Mitch Berkey
Mitchell Berkey is the Vice-President of Technical Services with Environmental 360. Mr. Berkey is a Licensed Professional Engineer in NY, VT, SC, GA, AL, FL, AR, LA, and TN and a Level II Certified Design Professional with the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission and brings a diverse level of experience in planning, civil engineering, project management, environmental permitting and compliance, and construction management.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1989, Mr. Berkey was quickly promoted from engineer to senior engineer with a private consultant and was responsible for the successful planning, design, and permitting of some of the largest residential subdivisions, planned mixed use developments, and commercial site plans in the United States as well as several international projects in Peru and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Berkey then accepted a leadership position with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as the team leader for the planning, design, permitting, and construction compliance of the Redevelopment of the Internal Roadway Network at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. This project included the redesign of the entire roadway network as well as the successful completion of the new monorail system which connects each terminal to long-term parking and other off-site mass transportation nodes.
Mr. Berkey advanced his career by owning and operating his own design/build engineering and construction firm. He successfully designed, obtained permits, and completed construction on many residential, commercial, and industrial projects as well as numerous public works infrastructure improvement projects. Several of the projects Mr. Berkey was involved with required design, successful permitting, and construction in and around sensitive state and federal jurisdictional streams and wetlands. These projects required permitting of stream crossings and wetland mitigation and required significant coordination with state regulators and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Berkey’s company also successfully obtained permits, owned, and operated their own stone quarry.
After selling his business’s assets in 2005, Mr. Berkey re-entered the private consulting industry where he again managed a regional civil engineering office responsible for the design and construction of residential subdivisions, commercial and industrial site plans, and various public works infrastructure improvement projects. In addition, he also diversified the firm’s practice areas in preparation of various studies including traffic impact studies, environmental impact statements and studies, stormwater studies, and flood studies.
Today Mr. Berkey is responsible for permitting and compliance work including preparation of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans, facility response plans, and stormwater pollution prevention plans for industrial clients including pulp and paper, trucking, and refinery uses. Mr. Berkey also is responsible for managing environmental permitting and compliance for industrial clients to include wastewater sampling, waste sampling and characterization, stormwater sampling, leak detection inspections, and testing.
Mr. Berkey currently resides in the Metro Atlanta area with his wife and three children.
Elizabeth Bullen
Elizabeth Bullen is the Vice-President of Operations at Environmental 360. Elizabeth began her career in hospitality sales and marketing with a small hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2005 after graduating from Auburn University. She started as a catering coordinator, but she quickly advanced to the senior catering sales manager at a large convention center in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
Elizabeth has achieved many accomplishments throughout her career including consistently meeting and exceeding her sales goals, growing her sales by 47%, creating and implementing standard operating procedures, work flows and processes, and playing an integral role in opening a 1.2 million square foot facility.
Now with Environmental 360 for 5 years, Elizabeth has become an extension of each project and project manager however she is needed. She plays a major role performing quality control on all documents in order to generate exceptional projects for the clients of Environmental 360. Her experience of detailing many large conventions helped her develop a skill of being very attentive to details on these projects and to know key elements to look for while reviewing them. She has also worked to standardize all reports to ensure continuity throughout the entire company. Elizabeth has helped to brand the Environmental 360 name by creating new and exciting marketing materials and making a presence at local and regional trade shows and conferences and local community events. Elizabeth strives to create a rewarding and satisfying place to work for every team member each day. This includes listening to team member comments and suggestions and ensuring their company benefits are appropriately handled.
Elizabeth lives in Smyrna, TN with her husband and son.
Katie Comer
Katie Comer is the Accounting Specialist at Environmental 360. Mrs. Comer graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies. She then began working as a health educator for middle and high school students in East Tennessee where she coordinated curriculum for over 100 schools. After working with the school system for 5 years, Katie then moved to the corporate sector and began working with Dominion Management Group. With Dominion, Katie started as an administrative assistant but quickly worked her way up to property manager for the company’s largest apartment complex in Murfreesboro, TN. Here Mrs. Comer was responsible for the annual budget of the property, collecting and documenting all rent payments and transactions, managing vendor projects, and submitting and approving vendor bills for payment. Katie successfully managed this budget and decreased operating costs by 10% and increased rental income resulting in increased profitability for the company.
