A Family of Professionals Who Do Great Work Together
With an experienced team of dedicated civil engineers and surveyors, we provide superior professional services to our clients and the community. We exist to make the world better as we bring our clients’ visions to life and foster an inspiring environment for our team and their families.
Meet Our Team
Leadership Team
Jay Brown, PE
President & Principal Engineer
Jay Brown, PE
President & Principal Engineer
Jay Brown, PE, founded JBPro in 1995 and is the current President. Jay is a Principal Engineer with JBPro and is actively involved in managing many JBPro engineering projects. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and has been a practicing civil engineer in the Gainesville area since 1986. He focuses on many project types, including site development, transportation, drainage, utility, and recreation projects. Jay is a highly experienced engineer known for his careful attention to design and detail. As a result, he leads the design visioning for the firm. Jay is active in the Builders Association of North Central Florida, ASCE, and his church community. He also donates his time, talent, and energy to many other local charity organizations. Jay believes in a consistent approach to hard work, quality design, and client advocacy.
Troy joined JBPro in August of 2017 and is a local Alachua County native and JBPro’s progressive and driven Director of Surveying. Troy is a licensed surveyor and mapper with a bachelor’s degree in Geomatics Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. Troy started his career traveling the country, learning new technologies, and out-of-the-box ways of surveying on extraordinary projects such as Disney’s Avatar Land. He is now leading the JBPro Surveying Department to new heights that had previously been unattainable.
Michael is a Gainesville native who joined JBPro in July of 2019 and now serves as Director of Administration. Before JBPro, Michael played two years of college basketball at Davidson College and transferred to the University of Florida, where he earned his Bachelors of Arts in Economics. With interest in finance and general business administration, Michael quickly established himself as a company leader. Michael oversees marketing, human resources, and finance for the company.
Kathie is an accredited city planner and public administrator with over twenty-five years working for and with local governments and planning departments, development firms, community organizations, and municipal, county, and state agencies. She is experienced in all facets of community development and planning–e.g.: community visioning and workshop facilitation; comprehensive plans. zoning codes, and land development regulations; site design and permitting; land development and construction; public facility and infrastructure planning; transportation and multimodal connectivity; capital budgeting; economic development; and intergovernmental coordination.
John Gilreath, GISP
Director of Business Development and GIS Services
John Gilreath, GISP
Director of Business Development and GIS Services
Kyle Willems, PE
Director of Engineering
Kyle Willems, PE
Director of Engineering
Kyle is a native Floridian born and raised on the Treasure Coast who moved to Gainesville in 2012 to attend the University of Florida. Kyle received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 2016 and earned his Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in structural engineering in 2018. Since joining the JBPro family in September of 2018, Kyle has gained experience in various portions of Civil Engineering, including work with both the private and public sectors. His expertise ranges from subdivision and roadway design in the private sector to site plan and infrastructure improvement design in the public sector. Kyle enjoys using his creative side to develop innovative solutions for engineering-related challenges that arise throughout a project. He prides himself in producing quality designs in an efficient and organized manner to meet all of our client’s needs on each and every project.
Civil Engineering
Logan Peters, PE
Project Manager
Logan Peters, PE
Project Manager
Logan is a Gainesville native who earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 2012 and joined JBPro in April 2013. She is a Florida Licensed Professional Engineer and specializes in subdivision and stormwater design. Logan has experience with both the public and private sectors with a wealth of land development design and permitting knowledge. Logan enjoys flexing her creative side to develop unconventional design strategies to address clients’ needs and follow through with those strategies to deliver superior projects.
Tim Boehlein, PE, LEED GA
Project Manager
Tim Boehlein, PE, LEED GA
Project Manager
Tim has been with JBPro since January of 2016. He was born and raised in Gainesville and graduated from the University of Florida in 2020 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Tim is a LEED Green Associate, is a qualified Florida construction stormwater inspector, and is certified with the FDOT for Advanced Temporary Traffic Control. Tim can be found outside of the office at all Gator sports and is a member of the Gainesville Quarterback Club and Tip-Off Club. He is also an avid backpacker and camper.
Elizabeth “Izzy” McAlister, EI
Project Manager
Elizabeth “Izzy” McAlister, EI
Project Manager
Surveying Team
Richard White, PLS
Senior Survey Manager
Richard White, PLS
Senior Survey Manager
Richard L. White is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor licensed in the State of Florida. He has over forty years of experience serving as project manager on typical boundary survey projects ranging from small lots and complete subdivisions to large acreage tracts. He has experience managing most major forms of surveying on high-value commercial projects as well as Ordinary High Water and Mean High Water Surveys. Richard also has an extensive background in providing expert testimony in a variety of court cases including boundary litigation, eminent domain, accidents and contractual cases.
