Advanced Engineering & Design, Inc., was founded in 1998 by William G. Reidy, P.E. after having worked with several large engineering firms. For nine years prior to forming Advanced Engineering & Design, Inc. (AED), Mr. Reidy served as Principal Engineer at Montgomery Watson, Inc., a recognized international leader in Water and Wastewater design-related projects. Mr. Reidy served as a National Product Line Leader in Civil Stormwater, Lift Station and Large Diameter Pipeline designs.
With an extensive level of experience in providing engineering services to governmental entities, Mr. Reidy continued to serve Tampa Bay municipalities even as a small start-up organization. Advanced Engineering & Design, Inc. was able to offer “big company” capabilities and expertise to local cities in a more economical and client-focused manner. This remains a core philosophy to this day and has resulted in strong and diverse design portfolio. AED has maintained numerous long-term relationships with Tampa Bay governments.
Brief profiles of some of the firm’s key personnel follow:

Mr. Keller has over 15 years of project experience and has a considerable amount of experience in roadway, stormwater & utility design, permitting and construction. Within recent years, Mr. Keller has played a key role in large infrastructure improvement projects & has assisted municipal clients in funding, design & construction-related issues.

Mr. Reidy has over forty years of civil/environmental engineering experience. His personal resume includes work on municipal projects from feasibility studies to design, permitting and construction services for major infrastructure improvement projects. Mr. Reidy is trained in the LEED accreditation process and has worked on several site development projects seeking Gold Certification status from the US Green Building Council.

Mr. Jansons brings a unique blend of skills to the AED team. His experience in serving in both lead design and project management roles provides him a profound understanding of what project success looks like. His past experience as a firm owner allowed him to seamlessly integrate with the AED team as he shares our passion for outstanding client service. Over the years, Mr. Jansons has successfully navigated his clients through construction challenges.

Mr. Torres serves as CAD/IT Manager for AED. He has thirty years of CAD drafting, design and IT experience, and is also an Autodesk certified Professional (ACP). Mr. Torres holds certificates as MCITP-SA, CCNA & Linux Administrator, served as President of the Tampa Bay Autodesk Users Group (TBAUG), and has a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems. Mr. Torres will spearhead plan production for AED.

With over twenty-five years of experience, Mr. Maciolek has firsthand experience in funding, improving, constructing and maintaining municipal infrastructure. This broad spectrum of experience makes Mr. Maciolek an asset to the AED team and allows for him to fill multiple roles within a project’s lifecycle.

A designer at heart, Mr. Peralta is supports the development of construction plans for the AED team. His public infrastrucutre design experience includes roadway, stormwater and public utilities in addition to his land development background. Mr. Peralta also is a skilled modeler who is well-versed at drainage system sizing activities.

Mr. Laskin brings a diverse array of skills and expertise to the AED team through his experience with environmental sciences (primarily ecology and hydrology), geographic information sciences (GIS), and business & financial analytics. His work as the Resilience & Climate Adaptation Specialist relies on his skills in asset management, cartographic design, public policy compliance, and desktop analysis to facilitate stormwater atlas development, NPDES permitting for several local municipalities, storm debris mapping, public relations, and much more.

Mr. Keyes has over 40 years of experience in civil engineering with a focus in the fields of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects. He has served as a Project Manager and Design Engineer associated with facility planning, design, design reports, permitting applications, and construction oversight administration of numerous utility and civil related projects. He has also assisted clients in developing successful funding, grant packages, and negotiations of interlocal agreements. Mr. Keyes leads QA/QC for the AED team.

With over fifty years of project experience, Mr. Stowers has extensive planning and design experience in various areas of expertise. Mr. Stowers serves as Senior Project Engineer on the AED team and assists in implementing quality control procedures. Mr. Stowers specializes in structural evaluations and will assist the project team in determining anticipated loadings and the development of specialty details. Mr. Stowers’ focus is on structure design and product reviews.

Mr. Harris is a stormwater engineer with nearly a decade of experience specializing in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling at the regional, intermediate, and local levels. His extensive experience in GIS creates a streamlined workflow when modeling municipal stormwater systems; this GIS expertise combined with his knowledge of Microsoft Excel allows him to efficiently analyze modeling results and develop feasible, permittable, and constructable solutions to solve flooding issues caused by stormwater infrastructure deficiencies. Having worked primarily with public-sector clients, he is familiar with the challenges of navigating regulatory and budgetary constraints which shape municipal projects.

Mr. Romano has experience in the design and construction of both large-and-small scale engineering projects, studies and reports within the public and private sector. This wide range of experience allows him to tackle projects involving transportation, stormwater and public utility design challenges. In addition to this technical diversity, he supports AED in various roles including project management and construction plan production. Mark is an effective communicator and detail-orientated engineer who believes in our client-first corporate philosophy.