Markus Ritsch

Background

About Markus Ritsch

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY TriLynx Systems, LLC, 2015 to present Water & Earth Technologies, Inc, 2003 to present DIAD Incorporated, to 2003 Riverside Technology, inc, 1993 to EDUCATION M.S.(Water Resources Engineering) Colorado State University B.S.(Civil Engineering) Colorado State University TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES Mr. Ritsch is a professional Civil Engineer whose responsibilities include the design, construction and maintenance of flood warning systems. Experience with various sensors, data loggers and telemetry protocols, coupled with a background in hydrology and hydraulics, allows Mr. Ritsch to evaluate, design and build specific monitoring solutions to meet client needs. Mr. Ritsch has developed specific expertise with real-time telemetry solutions, including the National Weather Service (NWS), Automated Local Evaluation in Real-Time (ALERT) protocol, two-way radio systems, and real-time satellite communications. Mr. Ritsch spent six (6) years as a Water Resources Engineer calibrating rainfall/runoff, streamflow forecasting and snow accumulation and ablation models. He has extensive experience and continued involvement with the calibration and operational use of hydrologic modeling systems. This gives him a unique perspective to design and maintain monitoring networks that produce data of high quality that are useful within a hydrologic and hydraulic context. Mr. Ritsch consults directly to local communities, counties, state and federal agencies. He has more than twenty (20) years of experience in surface water hydrology, hydro-meteorological monitoring, and environmental data collection. He has provided design and construction support on numerous data collection projects ranging from flood detection networks to water quality monitoring networks and automated sediment sampling programs.