Our Team

Mike is a Principal based out of our Richmond office with 14 years of combined experience in the private and public sectors. He handles a wide range of traffic and transportation projects, including Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA), traffic signal warrant analysis, traffic signal design, corridor signal timing plans and Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans. He has worked for private, public, and institutional clients across the Southeast. His market practice area includes nearly all of Virginia – including the Richmond, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Roanoke / Blacksburg, and Hampton Roads metro areas. Mike is responsible for business development, project execution and client coordination. Mike is an active member of the Virginia Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (VASITE) and the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE).

Victor joined Gorove Slade in 2023 as a Project Transportation Designer. He has previous experience providing civil engineering services to land development projects in Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties. He has worked on private and public developments, residential, commercial, mixed-use, data centers, and roadway projects.

Outside of work, Victor is passionate about traveling, fitness, and cooking

Omran is an experienced transportation engineer and designer with experience in Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Bristol District, Staunton District Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Washington, DC. He has over 9 years of design experience, specializing in serving the public sector with working knowledge of VDOT, SHA, MCDOT and DDOT. He has led a wide range of urban, sub-urban, rural and interstate projects. Omran’s experience includes design of traffic signal design, maintenance of traffic plans, signing and pavement marking plans, bike/pedestrian improvement plans, guardrail design, concept roadway planning, and cost estimating. Omran works out of the Fairfax, VA office but lends his expertise to design projects throughout all of Virginia, Maryland, and DC. He is a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE).

Outside of the office, he most enjoys spending time with his wife and kids. He is a Fairfax County native and enjoys serving at his church, playing basketball, eating Thai food, playing golf, watching all sports, and meeting new people. Omran is known as an unofficial tv show/movie critic and he often shares recommendations with his colleagues!

Rob is a transportation engineer working out of Gorove Slade’s Richmond office. He has two years of experience primarily focused on traffic analysis, signal design, and traffic management plans (TMPs). His technical skill set includes Synchro, SimTraffic, and Microstation. He has an EIT designation, IMSA Traffic Signal Field Technician (Level 1) Certification, and a VDOT Advanced Work Zone certification. Rob is interested in intelligent infrastructure, sustainable development, and renewable energy.

In his free time, he enjoys hiking, going to concerts, and playing guitar and bass.

Maria joined Gorove Slade in 2020 bringing with her prior experience in structural engineering. She has experience in project entitlement, parking studies, transportation and parking management plans, design work – including pavement markings and signage plans, truck maneuvering, and conceptual roadway design plans – throughout Alexandria, Arlington, and DC. As a student she participated in the ITE Student Leadership Summit and attended TRB in 2019 and 2020.

Outside of work, Maria loves going to the movies, spending time with family, and walking her three dogs. She also enjoys sports and plays tennis regularly.

Kat joined Gorove Slade with 6 years of transportation and roadway design experience, specifying in intersection reconstruction and ADA design. Working out of the DC office, she will use her wide array of design experience to help serve signal design projects, traffic control plans, and pavement marking and signing projects throughout the DMV area. Kat is also an active member of WTS-DC and has a passion for introducing young women to STEM careers and retaining them in the workforce throughout their careers.

Originally from Rochester, NY, Kat lived in Minneapolis, MN for 5 years and ultimately ended up back on the east coast in Arlington, VA. Outside of work, Kat plays semi-professional ultimate frisbee with the DC Shadow, coaches a few youth ultimate teams, and loves playing on rec sports leagues (soccer, pickleball, dodgeball, you name it!)

Sam, who works primarily out of our Bethesda office, has over 13 years of experience working in public and private sector traffic and transportation projects. Sam is a Senior Project Manager and leads the design team for the DC, Bethesda, and Alexandria offices. Sam has expertise in traffic signal design, roadway signing and striping plans, traffic control/maintenance of traffic plans, curbside management, loading analysis, field data collection and functional parking lot and garage design. His market practice areas include the District of Columbia; Arlington County and the City of Alexandria in Virginia; and all of Maryland. Sam also has significant experience working on a wide variety of VDOT projects throughout Virginia.

Sam is a member of the Society of Military Engineers and prior to his career as a transportation engineer, he served in the United States Army Infantry. He remains active in several veteran organizations.

Sam is a northern Virginia native and resides in Friendship Heights with his wife and daughter. Sam is a bike commuter and outside of work he is an avid runner, soccer player, and an enthusiastic DC sports fan. He can usually be found wandering around AU Park with his dogs, Rocket and Groot.