Richard is the Vice President of Pre-Construction at Rising Edge Group. A Professional Engineer with over twenty years of senior management, EPC design engineering, and project management experience, Richard leads all engineering efforts for the company by overseeing the management of engineering teams, maintaining high standards of quality, providing project engineering guidance on large-scale major projects across North America. Richard’s engineering experience is focused on high voltage electrical for renewables, oil and gas, and utility based civil/structural, equipment layout, and outdoor design. Additionally, provides extensive project management experience, technical assistance, and constructability knowledge of substation layouts.
Graduating with a bachelor’s in civil engineering, Richard learned and expanded his knowledge by being a Stations Engineer and Project Manager, before branching off to create his own engineering firm, called Huntsman Engineering. This endeavor was a success as Rising Edge bought and integrated the engineering firm into its operations where Richard continued to lead and manage as the Principal Engineer before becoming Vice President.
As Rising Edge’s leader for engineering, Richard helped grow the engineering department from a group of handful personnel to an engineering team expanding over 70 members – with functions in stations, design, P&C/SCADA, studies, transmission & distributions, telecom, etc. Richard has been recognized for his inspiring leadership and incredible knowledge which has led to Rising Edge’s engineering services growth and becoming more sought after by our clients across North America.
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