With this knowledge and experience, Katie transitioned seamlessly to the accounting specialist with Environmental 360 where she handles all the accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, and expenses. Katie helped to integrate a new expense software to make expense reports and invoicing more efficient for both the project managers and accounting.
Katie lives in Smyrna, TN with her husband, Adam, and their son and daughter.
Ed Diaz
Ed Diaz is a Project Scientist II with Environmental 360 and has over 20 years of experience in environmental compliance with 17 of those years being specifically in LDAR. Ed has completed LDAR monitoring, reporting, training, project setup, database startup/management, tagging, and audits within the chemical industry. He has an extensive knowledge of LeakDAS and has developed internal auditing/training programs.
Prior to Environmental 360, Ed was an LDAR Field Services Manager for major petrochemical facilities in Texas and Kentucky. He ensured overall compliance of the facilities and managed the program implementation and technician management and training at these sites.
At Environmental 360, Ed is developing the company’s presence in the chemical industry especially in the Kentucky region. Ed has a reputation for taking care of his clients and doing whatever it takes to get the job completed. He has continued to support Environmental 360 clients in this same way. Ed also works with other environmental compliance projects outside of LDAR throughout the Kentucky region and beyond.
Ed lives in Louisville, KY and enjoys spending time with his family and golfing.
Torry Gannon
Torry Gannon is the Programs Manager at Environmental 360. He has been with the company servicing industrial clients since 2012. After graduating from Bradley University in 2008, he began his career with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in their Air Pollution Control Program out of the St. Louis office. He gained a valuable knowledge base in air pollution and ozone attainment regulations.
After four years, he joined the Environmental 360 team. Starting out as a staff scientist, he began to service a base of pulp and paper clients while expanding his knowledge of the pulp and paper market. He gained valuable experience in the areas of leak detection and repair (LDAR), spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC), as well as natural resources and wildlife management. During this time, Mr. Gannon was promoted to project scientist and was responsible for management aspects of the LDAR program for over 10 pulp and paper facilities, including monthly and annual inspections, schematic drawing and checklist creation, recordkeeping, scheduling, and budgeting. Mr. Gannon also expanded his project knowledge into odor modeling and other air monitoring projects while also being responsible for SPCC Plan development and implementation for pulp and paper facilities. Because of the quality of his work and service he provided to his clients, he quickly expanded the LDAR program in his area to over 18 facilities. Torry then trained and developed new team members in his area to conduct these inspections.
Today, Mr. Gannon continues to assist in expanding the EH&S services provided by Environmental 360 by developing our team internally as the Programs Manager. Mr. Gannon’s ever expanding LDAR and SPCC knowledge base continues to improve the services we provide by first improving our team. He provides continual training of the regulations and best management practices and also audits our team on-site to ensure continuity across the company.
Mr. Gannon was born and raised in rural Illinois. After living in Louisiana for 7 years, Torry married and moved to Missouri. He and his wife enjoy spending as much of their free time as they can in the outdoors and visiting with family and friends.
James Gunn
James Gunn is a Project Scientist I with Environmental 360. James graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 2011. After graduation, he went to work as a Quality Assurance Technician for Hyundai Motor America in Montgomery, AL where he inspected newly manufactured vehicles to ensure quality standards.
James returned to Auburn in 2013 to pursue his Master of Science in Geology. During his time there, he served as a graduate teaching assistant and lab technician where he instructed undergraduate labs and conducted lab analysis projects.
After achieving his master’s degree in 2016, James began work as a geologist for Polaris Resource Engineering in Birmingham, AL, starting his career in environmental compliance. He worked primarily in groundwater remediation involving leaky underground storage tanks, as well as conducting Phase I and Phase II site assessments, and groundwater monitoring. Additionally, he routinely used AutoCAD to draft basic site maps, geologic cross-sections, and various chemical concentration maps.
James handles environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for several pulp and paper clients located in central and south Alabama. Additionally, he has helped to manage feral hog populations at multiple locations. James successfully manages multiple projects in his area and is someone who is well trusted by his clients.
