Carlos holds the position of Director of Data Acquisition at HDR, overseeing the company’s data acquisition and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) initiatives across various market sectors. Before his role at HDR, Carlos held several leadership positions at John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. (FUGRO), including VP, COO, and President. There, he managed numerous aspects of the company’s growth, innovation, and strategic direction, particularly within their land survey and airborne units.
Carlos has over 20 years of experience managing teams that performed surveys for tens of thousands of miles of transmission lines, pipelines and railways and more recently dams, spillways and bridges.
At HDR, Carlos has played a pivotal role in establishing a drone program for the Navy’s survey division, encompassing everything from SOP creation, registration within the Department of Defense, drone procurement, to executing pilot projects and providing hands-on training. Notably, Carlos made history as the first commercial drone pilot to inspect the Golden Gate Bridge and was among the pioneers in conducting the first commercial drone missions in the Grand Canyon.
Carlos has a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Louisiana State University. He is also a graduate of the Fugro Academy Executive/Leadership Development Program in the Netherlands.