Mr. White brought his firm, Broward Davis and Assoc., Inc., which has served the Tallahassee, Florida area since 1957 to join with JBPro in February 2022. With this new alliance, JBPro and Richard look forward to continuing to provide excellent service to all of North and Central Florida from our offices in Tallahassee, Gainesville and St Augustine.
Jack Trahan
Project Manager
Jack Trahan
Project Manager
Jack joined JBPro in November of 2019 and responds to survey fieldwork’s unique challenges with drive, commitment to quality, and an exceptionally positive attitude. He couples 10 years of Architectural Drafting experience, an Associates of Arts in Engineering, and the leadership experiences gained during his time conducting Search and Rescue operations as part of the United States Coast Guard to generate timely, quality survey products.
Sean Barron
Construction Manager
Sean Barron
Construction Manager
Planning Team
Nick Hill, AICP
Senior Planner
Nick Hill, AICP
Senior Planner
Landscape Architecture Team
Michael Hans, MLA
Landscape Designer
Michael Hans, MLA
Landscape Designer
Construction Services Team
Ian Daniels
Construction Manager
Ian Daniels
Construction Manager
Josh Watson
Construction Inspector
Josh Watson
Construction Inspector
Administration Team
Jen Newbegin
Administrator
Jen Newbegin
Administrator
Shelbi Malphurs
HR Manager
Shelbi Malphurs
HR Manager
What Our Clients Say About Us
I have been pleased to work with JBPro on many successful jobs, from minor subdivisions, gated residential communities, to student rental projects encompassing full city blocks. I have been extremely impressed with their team approach to value engineer our projects. I can’t say enough how invaluable our relationship with JBPro has become–they seem to find ways to help us achieve the impossible.
We have worked with JBPro for many years. They have been an important part of many of our projects’ success and the quality of their work has always been excellent. We have relied on their strong engineering expertise and continue to be extremely pleased with their knowledge, teamwork with our staff, and ability to integrate their drawing packages with our team. We recommend, without reservation, JBPro to any client seeking great results and fantastic teamwork.
Since we started working with JBPro, they have been an instrumental part of our team. Through all aspects of the project, they are quick to respond, knowledgeable, and willing to work through any issues as they arise. We value our relationship with JBPro and everything they bring to our projects.
I’ve used many great surveying companies over the years, but no one responds as quickly as JBPro. Their work is excellent, and I always can trust them to make our deadlines.
For over 30 years, we have been privileged to experience JBPro’s dedication and professionalism. They are the hardest working engineering company in North Central Florida with an uncompromising commitment to getting it right. Their team is always up for the challenge of creating beautiful and successfully built environments in our area.
I’ve worked with JBPro for almost 15 years, and they have designed numerous successful projects for our company. They creatively solve big-picture problems and detail-oriented issues, using their deep understanding of local codes and their close connections with the planners who enforce them. This gives our team the ability to negotiate solutions that make our projects look great while satisfying regulations in a cost-effective way.
We have provided transportation support services to JBPro for many years and supported their efforts on numerous development projects throughout Florida. Their company maintains the highest professional standards of quality work and timely delivery of reports or final products to their clients. We know the best interests of the client will always be the focus of their work product. When asked for engineering company referrals in North Florida, we always recommend JBPro.
Working with JBPro and their staff is always a pleasure. They handle every project with a sense of professionalism and a collaborative spirit. I’ve worked with their team for over 8 years on countless projects and can say without reservation that they are reliable and make every client feel like a priority.
JBPro was integral in developing the 4-restaurant anchored Colonnade at Gateway Crossing. They surveyed, master planned and permitted the entire 28-acre mixed-use development. Their relationship with local, state, and federal agencies and their understanding of the site development approval process was invaluable. JBPro took a holistic and cost-effective approach and proved extremely responsive when providing us ongoing site layouts as we developed, leased, and sold our development parcels. I highly recommend the JBPro team and would not hesitate to use them again.
Over the last 30 years, we have developed hundreds of projects in over 40 states. We have literally hired and/or supervised multiples of hundreds of engineering firms in the process of creating and developing these projects. In that connection, and based on our experience, I would like to clearly endorse JBPro as “the best of the best.” In short – Jay and his team are all phenomenal and I cannot recommend JBPro highly enough. They are the best I have seen. Hire them. (I sure will!)”
jay.brown@jbpro.com
