Our Team

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.

jay.brown@jbpro.com

Troy Wright, PSM

Director of Surveying

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.

troy.wright@jbpro.com

Christopher Potts, PE, LEED GA

Director of Civil Engineering

Christopher is a native Floridian born and raised on the Space Coast. Chris joined JBPro in March of 2020 and has been a licensed Professional Engineer since 2011. He graduated in 2007 from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and is a Florida licensed Professional Engineer. Chris has experience in implementing Improvement Districts and Community Development Districts in Florida and a comprehensive knowledge-base of residential, institutional, and commercial design in land development design and permitting, master planning, utility design, and system modeling, roadway design, and stormwater drainage design.

Chris has worked extensively with the public and private sector, providing solutions to their development needs, from small office buildings and restaurants to large residential subdivisions and shopping centers. He values a hands-on approach through each phase of project development, focusing his attention on the details and having a clear understanding of client needs and how to address them. Chris prides himself on delivering quality, successful projects on time and under budget.

chris.potts@jbpro.com

Michael Brown

Director of Administration

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.

michael.brown@jbpro.com

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. 

Kyle Willems, PE

Project Manager

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. 

Tim Boehlein, EI, 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.

Jack Charnas, EI

Design Engineer

Jack moved to Gainesville early for school and earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in May 2019. He joined JBPro in May of 2019 as a project engineer and specializes in subdivision and stormwater design.

Gabe Sanz, EI

Production Engineer

Gabe joined JBPro in May of 2021. He is currently attending Florida State University majoring in Civil Engineering and plans to graduate in December of 2021. Gabe grew up in Gainesville and moved to Tallahassee to study, but has since moved back to start his engineering career. Outside of the office, he likes to weightlift, play video games, and go to the mountains.

Tino Rafael

Production Engineer

Ben Nowak

Production Engineer

Richard Warner

Director of IT, CAD Technician

Rick has been with JBPro for over 22 years, joining in July of 1998. Starting as an Engineering Design Tech, he soon also took on the position of IT Manager. He has held both positions for the past 20 plus years. In recent years, his time is split between supporting the IT needs of the JBPro team and working on conceptual designs in the early stages of engineering projects.

John Fields

CAD Technician

Born and raised in upstate New York until 23 when John decided to move to South Florida, Graduated from Atlantic Technical College in 2020 for drafting. Interned and then became a full-time employee for a south Florida poolscape/landscape company where John worked two and a half years before moving to Gainesville and applying to JBPro. Planning on returning to school to finish his associates in the arts within the next couple of years, John has a comprehensive understanding of the design drafting industry and the tools used within it specializing in Manual drafting, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Revit, and other 2d/3d modeling equipment/programs.

Keit Thiels

CAD Technician

Keit joined the JBPro team in April of 2021. Keit moved to Florida in 2016 from Mississippi where, in his earlier high school years, he found a passion working in 3D animation programs. After graduating from Union County High School in 2019, with the vice principals award for hard earned success, Keit set out to find a career that would best suit his skills. After a few years of searching, upon joining the JBPro team, he found a new passion as a CAD Technician. When outside of the office, you can often find him exploring and photographing the many beautiful places that nature has to offer.

Musa Ahmed

CAD Technician

Brooke McGuire

Civil Engineering Intern

Justin Brewer

Civil Engineering Intern

Richard White

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 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.

Joshua Watson

Surveying Crew Chief

Josh joined JBPro in May of 2017. He earned his B.S. in Landscape Design and Management at Florida A&M in 2005, where he also played collegiate soccer. At JBPro, he is a field crew chief and trains new surveyors in the field. He has received recognition for excellent work and earned the 2020 Survey Employee of the Year award. Josh is a lifelong north Florida resident and an avid outdoorsman and hunter. His family includes his wife, teenage son, and two dogs. He enjoys camping with his family at state and national parks and traveling to his son’s soccer club events around Florida. 

Nick Iuliucci

Surveying Crew Chief

Nick is a Gainesville native who joined JBPro in February of 2019. He currently works as a survey technician and shows enthusiasm in learning new technologies, such as setting up a Trimble 360, using GPS, and flying drones. He sees many opportunities to grow with the JBPro family and delivers quality work to projects. 

Sean Barron

Surveying Crew Chief

Jason Neal

Surveying Crew Chief

Hunter Anderson

Surveying Crew Chief

Hunter Anderson started at JBPro as a survey crew technician in June of 2021. He is always looking for new ways to improve himself and learn from others. He has really enjoyed learning the programs and procedures in the field of land surveying. When he is not in the field he is still outside and enjoys hiking, fishing or camping. Working at JBPro has allowed him to progress in a career that still allows him to get outside. 

Andrew Elgin

Surveying Crew Chief

William Fouts

Surveying Crew Technician

William joined JBPro in 2021 as a Rodman with an associate’s degree from Santa Fe College. He was born and raised in Apopka, Florida. Trained in roadway and railway safety, he always ensures everyone on the crew is working safely around traffic.

Dalton Spriggle

Surveying Crew Technician

Timothy Cronin

Surveying Crew Technician

Timothy Cronin was born in Jackson, New Jersey in 1991 and moved to Plantation, Florida in 1998. During his time in South Florida, Timothy graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelors in Geography and a minor in Geographic Information Systems. He began his employment with JBPro in September 2021 as a Surveying Crew Technician. In his free time, Timothy has a passion for exploring and hiking state and national parks.

Michael Majoros

Surveying Crew Technician

Terry Hensley

CAD Technician

Terry joined JBPro in February of 2005. He has worked for engineering firms for three decades and is skilled in survey, civil, and electrical drafting. He has experience working on a wide variety of residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial projects. He has an A.A. from the University of Florida, and he studied creative writing at Florida State University. He’s an amateur songwriter and screenwriter and tries to bring an artistic flair to everything he works on.

Robert Booker

CAD Technician

I have been working and learning about land survey with JBPro over the past 4 years. I am a Gainesville native and take pleasure in the opportunity to be involved in development projects in my local area. Coinciding with my current work, I hope to complete a degree in geography to broaden my knowledge and advance in this field.

Arielle Cortina

CAD Technician

Sam Rose

Surveying Intern

Kathie Ebaugh, AICP

Director of Planning

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.

Deontae Lafayette

Director of Finance

Jennifer Newbegin

Administrator

Jen joined JBPro in December of 2020 as an administrator and supports the team with passion and enthusiasm. She is a Florida native who graduated with a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Florida. She enjoys being the first interaction many clients have with JBPro and endeavors always to provide the best customer service possible. Jen strives to make the office even more of a fun and friendly environment for clients and her coworkers.

Christin Bell

Surveying Administrator

Marc Javier

RFQ Manager