2015 Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference & Equipment Show Speaker Bios

Keynote Speaker

LT Jason Redman

LT Jason Redman was born in a small town in Mount Vernon, and attended schools in Ohio, , the U.S. Virgin Islands, and before graduating from Lumberton High School in Southern North Carolina. He joined the Navy on September 11, 1992 and began his naval career at boot camp in Orlando, Florida.

Jason spent his first two years in the Navy working as an Intelligence Specialist at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Beach, Virginia, home of the East Coast SEAL Teams. After working for and around the Teams, he tried out and was accepted for Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training (BUD/S). Jason reported to BUD/S in January of 1995 and enjoyed a full year of friendly instructors, relaxing times on the beach, and endless nights under the Coronado moon before graduating with BUD/S class 202 in December of 1995.

Jason set off on a whirlwind career, completing three deployments to South America where he conducted numerous Counter Drug missions throughout Colombia and Peru. He returned in December of 2000 to become an instructor for his SEAL Team’s Basic Land Warfare block of training. He spent the next year and a half teaching Marksmanship, Reconnaissance and Surveillance operations, and advanced communications.

In August of 2000, Petty Officer 1st Class Redman was one of fifty naval enlisted members selected for the prestigious Seaman to Admiral Program. He began school at Old Dominion University in August of 2001 and became a member of the Old Dominion University Navy ROTC working his way up to the become the Student Battalion Commander in charge of the largest NROTC Battalion on the East Coast. During his final semester Jason decided to create the Run for Freedom. On April 3rd , 2004, Navy and Army ROTC Officer Candidates, Midshipmen, and Cadets, along with other ODU students, faculty and staff, joined community and military members in running the American flag nonstop on a one-mile course around the campus. Each mile, completed by a solo runner, was in honor of a single service man or woman killed in the War on Terror. At the completion of each lap, a small flag bearing the service member’s name was placed in a pegboard as a visual memorial to the more than 700 troops who have been killed since September 2001. This momentous event raised more than $27,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Freedom Alliance, both of which provide scholarships and support for the families of the fallen troops. It additionally received local, regional, and even national media coverage. The success of the Run for Freedom was a direct reflection of the unification of a community behind a good idea for a great cause. Jason graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management; Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Business Administration. He was commissioned in May of 2004 as a Naval SEAL Officer.

Ensign Redman immediately reported to his new SEAL Team and was directly assigned as an Assistant Platoon Commander. His platoon deployed to in July of 2005 and conducted numerous operations that directly contributed to the Global War on Terror.

In May of 2006, he graduated from the grueling US Army Ranger Course of Instruction to further his tactical knowledge and increase his understanding of Joint Operations and Army mission planning. In May 2007, LTJG Redman deployed to Fallujah, and served as Mobility Force Commander and Assault Force Commander for over 40 Direct Action missions throughout western Iraq. This Task Unit was directly credited with capturing over 124 Al Qaeda and Anti-Coalition fighters and killing thirteen Al Qaeda fighters.

On September 13, 2007 while acting as Assault Force Commander on an operation to capture an Al Qaeda High Value Individual LTJG Redman’s Assault Team came under heavy machine gun and small arms fire and he along with two other Teammates were wounded in the ensuing firefight. Despite being shot twice in the arm and once in the face, as well as multiple rounds to his helmet, Night Vision Goggles, body armor, and weapon, Jason and his Team fought valiantly winning the fight, ensuring everyone came home alive.

While recovering at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, LT Redman wrote and hung a bright orange sign on his door, which became a statement and symbol for wounded warriors everywhere. This sign, which now hangs in the Wounded Ward at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda gained national recognition and even earned LT Redman an invitation to meet President George W. Bush at the White House. Since then he has had the opportunity to meet many other significant leaders of the and spread his message of awareness for the sacrifices that military members have made in the name of American Freedom.

Still on Active Duty, Jason continues to be rebuilt and recover but refuses to allow his wounds and disfigurement to slow him down. After 34 surgeries, he uses his experiences as a severely wounded service member and positive attitude to motivate others and to continue to raise awareness of the sacrifices of America’s courageous military forces and their families. This drive led him to create Wounded Wear, a Non-Profit organization designed to provide clothing and clothing modifications to America’s wounded warriors, to promote awareness throughout the country of the sacrifices that wounded service members have made in the name of freedom; and to foster a sense of pride, camaraderie, determination, and strength of purpose, amongst the wounded and their families on their road to recovery.

