CS21B - Concurrent Session 21B: Creating Your Niche in Dam Safety - Dam Safety Career Panel

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter(s)

Cory A. Miyamoto, P.E.

Senior Engineer, Water Resources
CA Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams
Sacramento, California

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Co-Presenter(s)

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Nathaniel K. Gee, P.E.

Manager Dam Safety Governance & Oversight
Tennessee Valley Authority
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Mark Killgore

State of Virginia, US
Rebecca Ragon

US Army Corps of Engineers
Stafford, Virginia
Donald A. Bruce, n/a

Geosystems, LP
VENETIA, Pennsylvania
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Matt Lindon

State of Utah (ret.)
Sharon Tapia

CA Department of Water Resources
Bill Kappel

President/Chief Meteorologist
Applied Weather Associates
Monument, Colorado

As you progress in your dam safety career you may ask, “How do I find my niche so I can make a meaningful impact on the industry?” This panel of experts will discuss the unique paths they took from beginners in the industry to leaders in their field. It will follow how they became a leader in such areas of National Inventory of Dams, Human Factors, Grouting, Meteorology, and Dam Safety Program management. They will share their greatest accomplishments, and most difficult challenges, and how they learned from both. The panel will share the lessons they wished they would have known starting out and how to gain not only experience, but the right experience to succeed in a career in dam safety today.