Geotechnical Staff Directory
Central Office
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Fax: (850) 414-4955
Rodrigo Herrera, P.E.
State Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (850) 414-4377
Vacant
Asst. State Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (850) 414-***
Vacant
State Construction
Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (850) 414-****
District 2
1109 South Marion Avenue
Lake City, Florida 32025
Fax: (386) 758-3790
Zhihong Hu, P.E.
District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (386) 961-7710
Liladhar Niraula, P.E.
Geotechnical Design Engineer
Phone: (386) 961-7706
Brantley Stevens, P.E.
District Geotechnical
Construction Engineer
Phone: (386) 961-7747
Binay Prakash
Geotechnical Manager Design
Phone: (386) 961-7737
District 5
1650 N. Kepler Road
DeLand, Florida 32724
Michael Byerly, P.E.
District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: ( (386) 740-3501
District Geotechnical Design Engineer
Phone: (386) 740-3499
Dustin Cone, P.E.
District Geotechnical Construction Engineer
Phone: (386) 740-3498
Victor Rivera, P.E.
Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (386) 740-3522
Mariama Etienne
Geotechnical Project Manager
Phone: (386) 740-3506
Joshua Callahan
Geotechnical Project Manager
Phone: (386) 740-3517
State Materials Office
5007 N.E. 39th Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32609
Fax: (352) 955-6644
Unit Manager
Sasidhar Ayithi
State Geotechnical Materials Engineer
Phone: (352) 955-2924
Fax: (850) 412-8270
Earthwork Operations
Dino Jameson, P.E.
Interim Earthwork Engineer
Phone: (352) 955-2933
Fax: (850) 412-8102
Field Operations and Test Pit
Dino Jameson, P.E.
Interim Earthwork Engineer
Phone: (352) 955-2933
Fax: (850) 412-8102
Foundations, Soils and
Aggregate Acceptance
John Shoucair, P.E.
Geotechnical Materials Engineer
Phone: (352) 955-2925
Fax: (850) 412-8271
District 3
1074 Hwy 90 E
Chipley, Florida 32428
Fax: (850) 330-1146
Gabriel Camposagrado, P.E.
District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (850) 330-1621
Florida's Turnpike
Kristina LaCava, P.E.
Geotechnical Engineer Lead – STV, Inc.
Construction and Materials General Consultant to Florida's Turnpike
P.O. Box 613069 (USPS Mail Only)
Turkey Lake Service Plaza
MP 263 Florida's Turnpike, Bldg. 5317
Ocoee, Florida 34761
Phone: (407) 264-3338
Luis Melo
Geotechnical Engineer, STV, Inc.
Construction and Materials General Consultant to Florida's Turnpike
P.O. Box 613069 (USPS Mail Only)
Turkey Lake Service Plaza
MP 263 Florida's Turnpike, Bldg. 5317
Ocoee, Florida 34761
Phone: (407) 448-0349
Roberto Rodriguez, P.E.
Geotechnical Engineer, STV, Inc.
Construction and Materials General Consultant to Florida's Turnpike
Physical Address (For UPS / FedEx):
Turnpike Operations Center, FL Turnpike Milepost 65
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Mailing Address (For USPS Mail Only):
P.O. Box 9828
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33310
Phone: (954) 934-1153
Gabriela de Aragao, P.E
Geotechnical Engineer - HDR Inc.
Construction and Materials General Consultant to Florida's Turnpike
P.O. Box 613069 (USPS Mail Only)
Turkey Lake Service Plaza
MP 263 Florida’s Turnpike, Bldg. 5317
Ocoee, FL 34761
Office: (407) 264-3370 | Mobile: (813) 313-6904
District 1 and 7
2730 State Road 60 West
Bartow, Florida 33830
Fax: (863) 534-7288
Kisan Patel, P.E.
District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (863) 519-4261
Ramasamy Venkatesan, P.E.
Geotechnical Design Engineer
Phone: (863) 519-4241
Andrew Newman, P.E.
District Geotechnical
Construction Engineer
Phone: (863) 519-4253
Davidge Turley
Geotechnical Construction Specialist
Phone: (863) 519-4254
District 4 and 6
14200 West State Road 84
Davie, Florida 33325
Fax: (954) 677-7090
Matthew Gisondi, P.E.
District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (954) 677-7038
Adrian Viala, P.E.
Asst. District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (954) 677-7011
Rocio Merlihan, P.E.
Asst. District Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (954) 677-7030
Nitin Dave
Geotechnical Specialist (District 6 Area)
Phone: (954) 677-7006
Gerresse Lee, P.E.
District 4/6 Geotechnical Engineer
Phone: (954) 677-7068