In Jason’s spare time he speaks across the country spreading his message of leadership, life, inspiration, and shedding light on the sacrifices that enable the Freedoms of our great republic. He has spoken to many great organizations including the NFL Cincinnati Bengals and even giving a speech to the US Men’s 2010 Olympic Hockey team prior to their first game. Additionally, he recently wrote a short article titled The Gift highlighting the Freedoms of our great nation and the people who have made it so, which was published in the USO magazine On Patrol. He is a wounded warrior mentor meeting with wounded warriors and their families, to assist them and educate them on the journey they are now on. Jason was recently recognized in November of 2009 by his alma mater Old Dominion University with their prestigious Alumni Service Award in recognition of exemplary leadership, and significant, compassionate service to community, state, and nation. His personal military decorations include the with Valor, , Navy Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (five awards), and Combat Action Ribbon (two awards).

Conference Speakers:

Bruce Barbarick, President ASAP Companies

Colorado Springs, CO

Mr. Barbarick has 35 years in the asphalt & concrete maintenance industry. He founded ASAP Companies in 1984 performing asphalt and concrete repair and maintenance as well as decorative paving for Public Agencies, Commercial and Private property owners. Mr. Barbarick is a factory authorized applicator of Ennis-Flint TrafficScapes Decorative Thermoplastic products and Quest Construction Materials StrretBond high performance epoxy coatings providing decorative, traffic calming and LEED solutions to Public and Private Agencies and the asphalt paving industry statewide as well as nationally. He is LEED AP providing consulting services in Green Paving Solutions to the asphalt industry, Public and Private Agencies. ASAP Companies is the only Colorado based contractor factory authorized for both decorative thermoplastics and epoxy coatings. Bruce has been a CAPA member since 2000, past speaker at the RMACES and other conferences, exhibitor at the RMACES since 2000, RMACES Planning Committee Member, RMACES Outdoor Demo Committee Member and past CAPA Marketing Committee Member.

Norman (Skip) Brown, President of Asphalt Consulting Services, Inc.

Skip Brown has personally supervised the installation of over 4 million tons of asphalt concrete and hundreds of lane miles of chip seals on various projects throughout northern California and western Nevada. Developed a process for applying chip seals over paving fabric in 1983 and has placed this on private and public roads from Clear Lake to South Lake Tahoe, California along with Douglas County, Nevada (provided consulting services for this process in Baghdad, Arizona). Has extensive knowledge in all asphalt cement products used in the road construction industry in the Western United States including chip seals, slurry seals, asphalt rejuvenators, cutbacks, emulsions and hot oils. Also has experience with new additions of polymers and rubber in asphalt cements and emulsions that has benefited users with longer life pavements.

Tom Blair, Levy Corp

Tom is the director of product engineer for Levy corp. His responsibilities are design, construction, material Selection and quality control of asphalt. He began his career in asphalt pavements as an asphalt plant inspector for the Michigan Department of Transportation over 25 years ago. He has a BSCE from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. He is a member of ASCE, CHI Epsilou and Construction Management Advisory Board at Eastern Michigan University. Tom has served on numerous committees in Arizona, Colorado and Michigan and is currently on the AIF Steering Committee, the LCCA Task Force and the Mix Design Task Force in Colorado.

Jason Bowes, 2nd Generation President/ Co- Owner of Bowes Construction, Inc

Jason’s principal responsibilities are to provide leadership for approximately 100 employees in the portable crushing, local asphalt production and paving, earthwork grading preparation, underground and reclaiming industries.

Jason served 4 years in the US Marine Corp. He is in the National Asphalt Paving Association Board of Directors. He is a 2014 National Asphalt Paving Association Quality in Construction Award recipient. He was 2014 Keynote speaker at the Dakota Asphalt Paving Association Annual Convention. He was one of the first to complete an airport reconstruction, using advance grading controls and high speed recycling practices.

Jason graduated from Brookings High School and then started working in the family business with shoveling and greasing on a portable crusher. Began learning different facets of the company.

Jason enjoys spending time with the family, hunting and fishing.

