JIM MARINO

P.E., D.CE, President, Taylor Engineering, Inc.

Jim currently serves as the President of Taylor Engineering, Inc. a multi-faceted consulting firm. He has more than 40 years of leadership and management experience, including 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Jim has served in an executive management role for a broad range of engineering projects, providing comprehensive staff and project management, development, and oversight, for public works, coastal, port & harbor, transportation, and environmental projects.

Jim has a BS in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Engineering Degree from the University of Florida. Jim currently serves as an instructor for the ASCE seminar Leadership Development for the Engineer and the ASCE seminar Principle-Based Ethics. He is a graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership’s Workshop in Organizational Action Program, US Army Command & General Staff College and multiple Leadership Programs. Jim established the Leadership Development Program at the Coastal Engineering Research Center at the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, MS. The laboratory went on to win multiple “Lab of the Year” awards from the Dept. of the Army.

In addition, he managed a multi-million dollar R&D Program while stationed at the U.S. Army R&D Center Coastal Engineering Research Center. He is a USACE deFleury Medal winner and Board-Certified Diplomate in Coastal Engineering by ASCE’s Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana.