MBA – Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
PhD – Civil Engineering, Water Resource Planning and Management, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
MS – Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
BS – Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla

Mr. Riley has highly developed skills in all facets of project management, supervision, and technical expertise in integrated water resources and environmental planning and water resource development.  Mr. Riley has considerable experience in planning of projects that involve municipal and industrial uses of water, irrigation, hydropower, fish and wildlife and recreational uses.   He is experienced in water resource investigations including – plan formulation, feasibility studies, hydrology, river basin planning, reservoir modeling, salinity, groundwater, projection of municipal water demands, irrigation crop consumptive use and water demands, water conservation, working with water organizations, federal and state agencies. He is a registered consultant with the Asian Development Bank and the African Development Bank.

P.S. Vasudeva
M.SC.Engg; F.ASCE; F.CIWEM(London); F.IPHE; P.E.
International Director Caribbean Region
Kingston, Jamaica
40 years of experienc
Water Resources

MS Eng., Punjab University
BS Eng. Civil, Punjab University

Mr.Vasudeva is a consulting engineering specialist with more than 40 years of experience, having lived and worked, in India, Tanzania, Antigua, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Jamaica. He has extensive experience in the fields of water & wastewater management, water supplies, irrigation & dams, project management & capacity building. Mr. Vasudeva has worked for 8 years with the Commonwealth Secretariat, London as a water expert, sanitary engineering adviser & water & sewerage expert to the Government of Antigua & Jamaica. His last assignment was as a Programme Director for the Inter- American Development Bank’s Community participation Rural Water Supply Programs. Mr.Vasudeva is a specialist in community participation programs and has headed one of the largest rural water supply projects in Africa that was executed in house with a massive mobilization of community participation. He also headed the major “Integrated Rural Water & Sanitation Programs” in Tanzania & Zimbabwe. He has directed several major projects in his field and has worked on several projects funded by the USAID, World Bank, JICA, EU, KFW, IDB, SIDA etc. Mr. Vasudeva is widely traveled around the world and having worked with personnel of many nationalities, he is an excellent result oriented team player.

JAIME C. ZAFRA, BSGeo. PGeo. GSP
South East Asia Area Manager
Manila, Philippines
25 years experience
Geology and Hydrology

BS Geology – Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila
Bachelor of Laws (ongoing) – Jose Rizal University, Manila
Professor on Geology and Mining Engineering – Adamson University, Manila

Mr. Zafra has 25 years of international geological consulting experience including: geological evaluation, mining/quarrying, development of engineering designs and metallurgical testing. He has conducted environmental examination/environmental impact assessments, engineering geological and geo-hazard assessments, core drilling, water well geophysical tests, geotechnical drilling, tunneling, open pitting, project feasibility studies, and project management. Mr. Zafra is accredited as Asian Development Bank’s Consultant on Geology.

Michael Chambers
San Diego Area Manager
San Diego, California
12 years experience
Water Resources and Design Engineer

Civil Engineering, M.S., Brigham Young University, August 1992
Civil Engineering, B.S., Brigham Young University, August 1991

Mr. Chambers is a registered professional civil engineer with over 12 years experience in the field of water resources, water quality, water and wastewater analysis, hydrology studies, hydraulic modeling and design, storm and sanitary sewer design, construction inspection/management, and water quality analysis.

Scott A. Forbes, PE
Los Angeles Area Manager
Westchester, California
20 years of experience
Infrastructure – Design and Construction Management

M.S. Civil Engineering, May 1994, Environmental Engineering,
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
B.S. Civil Engineering, April 1984, Water Resources & Construction Management,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mr. Forbes has over 20 years of experience in analyzing, planning, designing and operating the water facilities in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.  Experienced in preparation of cost estimates, design layouts, contract drawings, specifications and operating procedures for the installation of water mains, services, fire hydrants, natural gas engines, electric motors, pumps, boosters and other mechanical and electrical equipment.

Ahmed Kassem, PhD
Lower Atlantic States Area Manager
12 years experience
Hydraulic Modeling

PhD in Civil Engineering, Washington State University
MS in Hydraulics and Water Resources, Cairo University, Egypt

Dr. Kassem has twelve years of consulting experience on projects involving water hammer analysis, domestic water distribution systems, industrial wastewater systems, drip irrigation systems; drain pollution sources, evaluation of hydrologic and hydraulic software models, numerical and physical modeling of scour, and more. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering and an MS in Hydraulics and Water Resources. Dr. Kassem is a reviewer for ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.

Martin Einert
Southern Nevada Representative
Las Vegas, Nevada
35 years of experience

Water Resources and Environmental Impact Statements

BS - Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY

Mr. Einert is a Civil Engineer with 35 years experience in both the federal and the private consulting sectors. He has planned and evaluated water resources projects, managed feasibility studies from inception to completion and prepared environmental impact statements. He has prepared study plans and budgets, guided formulation of alternatives, coordinated technical analyses, conducted public involvement programs, and prepared planning reports.

Elwood Clark
Senior Financial and Economic Advisor
Kaysville, Utah
45 years of experience
Financial and Economics
Agricultural, Water and Power Projects

BS – Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Mr. Clark is a former Regional Economist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region encompassing – Utah, Southwestern Wyoming, Western Colorado and portions of New Mexico.  He was responsible for financial and economic evaluation on projects involving municipal water, irrigation water, hydropower, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits.  These studies include the benefit cost analysis, payment capacity for irrigators, cost allocation, repayment studies (project feasibility), and economic impacts.  These activities included twenty-two projects with a combined cost of 3.8 billion dollars.  Foreign assignments include Senegal and Sudan in Africa, Peoples Republic of China, and Brazil.

Mrs. Shubha Rao
India Representative
Bangalore, India
5 years of experience

Water Engineering and Municipal Solid Waste Management

BS – Environmental Engineering, Kuvempu University, India

Mrs. Rao graduated in the top 5 percent of her class at Kuvempu University.   She is experienced in design of forced air composting units, windrow units and vermin-composting techniques.  She possesses expertise in bioreactors design for treatment of municipal solid waste, kitchen waste, and leaf litter wastes.  She has led teams and supervised constructional activities of bioreactors, and installation and monitoring of rainwater harvesting systems. Other experience includes recharging of bore wells.  Mrs. Rao has designed master plans for solid waste management of cities.

Mohammad Alsheyab, PhD
Spain Representative
10 years experience
Advanced Water Treatment and Environmental Engineering

PhD, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in Advanced Water Treatment, Specializing in Environmental Engineering.
Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Dr. Alsheyab’s research and work includes:   Study of Flow, Air pressure and Energy effects on Ozone production;   Application of environmental auditing in the petroleum sector;  Design of fluidized bed reactor for the elimination of heavy metal ions from industrial wastewater; Investigation into the Greenhouse Effect; Study of the comparison between biological and physical-chemical water treatment; Flue-gas desulphurization by limestone as Graduate project (Al-Hussein Thermal Power Station) and Feasibility study of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether manufacturing process by partial oxidation in refineries vacuum residue (Jordan University of Science and Technology).