Duaine Covert, Vice President of RoadTrac Inc

Duaine has been in the heavy highway construction industry for 16 years. Worked for Texas Department of Transportation as Project Engineer. In 2003 he was introduced to the inertial profiler industry and after studying the technology of inertial profilers, decided to jump into the business world and start a profiling service company. Teresa, Duaine’s wife of 26 years and Duaine started the corporation of RoadTrac, Inc. Since 2003 RoadTrac has driven over 1.6 million miles and tested over 180,000 lane miles for smoothness. After a few years they began conducting training seminars to understand the IRI requirements and help contractors pave smoother roads.

Some of Duaine’s highlights:

Member of TxAPA (Texas Asphalt Assoc) (Member of Associate Committee for 7 years) CAPA (Colorado Asphalt Assoc) (Associate of the year 2006) ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) ACPA (American Concrete Paving Assoc) RPUG (Road Profilers User Group)

Also Speaker at World of Asphalt Speaker at Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference Served on the Smoothness Task Force (CDOT) Colorado DOT Helped the review board FHWA ride spec for (CFLHD) Conduct Training classes regarding IRI and Roadway Smoothness. Recognized as a top 190 Specialty Contractor in the Southwest Substitute Teacher from High School to First Grade and still alive to tell about it.

Personal Married to same and first girl who said yes Two sons who work for RoadTrac Coached kids baseball and soccer Youth director for small church Serve as board of directors on Chamber of Commerce

Chris Escandon, Pavement Design Engineer for WCDOT

Chris is responsible for surfacing thickness design, material selection, and asphalt mix design review and approval.

Chris has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from South Dakota School of Mine

Brett Henry, Street Operations Manager for the city of Thornton

Principal Responsibility: Manages and oversees the street operations Division which is primarily responsible for the maintenance and repair of the roadway and drainage systems. Also oversees the street rehabilitation program and snow removal activities.

Unique Credentials or Accomplishments: Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC)

Brett is also an Avid Cyclist.

Pat Hill, Pavement Management Coordinator,

City of Greeley’s Engineering Division Greeley, CO

Has worked for the City of Greeley for 35 years. Pat has been responsible for roads, parking lot concrete, bridges and pavement management.

Educational Backround: Southern Colorado State University, Colorado State University, Northern Colorado State University.

Pat is married to Maija Keisa, who was a cardiologist in Lativa and now practices Feldenkrais Method and works with children who have Cerebral Palsy.

Pat was born in Estes Park, Colorado and currently lives in Greeley. He loves traveling both here and abroad. He enjoys photography, skiing, fly fishing, hiking and camping.

Dan Horner, Regional Sales Manager at Cimline Pavement Maintenance Group Borstad Consulting Services, LLC Fort Collins, CO

Principal Responsibility: Provides technical support and sales to the company’s dealer network

Dan has been in pavement maintenance and preservation for over 30 years. Including manufacturing of pavement maintenance equipment, liquid asphalt/emulsion sales and has worked for major paving contractors.

Educational Backround: Graduated from Idaho State University with Business Management

Don Jones, Western US District Sales Manager for Sakai America Inc Adairsville, GA

Principal Responsibility: Construction and Design Contract Management Pavement and Structure Maintenance and Repair

Education: Associate Degree Midwest Business College, University of Phoenix, Business management

Don is married to Lucretia (Conde) Jones and has a son, Donald Jones and Daughter, Jessica Jones. He also has grandchildren Daneka and Owen Jones.

Brandon Joy, Engineer for the CDOT Concrete and Physical Properties unit

Principal Responsibility: Currently the engineer for the CDOT Concrete and Physical Properties unit. Manages the High Speed Profiling and steel testing units. He has been with CDOT for two years.

Educational Background: BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Engineering and Technology Management from the Colorado School of Mines.

Brandon has spent years working for contractors in various engineering and contract management roles before working for CDOT.

