As president and senior project manager of Bio-Tech Consulting, John has conducted and contributed to environmental evaluations and permitting in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, and the Bahamas. He advises clients on issues involving wetlands, uplands, wildlife, water quality, land management, land development, aquatic maintenance, and permitting with various regulatory agencies. John holds a bachelor’s degree in Limnology from the University of Central Florida and has more than two decades of professional experience.

Prior to founding Bio-Tech Consulting in 2003, John was employed at Modica and Associates for nearly 11 years, where he served as vice president and senior project manager. During this period, he was also president of Aquatic Management and Consulting, a lake and aquatics maintenance firm, and vice president of Phase One Site Assessors, a preliminary risk analysis company.

John has over 30 years of staff management, project management and permitting experience in the private sector. He entered the field of environmental consulting in the early 1990s, which was near the beginning of a land development boom in Florida. Since then, he has gained extensive permitting knowledge and established many relationships in the development industry and the various environmental regulatory agencies throughout the Southeastern United States. John has extensive experience in environmental and wildlife permitting, mitigation, wetland delineation, and listed species evaluations – and he is also very well-versed in water quality studies and environmental management of lands and aquatic systems

John is also well practiced in coordinating with civil engineers, land planners, surveyors, land use attorneys and geotechnical engineers for site plan design, and mitigation design to include preservation, enhancement, creation and restoration. Having vast experience with resolving wetland, wildlife and other permitting issues, he has a firm understanding of an applicant’s needs, including project goals, timeframes, budget priorities, and the ability to navigate the various federal, state and local government regulatory systems. John has written numerous technical reports and permitting documents, and he is often retained as an expert witness and regularly appears before governmental and regulatory boards and commissions.