James currently resides in Millbrook, Alabama. He enjoys spending time with family, the outdoors, and playing the guitar.
Joey Haley
Joey Haley is a Project Scientist I with Environmental 360. Joey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry, from Louisiana Tech University in 2005. Joey worked for Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for 10 years conducting LPDES, Title V, SPCC Plans, Stormwater Compliance Inspections, and ambient water quality sampling in Northwest Louisiana.
Joey grew up in Bossier City, LA and is an Eagle Scout. He co-owned a crawfish stand while attending school at LATECH. Joey also worked for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, as a Technician spraying herbicide for invasive species on the area lakes in Northwest Louisiana.
Joey lives in north Louisiana and conducts monthly inspections for LDAR, SPCC, and special projects in the Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas area. Joey enjoys spending time with his wife and kids and the outdoors.
Lisa Hamilton
Lisa Hamilton is a Senior Engineer III with Environmental 360. Lisa brings a diverse level of experience in process engineering, project management, and supervision. Lisa graduated from Auburn University majoring in Chemical Engineering (2003). She also received her Master of Business Administration degree from Troy University Dothan (2006).
During school, Lisa co-oped with Georgia-Pacific in the Process Control Department at the Cedar Springs, Georgia, Mill. Lisa was hired full-time after graduation as a Process Engineer in the Paper and Power Departments. Lisa later moved to an Operations Supervisor and then the Asset Availability Leader (AAL) position in the Power area. She worked on process optimization, reliability, and lead a team focused on safety, compliance, and production goals.
After 10 years in the Pulp & Paper industry, Lisa accepted a position with Dow Chemical in Texas City, Texas, as the Run Plant Engineer. She worked on production tracking and improvements and outage inspections.
Lisa then transferred to the Utilities industry and accepted a job with Alabama Power – Barry Steam Plant near Mobile, Alabama. She held various positions in project management, outage management, and operations and engineering supervision. She worked as the Environmental Engineering Team Leader over all existing environmental equipment including the precipitators, scrubber, and SCR.
At Environmental 360, Lisa is responsible for the internal safety program, assisting in the development of compliance plans, and OA/QC for all project reports.
Lisa currently resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with her husband and two children.
Jimmy Hargrove
As a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager, Jimmy Hargrove came to Environmental 360 with over 25 years of analyzer experience. After serving 4 years in the United States Air Force as a Fire Protection Specialist Firefighter and Crash Crewman, Jimmy began his analyzer career as a Federal Firefighter Emergency Medical Technician and Hazmat Team Member servicing and maintaining the portable analyzers used for toxic, hazardous, and flammable atmospheres by the Hazmat team.
Jimmy then went to work in the semiconductor industry in Boise, Idaho, with Micron Technology. There Jimmy was a Toxic Gas Monitoring Systems Technician where he repaired, installed, and performed routine maintenance on analyzers and gas delivery equipment.
After 20 years with Micron, Jimmy took the opportunity to work with Insight Environmental in North Dakota. He started there as the contracted CEMS Technician at Dakota Prairie Refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota, the first refinery to start up in the United States in over 45 years. After the facility was then purchased by Tesoro Refining, Jimmy transferred to Tesoro’s Mandan (North Dakota) Refinery to manage their CEMS program. In the two years that Jimmy was the CEMS Manager at the Tesoro Mandan Refinery, he was tasked with implementing a contractor-based CEMS program and was instrumental in having the CEMS program in compliance with over 95% uptime for 5 consecutive quarters.
At Environmental 360, Jimmy completes project work for the clients primarily in the Pacific Northwest in all practice areas but specializing in CEMS/COMS and LDAR. He is also Method 9 certified for visible emissions and opacity.
Jimmy lives in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys traveling, fishing, hunting, and his Boise State Bronco’s football team.
Josh Howard
Josh Howard is a Project Scientist I at Environmental 360. He began working at Environmental 360 in May of 2017. Josh graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences. After college, Josh relocated to the Charlotte, NC area to work for three years in one of the largest national blood testing labs in the country. There he gained experience in quality control and assurance inspections.