Jim Brownridge, Marketing Manager for Tricor Refining LLC

Tricor Refining is the producer of Golden Bear Preservation Products located in Bakersfield, California, a central location in California’s oil patch. Jim’s principal responsibility is managing Tricor’s North American distribution in both the US and Canada With over 30 years working with asphalt rejuvenators Jim can help agencies go forward with proper emulsion selection and show how to incorporate products into pavement management systems with the intend of extending pavement life or increasing pavement condition indexes. Tricor Refining’s section of Maintenance 102 deals with asphalt rejuvenators specifically “RECLAMITE®”

Tom Chastain, Application Specialist Wirtgen America

Bio Coming Soon

John Cheever, Quality Control Manager Aggregate Industries US, West Central Region Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities are to stay out of trouble! (i.e.. keep materials in spec)

Tom Clayton, Director of Training and Member Services CAPA Centennial, Colorado [email protected] Director of Training and Member Service, Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association/ Rocky Mountain Asphalt Education Center

Tom has been the Director of Training and Member Services at CAPA/RMAEC since April of 2005. Prior to his position as Director Tom was the Program Manager and Instructor at the RMAEC beginning in September of 2002. He is responsible for administering the LabCAT certification program as well as the additional education programs which are offered at the RMAEC under the general direction of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director. Tom is responsible overseeing the LabCAT certification program and the LabCAT instructor and Administrative Assistant. He is always striving to seek new and current educational programs, as well as developing new educational opportunities at the RMAEC. He is also responsible for supporting the member organizations of CAPA in training and other related issues.

Tom is the co-chair of the LabCAT technical committee, Operators best practice work group, Smoothness Task force, and the Profilers operators work group. Tom holds certifications from The National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies at the grade of Level IV (SET), LabCAT Levels A, B, C, D, E, S, and I as well as the Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC) as an Instructor.

A Denver native, Tom has more than 34 years of experience in the Geotechnical Engineering / construction Industry. He has spent time working on many Highway projects, Airports, large and small Commercial projects, as well as residential projects. Prior to assuming the program manager position Tom was an inspector at Denver International Airport during construction of the 16,000 foot International runway in 2001 and 2002, and with a Geotechnical Engineering firm for 23 years.

Tim Crosby, Base Supervisor Connell Resources, Inc. Fort Collins, Colorado [email protected]

Tim is the base supervisor, overseeing and scheduling multiple fine grade crews. Tim base crews place sub base and base course prior to all concrete and asphalt paving operations. Mr. Crosby has 17 years of experience in Highway and Heavy Civil construction. Education: Business Administration degree from Aims Community College

Grant Cruseturner, Project Manager Brannan Sand & Gravel Denver, CO [email protected]

Bio Coming Soon

Chris DeJulio, Site Manager Connell Resources, Inc. Fort Collins, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include site management of project flow, schedule and costs. Education: Construction Management degree from Colorado State University

Pat Denney, Microsurfacing Manager at Road Science

Pat manages the day to day functions/Operations of Microsurfacing lab. He provides to customers via mix design testing as well as field technical support when needed.

Gary DeWitt, Region 4 - Region Materials Engineer Colorado Department of Transportation Evans, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include material type determination, monitoring of material compliance and recommending road treatment. Unique credentials and accomplishments: Involved in several styles of roadway construction. Education: B.S. from Colorado State University in Civil Engineering

Richard Duval, Highway Research Civil Engineer FHWA Mclean, VA [email protected]

Bio coming soon

Jim Fife, CAPA

Grand Junctions, Colorado [email protected]

Jim has over 40 years of experience in materials of construction and construction processes. Before selling his company in 2007 he was the Owner/President of Western Colorado Testing, Inc. serving the Rocky Mountain region since 1984. WCT was the first commercial laboratory to become AASHTO accredited in Colorado. He has a BS Degree in Civil Engineering Technology (Construction Management) from Northern Arizona University. Jim is currently CAPA’s Western Slope Representative and has served on many state and federal committees and panels

Abra Geissler, Engineer with CDOT

Abra works out of the CDOT Boulder Residency office and is responsible for the management of design and construction projects on state highways and interstates. She was the CDOT Project Engineer on the US 36 Project.

US 36 Project won Colorado American Public Works Association Project of the Year US 36 Project was voted the seventh best road project in the country by the Roads and Bridges Publication

Abra graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

Kurt Grabow, Technical Manager for DOWL

Kurt is responsible for personnel training, evaluation, and certifications for four fivesix materials laboratories located in Montana and Wyoming. He reviews and updates Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures and practices for field and laboratory services, performs periodic review of projects, technical libraries, supplies, and project files. Kurt has a Bachelor of Science Construction Engineering from Tech Montana State University 1979

Adam Hand Vice President of Quality Management for Granite Construction.

