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Richard Geraci

Electrical Engineer / Coordinator and Founder of Order of the Engineer Link #305

Retired

GENERAL & EDUCATION

 Raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas

 Attended American Legion Boy’s State in 1967

 Received the Optimist Club's Young Optimist Award 1968

 Graduated from Hot Springs High School 1968

 Attended the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from 1968 - 1972

 Member University of Arkansas Engineering Council

 Student President - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

 Hotz Hall Dorm President (2 years)

 Received Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1972

EXPERIENCE

2023 Retired

2019 - 2022 Principal, TLG Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas

2010 - 2019 Vice President, Senior Project Manager, Brown Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas

1994 - 2009 Principal - Batson Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas

1984 - 1994 Head of Electrical Engineering, Goodman Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas

1973 - 1984 Project Engineer - Kaufman Engineering, Hot Springs, Arkansas

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 Past President, Past National Director, American Council of Engineering Companies, AR (ACEC/A)

 ACEC National Life Fellow, inducted 2013, American Council of Engineering Companies

 Past President, Arkansas Council for Engineering and Related Societies (ACERS)

 Board Member and Past Board Chairman, Arkansas Engineering Foundation (AEF)

 Past President, Illuminating Engineering Society N.A., Arkansas Chapter (IES)

 Past President, Electrical League of Arkansas (ELA)

 Former State Director – Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (AJAS)

 Member – Task Force to Legislative Joint Committee on Educational Facilities

 Member, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)

 NSPE/A Professional Engineer of the Year 2000-2001, National Society of Professional Engineers

 NSPE/A Distinguished Service Award 2009-2010, National Society of Professional Engineers

 Life Member of the U of A Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineering (AAEE)

 Member and Link Coordinator – Order of the Engineer Chapter #305 (OOE)

 Licensed Master Electrician in Arkansas

 Board Member, Chairman - Arkansas State Electrical Apprenticeship Board

 Registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas

 1997 Award-of-Merit Winner – IES International Illumination Design Competition

 2002 ABC Excellence in Construction Award for electrical design at the Arkansas State Capitol

 2016 ABC Excellence in Construction Award for electrical design Conway Corp Headend Data Center

 2016 Inducted into the Associated General Contractors Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame (AGC)

 Developed the Electrical Standards used by the State for educational facilities for many years.