Tim is a geotechnical engineer with EDG Consulting in Brisbane. After graduating from Purdue University in 1997, Tim was a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama where he taught land surveying to high school students. He worked in New York City and London prior to moving to Brisbane in December 2009. Tim was the National Chair of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) in 2024-2025. He was the AGS Queensland Chapter Chair in 2016-2017 and launched the Queensland Geotechnical Database with Jared Priddle of FSG in 2017. He is currently undertaking part-time research with the University of Queensland.