Dr. Hand has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oregon. He has been with Granite Construction for about 15 years serving in various roles and is currently the Vice President of Quality Management. Prior to joining Granite, Dr. Hand was a Civil Engineering professor at Purdue University and a Research Faculty at the University of Nevada Reno. He actively serves the industry and community via numerous technical committees, advisory panels/boards, and board of director appointments including several non-profits

Pat Hill, Pavement Management Coordinator for the City of Greeley Engineering Division

Pat has been with the City of Greeley for 35 years. He is responsible for the Roads, Parking Lots Concrete, Bridges, Pavement Management Program and Etc.

Pat studied at Southern Colorado State University, Colorado State University and Northern Colorado State University.

Pat is married to a Maija Keisa, who was a Cardiologist in Latvia and now practices Feldenkrais Method and works with children who have Cerebral Palsy.

Born in Estes Park and lives in Greeley. We have a summer home in Latvia. Love traveling both here and outside the US. Enjoy photography, skiing, and fly fishing, hiking and camping

Mark Hamilton, Project Engineer at Rocksol Consulting Group

Mark Responsible for Construction management , typically CDOT and FHWA, He is currently Consultant Profect Engineer on I-25 Rubbilizstion from Harmony Rd South to Crossroads BLVD.

Mark has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming.

Michael Horn, Owner Foothills Paving & Maintenance Golden, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include being the owner and operator and paving maintenance including IR, Crack Fill, Sealcoat, Slurry Seal, Microsurfacing and Chipseal. Unique credentials and accomplishments: CAPA Board Member Education: B.S. University of Northern Colorado in Political Science & Economics

Dan Horner, Regional Sales Manager Cimline Pavement Maintenance Group Rigby, ID [email protected]

Dan is responsible for all sales activities for CPMG within 5 western states and alberta, BC these activities include service training, product demonstrations, working with dealer networks.

Dan has worked in asphalt Maintenance for over 30 years. He started with a manufacture of Chip Spreaders, side cast sweepers, and cracksealing machines for 20 years, he then went on to Asphalt emulsion sales before returning to equipment sales in his present position.

Dan graduated from Idaho State University with a business degree.

Steve Hourscht, Market Professional Caterpillar, Inc. Maple Grove, Minnesota [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include being an application specialist. Steve holds a patent on Asphalt Paver design using technology. Unique credentials and accomplishments: Steve has spent the last 40 years in the industry working with compaction and paving. The last 15years working with new product technology and designing machines by using the voice of the customer. Education: Asphalt Technology Engineering

Tim Kowalski, Application Support Manager Wirtgen America Inc. Brentwood, TN [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities: Applications Support Manager for Wirtgen America Inc. with Hamm rollers and work with our District Sales Managers, Dealers & Customers throughout North America helping them understand Hamm products and processes through mix design, equipment function and material usage to become more efficient and competitive. Unique credentials and accomplishments: Taught Asphalt Level III Certification @ the University of Wisconsin – Platteville for three one week courses - Served on several committees and task groups (to numerous to mention) for the states of WI, IL, SD, MD and CO - Co-Author of published article in Pit & Quarry Magazine (November 2003, Vol. 96, No. 5, pg. 42) “Discovering the Lost Aggregate Opportunity” - Given several presentations for ICAR, TRB, TAC, NSSGA, Rocky Mountain Equipment Conference, as well as for several DOT conferences on equipment functionality and materials

Education and Training: 1989 Graduate with a BS in Construction Administration from UW - Madison. Other: Currently working with FHWA & Transtec Group on the Study of Intelligent Compaction (IC) rollers to determine stiffness correlation with density and have been involved with five projects over the last two years extensively with the FHWA.

