About Wendell L. Barnes

     EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Management, 1973

Master of Business Administration, 1988

Inducted into Engineering Management Academy,

Missouri S & T, 2012

US Army Command & General Staff College, 1983

    BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

City of Houston 1988-1998

• Airport Engineer over Design & Construction for the three City airports, 1988-1993
• Deputy Public Works Director and Director, Greater Houston Wastewater Program, 1993-1998

Carter & Burgess, Inc. 1998-2007 (until acquisition by Jacobs)

• Vice President, Houston Public Works Department

Jacobs 2007-2009

• Vice President, Houston Public Works Department

Montgomery & Barnes 2009-2011

• President

Montgomery, Watson, Harza 2012-2013

• Houston Office lead to re-enter the Houston market

Jacobs 2013-2016

• Vice President, Houston Public Works Department

Arcadis 2016-2020

• Vice President, Water Infrastructure

5 engineering, LLC 2020-Present

• Senior Operations Manager, Federal Market lead

    MILITARY EXPERIENCE

US Army Career in Corps of Engineers 1967 – 1988, serving from Inductee – Lieutenant Colonel

• Multiple command and staff assignments with combat engineer troop units in CONUS, Vietnam, Korea and Germany
• Multiple US Corps of Engineers Districts Baden Württemberg, Mobile and Savannah

     COMMUNITY SERVICE

Church volunteer wherever we were, 1971-Present

Boy Scout leader, 1988-2004, Order of the Arrow and Wood Badge

Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 1988-2004, officer and director, Houston Engineer of the Year 2018

Texas Chapter, American Public Works Association, 1988-Present, officer, director and Public Works Leader of the Year 1998, Public Works Hall of Fame 2003

Society of American Military Engineers, 1969-Present multiple Post and National

elected positions including National President 2019, Distinguished Fellow