Birthplace: Centreville, VA. Profession: Engineering and infrastructure. Organization: Traffic & Mobility Consultants (TMC). Title: Chief Executive Officer. Alma mater: The George Mason University (BS, MBA).
Current project: Leading a fast-growing premiere transportation engineering and planning firm. Recent recognition: TMC was named a 2025 Best Firms to Work For by Zweig. Latest accomplishment: Driving growth in TMC by over 15 percent. Adding key professionals to our team from sales to operations. Latest contribution to others: Developing a mentoring program at TMC, and I personally mentor several team members. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Joining two engineering firms as CEO from the outside. Hobbies: Spending quality time with my family, watching college and pro football, playing golf and pickleball, yard work and fishing. Recent travel or adventure: Iceland.
Moral compass: Be respectful of others and work super hard. How do you define a perfect friendship? I got you, and you got me. What is your greatest joy? My children. What is your greatest fear? My father was diagnosed with cancer at 45 years old. I want to live to 100. So, illness. What natural talent have you neglected? Playing my guitar. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Anyone who is naturally entrepreneurial. What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? With my family, having fun. What is at the top of your bucket list? A trip to Hawaii with my family.
What was your first paying job? Selling seeds (yes seeds), door-to-door in my neighborhood as a kid. What book have you repeatedly read? All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, by Robert Fulghum. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? My kids, who are the joys of my life and with whom I have always had tremendous fun! What’s the best advice you received growing up? Be yourself. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Keep learning. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? My dad being diagnosed with cancer when I was a teenager.
What change would you like to see in the world?
Genuine diplomacy and negotiation in our US and world politics.
What message do you want to send out into the world? Be yourself! What mega-trend most excites you? Artificial intelligence. What mega-trend most concerns you? Artificial intelligence limiting our creative juices.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Grind! Put in the work that others will not. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? My dad. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A pro baseball player. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? Family pictures. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? With my family and dogs. What advice would you give your younger self? Give yourself some grace. You are too hard on yourself as a perfectionist. What day in your life would you choose to re-live? The birth of my kids.
Personal mission: Being the best, most loving spouse and parent that I can be. Personal motto: You be you, and I’ll be me. Favorite quote: “You don’t stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing” (George Bernard Shaw).
