UltraSystems ® is a 30-year-old, disadvantaged business entity that conducts environmental analysis for agencies throughout the State of California.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRVINE, CA—August 20, 2024—UltraSystems Environmental is adding Robert Manford, PhD, to their leadership team as President/Project Director. Dr. Manford will be working under its long time Founder/CEO, Betsy A. Lindsay, who remarked “After years of knowing, Robert, I am glad to solidify our professional relationship further and bring his expert knowledge to our area.”
Dr. Manford has been brought in as a part of a strategic initiative to expand UltraSystems footprint into various environmental markets within Northern California. His experience and expertise in the area will help UltraSystems build relationships and grow opportunities for the firm. Dr. Manford has been an Urban Planner for over 30 years with experience in local government including city planning, project management, and urban revitalization and redevelopment. Most recently, Dr. Manford was Deputy Director of Planning for the City of San Jose for the last 6 years.
In addition to teaching and public speaking engagements, he has worked on diverse projects with domestic and international significance for both the private and public sectors. Dr. Manford has held executive management, technical and subject matter expert positions as a public agency employee and a consultant. Dr. Manford has participated in and overseen the successful permitting and entitlements for hundreds of planning and environmental compliance efforts for major real estate development projects and authored numerous environmental impacts analyses reports for the cities of Los Angeles and San Jose.
As a conference speaker for urban development and an adjunct university professor, Dr. Manford has taught graduate and undergraduate level courses in Environmental Planning and Land Use Management at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles and the California State Polytechnic University (CalPoly) in Pomona. He has won multiple Fulbright Specialist awards in Urban Planning and Development, with International Development experience in Latin America (Mexico and Colombia) and West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria).
Dr. Manford has worked on 1000s of CEQA/NEPA environmental clearances for public and private development projects spanning housing, mixed-use, industrial, educational, institutional, commercial, infrastructure, policy and planning efforts. These include Initial Studies (IS) supporting Negative Declarations (ND) and Mitigated Negative Declarations (MND), Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), Categorical Exclusions (CE), Environmental Assessments (EA), and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) including addenda for large organizations in Southern and Northern California.
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About UltraSystems
UltraSystems Environmental, Inc. (UltraSystems ®) based in Irvine, with other CA offices in Grass Valley and Patterson, have assisted public agencies and private clients navigate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulatory compliance since 1994. The firm provides professional consulting environmental documentation services for Initial Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations, Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Reports, Categorial Exemptions, and others; including technical studies or surveys for Aesthetics, Air Quality/GHG, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, GIS, Energy Conservation, and Noise for development projects.
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UltraSystems Environmental, Inc.
16431 Scientific Way
Irvine, CA 92618
T: 949-788-4900