Derek is a licensed structural engineer and licensed contractor with more than 20 years of railroad industry experience. He has designed, managed, and maintained countless railroad structures, and he has extensive experience inspecting, rating, and designing bridges. He is also experienced in construction management for track, bridge, and building construction.

Jeremy is a licensed structural engineer with over 23 years of experience in the design, fabrication, and erection of commercial construction projects. As chief engineer, his expertise allows the design team to successfully complete demanding projects by implementing innovative and practical solutions.

Percy’s background includes extensive work in the merger and acquisition area where he has used his tax and accounting knowledge and experience in creating tax advantages for clients. He served as both the lead negotiator and back up negotiator (to the clients attorney). Percy’s experience in the M&A area created expansion into the litigation services area, which provided independent valuation services for entity and individual clients. Since 2013, Percy has served as the EVP Finance of Railroad Consultants, PLLC.

Wiley is a creative problem-solver and strives for the highest efficiencies possible when providing services to our clients. He achieves this by leveraging a forward-thinking view of technological solutions with his extensive and varied rail design and construction experiences. He’s an expert at handling all types of public projects and developing positive results for all parties, especially public-private partnerships. He is also experienced with passenger rail, including joint operations of commuter and freight rail.

Bob has extensive experience in the railroad and transportation industry working with federal, state, and local government agencies. Through his established relationships with transportation agencies and officials, he has successfully obtained grant funding for multiple freight and passenger rail projects. He also is skilled at managing community relations for high-profile, controversial transportation projects.

Steve’s longstanding history with over 40 years of experience in the railroad construction industry has brought our team great perspective and skill in the area of railroad construction and operations management. His past work and dedication to Norfolk Southern took him from a bridge apprentice position to an assistant division engineer over bridges with many positions and promotions in between. With this experience, he has made light work of implementing full-service engineering services for major rail carriers and short line railway operators.

Billy has 20 years of hands-on experience in railroad construction with Union Pacific Railroad and various short line railroads. He has held multiple positions with increasing levels of responsibilities, from serving as a track laborer to a multi-crane operator to a construction project manager. The expertise gained from his extensive trainings and experience on the front lines has equipped Billy to serve Railroad Consultants as the Vice President of Railroad Construction. In this role, he leads Railroad Consultants’ construction team, providing complete construction services for railroad bridge, tunnel, and track projects.

Duke has nearly 25 years of railroad industry experience with various short line railroads, including Coos Bay Rail Link, San Joaquin Valley Railroad, and Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad. He started his career in the railroad industry as a track laborer and worked his way up through the ranks. Duke specializes in the rehab and construction of tracks and bridges and is qualified as a track inspector, bridge inspector, equipment operator, and project manager.