FDOTConnect Instructors
Meet the talented group of individuals who will be instructing the courses provided by FDOTConnect.
Denise Broom
Denise Broom is an Infrastructure Digital Practice Specialist at Stantec with a strong background in 3D Design, Automated Quantities, and Plans Production. As a former FDOT employee who worked in the FDOT CADD Office, she brings extensive familiarity with FDOT Design Tools and is an FDOT Certified Trainer. In her current role at Stantec, she has developed and delivered in-house ORD training for Stantec’s offices throughout Florida.
Michael Donahue
Michael Donahue is a project manager and Chief Designer with more than 28 years of experience serving public and private sector clients on roadway and land development projects. Michael is an established expert in advanced 3D design modeling. As a member of the FDOT Technical Advisory Committee and 3D Task Team Committee, Michael has formed strong relationships with Bentley staff, and industry leaders within FDOT as well as the consulting community. Michael has been involved with testing Bentley products and FDOT workspaces prior to FDOT’s releasing the platform for implementation across all districts in Florida. In support of the FDOT’s 3D design initiatives, Michael has assisted the Department in the preparation of the staff hour negotiation guidelines for 3D deliverables. In addition to his involvement with 3D Design and Deliverables, Michael has designed more than 20 roundabouts within the state of Florida and is certified in advanced maintenance of traffic preparation. Other services Michael has provided include roadway design, signing and marking, maintenance of traffic, drainage design and plans productions, utility coordination, pavement design, intersection improvements, ADA enhancements, traffic control, engineer’s estimates, project scheduling, and CEI services during construction.
Gary E. Gaiotti
Eddie Giese
Errick J. Gray
Krissy Hoffman, PE
Krissy Hoffman, PE has more than 20 years of roadway design experience in the state of Florida. Her experience includes designing roadway geometry and drainage systems for rural roadways to major interstates with express lanes. Most recently her focus has been on the development of 3D modeling for roadway projects. She routinely trains junior staff in model development and works closely with contractors on model implementation in the field. She recently earned recognition as a Bentley Premier Scholar for OpenRoads Designer.
Kevin Lucht, PE
Kevin Lucht currently serves as a Senior Digital Solutions Manager for Arcadis in Tampa, FL. Kevin is a registered professional Civil Engineer in three states. He has thirty-five-plus years of engineering project production and project management experience in heavy civil engineering projects, as well as an expert in BIM applications and digital engineering systems. Kevin has worked with clients worldwide in the areas of Highway, Aviation, and Rail design.
Kevin received a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and started his career in the highway design field initially with MODOT and later with RS&H. Most of his engineering and PM career he served with CH2M Hill, HNTB, and Bechtel. Kevin has also worked for Intergraph and Bentley in their InRoads civil engineering group, as well as being a consulting project manager for numerous ProjectWise deployments to major civil projects and large AEC customers.
Kali McNeile, PE
Kali is a Project Engineer at WGI and a graduate of the University of Central Florida (B.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Civil Engineering with track in Transportation Systems Engineering). She has been with WGI for over 5 years, starting in the roadway division and transferring to the structures division after 2 years. Kali has been involved with learning and subsequently training on OpenRoads and OpenBridge her entire career. These programs have been used to guide engineering decisions on active projects and to strengthen project pursuit efforts.
Jennifer Mullins
Richard Perez, C.E.T.
Heather Piorun, PE
Andrew Poszich, PE
Tejsingh Rana, PE
Tejsingh Rana is a Project Manager and Business Development Lead at Highway Studio LLC with over 15 years of highway design and project management experience working in various FDOT Districts. He has worked on the design and management of a wide variety of projects from RRR to reconstruction as well as major design-build projects such as I-4 Ultimate. He is an expert in 3D Design/ Delivery and is a member/adviser of the FDOT – FICE Statewide 3D Task Team and FDOT CADD – Consultant Technical Advisory Committee, helping FDOT achieve their mission of high-quality design through 3D Implementation and Next Generation Plans Delivery. He has a master’s degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Tej enjoys sharing his expertise and mentoring younger engineers by conducting Guest lectures at FIU, and participating as a panelist in career exploration events (ITE, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, FIU). He is also a committee member of the FES Miami Chapter and helps in organizing events for the engineering community. He promotes and practices a positive state of mind and volunteers his time in conducting mental health and wellness sessions along with teaching meditation at workplaces. He loves being close to nature and enjoys spending time in parks and beaches.
Kyle Rosenmeyer, PE
Angela Shepard
John Thomas
John Thomas has 7 years of experience in transportation engineering including advanced 3D modeling and visualization with Bentley Microstation software and Lumion. He has highly developed skills with GEOPAK, SS4, and Open Roads Designer (ORD) Connect Edition. He is experienced in 3D modeling processes, workflow, and quality control on projects for the FDOT and Florida’s Turnpike; that includes 3D modeling with ORD, creating surface .tin files, creating advanced 3D templates, creating high-quality renderings, developing 3D typical sections, photogrammetry, and driver view videos, temporary traffic control plans, plans production, and visualization for bid proposals. He also has significant experience with roadway design activities for limited-access highways involving widening, milling & resurfacing, and reconstruction.