Board Members

Company: CDM Smith Inc. – World HQ

Jonathan Kunay, P.E., PMP is an Associate Engineer and the global Conveyance Market Discipline Leader for CDM Smith in Boston, MA. He has 20 years of experience working as a design engineer and project manager on a variety of trenchless projects including infrastructure assessment with traditional and state-of-the-art investigative techniques, rehabilitation using CIPP, HDD and pipe bursting, facilities planning and master planning, leak detection of water distribution systems, enterprise asset management and risk/criticality studies.

Company: HDR

Charles Tripp, P.E. is a Pipeline Rehabilitation Technical Lead at HDR in Boston, MA. He has 18 years of experience working as a design engineer and project manager on a variety of trenchless projects including pipeline rehabilitation, condition assessment, risk modeling, and general asset management.
Charlie was first introduced to trenchless technologies through his involvement in multiple sanitary sewer rehabilitation projects. He also briefly served as a Field Engineer for a world leading CIPP construction company. This experience provided a wealth of exposure and instilled a desire to pursue and advocate for the use of trenchless technologies in projects as a way of mitigating the impacts of excavation in urbanized areas, but also as a means of cost-effective design.
Charlie studied Civil Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst earning his B.S. and went on to receive his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a licensed professional engineer across New England and the Tri-State area. He is also PACP/MACP certified by NASSCO.
As Vice Chair for the Northeast Chapter of NASTT, a past recipient of the Trent J. Ralston Young Trenchless Achievement Award, and a qualified NASTT CIPP Good Practices Instructor, Charlie continues to capitalize on his devotion to trenchless technologies and in advocating for its use in the local construction market

Company: Delve Underground

John Altinyurek is presently a Senior Staff Engineer with the New York,NY office of Delve Underground. He previously worked for WSP for 6 years. During his career in the underground industry, John has been involved in major tunneling and trenchless projects in the New York City area for clients such as the NYC Dept. of Design & Construction, New York City MTA Transit, Port Authority of New York New Jersey, Amtrak and continuing his work on New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Nassau County Design-build Bay Park Conveyance Project in Long Island, NY.

Company: Engineers Construction, Inc.

Coming soon…

Company: Mohawk Valley Water Authority

Experienced Municipal Engineer with a history working for well-respected private consulting firms.  Heavily involved in the trenchless evaluation/rehabilitation industry throughout Upstate NY.  High-level of familiarity with funding programs and grant opportunities.  Master Communicator.  Leadership roles in several professional societies. 

In my personal time I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter at our camp in the Adirondacks. Avid Skier.  Health food and workout nut.