Experience

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  Trinity River Authority of Texas

  • Dallas, Texas

  • Owner's Representative

    • Jul 2015 - Present
    • Dallas, Texas

    I serve as TRA's owner's representative for the $250 million Solids Management Improvements Program at the Authority's 162 mgd Central Regional Wastewater Plant, responsible for all aspects of the project including design and construction contract administration. The project includes major overhaul of the facility's entire solids management system and includes the implementation of a Thermal Hydrolysis treatment process to produce a Class A biosolids product. Phases 1 and 2 were procured using a design-bid-build method and have a combined contract value of $40 million. Phase 3 of the improvements will be implemented using a Construction Manager At Risk procurement method and a Competitive Sealed Proposal procurement method. Phase 3 has an estimated contract value of $213 million.

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  AEC Portals, LLC

  • Mansfield, Texas, United States

  • President

    • Oct 2018 - Present
    • Mansfield, Texas, United States

    Provide custom portals for architecture, engineering, and construction industry. We specialize in developing, hosting and administering custom web portals for public sector capital improvement programs and projects. We utilize the latest web-based software and maintain and upgrade the software to ensure the most recent functionality and security. We are able to develop: Databases to support financial monitoring and reporting.  Document preparation, collaboration and storage systems.  Automated forms and workflows to support document management processes for both design and construction activities. Mobile applications for field based data and document capture purposes.

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  JTOM Consulting

  • Mansfield, Texas

  • President

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Mansfield, Texas

    My company specializes in assisting public utilities with implementation of their capital infrastructure programs. We can provide capital program process analysis and improvement plans, program and project management training, digital information management systems assessment and implementation, owner's advisory services, staff augmentation, alternate delivery consulting, value engineering team support, third party oversight and reviews, and strategic capital program planning. I can also assist in making decisions relative to performing program management functions for a large infrastructure program with in-house resources or contracted resources.

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  Brown and Caldwell

  • Mansfield, Texas

  • Vice President

    • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014
    • Mansfield, Texas

    I continued my work in the water infrastructure program managment business at Brown and Caldwell, where I worked previously from 1990 to 2001. I was a national resource for water related infrastructure programs with an emphasis on potable water projects.

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  RW Beck

  • Senior Management Consultant

    • Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

    Providing leadership throughout the company in the areas of capital project program management and alternate delivery procurement. An expert in all aspects of conceiving, planning, setting up, and implementing all sizes of capital programs for public utilities utilizing all forms of procurement methods including design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager at risk, and general contractor-construction manager.

  • Program Manager

    • Dec 2009 - Jul 2011

    I served as the Program Manager of the $2.3 billion Intergrated Pipeline Project for the Tarrant Regional Water District. The project is scheduled to be operational by 2019 and will move 350 million gallons of water per day over 100 miles to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to serve the growing needs of the DFW Metroplex.

  • Program Manager

    • Nov 2007 - Nov 2009

    Program Manager for the $280 million ASR water project for Wichita Utilities. Project diverted peak flows from the Little Arkansas River to the water treatment facilities and injection into the Equus Bed Acquifer for future use by the Wichita Water service area and its population of 500,000.

  • Program Manager

    • Feb 2007 - Nov 2007

    I provide public water and wastewater utilities with advice and consulting on capital improvement programs including implementation planning and financing planning. I have been involved in program management of water projects in 4 different states with budgets up to $2.0 billion. I have 36 years of experience doing capital project planning, design, construction. I assisted the Kauai Department of Water with the implementation of a strategic plan for the agency which included process changes, staffing enhancements, capital budgeting, planning, public involvement, and financing assistance.

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  Metro Water Reclamation District

  • Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Board of Directors

    • Jan 2005 - Jan 2010
    • Denver, Colorado, United States

    Tom served on the Metro Water Reclamation District’s Board of Directors for a 5-year term from 2005 to 2010. The Board is responsible for overseeing a staff of over 400 and an annual budget of over $100 million. The District serves 1.7 million people through 59 member agencies in the Denver metropolitan area. Tom served on the Operations Committee and Executive Committee.

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  Aurora Water Utility

  • Deputy Director-Capital Projects

    • Dec 2003 - Dec 2006

    Initiated work on the City's $800 million Prairie Waters Project by leading the planning and assembling the team of design engineers and construction contrators to implement the project. I also built the Capital Projects Division within Aurora Water who's responsibilty it is to implement all of the Utility's $1.7 billion capital program for water, wastewater, and stormwater facilities for this City of 310,000.

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  JTOM, Inc.

  • President

    • Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

    Provide capital project management consulting services to public utilities. Can serve as a trainer, advisor, or staff augmentation. I served on the program management team for the $250 million Point of the Mountain(POM) Water Project for the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy. The POM project was a raw and treated water supply project to serve Salt Lake City and the southern portions of Salt Lake County.

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  Brown and Caldwell

  • Vice President

    • Sep 1990 - Dec 2001

    Provided engineering consulting services to public water and wastewater utilities. Services included planning, design, construction management, financiing, public invovlement, and management consulting. Worked in Denver, CO. and Salt Lake City, UT. Served as an office manager, regional marketing manager, and project manager.

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  James M. Montgomery

  • Vice President

    • Jun 1980 - Sep 1990

    Provided engineering consulting services to public water and wastewater utilities. Services included planning, design, construction management, financiing, public invovlement, and management consulting. Working in Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, WA; and Denver, CO. Served as an office manager and project manager.