Bryan Kucinski, PE, Consultant – Manager of Strategic Accounts

As a consultant with FMI, Bryan works within the building and construction products community. Bryan utilizes various FMI services to passionately build these organizations, associations and related stakeholders within this construction segment. He focuses on strategic research, market strategy, organizational development, training and leadership improvements. Bryan’s entire career has been spent in the construction and engineering industry. Working as a private AEC consultant, he gained experience as a project engineer, project manager and construction manager. His experience ranged across a wide variety of projects within the Infrastructure, Commercial, Private and Federal sectors. Bryan progressed from AEC engineering practices to the building and construction product industry just prior to joining FMI. He has worked for Contech Construction Products, Hilti North America and Tensar International. Spanning these organizations, Bryan held roles and responsibilities that include technical fi eld sales, sales management, marketing management, business development, sales training, leadership training, project leadership, team leadership and strategy development. Within these roles, Bryan was credited for over proportional sales growth, multimillion dollar marketing strategies, numerous product launches, authored training programs, structured and lead sales teams as well as organizational development projects. Through this experience, Bryan gained a passion for strong strategic direction, the development of people and successful growth based on creativity, process, leadership and vision. Bryan is a member of various industry organizations having also served as committee member and an offi cer. Passionate about non-profi t service, Bryan has been a board member for organizations such as ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship and Children’s Relief International. He has travelled globally for both work and personal non-profi t projects. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas Tech

University and is a Registered Professional Engineer

Pete Kulp AKA Patcher Pete, Product Manager for VT Leeboy

Pete has been in the equipment business since February of 1987. He began his carrier with Rosco Manufacturing at Madison South Dakota. He began by working on the manufacturing assembly lines building spray patchers, oil distributors, and chip spreaders. He then progressed to the service department and began traveling to assist the dealers throughout the organization with technical issues and demonstrations along with start-up training for Rosco customers. Eventually, he became the Product Support Manager for Rosco and then progressed into the Rosco Sales department as a product specialist to promote the spray patching business. In 2001 the Leeboy Company purchased Rosco Manufacturing and the Rosco Manufacturing facility was closed in Madison and now all production is in Lincolnton North Carolina. He was given a sales territory by Leeboy and was an independent sales agent for Leeboy. Eventually Leeboy was purchased by Vision Technology’s. Now he is a product manager for VT Leeboy Inc. His basic goals are to assist with product development, assist sales representatives with demo’s and training along with product training schools. He has worked with the liquid asphalt industry over this period gaining knowledge of the products that are used in the equipment they manufacture today. In these 27 years he has been fortunate to assist many customers with solving road maintenance issues. Pete is looking forward to continuing his journey through this exciting industry.

Chris Lee, Sales Manager Vance Brothers, Inc. Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Chris Lee has a wide range of experience in the various aspects of asphalt maintenance and paving, both in the field and in general business operations. He grew up in a family paving business on the western slope of Colorado; and was paving, cracksealing and sealcoating at an early age. In 1988 Chris moved to the Denver metro area, and worked for nine years at a reputable paving and maintenance company as their Operations Manager. Sixteen years ago, he brought that experience, bolstered by additional technical training, to Vance Brothers, where as the Sales Manager he is responsible for sales and customer service in a large area covering Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming, and parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Montana.

Greg Milburn, Wyoming DOT Cheyenne, WY [email protected]

Bio Coming Soon

Troy Morrison, Corporate Asphalt Plant Manager for the Rogers Group

Troy started in the early 80’s with a producer firm and then spent several years as a service tech for Gencor Industries before starting a consulting company. He is currently, and has been for the past 9 years, the Corporate Asphalt Plant Manager for the Rogers Group, overseeing 40 plants in a six state area.

Jeff Richmond Sr., President, Roadtec, Inc. Managing Director, Astec Mobile Machinery GmbH Member, Board of Directors, Astec Australia Pty Ltd

January 2002 to present - President, Roadtec, Inc. Responsible for all facets of Roadtec’s asphalt paver, cold planing, soil stabilizer and material transfer vehicle business located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Roadtec is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astec Industries, a Chattanooga based corporation with 18 subsidiaries worldwide that manufacture, service and sell asphalt road building, aggregate processing, oil, gas and water well drilling and wood processing equipment on a global scale.

January 2014 to present – Managing Director, Astec Mobile Machinery GmbH (AMM). Oversee and direct the operations of Astec Industries’ wholly owned subsidiary in Hameln, Germany. AMM is the European distribution point for all Astec, Roadtec and Peterson Pacific products for Germany and much of Europe. AMM also is a manufacturer and distributor of specialized tamper bar screeds for the asphalt and roller compacted concrete industries as well as manufacturing a small road widener attachment for various paving applications.

