Our Team

Mr. Sellers, President and Chief Electrical Engineer, brings over 24 years professional service in providing design of electrical systems including overhead and underground power, interior and exterior power and lighting, data and voice communications, fire alarm, security, emergency power systems and grounding. Major design pro‐ jects include communications and electronic facilities, schools, office buildings, multi‐family housing, emergency power systems and electrical distribution systems. He is familiar with projects requiring conformance to various state and local codes and federal government criteria.

Mr. Striffler, Chief Mechanical Engineer and Corporate Secretary, brings over 44 years of professional experience providing design services for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, provides plumbing design, and fire protection engineering, and performs energy utilization studies. He began his career at Shell Oil Company in Norco, LA. He has been providing design services since the early 1990’s throughout Hampton Roads and along the East Coast. Projects include planning studies, preparation of construction documents, and construction consultation.

Ms. Stewart, Chief Operating Officer, brings over 15 years of administrative and professional experience to the A/E industry.  She provides design and construction administration support.  She is experienced in both the SpecsIntact and Masterspec specification programs.   Molly is the Corporate Treasurer and manages the corporate finances, as well as human resources. 

Ms. Best, Director of Sales and Marketing, brings almost 25 years of Sales, Marketing and Management experience to our team. Most of her career has been primarily in Strategic business development, private consulting, and senior management executive encompassing the pursuit and execution of IDIQ, RFP, RFQ, P3, A/E and G/C design bid/build, LEED, life cycle delivery methods, auditing industry legislation (state/federal), industry/construction technology, and their environmental impacts. Her diversity and comprehensive tenure in the industry make her a valuable asset.

Mr. DeMartino, Mechanical Engineer, brings over 37 years of professional mechanical engineering/design experience in design/build, new construction, renovations, repairs, and additions to various facility types including Federal, State, and Municipal projects.  He is familiar with HVAC systems and system controls, including LEED systems; VAV; geothermal; VRV (Variable Refrigerant Volume) systems; heat pumps; chilled water systems; hot water systems; primary-secondary pumping; variable flow pumping; enthalpy wheels; air to air energy recovery; high temperature hot water and steam systems;  LEED systems compliance; DDC systems; energy management through demand control ventilation; occupancy sensors; and CO2 monitoring.

Mr. Poffenbarger, Mechanical Engineer, brings over 21 years of professional experience with over half of those years as an employee with our firm. His expertise covers all phases of mechanical consulting engineering, including design, energy analyses, life cycle costing, problem-solving and report preparation. He is accustomed to a wide variety of project types, including healthcare facilities, educational facilities, industrial facilities, central plants, and office buildings. He is highly skilled in the analysis of indoor air quality issues, investigative and remedial engineering and HVAC system commissioning.

Mr. Russell, Electrical Engineer, brings over 11 years professional experience in design of electrical systems in a wide range of applications. Projects including wastewater treatment plants, higher education including universities and multi-building campuses, historical preservation and restoration, and multi-family low rise residential. Mr. Russell has a great deal of experience working on government projects with a heavy focus on Navy renovation. His expertise extends to electrical service sizing, elevator design, fire alarm layouts, security system specification, telecommunication planning, and lighting design in a variety of applications from industrial to decorative. He is an apt problem solver, adds value to projects beyond what is expected, clear and responsive communicator and project manager, identifies potential design conflicts and non-compliant installations while simultaneously offering solutions.

Mr. Taylor, Mechanical Engineer, brings 5 years of professional design services for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems and performs energy utilization studies. He has experience in energy envelope calculations, heating and cooling load calculations, HVAC equipment selections, and conformance analyses for ASHRAE minimum ventilation requirements.  Mr. Taylor has experience with projects ranging from commercial, municipal, and Department of Defense buildings to places of worship.

Mr. Woodruff, Electrical Engineer, brings well over 20 years of professional design services for new and renovated electrical systems including power, lighting, fire detection, communications, intrusion detection, emergency systems, lighting protection,  specialized systems and more. His breadth of experience traverses federal, municipal, commercial, educational, hospitality, church, residential and healthcare applications. Jonathan possess extensive knowledge of leading industry codes and standards and is adept at most phases of the entire construction/administration process including RFP’s, MasterSpec, fieldwork, team leadership and quality assurance.

