We are pleased to announce the following new employees:
Tony S. Kraus, Airport Project Manager
Tony Krauss, P.E., joined Project Management as our newest engineer and project manager on Oct. I, I 998. Tony was most recently employed by the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas, where he was involved in pavement research projects.
Prior to his most recent assignment, Tony worked in both the private and public sectors. He has spent time in the private consulting world, primarily in Hawaii as a geotechnical engineer. He also worked as a design engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation in the Corpus Christi and Austin districts.
His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas received in 1980. Tony is a registered civil engineer in Texas, Hawaii and Maine.
In addition to having an avid interest in aviation and airports, Tony enjoys traveling, sailing and other family activities with his wife, Deborah, an elementary school teacher; and two children, Lauren, age eight and Alex, age five.
Tammy G. Stone, Airport Planner
Tammy Stone joined Planning and Programming as our newest airport planner on Sept. I, 1998. Her key responsibilities include overseeing the Airport Counter Program, reviewing notices of proposed construction and/ or alteration to airports, as well as working with zoning regulations.
In 1979, Tammy began her association with TxDOT as a summer employee in the Maintenance and Operations Division. While working on her degree, Tammy continued to return to TxDOT’s various divisions to work during the summer breaks. She earned a Bachelor in Business Administration from Southwest Texas State University in 1983, and began working full -time in the Finance Division at TxDOT.
Prior to coming to Aviation, Tammy was a project leader for the Retooling TxDOT pilot project, the Right of Way Acquisition Process. Tammy is a true central Texan raised in Hutto. She is married to Lee Stone, also a TxDOT employee and both live on the Pedernales River arm of Lake Travis.