Oil patch bits: Lounsbury announces addition of three new employees

Petroleum News

Lounsbury and Associates said Jan. 25 that it is pleased to announce addition of three new employees, Bruce Beck as vice president of business development, David Gamez, P.E., joins the engineering group, and Andrew Hamilton joins the surveying group.

Beck has nearly 30 years of experience in business operations, including growth and development of small business and 8(a) companies on a national-basis. He holds a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences and M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Engineering - both from University of Alaska Anchorage. Beck will identify and develop strategic customer relationships and partners that help Lounsbury implement its strategic plan to grow services in Alaska and elsewhere.

Gamez is an Alaska-licensed professional engineer with seven-plus years of experience in planning, design and construction of transportation, ports and harbors, and site development projects across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from California State University. Gamez is an emerging leader and advocate of Alaska’s engineering community through active involvement in professional societies. He currently serves as vice president of the American Society of Civil Engineers-Alaska section and chair of the Committee on Autonomous Vehicles for the Institute of Transportation Engineers-Alaska section.

Hamilton is an experienced survey party chief with three-plus years of experience and background in boundary, design, as-built and construction surveying in Alaska. He is enrolled in the Geomatics program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and scheduled to graduate in spring 2020. Hamilton obtained his Remote Pilot Certificate, Part 107, from FAA in 2017.

His qualifications, education and experience make him a solid addition to Lounsbury’s survey department.