Sherry Morian, President of Quality Engineering Solutions (QES), has a Bachelor Degree in Business Management and has eighteen years experience working with engineering companies that provide services to Federal, State, and Local agencies as well as to commercial entities. She provides the overall management of QES including contract management and negotiation, fiscal responsibility, financial reporting, asset allocation, employee management, marketing, pricing, and Federal Acquisition Regulation compliance. In addition, she serves as the project manager for construction inspection contracts and maintenance & protection of traffic contracts. Ms. Morian serves as the National Chairperson for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Committee for the Transportation Research Board (TRB), and she is also a member of the Nevada Department of Transportation/Associated General Contractors Liaison Committee and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation/Associated Pennsylvania Constructors Safety Committee.

Dennis Morian, Director of Engineering for QES, is a registered Professional Engineer and has a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Certificate in Engineering Management. He is in his thirty-sixth year of highway/transportation related experience. Since leaving the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation after twenty years of service, he worked on a variety of large-scale federal projects before co-founding QES in 1997. He is well known for providing workable and practical solutions to complex problems utilizing the latest in technological advances. Because of his extensive state agency experience, Mr. Morian often serves as a liaison between state agency personnel and consultant/contractors to resolve issues and provide win-win solutions. He has also provided engineering expertise to contractors for privatized maintenance and risk assessment for those interested in design-build, warranty provisions, and other innovative contract techniques.

In addition, Mr. Morian has made numerous presentations on a multitude of topics around the United States, including design-build, pavement design, rehabilitation, maintenance, quality control/quality assurance, and for the Federal Highway Administration Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) project. He has also made numerous TRB presentations and taught design-build short courses at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and pavement courses at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Mr. Frith is a registered Professional Engineer and has a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in pavement materials. He has twenty-five years of pavement consulting and construction experience. He is a recognized professional in pavement design and evaluations, pavement management, transportation research, training, and pavement construction. He has completed evaluations, designs, and design-build efforts for streets, highways, airports, and port facilities. He has been involved in the implementation of various pavement management systems for several cities, counties, and military installations using multiple distress rating definitions and methodologies. Mr. Frith has contributed to several local and national research projects including LTPP and WesTrack. As an instructor, Mr. Frith has provided technology transfer for the National Highway Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno.