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11 <br />Page 4 of 7 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 major <br />tasks he accomplished in this period of tine included replacement of the computer system <br />used for accounting and project management, implementation of advanced uses of the <br />CAD system for mapping and engineering analysis, and the development and marketing <br />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 management, <br />hydraulic analysis and computer aided design software, was known as WATERNET and <br />SEWERNET, respectively, for water distribution and sewer collecA -tion systems. He <br />successfully applied this approach to a number of system study and planning projects for <br />Malcolm Pirniea €TMs clients. Two significant SEWERNET projects, which provided the <br />basis for technical papers he authored and presented at national conferences, were <br />completed for the City of Orlando, Florida, and Pima County, Arizona. <br />Mr. Hughes also served as part of a three - person committee responsible for selection and <br />implementation of Malcolm Pirniea €TMs 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 all <br />areas of engineering. He prepared an in house computer users' manual and conducted <br />trainA -ing sessions in White Plains and regional offices, as well as installed and <br />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 301 h permit applications to determine required wastewater <br />treatment levels, and optimum outfall location. The ocean and estuarine bodies he <br />