Edward Martinez, P.E., is president and founder of Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, LLC. (Zia). He is originally from Las Vegas, New Mexico and currently resides in Las Cruces. Martinez graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 from New Mexico State University where he continues graduate studies in Civil Engineering.
Prior to founding Zia, Martinez worked for several national engineering consulting firms. He brings over 32 years of experience in providing engineering and environmental services throughout the United States. His driving purpose for starting the company was to provide specialty technical consulting services for commercial as well as local, state, and federal government clients.
Martinez has nurtured the company’s growth from one person in March 2000 to over 50 people with multiple offices in the United States. He has guided Zia in pursuit of federal contracts with approximately half of Zia’s current revenues coming from multi-million dollar federal contracts and individual task orders with numerous federal agencies across the United States.
Martinez serves as Program Manager and technical lead on many of Zia’s larger contracting efforts. In addition to the day-to-day guidance of the firm, he also continues to provide management and QA/QC support for Zia’s clients and provides mentorship to Zia staff whenever possible.
Zia is currently working with Meridian Energy Group on the Davis Refinery which is being referred to as a world-class, state-of-the-art refinery in the Bakken oil fields. The refinery will be located in Belfield, ND.
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