Josh has expanded this knowledge to the pulp and paper industry and all industries serviced by Environmental 360. In addition to these skills, Mr. Howard’s hard work ethic is evident to Environmental 360 clients. He manages all practice area projects for the clients along the East Coast area and is instrumental in special projects across the country.
Josh currently resides Rock Hill, SC, and he services Environmental 360 clients primarily in the east such as Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Rick Joyner
Rick Joyner is a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager for Environmental 360. Mr. Joyner received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management of Technology from Athens State University. Rick has over 30 years of experience involving field engineering, maintenance, and sales management, with the last thirteen years dedicated to environmental consulting for pulp, paper, power, and refinery industries involving continuous emissions and opacity monitoring systems. He has supervised new installation projects in the US and South America and was a senior field engineer for sensor projects in Afghanistan. Rick performs RATA support, CGAs, and linearity audits utilizing Part 60 and 75 guidelines. He has developed preventative maintenance programs reducing downtime for monitoring systems. Rick is highly regarded throughout the industry for his expertise in new installations, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and emergency repair of monitoring systems.
As a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager for Environmental 360, Rick has been integral in developing the CEMS/COMS practice. Rick has also significantly increased uptime for many of our clients.
Rick currently lives in Harvest, Alabama. Rick is married to Meagan and has two daughters, one son, and five grandchildren all living in North Alabama. Rick and Meagan have become foster parents to children in the community and volunteer their time at the Foster/Adoption Closet providing clothes and toys to children in need. Away from work, Rick enjoys motorcycle trips on his Harley, flying as a private pilot, diving, hunting, fishing, and camping.
Brandon Kennemur
Brandon Kennemur is the Vice-President of Industrial Services and a Senior Scientist at Environmental 360. Mr. Kennemur has been serving industrial clients for over 16 years. Upon graduating from Auburn University in 2002, he began his career with a small environmental consulting firm where he provided air compliance regulatory assistance to a base of industrial clients. He eventually took over as the firm’s leak detection and repair (LDAR) program manager for pulp and paper clients.
After two years, Mr. Kennemur acquired a position with a nationally recognized engineering and consulting firm. Starting out as a staff scientist, he continued to maintain and grow a large base of pulp and paper clients while expanding his expertise into the petrochemical and small manufacturing market. He gained valuable experience in the areas of SPCC, wastewater, stormwater, solid and hazardous waste, natural resources, and excelled in his work with LDAR and LDAR-related issues. During this time, Mr. Kennemur was promoted to project manager and was in charge of all management aspects of the LDAR program for over 15 pulp and paper facilities, including monthly and annual inspections, scheduling, schematic drawing and checklist creation, recordkeeping, and budgeting. In addition, he was responsible for spill prevention control, and countermeasures (SPCC) and stormwater compliance for multiple industrial facilities.
Today, by providing compliance solutions to over 60 pulp and paper facilities, Mr. Kennemur continues to expand the LDAR services practice both geographically and to new industrial sectors. Mr. Kennemur’s LDAR expertise continues to be highly regarded throughout the industry and has been designated as an internal best management practice by multiple pulp and paper companies. He manages the ever-expanding on-site compliance services practices that consist of water and air sampling, leak detection and inspections, tagging, labeling, and monitoring.
Mr. Kennemur is also a certified optical gas imaging (OGI) thermographer and manages OGI LDAR services using infrared cameras to multiple industrial facilities.
He continues to grow the Environmental 360 industrial client base through customer-committed service, quality-driven work, word-of-mouth references, and long-lasting relationships.
Mr. Kennemur currently resides in Rogersville, Alabama with his wife and two boys.
Cory Martin
Cory Martin is the Vice President of Natural Resources at Environmental 360. With a background in forest management services, Mr. Martin specializes in fiber procurement, reforestation, and forest sustainability. He has over 20 years of experience in the forest products industry, and is a registered forester in multiples states in the southeast. In addition, Mr. Martin is a licensed chemical applicator.
While attending Auburn University, Mr. Martin interned with Resource Management Services where he assisted in the management of several large landholdings which focused on maximizing investor returns. In 1998, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Operations and a Minor in Business. He returned home to West Alabama and began working as a forester for an Alabama-based forest procurement and management company. Today, he continues to serve clients by delivering raw materials to area forest product markets and providing forest management services to local landowners. In addition. Mr. Martin is a forester for a large reforestation company which plants approximately sixty million trees per year. At this company, he is responsible for securing contracts with landholding companies and managing reforestation projects.
