Meet the Team

Aaron joined MEP in November 2018, bringing 15 years of experience in the engineering industry. He has extensive experience designing mechanical systems for commercial, residential, educational, medical, and governmental facilities. Aaron excels in identifying and understanding client perspectives, partnering with our clients to translate their vision into reality. With a passion for his trade and with keen attention paid to every detail, he takes pride in finding effective and practical solutions to the most complex building designs.

Trading the sun and sandy beaches of Florida for Colorado’s snow-capped evergreens and breathtaking mountain views has been an exciting transition for Aaron. Along with his son, Aaron enjoys spending his free time exploring Colorado and trying new activities like snowboarding.

Alek Vates joined MEP in April 2018, starting out in the AEC building industry from a career of marketing, health services, and retail. He graduated from Emily Griffith Technical College with a diverse portfolio of skills. Alek continues to grow these skills as a drafter, utilizing REVIT and AutoCad software in project drawings every day.

Alyssa came to MEP in March, 2014. As our company Administration Assistant, she creates an excellent experience for our clients. She is organized and friendly and enjoys helping clients both on the phone and in person.

Alyssa is a Colorado native that enjoys all types of crafting, especially making jewelry with her sweet cat, Kenny.

Austin joined the MEP drafting team in August 2017. He has an AutoCAD certification and is currently attending Red Rocks Community College working towards his Applied Science for Engineering Graphics-Architectural.

Austin enjoys looking at architecture and watching buildings come to life from the design phase to through construction. Austin's hobbies include skateboarding, fixing cars, photography, going to the mountains, and attending concerts at Red Rocks.

Brian has been with MEP Engineering since February 2012. He previously attended Colorado School of Mines and majored in Mechanical Engineering. Brian is especially interested in LEED Design Projects. Brian and the TI team have a project turnaround time of 5-7 days. Despite this pressure, they are absolutely fantastic at what they do!

Outside of work, Brian is a Colorado Native that loves to homebrew his own beer, collect records and go hiking. Brian has gone on numerous cross country road trips with his friends and family.

Chris Horning joined MEP in October 2018, bringing 24 years of experience in the AEC building industry. He graduated from Aims Community College with an associate degree in business. His project specialties include production facilities, medical facilities and data centers. At work, Chris enjoys obtaining information about new, innovative products and sharing his knowledge with others at MEP.
Chris is a Colorado native, and enjoys snowboarding, golfing and travelling with his family.

Clara is an Electrical Project Engineer with over 12 years of experience in the engineering field. She performs electrical, lighting, and photometric engineering design services as well as team coordination for all electrical, mechanical and architectural drawings with other team members, contractors and vendors. She has provided site evaluation, design development, construction document and construction administration for new construction as well as renovation projects. Her project knowledge ranges from churches, to retail and restaurants.

Clara and her husband Andrew have four boys Andrew, Alex, Addison, and Anderson. They love spending time with their boys and spend most their free time attending the boy’s sporting events. Clara also really enjoys relaxing, watching movies, and working out.

Corey joined the MEP team in April of 2019. As an experienced plumbing designer with 6 years of industry experience prior to MEP, Corey has worked on a variety of commercial buildings. He enjoys working on hospitals due to their complexity of space types and the services they provide to directly help people's livelihood.
Corey is originally from Scranton, PA, received his Bachelor of Science Degree at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and his hobbies include hiking, playing tennis, soccer, riding his motorcycle, and selling paper.

David joined our drafting team in June, 2014. He studied Drafting and Design at George Stone Technical Institute in Pensacola, Florida and has 14 years of drafting experience. David has a tremendous amount of experience working on government projects, including the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and State Department.

David enjoys a wide variety of recreational activities including target shooting and keeping tarantulas. He has a great sense of humor which makes the work atmosphere a fun and entertaining place to be. David grew up in Pensacola, Florida. He and his wife loved to come to Colorado for vacation. They enjoyed Colorado so much, that they decided this was the place they wanted to spend the rest of their lives and moved here.

Dave joined MEP in August 2018, bringing 24 years of experience in the IT and tech industry. He graduated from the DeVry Institute of Technology with a BSEET degree in Electronics.

Outside of work at MEP, Dave enjoys playing golf, watching sports, shooting pool and throwing darts.

Eric came to MEP to join our Tenant Improvement team as a Mechanical Engineer in October 2016. He attended CU Boulder and received his bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Chemistry. He is excited to put his knowledge from school to use!

