Key Personnel 

Steel Maloney - President
Principal

Steel Maloney began his career with CES in 1987 as a part-time hydrologist. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hydrology and Watershed Science at Utah State University. Prior positions include the Utah Water Research Lab and Hydrologist with USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. During his tenure with CES, Mr. Maloney has held positions of Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Director of Operations, Director of Business Development and, since 2005, CES President. During his twenty-plus years of professional experience, he has specialized in water quality management and the development of management strategies that reuse water and wastewater from agriculture, municipalities, industry, and food processors to reduce environmental impacts and conserve resources. Mr. Maloney continues to serve as a project development advisor and facilitator for complex projects that have multiple stakeholders, funding sources, and potential solutions. He has successfully managed larger scale water conservation and reuse, and turnkey projects in the western and southern United States. Mr. Maloney also has extensive experience in regulatory permit application, negotiation, and public consensus.

Dustin Wasley, PE - Director of Operations
Principal

Dustin Wasley currently serves as CES' Director of Operations and a Principal. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 17 years of experience in engineering and environmental consulting. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, with extensive experience related to the investigation, design, reclamation, construction, and oversight of abandoned and inactive mines. Mr. Wasley has worked on more than 50 abandoned mine projects in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho as engineer, project manager, or Principal-in-Charge. Since starting at CES in 1997, Mr. Wasley has been a staff engineer, project manager, senior project manager, office manager, Director of Business Development, and Director of Operations. Mr. Wasley is also the main point of contact for the federal government market sector.

Dayla Rabe - Controller
Director of Administrative Services
Principal

Dayla Rabe holds the position of Controller and Director of Administrative Services, Principal. She is located at our Corporate Headquarters in Albany, Oregon. Ms. Rabe has a Bachelors Degree in Housing Design and a Post Baccalaureate in Accounting. She has been with CES since 1992 and has held a variety of positions including Drafting Coordinator, Administrative Coordinator, Executive Administrator, and Accounting Manager. Ms. Rabe currently supervises the Accounting Department, Marketing Staff, and Administrative Staff throughout the company and serves as the Contract Administrator, providing financial accounting guidance for large projects.

Daniel J. Burgard, CPSS - Principal Soil Scientist

Daniel J. Burgard is the Principal Soil Scientist for CES and currently holds the positions of Technical Lead for Food Processing business and is the corporate Soils Disciplines Manager. He has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Soil Science, is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist, and has been with CES since 1991. Mr. Burgard’s project areas have focused on land treatment systems using industrial and municipal wastes and wastewaters as resources in crop production. The project types he has worked on include process water related to potato, fruit, vegetable, and meat processing, as well as municipal wastewaters. Mr. Burgard has experience with wastewater irrigation design, operations, and permitting; power plant and coal-bed methane produced water management; paper mill sludge management; biosolids management; and permitting, monitoring, and reporting. Projects have included potato, fruit, vegetable, meat processing, and municipal wastewater irrigation design, operations, and permitting, power plant and coal-bed methane produced water management, paper mill sludge management, biosolids management, and permitting, monitoring, and reporting. Recent special projects have focused on large-scale agricultural uses of reclaimed water and practical applications of vadose zone monitoring for land application systems. He has worked on projects in many U.S. states as well as internationally.

Greg Thurman, PE - Director of VMWG / Principal Engineer

Mr. Thurman is a graduate from Georgia Tech with a degree in chemical engineering. After spending several years overseas working on development projects, he returned to the United States to begin a career in wastewater and pollution management. With a vision for sustainable resource management, his path led him to CES 17 years ago where he is now a Principal Engineer. His work is focused on the treatment and management of wastewater from municipal and industrial sources including electrical power generation, coal bed methane production, food processing and others. He has participated and completed numerous industrial water reuse/recycling projects across the United States and internationally. Mr. Thurman heads CES’ international program as the Director of Valmont Water Management Group (VWMG).