Mr. Ashe is responsible for developing business and marketing strategies at Riverside, as well as managing proposal development. As part of his job, Mr. Ashe represents Riverside at meetings and various conferences to communicate with potential partners and clients about Riverside's services.
Brian Ashe
Manager of Business Development
Mr. McDonald has over 15 years experience in solution architecture, user interface design, and database design. He has expertise in portal, Internet, and E-commerce technologies. His past experience includes software engineer, IT Director and Solution Architect positions. Currently, he is responsible for driving business development and managing and delivering successful IT projects, including managing Riverside’s $4M, 2-year IT Support contract with NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory.
Monte McDonald
Software Group Leader
Ms. Baldwin manages the financial management system and contract accounting/project accounting reporting. Her areas of technical expertise include government contract accounting, project cost accounting, financial reporting and analysis, cash management, payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Sarah E. Baldwin, CMA
Corporate Controller
Ms. Murphy has extensive experience in computer information systems, database maintenance, technical writing and editing, publication design and development, and process documentation. She is a certified Technical Communicator and an accredited Proposal Management Professional specializing in information architecture, process development, corporate collateral, and proposal operations.
Donna Murphy, AM.APMP
Proposal Manager
Dr. Burkhalter has more than 16 years of experience in the civil engineering industry including consulting and academic research projects. As a water resources group leader, his primary responsibilities include overseeing the performance of the Water Resources Group and actively serving as a project manager. His technical experience includes a broad range of water-related projects with an emphasis on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.
Dr. Phil Burkhalter, P.E.
Water Resources Group Leader
Ms. Nielsen reviews and edits all contract documents supporting Riverside’s consulting services. As part of her administrative responsibilities, she aids in the development and maintenance of Riverside’s Contracts Management budget and operating plan. Ms. Nielsen tracks the deliverables and budgets for the majority of Riverside’s contracts/projects, ensuring that the project is delivered on time and within budget.
Laura Nielsen
Contract Specialist and Project Coordinator
Mr. Daddio has more than 30 years of professional experience and holds Master’s degrees in Physical Oceanography and in Computer Science. He manages several of Riverside’s government contracts in science and engineering applications. Most notably, he manages Riverside's $115M, 5-year Technical Support, Systems Engineering and Engineering Service (TSSEES) contract with NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) that provides science, engineering and administrative services for NOAA’s satellite programs.
Ernest Daddio
Senior Program Manager - Silver Spring, MD Operations
Dr. Seguin has over 36 years in data management, applications software development, systems engineering, and strategic planning experience through his career with NOAA as division chief at the National Climatic Data Center, as deputy laboratory chief of the NWS Meteorological Laboratory, as the systems engineer for the NWS AWIPS Program, and program leader in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. He brings this experience to enhance Riverside's capabilities to meet client needs for strategic planning and project development.
Dr. Ward Seguin
Senior Program Manager
Dr. Ennaanay has over 12 years of engineering experience specializing in water resources management, hydrologic, groundwater and hydraulic modeling, water quality, climate change, and rural development. He has GIS and remote sensing experience and expertise in water related ecosystem services. As a Program Leader, he provides technical expertise and leadership on both domestic and international projects and programs.
Dr. Driss Ennaanay
Program Leader - Water Resources and Climate Change
Prior to joining Riverside, Dr. Smith spent 33 years with NOAA supporting and leading the Hydrology and Water Resources Program, NWS river forecast system development, and NOAA strategic planning and programming for weather and water initiatives. He brings this experience to Riverside's expanding focus in decision support, sustainable environmental solutions, and climate change. Dr. Smith is also responsible for leading strategic initiatives and developing relationships with both domestic and international clients and partners.
Dr. George Smith
Senior Program Manager
Mr. Igiehon is responsible for managing Riverside's Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service (AHPS) contract with NOAA, and Riverside tasks within the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Hydrologic Development (OHD) and International Activities Office (IAO). He has over 12 years of combined work experience as an engineer, program manager, and business operations specialist and received his MBA in International Business from Georgetown University. Additional areas of expertise include project management, management consultancy, and strategic planning.
Omo Igiehon
Senior Program Manager - Silver Spring, MD Operations
Ms. Sutherland assists Riverside with business development, proposal activities and identification of strategic business directions. She retired from NOAA after 34 years of service in June 2006 as the Director of the Mountain Administrative Support Center in Boulder. Ms. Sutherland was the budget officer for the $4 billion NOAA National Weather Service modernization, providing integrated budgeting and scheduling for AWIPS, NEXRAD, ASOS, Construction, transition activities, and associated planned product improvements.
Susan Sutherland
Senior Program Manager
Mr. Kane specializes in the development and implementation of real-time river forecasting and decision support for water resources systems. He has managed projects involving these systems throughout the US including at the TVA and BPA, and internationally in India, Panama, El Salvador, South Africa, Viet Nam, and Uzbekistan. As Director of Operations, Mr. Kane is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the technical staff within the Fort Collins office.
Michael Kane, P.E., CFM
Director - Fort Collins Operations
Mr. Thiemann specializes in forecast and decision support system implementation, hydrologic model development, calibration, and software design. As a senior water resources engineer and group leader, his responsibilities include project management, development and implementation of the RiverTrak® data acquisition and forecasting system, and model calibration for the National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS), RiverTrak® and the NWS Research Distributed Hydrologic Model (RDHM).
Michael Thiemann
Water Resources Group Leader
Dr. Laitos has extensive experience managing and implementing USAID, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and FAO water and development projects in countries located throughout South, Southeast, and Central Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa and the Mid-East; and Eastern Europe. He specializes in water and land institutional analysis, strengthening, and capacity building at field, regional, national, and transboundary levels.
Dr. W. Robert Laitos
Senior Development Specialist
Mr. Woodbury specializes in conceptualizing, developing, and directing the implementation of projects involving water resource management systems. His expertise includes project management, training development and delivery, and technical development and review in data collection and analysis, model calibration, and system implementation. As a Water Resources Group Leader, Mr. Woodbury is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the Water Resources Group within the Fort Collins office.
Mark Woodbury
Senior Program Manager
Mr. Merriman is responsible for Riverside's Human Resources, Organizational Development, and Program Management. Mr. Merriman is also Riverside’s Facility Security Officer (FSO) due to Riverside’s work as a Department of Defense contractor.
Gary Merriman, SPHR
Director of Human Resouces
Mr. Woodcock oversees the administration and maintenance of the company's IT infrastructure including UNIX-based computer systems and PC networks. He manages planning and implementing major modifications to Riverside's supporting regional infrastructure. In addition to IT management, Mr. Woodcock specializes in watershed sciences, hydrology, and hydrometry, and designing, populating, and troubleshooting relational database systems including Informix, SQL Server and Microsoft Access.
Stan Woodcock
IT Manager