Steve Wilcox: President/CEO

Steve has over 17 years of experience in environmental consulting. Steve recently purchased Astbury Environmental Engineering, Inc. and is excited with the future and direction of the company. In addition to overseeing AEE’s business and administration, Steve remains closely involved with the project staff lending his experience and expertise to achieve client closure objectives.

Fred Nichols: Vice President, Business Development/Senior Project Coordinator

Fred has over 19 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, much of this as a Senior Project Manager and marketing manager. For twelve years Fred managed one of the largest independent convenience store retailers for the Midwest and has coordinated the removal and investigation/remediation of over 400 underground storage tanks (USTs). Fred managed all facets including State and Insurance Recovery resulting in millions of dollars. Was the Senior Project Manager for the Town of English, Indiana restoration project, which was coordinated with FEMA, SEMA, District 15 and IDEM and is the Senior Site Coordinator for the U.S. EPA Region 5 City of Martinsville, Indiana PCE removal project.

Ajit Joseph: Ph.D., Vice President, Engineering

• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, India
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota
• Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Utah State University
• Registered Professional Engineer (Chemical Engineering)

Ajit has over 18 years of experience in the environmental industry, with extensive experience in design, operation, and maintenance of soil and groundwater remediation systems. Ajit’s experience includes risk assessment studies, determination of risk-based, site specific cleanup levels, and formulation of cost-effective cleanup goals. Additionally, Ajit works with design and supervision of remediation/process engineering, Remedial Action Plan development, site characterization studies, contaminant fate and transport modeling, resource recovery, pilot testing and treatability studies, and feasibility studies.

Mack Overton: Vice President, Industrial Services

• B.S., Chemistry, Wabash College

Mack has over 11 years of experience as a Senior Project Manager in environmental consulting and engineering, currently overseeing regulatory and compliance projects. Mack is a Certified Hazardous Material Manager and holds the Certified Indoor-Air Quality Professional (CIAQP) accreditation and is experienced in issues regarding air emissions, drinking water, wastewater and storm water, SPCC plans, solid and hazardous waste management, community right-to-know issues, and health and safety compliance. Mack also has five years of experience as an environmental laboratory chemist and is well versed in lab analysis issues and the use of analyses in problem-solving.

Dennis Livingston: Senior Project Manager

• B.S., Geology, Ball State University

Dennis has over 9 years of experience in environmental consulting. Dennis is a Licensed Professional Geologist in Indiana and a Registered Professional Geologist in Kentucky. He is also a Certified UST Contractor in Kentucky. Dennis currently oversees numerous subsurface investigation and remediation projects. Dennis’ primary experience is related to petroleum contaminated facilities, but he also has experience with other contaminant types including dry cleaning solvents and metals. Dennis also has experience in computer modeling of groundwater systems utilizing Visual MODFLOW to predict contaminant fate and transport, as well as the affects of remediation systems on the groundwater flow and capture of contaminants.

Eric McClees: Senior Project Manager/Senior Geologist

• B.S., Geology, Ball State University

Eric has over 12 years of consulting experience as an environmental geologist / project manager. Eric is a Licensed Professional Geologist and a member of the Professional Geologists of Indiana. Eric previously served as a Senior Project Manager for a large, national gasoline retailer (managed portfolio of over 45 sites) and has coordinated the removal and investigation of over 100 underground storage tanks (USTs). In addition to UST related projects, Eric has managed / completed investigations at permitted and unpermitted landfill sites, metals salvage facilities, and Brownfield redevelopment projects. Eric has also provided technical assistance to projects through aquifer testing and the completion of geophysical surveys (magnetometer and down-hole seismic methods).

Don Neeley: Senior Project Manager/Senior Geologist

• B.S., Geology, University of Illinois
• M.S., Geology, University of Kentucky

Don has over 12 years of experience as a Project Manager in the environmental consulting and engineering field. Don is a Licensed Professional Geologist in Indiana, a Certified Professional Geologist in Kentucky, and a Certified Hazardous Material Manager. Don is currently overseeing site investigation and remediation projects including work at industrial facilities, trucking facilities, commercial properties, dry cleaners, airports, and gasoline stations.

