South Dakota Mines alumnus Jason Love has been appointed President of RESPEC.
South Dakota Mines alumnus Jason Love has been appointed President of
RESPEC, the company announced this week. Todd Kenner, another Mines alumnus and
longtime RESPEC CEO, continues in his leadership role at the company alongside
Love.
A
company press releases states, “This bifurcation ensures we have one leader
envisioning our future alongside the Board of Directors and another leader
working with our Officers, Vice Presidents, and Co-Presidents to meet the needs
of our employee-owners and clients.”
Read
more on the RESPEC’s website.
Love has been with RESPEC
since 2005, has served on the company Board of Directors since 2013 and served
as company Senior Vice President of Water & Natural Resources (WNR) since
2016. He has provided professional engineering consulting since 1997. He
finished his bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Mines
in 1997 and a master’s in 1999.
A Mines professor inspired Love to study water and water
quality in college. Advancements in technology were occurring, and he liked
uniting traditional water models with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to
develop integrated modeling and decision support systems. After graduating and
working in Silicon Valley, Love returned to Rapid City and began at RESPEC.
RESPEC was founded by a group
of Mines professors and local professionals more than 50 years ago. The company
is a global leader in geoscience, engineering, data and integrated technology
solutions for major industry sectors. Read more on the history of the company
and the longtime relationship with South Dakota Mines here.