Our Team

At DMP, we have built a team of seasoned professionals with expertise spanning numerous disciplines. This diversity allows us to serve as your single point of contact for a broad range of project needs.

We believe our employees are our most valuable assets. We actively support their involvement in professional organizations and community activities, recognizing the importance of their growth and engagement.

Our engineers, surveyors and construction administration team stay at the forefront of their fields by attending state, local, and national conferences, ensuring they are up to date with the latest developments and technologies.

Our six principals, all long-term employees, have cultivated strong client relationships and embody every facet of our business. Their leadership guarantees a robust management team dedicated to sustaining the firm’s success well into the future.

Engineers

Utility Coordination & Design

Geomatics

Construction Administration

Administration

Engineers

Mike Slusher, PE

President, Principal

Mike, President of DMP, has been an integral part of our team since 1994. In his current role, he oversees all aspects of firm operations and plays a key role in planning and conceptual design for major projects. With a career that began immediately after his graduation, Mike has specialized in water resources, building a robust portfolio in planning, design, and project management.

Active in several professional organizations such as the American Council of Engineering Companies, NC One Water, and the Water Environment Federation, Mike remains at the forefront of industry developments. His extensive project portfolio includes the planning and design of water and wastewater treatment facilities with capacities up to 32 MGD, reclaimed water systems, utility pipelines, numerous pumping stations, and over 20 water storage facilities. Mike’s expertise spans across North Carolina, Virginia, and eastern Tennessee, making him a distinguished leader in the field.

Michael Goliber, PE

Business Development Manager
Vice President, Principal

Michael brings a wealth of expertise in all facets of civil engineering to DMP. With extensive experience in planning, analyzing, and designing municipal utility systems, Michael has successfully managed and designed a variety of infrastructure projects, including water transmission and distribution systems, wastewater pump stations, stormwater management, and stream rehabilitation. His proficiency extends to mapping infrastructure systems for GIS analysis and building data for water system modeling, ensuring precise and efficient project execution. Additionally, Michael’s thoughtful approach as our Business Development Manager has significantly contributed to fostering strong client relationships and driving the firm’s growth.

Eddie MacEldowney

Vice President, Principal

Eddie has an extensive list of successful civil site projects for commercial, institutional and industrial clients. He has vast experience in the development of a variety of onsite and regional stormwater management facilities.

Mr. MacEldowney has also focused on the site/civil design of educational facilities for public school systems, community colleges, universities and private schools throughout our service area. These projects include the total design of site, grading, sedimentation and erosion control, stormwater conveyance, treatment and management, access roads, parking areas, off- and on-site water and sewer utilities and roadway system improvements.

He also has experience in flood plain development and flood studies for individual properties, including FEMA, CLOMR and LOMR certifications.

Ryan Thompson, PE

Land Development Group Manager

Ryan is a seasoned civil engineer with more than 13 years of experience. His technical skills include water resources and land development. Ryan manages and implements site planning/rezoning, layout, grading, erosion control, stormwater management and onsite/offsite utility design. As the Land Development Group Manager, he is responsible for plan production, scheduling, conducting and coordinating assigned engineering work, while monitoring plans for compliance with applicable codes and ordinances, accepted engineering practices and DMP standards.

Utility Coordination & Design

Kelly Hayes, PE, PLS

Utility Coordinator

Kelly brings more than 35 years of civil engineering experience to DMP. Over the last ten years, he has worked extensively with NCDOT (North Carolina Department of Transportation) Utility Coordination assignments including research, conducting utility kick-off meetings, utility relocation estimates, preparing UARRs, Utility by Others (UO) plans, Project Special Provision (PSPs), URA package (reimbursable) and EA package (non-reimbursable).

