Clark Ashton

Vice President, Business Development

Clark Ashton has been with Rooney Engineering, Inc. since 1998. Currently acting as vice president of business development, Clark functions as senior client and project development manager. He specializes in expanding the geographic regions served by REI and enhancing corporate safety programs. Clark has an extensive background, including previous positions of regional business development manager at CDK Industrial Contracting Company, regional business manager for Gulf States International and terminal manager for the heavy haul transportation fleet at Ward Transport/British Electric Transmission.

Mark B. Johnke

Vice President, Engineering

Mark Johnke has 27 years of experience in the petroleum transportation industry and has managed engineering departments and complex projects ranging from pipeline and station maintenance to new facility construction.

Mark has extensive operations and maintenance project experience, including prover water draws and piping retirements to maritime vessel dry-docking, station manifold revisions, API 653 inspections, storage tank renovations, line lowering and pipeline in-line inspections and rehabilitation. In the area of new construction, Mark’s experience encompasses installing main line pumps and the associated piping, check metering, proving and boosting facilities, natural gas pipeline within shared rights-of-way, larger crude oil pipelines, new storage tanks, tank inert-gas blanketing, produced water handling and high-pressure injection, products loading terminal expansion and construction of railcar-supplied truck loading facilities.

Daniel C. Molinsky

Principal

Dan Molinsky has over 34 years of experience in the pipeline engineering field. His expertise includes project management, right-of-way acquisition, environmental reporting, permitting, surveying, detailed engineering, purchasing, expediting and receiving materials and construction management. Dan currently manages the design of a natural gas, production liquids and production water gathering system for Exxon Mobil in the Piceance Creek area of Colorado.

Henrick Sarkissian

Principal

Henrick Sarkissian brings expertise in project management, design, installation and operation of various facilities in the oil and gas industry, with over 30 years of experience in the energy transmission industry. As a principal of REI, Henrick has operated as a project manager for oil, gas and water transmission pipelines and gathering systems, compressor stations, odorization stations and mainline products pump stations. Henrick’s experience encompasses engineering design, construction, material and equipment specification, procurement and construction management.

Ty France

Principal, Branch Manager - Montana

Ty France, currently a principal and manager at REI in Billings, Montana, touts over 22 years of engineering expertise in project engineering, operations engineering and consultant engineering as related to liquids DOT pipeline systems. Ty’s diverse background in the pipeline industry includes eight years with Texaco Pipeline, working in their central engineering department in Denver, Colorado, on major capital projects and in their Rocky Mountain region. He has been with REI since 1999. Ty’s work experience includes design and construction of new pipeline facilities including cross-country pipelines, pump stations, storage tanks, barge loading and truck facilities, as well as upgrades to existing active facilities. Ty is experienced in extensive regulatory compliance work in pipeline integrity projects.

Troy Pierantoni

Principal, Branch Manager - Wyoming

Troy Pierantoni has over 19 years of pipeline engineering experience, both as an engineer for a pipeline operating company and in a consultant capacity. Troy has extensive knowledge of pipeline facilities, pipeline integrity work and modifications to operational facilities. Related pipeline integrity activities include: completing system pipeline integrity analysis, hydrostatic testing, managing in-line inspection programs, managing extensive anomaly repair programs and assisting with the development and review of DOT-mandated integrity management programs.