has over 20 years of professional experience; the first two years of his professional career, Rafael served as a Civil Engineering Software and Design Instructor to FDOT and consultant staff throughout the State of Florida.

His career continued as a project engineer for several FDOT District 6 and District 4 projects. Rafel’s career has been focused on roadway design, traffic control, signing and pavement markings and signalization design. Through his career, Rafael has served as technical advisor, ADA specialist, senior roadway engineer and as project manager for numerous roadway projects and districtwide push-button contracts. As project manager Rafael has managed contracts for several types of projects, including ADA, minor and major reconstruction projects, RRR, POP, ROP and Safety Improvement Only.