Steve McKee, PE

Utility Design Engineer

Steve brings more than three decades of experience designing and supervising the design of utility relocations for the construction of NCDOT (North Carolina Department of Transportation) projects. This experience includes design and coordination of various city and county utilities over the last several years for the relocation of water and sewer facilities in conflict with NCDOT projects. He has also prepared preliminary wet utility relocation estimates for 30+ projects to date across North Carolina.

Geomatics

Bradley Phillips, PLS

Geomatics Director
Vice President, Principal

As our Geomatics Director, Bradley works closely with our clients, manages field and office personnel, and visits project sites for pre-job reconnaissance and QA/QC reviews. Throughout his career, Bradley has spent considerable time performing every task within our survey division, from field to office. Bradley has considerable experience in boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, construction staking, NCDOT surveys, GIS data collection and SUE (Subsurface Utility Engineering) projects.

John Willis, PLS

Assistant Geomatics Director
Principal

John brings nearly three decades of surveying expertise to DMP. Beginning his career in 1993, he has amassed extensive experience and knowledge through his tenure at DMP and nine years of owning and operating his own surveying business. He possesses a comprehensive skill set in project management and has conducted a wide range of surveys, including those for development and property acquisition, boundary, topographic, control, and DOT surveys. Additionally, John has considerable experience in construction staking, covering buildings, roads, sewer systems, and utilities. His expertise and professional dedication make him an invaluable asset to our team.

John is active in the Guilford Chapter of North Carolina Society of Surveyors having served in various leadership roles.

Stuart R. Ragland, PLS

Senior Project Manager

Stuart R. Ragland is one of DMP’s licensed professional land surveyors with more than 30 years of experience in land surveying/geomatics. His career has been well versed in several types of surveys including Boundary, Topographic, Construction staking, FEMA FLOOD studies, ALTA/ACSM title, As-builts, Highway/sewer/Transmission line route, stumpage, 1st and 2nd order horizontal and vertical Control, Deformation Surveys and monitoring.

Stuart specializes in GNSS GPS, Arial and Terrestrial LiDAR systems and processing, Robotic and Manual Total stations, Civil 3d Auto CADD, MicroStation, Trimble Business Center, Trimble Access, Survey Pro and Power line systems PLS CADD.

Joshua May, PLS

Project Manager, UAS Team Leader

Josh has experience in CAD, TBC and Civil 3D, as well as experience with as-built surveying, boundary surveying, traversing and interpreting maps and deeds. In 2020 Josh took over DMP’s UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) Department. After taking several courses on flight systems, aerial LiDAR acquisition and flight theory at Clemson University and North Carolina A&T University, he earned his FAA Part 107 license.

Construction Administration

Michael Linthicum, MSI

Construction Manager

Mike has extensive experience with inspection of water and sewer relocations to safeguard the utility owner’s interest in conjunction with NCDOT roadway construction. He also has experience in complex structural inspections and testing procedures. Mike’s background includes analyzing data, resolving structural issues, soil testing, concrete, asphalt, foundation integrity, and structural steel, bolting, and welding inspections. Mike also has expertise in interpretation of specifications, blueprints and manuals.

Administration

Cristy Anders

Human Resources Director

Our HR Director, Cristy, has experience in all levels of administrative work at DMP. She joined the firm in 1994 and has been responsible for multiple tasks including payroll, billing, developing business continuity and emergency response plans. In her current role, she works with management and employees in all aspects of Human Resources and helps create a culture where people enjoy their work. She is an active member of the ACEC/NC Business Practice Committee and the ACEC/NC HR Committee.

Angi Cranford

Marketing Director

Angi is an accomplished integrated marketing professional and has spent most of her career in public relations and advertising. Angi completed her Digital Marketing M.S. degree in 2018. She brings a wealth of marketing experience and a visionary approach to DMP, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovative marketing strategies. Angi is dedicated to building and nurturing community relationships, forging impactful partnerships and spearheading sponsorship initiatives that strengthen the firm’s ties with local organizations and stakeholders, highlighting her commitment to both the company’s growth and community development.

Our Team