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13 <br />Page 4 of 7 <br />Michael M. Hughes PE <br />As a Senior Project Manager: He was responsible for all aspects of project management <br />on projects for Malcolm Pirnie as clients in the following areas: 1) telemetry and systems <br />control and data acquisition, 2) computer based mapping, 3) database management, 4) <br />computer based water and sewer system capital planning, and 5) the implementtion of <br />operations data and maintenance management software. He directed a project to assist <br />the Government of Antigua with the establishment of a National Data Center <br />As Manager of Computer Facilities: He managed in-house support and applications <br />development for the computer-aided design, engineering, and A~accounting and project <br />management computer systems. He directly supervised a staff of 10 programmers and <br />engineers, and in this capacity he managed the business plan, capital and operating <br />budgets and research/development of in-house and direct market applications. The <br />major tasks he accomplished in this period of tine included replacement of the computer <br />system used for accounting and project management, implementation of advanced uses <br />of the CAD system for mapping and engineering analysis, and the development and <br />marketing of software for water and wastewater facility operations. <br />Senior Project Engineer: (1983-1984) <br />He developed the so called integrated software approach to water and sewer system <br />hydraulic analysis and design. This approach, which incorporated database <br />management, hydraulic analysis and computer aided design software, was known as <br />WATERNET and SEWERNET, respectively, for water distribution and sewer <br />collecA~tion systems. He successfully applied this approach to a number of system <br />study and planning projects for Malcolm Pirniea€T""s clients. Two significant <br />SEWERNET projects, which provided the basis for technical papers he authored and <br />presented at national conferences, were completed for the City of Orlando, Florida, and <br />Pima County, Arizona. <br />Mr. Hughes also served as part of athree-person committee responsible for selection <br />and implementation of Malcolm Pirniea€T"^s first computer aided design system. <br />As Project Engineer: (1982), Mr. Hughes evaluated alternative computing hardware and <br />recommended acquisition of an appropriate in house computer for engineering <br />applications. He was responsible for implementing- the recommended system and <br />converting- programs from time sharing bureau. <br />He developed usage charge-back rates and annual capital and operating budgets for the <br />engineering comA~puter system and supervised extensive applications programming in <br />all areas of engineering. He prepared an in house computer users' manual and <br />conducted trainA~ing sessions in White Plains and regional offices, as well as installed <br />and maintained data communication equipment and terminal facilities. <br />As Engineer: (1978-1981), He was responsible for analysis of oceanographic field data <br />and construction of multi dimensional water quality models as part of Section 201 facilities <br />planning studies and Section 301h permit applications to determine required wastewater <br />