Roger Ward, Sr. has enjoyed a 40+ year career in civil engineering. He holds a BS in biological engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in engineering from Purdue University. He is a specialist in drinking water and wastewater engineering, having led the water practice for the national infrastructure solutions firm HNTB.

A veteran of the United States Army, he served as a preventative medicine officer at Fort Benjamin Harrison for 2 years. In addition to his responsibilities at RWE, he is active in the Engineers Without Borders Indianapolis Professional Chapter, and has traveled the world to help developing nations obtain access to clean water supplies. He currently serves as the technical mentor to the Rose-Hulman, Purdue, and Trine Student Chapters of Engineers Without Borders and is also a member of the International Community Projects Technical Advisory Committee. He’s taken 10 trips in 7 years, to such places as Ecuador, Kenya and Uganda.

In his spare time, he gardens, harvests maple syrup, is a beekeeper and can be found secretly rocking out to Led Zeppelin. For these and many other reasons, we call him “The World’s Most Interesting Engineer.”

Roger Ward, Jr. founded RWE in 1999 and was joined in the business by his father in 2014. A specialist in design, site development and project management in both the commercial and residential arenas for over twenty years, he holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.

Roger, Jr. is the LEED expert at RWE and also holds an Indiana Real Estate Broker’s License. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. When he’s not working, he can be found coaching his son’s basketball and soccer games. In the evenings he enjoys cooking dinner with his wife and walking their dogs.

Victor has been with RWE for twelve years. He is responsible for the company’s business development efforts, and is a Senior Project Manager. Having worked in various capacities over the years, Victor has strong backgrounds in site engineering, site permitting, land surveying, GIS, as well as project management and business development. In addition, Victor has experience working in land development and site due diligence. He has worked on numerous types of projects including residential, commercial, retail, industrial, and public sector. As a result, he sees the big picture, and works hard to find efficient and cost effective solutions for our clients.

Victor describes himself as a good-humored professional. For Instance, when we asked him to name one thing he could do that no one else he knew could do, his answer was “eat Spam.” Yep. He’s got us there. In his off time, you’ll find Victor keeping busy with a variety of activities including riding his motorcycle, fishing, hunting, telling jokes, or spending time with his family and his two German short-haired pointers, Zoey and Stella.

Craig studied Nuclear Power as an Electricians Mate in the United States Navy, in which he served for two years. He coordinates and schedules the RWE survey crew, and oversees all of the ALTA and topographic surveys and construction staking projects. He has over twelve years of experience in survey project management, and has a particular expertise in park trails for municipalities and INDOT maintenance and traffic control plans. He worked on the State Roads 135 and 44 projects, Franklin High School, the Martinsville Fire Department, and an extensive CSX Railroad topography project. His day-to-day responsibilities also include project set-up, project management, title review for ALTA surveys, and quality control.

When Craig is not working, you’ll most likely find him in action-- running, cycling, listening to live music or playing with his three American Eskimo dogs: Nevada, Nukaq and River. As far as we know, he’s the only RWE team member to have ever run a triathlon, and most of us are pretty happy to let him keep that title.

Mike is responsible for project design and project management of various types of projects, including but not limited to commercial, mixed-use, church facilities, and specialty landscape design. He is a Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Indiana with extensive land planning, site design, and landscape design experience. Mr. Terry has performed work for municipalities, contractors, developers, and home builders.

Jim graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He went on to work with INDOT, providing construction layout staking for wetlands mitigation boundaries and restoration zones. He has over 15 years’ experience and continues to keep himself busy with classes and projects that keep him busy. While in the office he answers client calls, schedules surveys and performs project manager duties.

Outside of his professional role he likes to flip houses and enjoys his life in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood.

Jay brings nearly thirty years’ experience to the RWE team; his expertise is in data collection and field surveys. He holds an Associate’s degree in survey technology from Vincennes University. Jay has a great deal of experience with INDOT projects, including the US 31 and US 231 bypasses. He specializes in mapping utilities, collecting topographic and boundary data, construction staking, and performing as-built surveys for municipalities, utilities and many other public and private sector projects.

In high school, Jay was the quarterback of his high school football team and his twin brother, Ray, was the running back. They spent a lot of their younger years playing pranks on family and friends. Nowadays, Jay spends his free time researching new survey projects and helping out his family members (although, given his history of practical jokes, we do keep one eye on him at all times.)

David is registered as a professional surveyor in 3 states: Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina. Over his forty-five years in the field, he has had the opportunity to work on several key jobs in Indiana. He’s been part of Citizen Gas pipeline projects, the RCA Dome and has done utility work at the State Capital complex.

Once he gets into to his Mustang, good luck catching him. He spends a fair amount of his time restoring old Ford Mustangs and going on trips with his local car club.

Mr. Barlow is responsible for general office management, human resources, book keeping, AIA paperwork, handling new and existing client questions, advising on project direction, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and marketing. Mr. Barlow also supports the engineering and survey departments by coordinating city and state permits. Mr. Barlow comes with great communication skills and has spent a majority of his career working in hospitality. He brings his excellent skills in customer service, logistics and multitasking. As well as his thirst for knowledge to learn more about the ever changing engineering industry. During his time in hospitality his property earned many top honors including Intercontinental Hotel Group’s Quality Excellence and Torchbearer awards.

Since joining RWE in 2016, he has developed a working relationship with government officials making the permitting process as transparent as possible for our clients. He also does a fair share of project coordination, checking in on our clients to make sure their needs are met and assisting to make the process seamless. Mr. Barlow looks forward to continuing his great reputation for making clients happy while promoting efficiency in the office.

Mr. Potthast is responsible for crew management, scheduling, safety, and quality control for survey field and office activiites. Mr. Potthast also is point of contact with Clients, and manages deadlines. Mr. Potthast is a well rounded engineer with versatile experience in Civil Engineering, Land Surveying & Construction. He has proven job experience & performance in management, office & field positions for over 20 years. He specializes in working with others to complete the tasks at hand quickly and efficiently. He is also proficient in many software programs Trimble Business Center, Leica Geo Office, Civil 3D, etc.,..

Mr. Wahl is responsible for design projects. He communicates with clients and office engineers to create the best possible site design. Mr. Wahl graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering in 2022. Since joining RWE in early 2023, he has worked with the office’s experienced engineers to gain knowledge and hone his craft. He has worked tirelessly to further his proficiency in drainage and grading design.