About Brian

Brian has over 20 years of experience in state and local government, utility management, and laboratory and technology project management. Prior to joining Raftelis, he served as the Regulatory Compliance and Data Analytics Division Manager for KC Water in Kansas City, Missouri. Before KC Water, he served as the General Manager and Science and Technology Manager for the Water and Wastewater Utilities and Municipal Services and Operations departments in Lawrence, Kansas, where he led the laboratory operations, data management, technology integration, field operations (distribution, collections, and treatment, traffic), and utility GIS divisions, and managed multiple technology and data integration projects. He also has extensive laboratory experience providing analysis and regulatory compliance related functions related to state and federal regulatory agencies and worked with the Centers for Disease Control on several projects.

Brian’s wide range of experience has given him extensive leadership and technical expertise in the fields of asset management, information technology, general management, and operations in multiple domains. This has allowed him to design, develop, and implement technology based programs in multiple communities based on system based strategies and data best practices as defined in ISO 17025 standards and other industry criteria. As an data management practitioner, Brian has used his understanding of the field to design teams that combine the best theoretical concepts of asset management with the opportunities and cultural circumstances specific to the organizations for which he has worked. He has demonstrable experience working with multiple data technologies and systems in the asset management and utility space, including multiple Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) platforms; ESRI Geospatial Products; Autodesk GeoBIM; Innovyze hydraulic modeling and asset management software; and various Closed Circuit Television technologies utilized for Sanitary and Stormwater Assessments which utilize NASSCO Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) standards. In Kansas City, he developed the organization’s first data management team as well as its business data criteria for use in Performance Management, treatment operations, and Regulatory Compliance which led to both optimization of existing systems and reductions in the cost for new tools utilized in the department.