Experience

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  Ch2m

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2016

  Principal project manager
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  Accura engineering and consulting services, inc.

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  Senior geologist

  Prepared and reviewed environmental remediation proposals and reports, Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessments; developed site and regulatory strategy; and provided Georgia Professional Geologist seal/signature for final regulatory deliverables.

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  Wood

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2020

  Senior associate / project manager

  Senior Associate Project Manager: Provided full delivery of multiple commercial remediation and natural resource projects, including site investigation, remediation, engineering, cultural surveys, and ecological services for transportation and manufacturing clients. Project management duties ranged from proposal preparation to client interaction, regulatory negotiation/interface, and overall project execution. Responsible for business development, winning new client accounts, and an annual sales goal of nearly $1M. Consistently minimized AR/WIP, maximizing cash flow and margins, and annual project write-offs less than $200 per year. Achieved no near misses or Health & Safety incidents on projects, self-auditing two sites per year. Assessment, Remediation, Environmental Engineering Group Practice Lead: Responsible for 21 staff (ranging from junior to senior level engineers and geologists), including mentoring, identification and leveling of workload, interviewing new hires, corporate compliance, and health and safety. Exceeded group’s utilization goal in 2019 by 3% through forecasting, active coaching, and close communication.Received a “10/10” on two client satisfaction surveys, one with Edwards-Pitman Environmental in 2019 and one with Southwire Company in 2020. In addition, Southwire nominated Ms. Furlow’s Carrollton Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) project for an “Outstanding Project Delivery Award” in June 2020. Through project delivery excellence and responsiveness to client requests, Ms. Furlow was key to winning the 5-year Georgia Department of Transportation Environmental Services Contract in 2020 with Edwards-Pitman. Show less

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  Enercon services, inc.

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2023

  Regional environmental manager, eastern division

  As Eastern Division Manager, responsible for the following activities throughout multiple offices across the East Coast:● Day-to-day business operations, including managing the Eastern Division’s P&L to meet the company’s business plan (gross margin, net margin, applied time, and head count).● Leadership of Eastern Environmental Supervisors and staff (engineers and scientists) across multiple offices.● Maintained 100% staff retention in Environmental East staff for 2 years.● Grew staff head count by over 40%.● Proposal win rate of greater than 90% in 2022. ● Maintained zero H&S zero incidents.● Partnered with Business Development to meet with and grow new clients.● In March 2022, led and won the largest Engineer of Choice award for the Environmental Services Group for a nationwide utility, opening projects in energy, renewables, and pipelines work across both the U.S. and Canada. This win allowed opportunities to work across all ENERCON’s Environmental service lines. ● Use of Salesforce to monitor and track opportunities.● Strategic annual business planning and long-term growth strategy.● Business development goals including go/no-go decisions, proposal leadership and reviews, developing capture plans, and meeting with clients. ● H&S and quality excellence across the Eastern portfolio.● Presenting monthly performance reports and updates to Senior Leadership Team and staff.● Interviewing, hiring, integrating, and mentoring environmental staff.● Proposal reviews, as needed, of higher risk projects.● Staffing projects, including maintaining utilization and margin goals.● Awarded major oil/gas client Global Labor Rate Refresh Bid in October 2021.● Supported proposal efforts which led to a major win for a Blue Hydrogen production plant for a confidential client in November 2022.● Maintained 2022 project gross margins of greater than 45%. Show less

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  Erm

  Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

  Principal consultant/hydrogeologist
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  Ttl, inc.

  Jul 2023 - now

  Vice president/environmental operations