At Environmental 360, Mr. Martin provides clients with a comprehensive land management program which focuses on maximizing timber, wildlife, and environmental development assets. He also serves on the leadership team casting long and short-term vision to the company. His background and experience in business has allowed Cory the knowledge to manage and advise the finances of Environmental 360 as well.
Mr. Martin currently resides in Butler, Alabama with his wife and two children. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and watching his boys play youth sports.
Amy Nassar
Amy Nassar is the Administrative Assistant at Environmental 360. Amy graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and a concentration in Forensic Anthropology. While attending college in California at Whittier College, she worked as an Assistant to the Dean of Students. As the Assistant to the Dean of Students, she organized and planned office operations. Amy then took a break from college to join the Marine Corps as a Combat Photographer. While in the Marines, she determined and prioritized project goals and organized the front office. After her time in the Marines, she finished her degree and worked as a Lab Assistant. She again managed projects that involved cleaning, identifying and cataloging artifacts from an excavation site.
At Environmental 360, Amy assists with invoicing, receiving POs, CEMS part orders, engraving machine projects, QA/QC, and marketing/HR tasks.
Amy currently resides in Murfreesboro, TN. She enjoys spending her time with friends and family and hiking and kayaking.
David Owen
David Owen, President and Principal Senior Scientist at Environmental 360, is an environmental consultant with more than 18 years of environmental consulting experience with industrial and commercial clients. An Environmental Science graduate of Auburn University (2000), Mr. Owen spent the first two years of his consulting career with an environmental firm that specialized in Clean Air Act regulations and automated environmental compliance management systems. Starting as an intern with the small consulting firm, he eventually became the engineering group manager responsible for assessing industrial facilities’ compliance and reporting needs and developing the specifications for automated environmental compliance systems. In addition, he developed turn-key compliance programs according to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) including leak detection and repair programs; startup, shutdown, and malfunction programs; and CEMS quality control programs.
Mr. Owen next worked for a prominent southeastern regional civil engineering and environmental consulting firm. Starting as a project scientist with the firm, he gained project experience in the areas of groundwater assessment and remediation, natural resources, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous waste. Mr. Owen eventually started and became the operations manager for the firm’s Atlanta, GA office. He managed a team of environmental scientists, ecologists, and engineers for over six years. In addition to managing the employees and office operations, he was responsible for business development, budgeting, and profitability while continuing to serve his clients in the industrial and commercial markets across the southeast. Mr. Owen also started and managed an office in Nashville, TN while maintaining his duties with the Atlanta, GA office.
Today, Mr. Owen continues to service a large client base as a Senior Principal Scientist and serves as the President of Environmental 360. His primary responsibilities are team member support, project oversight on air compliance projects, and corporate administrative oversight. He is married to Stacey, and they have three children Peyton, Andie, and Hayes.
Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders is a Project Scientist I with Environmental 360. Chris graduated from Troy University in 2011. After graduation, he went to work as a Freight Broker for Coyote Logistics where he coordinated various shipments of goods, acting as liaison between shippers and carriers.
In 2014, Chris joined Interfor as a Logistics Coordinator and was later promoted to Logistics Specialist. During his time at Interfor, Chris helped manage truckload coverage and freight cost for Interfor’s lumber production in the southeastern United States.
After working five years in the lumber industry, he joined Environmental 360. Chris handles environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for our pulp and paper clients located in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Chris currently resides in Newnan, Georgia. He enjoys the outdoors and spending time with family.
Logan Smith
Logan Smith is a Staff Scientist II with Environmental 360. Logan graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant and Soil Science. Growing up on a farm, Logan has always had a passion for agriculture, soil, and natural resources. Throughout his undergraduate degree, he held internships with TWRA and NRCS where he began learning about mapping and federal regulations.
Logan handles environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for the Tennessee, Kentucky, North Alabama, and North Mississippi region as well as special projects. Logan is a certified Level I Thermographer and handles Optical Gas Survey’s for several Natural Gas compressor stations in the Southeastern region. He is also a certified UAV pilot for special projects anywhere needed.