Scott Schutte: Senior Project Manager

• B.S., Biology and Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College

Scott has over 18 years of experience as a Project Manager in environmental consulting and engineering. Currently responsible for wastewater and municipal projects including pretreatment programs and NPDES permit negotiations. Scott is licensed as a Class D and IV wastewater operator. During his tenure at the City of Indianapolis Scott was responsible for the oversight of water quality and hazardous materials projects, including the oversight of City Project Managers and the oversight of environmental contracts; specifically lab services, hazardous waste disposal and spill response contracts. Scott is actively involved on the governmental affairs committees of the WEF and IWEA. Scott also has experience on Superfund remediation projects where he served as Project Engineer and Safety Officer. Scott is a licensed building inspector for asbestos and lead paint.

Jeremy Kinman: Staff Geologist

• B.S., Geology, University of Southern Indiana

Jeremy has over six years of experience in environmental consulting as a field geologist. Some of Jeremy’s duties include working on petroleum related retail and terminal sites and Phase II environmental subsurface investigations. Jeremy has supervised UST closure activities in four different states, and has prepared UST closure reports. He has supervised the installation of over 1,000 monitoring wells and soil borings in the tri-state area. Jeremy has been the head field geologist for the installation of a high-vacuum dual-phase extraction system, and an air-sparge and soil-vapor extraction system designed to treat petroleum and chlorinated solvent contaminated groundwater. Jeremy has been the head field geologist providing field oversight for a pilot test study utilizing an oxygen-releasing compound (ORC) containing magnesium oxide being injected into the ground utilizing a Geoprobe to remediate petroleum-impacted groundwater and the field geologist in over 20 mine-subsidence investigations. Jeremy has experience with many types of drilling equipment and is a certified Water Well Driller for the state of Indiana (license number 2119).

Jennifer Phillippe: Staff Geologist

• B.S., Geology and English, DePauw University
• M.S., Geology, University of California, Davis

Jennifer has over 2 year’s experience of environmental consulting experience as a geologist. While at UC Davis she worked on the complex geochemistry of an abandoned mercury mine that is an USEPA Superfund Site. Jennifer previously worked on a chlorinated solvent bulk facility site in Silicon Valley. She has experience with Mann-Kendall groundwater plume stability monitoring, monitored natural attenuation, inorganic precipitation predictions, soil gas and indoor air sampling, system mass removal calculations, remedial system design, as well as database management. She is also involved in all phases of report preparation from initial site characterizations to remedial design investigations/corrective action plans.

Robert Schmidt, Project Geologist

• B.S., Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

Robert has over five year’s experience of environmental consulting as a geologist. Robert’s primary experience is related to petroleum contaminated facilities. His duties have included groundwater sampling, numerous soil boring/monitoring well installations and investigations, and the removal of several underground storage tanks (USTs). Robert is involved in all phases of report preparation from Initial Site Characterizations, UST closure reports, Further Site Investigation Reports and Corrective Action Plans.

Jim Smith, Field Operations Manager

Jim coordinates site work with subcontractors and manages all field operations. He has been with AEE for twelve years, and works closely with the project managers and engineers on remediation proposals, system specifications, and system maintenance. While at AEE, he has overseen the implementation and closure of over 35 environmental remediation systems. Jim also has experience with municipal waste water treatment facilities, industrial waste water treatment facilities, and chemical treatment of boilers, cooling towers, and mechanical chillers, and industrial maintenance including electrical, plumbing, building and machine maintenance.

Robert Bryant, Senior Field Engineer

Bob has been in the environmental field for 12 years and has been involved in virtually all phases of site remediation from pilot study tests to site closure. He has overseen remediation system construction and installation of more than 30 systems, including multi-phase extraction, air sparge and soil venting, pump and treat, and soil farming. Bob has experience in system startup and adjustment, electrical and mechanical troubleshooting and repair, surveying, process and monitoring well installation, soil, water, and air sampling.