SoundEarth employees will be presenting on In Situ Thermal Remediation Technology during the Battelle Chlorinated Conference May 21-24, 2012 in Monterey, California.

Terry Montoya, Principal Engineer, will participate in a workshop given by TRS, FMC Environmental Solutions, and SoundEarth Strategies. For more information please click here.

Jessica Brown, Project Hydrogeologist, will be presenting a poster titled In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Pentachlorophenol in Groundwater by Electrical Resistance Heat-Activated Sodium Persulfate on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Board number B6.35.

Tyler Oester, Project Engineer, will be presenting a techincal session titled ERH-Activated Sodium Persulfate: Advantages of Combined Technologies for Remediation of Recalcitrant Organic Contaminants on Thursday, May 24, 2012, Session B, 11:45am.

Tim Brown, Senior Hydrogeologist, and Terry Montoya, co-authored both of the abstracts above.

SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. has hired Thomas J. Kennedy, formerly of Colorado River Engineering in Rifle, Colorado, as a Senior Engineer. Mr. Kennedy has 15 years of experience in civil engineering focusing on water resources and water rights. His expertise and experience is in water rights, hydrology, hydraulics, design of hydraulic structures, water supply analysis and planning, and water resource computer modeling. In addition, he assists clients with water rights litigation and provides support for Water Court applications and case review. SoundEarth is pleased to expand our water rights capabilities through the experience of Mr. Kennedy.

Berthin Hyde was featured in an article by Valerie Bauman in last week’s Puget Sound Business Journal. Click the image below to read the full article:

SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. has hired Nathan Hardebeck, formerly of CWT LLC, as Stormwater Program Manager. Mr. Hardebeck has over 10 years of stormwater experience pertaining to the construction, industrial, commercial, and municipal stormwater sectors. His experience ranges from planning and training to program assessment, as well as advanced BMP selection and implementation for projects across the Pacific Northwest. SoundEarth is pleased to expand our stormwater capabilities through the experience of Mr. Hardebeck as we continue to develop new and more effective ways of dealing with stormwater and water resources.

Please join us in celebrating our new Denver office location,

on November 16, 2011 from 4-6pm!

In addition to our move, the Denver office is also happy to welcome two new employees. Mary Dolhancey brings with her 17 years of experience in environmental consulting and specializes in GIS, 3D visualization, database development and management, and groundwater flow and transport modeling technologies. Ben Noller is a hydrogeologist with 20 years of experience in environmental program management and regulatory compliance. He brings with him strong expertise in public project management and remediation programs. Our new employees in addition to a variety of current employees from the Denver, Portland, and Seattle offices will also be in attendance.

Ryan Bixby, a Principal Geologist and President of SoundEarth’s Environmental Division, will be moderating a panel on source control at the NEBC Business and The Environment Conference in Portland, OR on November 8-9, 2011.

Mark Selman, a Senior Engineer in SoundEarth’s Denver office, will be presenting on the City of Longmont Brownfields project that he has been involved with in partnership with the Colorado Brownfields Foundation. To learn more go to the conference website.

SEATTLE, WA /PRNewswire/ — SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. (SoundEarth), one of the nation’s leading providers of environmental engineering services, announces that it has become an employee-owned company.

Berthin Hyde, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of SoundEarth, and his partners, transferred their stock holdings to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), making the employees beneficial owners of the business. Employing over 60 people, SoundEarth operates out of its Seattle headquarters with additional offices in Oregon, Colorado and California. The company provides environmental investigation, site remediation and brownfield redevelopment, engineering, and water resource services.

The executive management team will remain the same, with Berthin Hyde serving as CEO. John Lambie and John Funderburk will continue to serve as Vice Presidents.

“Our extraordinary employees are responsible for SoundEarth’s success,” said Berthin Hyde. “Although we considered other alternatives, we felt that sharing ownership is the right way to reward existing employees for their continued contribution, dedication and hard work and also to help recruit future employees. Implementing the ESOP enables employees to benefit in the future success of the company. We are grateful to our clients over the past ten years that made this all possible and we are all very proud to be able to do this.”

CSG Partners LLC, a boutique investment bank with offices in New York and San Francisco specializing in ESOPs, designed and implemented the transaction. Eitan Milstein, a Managing Director of CSG Partners commented, “We’re proud to have worked with a leading organization like SoundEarth. Under the current economic conditions, ESOPs are enjoying a surge in popularity since they provide an attractive and tax efficient liquidity alternative for business owners while allowing employees to share in the company’s success.”

SoundEarth’s Chief Administrative Officer, Sabrina Kis said, “We were very fortunate to have Eitan Milstein and the CSG Partners’ team lead us through the ESOP process. Their level of expertise, professionalism, and responsiveness to our needs was absolutely outstanding.”

Berthin Hyde formed SoundEarth in 2001 and quickly grew the company into one of the nation’s premier providers of environmental related engineering services for commercial and public projects. Headquartered in a renovated 1925 vintage Sockeye Salmon canning facility on the waterfront of Seattle, Washington, SoundEarth operates primarily in the Western United States.

Funding for the transaction was provided by Foundation Bank, a locally-owned, full service, state charted commercial bank located in Bellevue, Washington.

SOURCE SoundEarth Strategies, Inc.

SEATTLE, WA — Sound Environmental Strategies Corporation has changed its name to SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. (SoundEarth) to reflect its continued growth and diversification. SoundEarth offers services in environmental compliance, investigation, and remediation; urban and agricultural water supply; and construction. The president of SoundEarth is Berthin Q. Hyde, LG, LHG. The company has three service areas: an environmental division led by Ryan Bixby, LG, a water resources division led by John Lambie, PE, PG, and a construction management entity (SoundEarth Strategies Construction LLC) led by Paul Kemp. In addition to the Seattle office, SoundEarth has offices in Portland, Oregon; Stockton, California; and Denver, Colorado.

Principal John Funderburk and Senior Scientist Erin Rothman will give a presentation on the environmental history of Seattle on behalf of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) of Seattle. Those in attendance will learn about how our past actions – including dumping, regrading, and industry – can affect today’s redevelopment projects. The talk will be held at Sound Environmental’s Wards Cove office on May 27 from 5 to 7 pm; hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and good company will be provided. For more information, please visit www.crewseattle.org.