Contact
TSPE Dallas Chapterrsvp@dallastspe.com
Where
Maggiano's Little Italy, NorthPark Center8687 North Central Expressway
205 Northpark Ctr
Dallas, TX 75225
Driving Directions
January 2022 TSPE Dallas Chapter Meeting
11:30 - 12:00 pm Registration and Networking
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch / Speakers
TSPE & Focus on Members Program
Konstantine Bakintas, PE
2021-22 President, TSPE / President, Baird, Hampton & Brown
About the Speaker:
Konstantine has a passion for improving the landscape of our communities by building innovative infrastructure and site improvements that will serve the public for decades. His extensive experience includes engineering design and project management for a wide variety of civil and environmental assignments. Mr. Bakintas also enjoys assisting small municipalities as a consulting City Engineer.
He has been recognized as a Distinguished Engineer by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Engineer of the Year by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter, and has presented technical papers to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Public Works Association.
Konstantine currently serves as President of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. He lives in Grapevine with his wife Stephanie, an educator, and he enjoys sailing, movies, and bikes.
Rick Guerra, PE, F. NSPE
2021-22 President, NSPE / President & CEO, Jose I. Guerra, Inc.
About the Speaker:
Rick Guerra, P.E., F.NSPE is serving as President of NSPE for the 2021-22 term.
As an active member of NSPE since 1994, Rick has served in numerous leadership roles at the chapter, state, and national levels, including President of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers in 2016-17. In 2018 he was named a NSPE Fellow.
Rick received his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and his MS in Engineering in 1988, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and California. In 2007, Mr. Guerra was appointed by Governor Rick Perry as the Licensed Professional Engineer Member of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, where he served until 2019.
He is President/CEO, and majority shareholder of Jose I. Guerra, Inc., a full-service, facilities engineering firm with offices in Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi, Texas. The firm provides a comprehensive range of Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineering services to clients throughout the State of Texas.
Rick is also an active volunteer for his church, Boy Scouts of America, and various other community organizations. He continues to promote the engineering profession by serving as a guest lecturer at UT Austin, acting as a high school Career Day host and serving as an engineering mentor for local high school students.