About Us

Brian does this work because of the people who showed him what real engineering can be.

In high school, his teacher Tony didn’t just talk about science; he had students build workinggenerators and rockets. Those hands-on projects convinced Brian that ideas only reallymatter when you can see them work in the real world.

Later, at URS Corp, his mentor Guy Lund led in a way that stuck: he gave Brian room to buildhis own models, take the time needed to solve hard problems, and always tie calculationsback to physical outcomes. That season cemented Brian’s conviction that code and drawingsare only successful when they become safe, tangible structures.

Mary, Brian’s wife and business partner, has always been impressed by people like herteacher John Knuth, who made even difficult learning feel rewarding and fun by celebratingstudents and finding inventive ways to motivate them. Those kinds of influences shapeMary’s role today: she celebrates their client’s successes builds connections withprofessional partners in the area, and helps build a firm where project teams feel seen,supported, and encouraged—not just “handled” as another job.

That’s why Brian and Mary built Trust Engineering: to combine rigorous structural thinkingwith the kind of mentorship, freedom, and human connection his own mentors gave him—so every client feels both protected and smarter about the structures they’re responsible for.