Logan currently resides in Milton, Tennessee. He enjoys spending time with family and the outdoors.
Steve Sunday
Steve Sunday is a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager with Environmental 360. He has nearly 13 years of experience with CEMS/COMS preventative and corrective maintenance. Over the course of his career, Steve has obtained several certificates including F-16 Advanced Electronics AVIONICS/NAV and Basic Electronics and Electricity from the United States Air Force.
Steve started his career with the United States Air Force where he worked for 4 years. Here Steve performed preventative and corrective maintenance on various F-16 systems including Radar and Navigation equipment.
After his Air Force career, Steve worked in the service industry, first with a major industrial scale company in the Mobile, AL area where he was responsible for installations/calibrations of many types of industrial scale systems and applications from the pulp and paper industry to many of the chemical plants around the southern gulf coast region. Steve also served as an internal auditor for a portion of this time there.
After 14 years there, Steve began his career in CEMS/COMS as a Field Service Representative for a CEMS manufacturer and systems integrator based in France/Chicago. Steve was able to develop client relationships and build his reputation throughout the industry while at this position. Steve performed preventative and corrective maintenance; suggested and planned CEMS upgrades; installed, started, and tested new systems through out the US/world for nearly 13 years. Steve developed his knowledge and expertise in the CEMS/COMS industry during this time. He was consistently recognized by his management at providing superior customer service and consistently met his performance goals.
As a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager with Environmental 360, Steve manages CEMS/COMS service contracts, installations, and emergency services across the United States but primarily in the southeast region. Steve’s experience and knowledge along with his client relationships have continued to give Environmental 360 clients outstanding service.
Steve resides in Spanish Fort, Alabama. He enjoys working on his mustang and anything outdoors. He also enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
Staci Thompson
Staci Thompson is a Project Scientist II at Environmental 360. Ms. Thompson began working at Environmental 360 in June of 2015 as an intern after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and a concentration in Geology. Ms. Thompson gained valuable knowledge in environmental consulting during her time as an intern as she traveled to project sites and assisted her fellow Environmental 360 team members with LDAR drawings, site maps, process flow diagrams, developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), editing Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC), developing a Greenhouse Gas Plan (GHG), and researching how current regulations affect certain facilities.
After such proven success with the team, Staci accepted a full-time position in September 2015 where she began to manage projects ranging from developing compliance plans to monthly LDAR and SPCC inspections at sites in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia. Staci was then promoted to a Project Scientist in 2018. Staci now manages the compliance plan division for the company including all SPCC, SWPPP, and MACT compliance plans, just to name a few, and works on-site for various special projects. She is also Tennessee Erosion Prevention & Sediment Control Level 1 and Level 2 certified, Method 9 certified, and a certified STI SP001 AST Inspector.
Staci lives in her hometown of Chattanooga, TN.
Dylan Till
Dylan Till is a Project Scientist I at Environmental 360. Dylan graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Geology. After college, he began working with GEI Consultants as an ecological technician doing construction quality assurance, environmental sampling, and geotechnical testing on landfill closure projects. After leaving GEI Consultants, Dylan began working for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as an environmental compliance specialist in the Underground Storage Tank Regulatory Compliance Unit.
At Environmental 360, Dylan is a project manager for pulp and paper clients in Florida and Georgia. Dylan covers projects ranging from: SPCC Monthly Inspections, SPCC Updates, SPCC Tagging, SP001 Tank Inspections, LDAR Monthly Inspections, LDAR Annual Inspections, LDAR Initial Certifications, LDAR Drawing Updates, LDAR Tagging, UST Inspections, SWPPP Updates, Boiler MACT Reports, Sampling Projects (water, condensate, bark, etc.), and Natural Resource projects.
Dylan lives in Midway, GA and enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and three dogs.
Clint Walker
Clint Walker is a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager with Environmental 360. He has nearly 40 years of experience with CEMS/COMS preventative and corrective maintenance. Over the course of his career, Clint has obtained several certificates including Advanced Radar Training from the United States Navy ET “C” School, Basic Electronics and Electricity from the United States Navy ET “A” School, and Electronics/Electricity from the Northeastern Oklahoma Technical College.