Penn, Electrical Engineer, brings more than 15 years of diversified experience in the field of Engineering with an extensive experience and knowledge in Electrical Works for Buildings and other infrastructure projects. Her experience spans Design & Supervision for Lighting and Power system design, Low-current & ELV systems (Fire Alarm, CCTV, Public Address, Telephone/Data), Load Schedule Distribution & load balancing for Panel board and Switchgear including Main Feeder wires, electrical and mechanical load calculations and estimating. Penn’s talents extend into the testing and commissioning of building electrical systems as well as the technical reporting and documentation that goes along with it.

Mr. Soares, Plumbing Engineer, brings 23 years of experience in plumbing system design including domestic water piping, sanitary piping, medical gas, lab gas piping and LEED certification. Major design projects include office buildings, schools, science buildings, repair shops, and hospitals. Familiar with projects requiring conformance to various state and local codes and federal government criteria.

Mr. Franklin, Mechanical Engineer, brings 2 years experience in HVAC load calculations, duct sizing, equipment selections, estimating and specifications. Mr. Franklin previously worked as a manufacturer’s rep and assisted mechanical contractors and engineers in the application of mechanical equipment for construction projects. And he worked as a licensed Class 3 HVAC Technician during his senior year in college. These insights help provide more project solution options and better overall designs.

Mr. Harrelson, Mechanical Engineer, brings close to 3 years experience with HVAC and Plumbing design on government projects. His design experience combined with his natural leadership and entreprenurial skills have provided Charlie the tools to thrive in the industry. He is proficient in ductwork and pipe sizing and layouts, airflow calculations, As-Builts of completed projects and overall customer service. He is certified in AutoCAD and has experience in Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Inventor.

Mr. Neal, Senior Electrical Drafter, brings over 8 years of professional experience with design of electrical systems including interior and exterior power and lighting with lighting point by point calculations, data and voice communications and some design of fire alarm, security, emergency power systems. Mr. Neal also works with our Project Managers, Project Engineers and CAD Manager to manage and create all drafted documentation associated with projects. including gathering project requirements, preliminary and final design, procurement and As-Builts of equipment and materials, project monitoring and control.

Mr. Collette, Mechanical Drafter, brings 6 years of experience in electrical distribution system design, civil project design  and  extensive production in 2D and 3D drafting tools including AutoCAD, ArcGIS Mapping and Microstation. Major project experience includes residential and commercial easements and distribution work with Dominion Energy Construction as well as large municipal land and roadway development projects including site plans for cathodic testing and electrode potential. He has also worked alongside state and government agencies including Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Department of Transportation and the Army Corp of Engineers.

Mr. Hawkins, CAD Technician, brings over 4 years experience in electrical and construction/design drafting. Proficient in AUTOCAD and REVIT with project experience including designing meter based solutions for overhead and underground distribution systems, residential easements, field visits, equipment selection and panel board scheduling. Lamont demonstrates his attention to detail when performing quality control checks on drafting as well his ability to communicate well while working side by side with designers and engineers.

Mr. Torres, Drafter/CAD Designer, brings over 11 years experience in using and managing Microstation and more recently Revit 2019 and AutoCad 2019. He comes with a strong knowledge and comfort within structural, civil, commercial, and architectural designs that accompany those softwares. Proficient in setting and maintaining standards and schedules. Gerards diversity and ability to consistently take full ownership of engagements until final resolutions are reached has proven him a timely and top performer in achieving total customer satisfaction.

Samme, Office Administrator, brings close to 15 years experience in administrative support in the architectural/engineering industry. Her positive and collaborative work style compliments her wide array of administration, marketing and quality assurance skills including but not limited too working with RFP’s, progressive problem solving,  new hires and the onboarding process, updates and maintenance of active client and active projects databases, as well as providing any business operation support her colleagues may need.