Management

 

Ralph S. Tyler

Managing Director and Chairman of the Board

Ralph S. Tyler, son of founder Ralph C. Tyler, P.E., P.S., serves as the Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Ralph Tyler Companies.  Educated at CWRU and an experienced business executive he focuses on business development and operations management for the firm. His background of business, civic, legal, and political leadership and achievement, plus the fundamental values embodied by his father, uniquely positions him to lead Ralph Tyler Companies successfully in the 21st Century and beyond.

Raymond Knight, P.E.

President

Mr. Knight’s professional experience since 1968 includes design, construction, administration, project management and strategic planning in the industrial, municipal, and education sectors. He is a skilled facilitator excelling in large-scale collaborative efforts requiring the involvement of multiple stakeholders in the decision-making process.  He possesses excellent academic credentials with graduate studies emphasis in technical management, operations research and economic analysis.

Geoffrey Michael Varga, AIA

Architecture

Mr. Varga has over thirty-five years of professional architectural experience for a wide variety of corporate, institutional and commercial building projects. His professional resume includes departmental and project manager, project architect, and project designer for architectural projects ranging from $500,000 to $90 million in the public and private sectors.  Mr. Varga’s responsibilities at RTC also involve developing and maintaining project organization and delivery standards including the integration of computers, electronic technology, CAD and specification systems.

Hugh Blocksidge, P.E.

Environmental Engineering

Mr. Blocksidge is a project manager with more than 30 years of experience in the planning, design, and construction of water pollution control, wastewater, and water conveyance facilities. He has been involved in infiltration/inflow, SSES, and CSO studies; sewer and water system design, including conveyance tunnels; rehabilitation of collection systems; residual solids management studies; wastewater treatment plant facilities design; and quality and quantity monitoring in streams and sewers. In the area of collection system studies, Mr. Blocksidge has managed large multi-consultant projects.

Ru-Fang Chiang, CPA, Ph.D, MBA, PMP

Comptroller

Dr. Chiang has over 20 years of experience in accounting and management and has demonstrated planning, forecasting and management abilities in diverse economic conditions. Dr. Chiang is also a successful small business owner and consultant. She is now a senior manager of our professional Engineering and Architectural firm.