000 employees
Water Superintendent (1996 – 2006) Oversaw water resources, planning, safety and security, all regulatory
compliance, treatment, energy and waste management, pumping, storage and distribution system water quality.
Accomplishments:
 Source Water Protection – Lead a coalition of federal, state, and county agencies, regulators, regional watershed
boards, emergency planners and local responders as well as several major industries along the upper Mississippi
river corridor to:
o Assess threats to water supplies, inventory potential hazardous spill sites (over 1,200), develop unified
database and contamination prediction computer models to protect water intakes along approximately 500
river miles
o Secure $500K grants from the Minnesota state legislators to improve chemical spill containment and fund
emergency response equipment
o Provide training, community outreach and public education, and developed a state-of-the-art programs
that served as a model for other fragmented regions

 Infrastructure Renewal and Cost Containment:
o Developed first "State of the Public Infrastructure" report, gaining overwhelming elected officials'
support, and tripling the maintenance, repair and replacement budget for a previously-ignored and an
aging facilities valued at more than $1.5 Billion
o Initiated a comprehensive/Organization-wide Asset Management Program
o Achieved substantial operational efficiencies in the areas of energy and water conservation, reservoir
storage management, treatment chemicals optimization and automation, which achieved multi-million
dollars in budget savings for 10 consecutive years. Reduced staffing by job consolidation and retraining,
only through attrition by 10% in 3 years