Clint started his career with the United States Navy where he worked for 10 years, first as an Electronics Technician and then was promoted to a Work Center Supervisor. Here Clint performed preventative and corrective maintenance on various shipboard systems including cryptographic, VHF/UHF/HF communications equipment. He also maintained, repaired, and performed calibrations of shipboard test equipment. While stationed at NAS Pensacola, he maintained ground control approach radar systems. Once he was promoted to Work Center Supervisor, Clint planned and ensured the completion of all maintenance related to the airfields UHF/VHF communications.
The next 24 years were spent with 2 different CEMS/COMS repair and installation companies as a Field Service Representative and the Southern Regional Field Service Manager. Clint was able to develop client relationships and build his reputation throughout the industry while at these positions. Clint performed preventative and corrective maintenance; suggested and planned CEMS upgrades; installed, started, and tested new systems; and managed a team of field service representatives in multiple locations.
Clint really developed his knowledge and expertise in the CEMS/COMS industry during this time. He was consistently recognized by his management at providing superior customer service and consistently met his performance goals. Clint has become a very known and trusted name in the CEMS/COMS industry.
Clint resides in Cantonment, FL with his wife of 29 years, Kimberly. They have two sons, Joshua and James, a daughter-in-law, Jolynn, and two grandchildren, Grayson and Laney. Clint enjoys hunting, fishing, building/flying remote control aircraft, and summer vacations with the family.
Chris Williams
Chris Williams is a Senior Engineer III with Environmental 360 where he assists clients with a variety of compliance and permitting needs. Prior to joining Environmental 360, Chris was a Project Manager on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that oversaw numerous projects at the Mississippi State Port and a variety of civil infrastructure projects for local public entities. He has over 13 years of experience as a consulting engineer and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Mississippi. His environmental experience includes Section 401 water quality certification assistance, Section 404 wetlands permitting, construction stormwater permitting, industrial stormwater permitting, stormwater pollution prevention plans, beneficial reuse plans, and solid waste permitting.
Chris works with Environmental 360 clients in the Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas region in all service areas. With his P.E. designation, Chris also certifies SPCC, SWPPP, and other compliance Plans.
Chris is an avid outdoorsman and lives in Biloxi, Mississippi, with his wife and two daughters.
Rick Wilson
Rick Wilson graduated from Troy State University in 1974 with a double major in chemistry and biology. Rick began his career with Alabama Power Company shortly after graduation as the Supervisor, Environmental Field Services. In this position, Rick was responsible for supervising personnel responsible for water sampling, river characterization and waste profiling necessary to apply for NPDES Permits for six fossil fuel electric generating plants, 14 hydro plants, and 1 nuclear electric generating plant. After issuance of NPDES permits, Rick’s group performed all water stream sampling and research projects. Rick was also later given the additional responsibility of supervising the Air Quality Field Services group. This group was responsible for the purchase, maintenance, calibration, and data reporting for 17 ambient SO2 monitors.
After 8 years of field supervisory experience, Rick transferred to the Environmental Affairs department, Environmental Compliance section in the Alabama Power Company Corporate Headquarters. In this capacity, Rick developed in-depth knowledge of air permitting, reporting, and compliance with existing air permits. In addition, this position allowed Rick to develop expertise in dealing with hazardous waste regulations including CERCLA (Superfund) and toxic substances (TSCA). Rick later narrowed his focus to compliance with all air regulations. This includes the implementation of the requirements of the Clean Air Act of 1990, Title IV, Phase I and Phase II implementation. This includes the installation, operation, and reporting requirements for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS). This also included the emission fees and the allowance program. Rick also became a certified environmental auditor serving as the subject matter expert in air compliance for the Southern Company Internal Audit Department. In this capacity, Rick assisted Internal Auditing in performing audit on all fossil-fuel electric generating facilities except those located in Alabama. Rick also developed expertise in areas not directly related to environmental issues such as EMF and FAA requirements. After almost 40 years of experience with Alabama Power, Rick retired and joined the Environmental 360, Inc. team. Rick will be utilizing all of his experience to serve the Environmental 360 clients in many different means.
