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• II . • D MR R ANMC SOH • 1 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE Mr. Anderson provides direct relevant experience in emergency management, transportation and infrastructure services. He has gained over 30 years of experience in construction, maintenance, traffic operations and emergency management activities while Iworking for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Districts one and seven. In 2008, he resigned from FDOT to establish a successful,cost effective consulting firm that assists government agencies in planning for,responding to,"and recovering from all types of disaster events. . IFrom 1994 to 2008,as the first appointed FDOT District Emergency Manager,Mr. Anderson focused on improving the state and local government responses to transportation/infrastructure emergencies. He was actively involved in developing response plans, policies, procedures and IT program developments for the FDOT Emergency Management and Traffic Incident Management Programs. He has extensive knowledge in evacuation network planning and was twice tasked to develop interstate contraflow Plans Iin Florida. After 9/11, he was appointed as chairman the Transportation Committee for the Tampa Bay Regional Domestic Terrorism Task Force. Mr. Anderson frequently communicated state policies to other federal, state and local government agencies statewide by participating on governmental task forces and committees.He has also provided annual training to 42 local government agencies on FH\VA-ER,FEMA PA,Debris Management and other disaster related programs. I Mr. Anderson was instrumental in developing FDOT District Seven's Emergency Operations Center, within the Tampa Bay Sunguide facility. He interviewed and trained all EOC staff, as well as securing federal and state grants for various projects that improved the states response to the citizens of Florida. During active hurricane seasons, Mr. Anderson was often tasked by other state agencies to lead various responses to the event. He has assumed lead roles in state disaster response and recovery issues and has extensive knowledge in mitigating the effects of all types of disasters. In addition to managing his EOC during storm events,he has been tasked to direct and develop Florida's aerial RECON teams that Iare deployed to report statewide damage estimates to the State EOC during the storm. After assessing damages, he quickly moved into an IA role to lead staff involved with Disaster Recovery Center and Community Relation Operations. From there,he was often sent to lead both the FDOT and FDEM staff involved in FEMA's Public Assistance Process and the Federal Highway Administration-Emergency Response program at the Federal Joint Recovery Centers. Mr.Anderson has worked on more than 26 presidentially declared events in Florida and has, at the request of the Governor, led a cadre of State employees on four individual Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) PA missions to various states. IHe has successfully written and/or reviewed over 17,000 PW and DDIR grant applications, many with mitigation or betterment attachments that ensured the same type of damage would not occur again. Lastly,during Mr.Anderson's state employment and also as now a consultant, he has not been denied or had to appeal any FEI\4A or FH\VA claim he has submitted, due to his ability to work for his applicant with FEMA and FH\VA staff in reaching a favorable consensus on all projects. 1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FLORIDA DISAS I LR CONSULTING,LLC 2008—Present Owner • Manage all company affairs.Develop and review contracts and proposals.Locate,hire and train staff for various positions. I • Provide consulting services to various clients on the FEI\4A Public Assistance Grant Process, FHWA—ER Grant process and other emergency management activities.Provide Engineering,Construction,Insurance and other specialists as needed. • For additional information,please visit W\X'W.Floridadisastercorisulting.com. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONI 1995—2008 Emergency Coordination Officer/Incident Commander I8 i