February 1996 to December 2001 - Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Roadtec, Inc. Responsible for all sales, marketing and training functions relative to Roadtec’s asphalt paver, cold planing and material transfer vehicle business in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Originator of the Roadtec “Paving Professionals Workshop” training program for paving superintendents and foremen held each winter in Chattanooga.

January 1992 to January 1996 - Paver Program Manager, Cedarapids, Inc. Responsible for all facets of Cedarapid’s asphalt paver business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa including manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing. Instrumental in developing Cedarapids “Quality Paving Seminar” series which reached approximately 800 to 1000 paver operators, superintendents and foremen each year from 1993 to 1996.

January 1988 to December 1991 - Regional Sales Manager, Barber-Greene Co. Manager of an 8 state territory in the Midwestern U.S. Responsible for dealer sales and startup training for Barber- Greene’s Midwest dealer network supporting the Dekalb, Illinois based manufacturer of asphalt pavers, road wideners and windrow pickup machines.

January 1980 to December 1987 - Marketing Director, Barber-Greene Overseas, Inc. Responsible for overseas dealer network selling and servicing the complete line of Barber-Greene and Telsmith road building and rock crushing equipment. Also coordinated the activities of 11 Barber- Greene licensees manufacturing Barber-Greene and Telsmith products in 9 different countries around the world.

Active since 1988 in various committees of the National Asphalt Pavement Association, including Longitudinal Joint Construction Task Force, Engineering Controls Task Force, Silica/Milling Machine Partnership and chairmanship of the 2001-2002 Associate Member Council.

Resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Married, father of two.

Mary Robbins, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University

Mary is the Assistant Research Professor for the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University. Mary is leading the study on determining life-extending benefits of pavement preservation (on Lee Road 159). Mary is also responsible for conducting research in areas of pavement management, pavement preservation, and pavement design. She has prior experience working with Ohio Department of Transportation

Mary has a PhD in Civil Engineering (2012), MS in Civil Engineering (2009) from Auburn University and a BS in Civil Engineering at the University of Toledo

Dennis Rogers, Pavement Solutions , Business Manager, West Reg at TenCate Mirafi

Dennis Rogers has worked in the asphalt business for many years with experience in manufacturing, technical service management, consultative sales and marketing management and is currently the Pavement Solutions, Business Manager, West Reg. at TenCate Mirafi, the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of geosynthetics, offering a complete line of paving interlayer products. Dennis has had the unique opportunity throughout his long career in the asphalt paving industry to have studied, used and specified all types of geosynthetic paving interlayer products. The goal of this presentation is to review each type of paving interlayer: fabric, mats and grids, to provide an understanding of which interlayer to use for specific pavement distresses to achieve the best performance to extended pavement life, with maximum cost/benefit.

Bob Rothwell, Assistant Materials Engineer WYDOT

Cheyenne, WY [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities: Oversee following divisions within the WYDOT Materials Program: surfacing thickness and materials designs for half of the state, state-wide pavement management system, field services, independent assurance, mobile laboratory and concrete section. Unique credentials and accomplishments: Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wyoming Registered Professional Geologist in the State of Wyoming 25 years with WYDOT (4 in Bridge Design, 21 in Materials Program)

Education: M.S Civil Engineering University of Wyoming B.S. Geology/Geophysics University of Wyoming Other: University of Wyoming Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering Advisory Board Member

Cindy Rutkoski, Instructor Rocky Mountain Asphalt Education Center Centennial, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include facilitating LabCAT Asphalt Technician Certification Program and teaching education classes. Unique credentials and accomplishments: 30 years in the industry performing construction materials lab & field testing, lab manger/ supervisor and instructor for the last six years at CAPA.

Bill Schiebel, Materials & Geotechnical Branch Manager Colorado Department of Transportation Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include statewide direction for pavement management, design, geotechnical, asphalt, concrete, soils and physical properties issues on CDOT projects. Unique credentials and accomplishments: Mr. Schiebel has over 22 years of CDOT experience as a highway designer, asphalt program engineer and materials & geotechnical branch manager.

Education; B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering form the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

James Shea, Constuction Project Manager at HDR Engineering

James completed a full career of 37 years with Colorado Department of Transportation where he began as a stake pounder on survey crew, work in materials, inspection and retired as a Project manager. Since retirement in 2004, he has worked as a consultant with SEH and now currently is with HDR.

