Experience

South Jersey Port Corporation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) provides world-class facilities and beneficial services which support and accommodate the transportation of goods and commodities, both by water and by land. It is the mission of the SJPC to foster regional economic development through revenue generation in a financially and environmentally sustainable manner to support facility, staffing, and infrastructure investment for the benefit of our Port District, including the cities of Camden, Paulsboro, and Salem, New Jersey. The South Jersey Port Corporation was created in 1968 to operate marine shipping terminals in the South Jersey Port District which consists of seven counties: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Mercer and Cape May. The SJPC is a state agency which reports through the Department of Treasury to the Governor of New Jersey. The purpose of this state-created transportation corporation is to stimulate employment and business growth in the South Jersey region. The SJPC owns and operates the Joseph A. Balzano and Broadway Marine Terminals in the Port of Camden, the Salem Marine Terminal at the Port of Salem, and the Paulsboro Marine Terminal at the Port of Paulsboro. Show less



Camden County Historical Society

• Camden, NJ

• President, Board of Trustees

  • 2003 - Present

  Established in 1899, the Camden County Historical Society is a private, 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, study, and interpretation of artifacts, books, manuscripts, maps, images, textiles, and buildings, which illustrate the rich culture and heritage of human life in Camden County from 1600 to the present. CCHS is the historical society for both the city and the county. The society operates the historic house museum Pomona Hall, the Richard Heinlein Research Library, and the Camden County Museum, at their location in the Parkside neighborhood of Camden. The Society also provides educational and other programming both in the classroom and at their cultural and heritage center. CCHS stewards the largest collection and building facility of any local historical organization south of Trenton, and serves as the primary educational institution for history in a service area which extends to some 512,000 people in Camden County’s 37 municipal communities. Show less



New Jersey Historic Trust

• Trenton, NJ

• Trustee, Former Chairman

  • 2003 - Present

  The mission of the trust is to advance historic preservation in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities. The mission of the trust is to advance historic preservation in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities.



Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Nov 2018 - Dec 2021

  Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) is a full-service multidisciplinary A/E and construction management services firm employing more than 1,900 owner/professionals in 45 offices throughout the United States, including regional offices in Center City Philadelphia; Allentown, PA; Harrisburg, PA; York, PA; Newark DE; Trenton, NJ; and New York City, NY. Corporate headquarters are in Hunt Valley, MD. Established in 1971, JMT provides consulting services primarily to public agencies. JMT was ranked #57 by Engineering News-Record on its list of top 500 national engineering firms and was the ENR Mid-Atlantic Engineering Firm of the Year in 2015. JMT was ranked #13 of the largest local engineering firms by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2016. Show less



Philadelphia Parking Authority

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director, Engineering and Design

  • Apr 2014 - May 2018

  The Philadelphia Parking Authority is a public agency overseeing on street and off street parking in Philadelphia, PA. The Authority employs over 1,000 people, operating seven structured parking facilities at the Philadelphia International Airport, six in in center city Philadelphia, and surface lots at forty other locations throughout the city. Mr. Perks wrote and implemented the Authority's capital program, and managed all aspects of design and construction for facilities improvement projects at the Authority. Show less



Perks Reutter Associates

• President

  • 1984 - 2010

  Mr. Perks was the president of Perks Reutter Associates, a Philadelphia based company providing land surveying, civil engineering, and building project management services. During that time, the firm was responsible for several significant building projects in Philadelphia including the Kimmel Performing Arts Center ($165 million), the Philadelphia Zoo’s PECO Primate Reserve ($30 million), renovations to the Academy of Music ($30 million), and renovations to the Rosenbach Museum ($6 million). Mr. Perks personally served as the project manager for the renovation of the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia ($6 million), renovations of 52 branch libraries for the Free Library of Philadelphia ($30 million), and the construction of Campbell’s Field baseball stadium in Camden, New Jersey ($22 million). He was also the consulting project manager for the comprehensive renovation of two camps for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania ($10 million), and the principal in charge for the construction management of the Vineland, NJ, K-12 New Community School ($52 Million). Mr. Perks served as principal for the inventory, condition assessment, and cost estimating for 257 school buildings for the School District of Philadelphia, and 165 school buildings for the Baltimore County School District. The project in Philadelphia identified over a billion dollars worth of needed renovations and formed the basis of the District’s capital program. For 20 years he served as the consulting engineer to two county utilities authorities. From 1985 through 1991, he was the consulting engineer to the Atlantic City Expressway Authority, authoring and implementing their $20 million capital program for all design and construction along the 44 mile long toll road and its seven building facility complexes. His firm designed interchange 41 on the Atlantic City Expressway. He also performed management audits of AMTRAK’s real estate department, and the Atlantic City Building Code office. Show less