Marisol Ayon Canales, PE, is President of GCE and a principal and co-owner of NEI. With 15 years of technical experience and managing projects, her experience includes working for the Yuma County Airport Authority, US Department of Defense, US Army Corps of Engineers, Arizona Department of Transportation, City of San Luis, City of Somerton, City of Yuma, Yuma County, Town of Wellton, and Winterhaven Water District. Ms. Canales is a disciplined and dedicated Project Manager, able to identify the critical path to project development to complete projects on time and within budget. Her technical experience includes construction management, civil engineering design, paving designs, foundation design, site development, road design, water distribution and transmission main design, sewer collection systems, sewer lift station design and sewer force main systems.

Stacy Gutierrez, PE, CIH, is a principal and co-owner of GCE and President of NEI. Ms. Gutierrez has 15 years of technical experience managing environmental projects. Her experience includes environmental assessments, environmental sampling, and remediation design. Ms. Gutierrez has a strong background in regulatory and agency compliance for all environmental areas of concern. Ms. Gutierrez also provides safety oversight and maintains compliance with applicable regulations on contracts and multiple concurrent task orders. Ms. Gutierrez is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and is EM385 certified for safety compliance on military projects. Her thorough understanding of jobsite activities as a Professional Environmental Engineer, combined with her strong background in health and safety, offer a unique benefit to our clients.

Timothy V. Eisenmann, PE, RLS, Vice President, has been with NEI since 1979. In that time, he has amassed a remarkable body of experience in every community in the area. Mr. Eisenmann is extremely detail-oriented and is considered a local expert in the community regarding surveying, data gathering, and analysis. Mr. Eisenmann is responsible for overseeing our survey crews, performing property research, right-of-ways research, survey mapping, and preparing legal descriptions. His particular expertise includes right-of-way research. Mr. Eisenmann also oversees construction staking efforts for a wide variety of projects and interacts with contractors for timely completion of staking during construction.

Edward A. Fagin, AIA, Principal Architect. With over 33 years of professional practice, Mr. Fagin has designed, managed, and supervised architectural projects both within the United States and internationally. His responsibilities have included Interior Design, Space Planning, ADA Compliance, Feasibility Studies, Code Analysis, Specification Writing, Master Planning, and Construction Contract Administration. Mr. Fagin's experience includes success across a wide spectrum of project types including; federal, commercial, industrial, educational, residential, medical, and health care buildings. A lifelong advocate of "green" design, his work has been recognized in national and local publications.

Antonio Alvarez, PE, Vice President, Senior Engineer/Geotechnical Division Manager, has worked in the field of engineering for five years in both California and Arizona. His responsibilities include taking projects from the conceptual phase into design and through construction. His design work includes site design, road design, water and sewer projects, pavement, and road design. Mr. Alvarez also oversees the Geotechnical Department, which includes all soil investigations and material testing. Mr. Alvarez has experience in measuring in-situ shear wave velocity profiles using refraction micro tremor equipment. Refraction micro tremor is an economical means of obtaining shear wave profiles for liquefaction analysis and void and fault detection.

Andrew Klakulak, LSIT, has over 20 years of experience as an environmental professional. His technical experience includes completion of toxico-logical studies at sites of environmental concern, sampling of all media (soil, sediment, water, and air), completion of ground-water modeling and design of remediation systems. His projects have included work for the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, various state, county and municipal agencies, and numerous industrial and commercial clients. Mr. Klakulak's specialized training includes Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) Training, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and Risk Based Corrective Action Training.

Mark Kelland is our Construction Manager and oversees all construction projects. He possesses a broad base of skills, knowledge and experience that he has developed over 30 years as a field operations manager, project manager, heavy equipment supervisor and operator, crusher plant manager, hot plant manager, and business owner. His experience includes successful delivery of federal, state and local government contracts. He is a skilled estimator, and has a proven record of success. Mr. Kelland's experience, and education in civil engineering makes him a multi-disciplined businessman and contractor with the communication skills necessary to successfully complete complex construction projects.

Donald Murrieta is our Laboratory Manager, who oversees operations of our in-house laboratory, NEI Geotechnical. His professional licenses include Radiation Safety; Use of Nuclear Soil Gauges, and American Concrete Institute: Field Testing Technician, Grade I. Mr. Murrietta's experience includes soils and materials testing for purposes of foundation, spread footings, settlement analysis for construction purposes, and all phases of materials and concrete testing. Mr. Murrietta also performs asphalt and concrete mix designs for various asphalt producing companies

Oscar Galindo, Special Inspector, is a fully certified special inspector. Mr. Galindo has extensive experience in all phases of construction and as a construction inspector. Mr. Galindo is an ACI Testing Technician - Grade I and is certified as: Building Inspector, Building Inspector UBC, Building Plans Examiner, Building Plans Examiner UBC, Commercial Electrical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Mechanical Inspector, Uniform Fire Code Inspector, Fire Inspector II, Structural Steel & Welding Special Inspector, Reinforced Concrete Special Inspector, Prestressed Concrete Special Inspector, Structural Masonry Special Inspector UBC, Structural Masonry Special Inspector, EIFS Inspector, and Sprayed-Applied Fireproofing Special Inspector.