James has a BS in social Science with minor in Environmental Studies from CSU.

Scott Shuler, Associate Professor, Construction Management Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado [email protected]

Unique Credentials and Accomplishments: Principal, Shuler Consultants, LLC, Director of Product Development, Lafarge, Inc., Executive Director, Colorado Asphalt Paving Association, Director of Research, Asphalt Institute, Research Engineer, New Mexico Engineering Research Institute, Assistant Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, Materials Engineer, Engineers Testing Laboratories. Registered Professional Engineer in Arizona, Texas, Florida, New Mexico and Colorado. Has over 70 publications. Dr. Shuler’s interests include asphalt and concrete pavement design, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance. Forensic analysis of pavement failure. In his spare time Dr. Shuler enjoys Restoring a 1926 bungalow in Old Town Fort Collins, Restoring motorcycles, Riding motorcycles, Wine drinking/collecting, Jeeping and Kid camping.

Education; B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University. PhD in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Mike Skinner, Senior Pavement Engineer Stantec Consulting Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include providing pavement engineering services for Stantec across the western United States. Unique Credentials and Accomplishments: Mr. Skinner is a licensed Professional Engineer, Member of Board of Directors LabCat as part of the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association. Education; B.S. Physical Science at Colorado State University in 1991.

Michael Stanford, PE, Asphalt Program Manager Colorado Department of Transportation Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Michael Stanford’s experiences with the Colorado Department of Transportation Department are diverse. Mike began his career with CDOT in 1998, after working as an engineer with the Regional Transportation District (RTD). Mikes responsibilities at CDOT include: CDOT Materials and Geotechnical Branch Asphalt Program Manager, responsible for the coordination between CDOT and the Colorado Asphalt Industry, coordination with the CDOT Region materials Units, and for the oversight of the laboratories assigned to the Asphalt Program (Chemical, Bituminous, Flexible Pavements and AMPT-Euro). Mike has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado. In his spare time, Mike enjoys playing softball, skiing, golfing, hunting and motorcycling.

Dan Stephens, Technical Sales Representative Vance Brothers Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Currently: A Technical Sales representative with Vance Brothers, an asphalt maintenance supplier & contracting company (12 years). Past: Vice President & Operations Manager for a small asphalt maintenance contracting company (7 years) Currently working with: CAPA on the Asphalt Maintenance & Marketing Committees, Board of CARMA, MGPEC Asphalt Maintenance Task Force, Rocky Mountain Asphalt & Equipment Show committee

Nicki Upright, Project Manager Colorado Department of Transportation Evans, Colorado [email protected]

Principal Responsibilities include oversight of construction projects. Education: BA in Anthropology

Tim Webb, PE with CDOT

Professional Engineer II, Region Materials Engineer with the Colorado Department of Transportation Region 5 Engineering

Tim manages the Region materials laboratories, materials quality assurance and independent assurance testing, materials documentation, pavement designs, pavement management, surface treatment and bridge funding asset programs, and design and construction projects in Region 5.

Tim has managed design and construction of manufacturing, research and development, distribution, commercial, and industrial buildings for AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Dell Computer around the world prior to CDOT.

Tim has a B.S., College of Engineering, Arizona State University

Ethan Weichart, Earth Engineer Consultant

Ethan is responsible for subsurface explorations, geotechnical engineering and supervisor of quality control and material testing, particular focus on soil mechanics and soil stabilization.

Ethan is a professional engineer in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, he is a member of CAPA since 1996 and Labcat member since 2008

Ethan has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering from Colorado State University

Jarrett Welch, Quality Control Manager United Companies Grand Junction, Colorado [email protected]

Jarrett Welch is the Quality Control Manager for Oldcastle Southwest Group. With over fourteen years of experience in the asphalt/ construction industry, Jarrett has become recognized as an expert in the field of asphalt pavement and construction aggregates; utilizing his skills in the development of specifications by serving on several task force groups in conjunction with owner agencies. In serving on these task force groups and leading the industry in innovative technologies, he has assisted in the development and implementation of DOT specifications most notably for Stone Matrix Asphalt, Warm Mix Asphalt, and Reclaimed Asphalt Shingles. Additionally, he has written publications, currently serves on several committees for the Transportation Research Board, National Center for Asphalt Technology, and the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association.