A specialist in air regulations and air permitting processes, Mr. Smith provides air consulting services to manufacturing industries, helping clients develop and execute strategies for addressing the air permitting and regulatory requirements associated with capital projects while optimizing the client’s business objectives.

His work has been particularly focused on managing projects for sources impacted by the New Source Review permitting regulations. He has served in a variety of litigation support roles, helping clients respond to enforcement actions, preparing expert reports, and advising legal counsel on air-related technical, modeling, and regulatory matters. Mr. Smith also conducts air compliance audits and helps clients develop compliance plans and implement environmental management information systems. Furthermore, Mr. Smith has been an instructor for several of Trinity’s popular training courses including Air Compliance Auditing for Industrial Facilities and Air Regulations and Permitting in Kentucky.

In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Smith serves as Trinity’s Director of Business Systems and Processes. In this role, he oversees the ongoing development and improvement of Trinity’s quality and knowledge management systems. He is also responsible for maintaining Trinity’s corporate office certification to the ISO9001:2015 standard and for the quality management system implemented in all the consulting offices of the firm.

Mr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where he first obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) and then a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering (Summa Cum Laude). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (Georgia).