Eric enjoys staying active and has been a competitive jump roper for 16 years. He also was a member of the USAJR All-Star team for 4 years. While being a part of this team he got the opportunity to travel, compete, perform, and train other Jumpers on a world scale. He is proud to have 7 national titles, 2 grand national titles, and one world title in competition.

Grace joined MEP in July 2018, bringing 4 years of experience in the AEC building industry. She graduated from Rutgers University School of Engineering with a bachelor’s in civil engineering. She has worked extensively on mixed-use and residential projects of all sizes, specializing in mechanical subcontracting prior to consulting design.

Grace and her husband are parents to two wonderful children, and love to go camping, hiking and snowboarding.

Jeff came to MEP in 2005 as an electrical designer and is now an Associate and Senior Leader in the company with over 24 years in the industry. Jeff is a Team Lead and continues to expand his knowledge in MEP systems, project management and team management. Jeff’s design experience includes commercial and residential projects of varying size and complexity. Project types such as Office, Retail, Warehouse, Schools, Churches, Multifamily, Transportation, local, state & federal government projects.

Jeff is a Colorado native, is married with one son. Enjoys sharing all that living in Colorado offers with his family, such as ski/snowboarding, fishing, and spending time in the mountains. Enjoys watching his son grow and compete with sports, martial arts, music and academics. Denver Broncos, Colorado Rapids and MMA fan.

JJ joined the MEP drafting team in December of 2017. She is currently pursuing an Architectural CAD certification at Arapahoe Community College, and has a Bachelors in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado Boulder. With two years of prior experience in Interior Design school, her Revit and basic CAD classes are what helped her make the decision to become a Drafter at MEP. In her free time, JJ loves to travel and hike. Her favorite travels were to Spain and Iceland.

In May 2017, Jonathan was brought on board the MEP Engineering team as a Plumbing Designer. His favorite project involved revisiting design standards to overcome pressures from different sump/sewages pump systems while still managing to climb up hill with the effluent to reach the point of a gravity feed sewer system.

Jonathan enjoys all forms of art and loves to incorporate that into each of his designs.

In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys working and playing with Cars. He also has a passion for being in the mountains whether that is hiking, biking or climbing.

Karena is responsible for coordination, production and design of mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems to satisfy client as well as building objectives while maintaining building code requirements. She has been in this industry since 1994. She produces construction plans, system specifications and cost analyses. She also provides coordination between various disciplines, clients and owner representatives.

She is a Colorado Native who enjoys spending time with her family, running, and cheering on her kid’s sports teams. Both Karena and her husband grew up being the only child in their families. In addition to their kids, they also have a large Great Dane that thinks he is a lap dog!

In February 2005, we gained a great employee in Kendra. She came to the firm with a Bachelor’s of Science in Animal Science. She has now been in the field of accounting for over fourteen years. Kendra is a very fun and active individual. In her free time she loves to going hiking and running.

She has a passion for traveling the world. Kendra has a welcoming personality that makes the office a better place.

Kevin brings over 17 years of electrical engineering experience to our team. He acts as the Electrical Operations lead and is responsible for all daily operations of the company. Kevin also performs the coordination, production, and design of power distribution, lighting, and fire detection systems to satisfy client/building objectives while maintaining building code requirements. Kevin’s design experience includes production of construction plans, system specifications, and coordination between various disciplines, clients and owner representatives on a variety of projects.

Kristy joined the MEP team in December of 2017. Graduating from the University of Colorado Denver with a Bachelors in Business Administration and Marketing, Kristy was the Accounts Receivable Specialist for an active retirement community in Aurora. As MEP’s Accounts Receivable and Recruiting Coordinator, she brings a variety of skills and experience to our Marketing Team. Kristy is a Colorado Native; she has lived in Parker her whole life. Her spare time is mainly spent driving her daughter, Leigha to piano lessons, recitals and competitions. She also enjoys being on the lake, boating, fishing and wakeboarding.

Mark is one of our Senior Mechanical/Plumbing Engineers. He is responsible for the design of mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems including the production of construction plans, specifications and system cost analysis, as well as coordination between the various disciplines, clients, and owner representatives. Mark has over 25 years of experience in mechanical/plumbing building systems design for many types of facilities.

He is a wonderful father of three boys named Kyle, Mason, and Austin. Mark really enjoys restoring old muscle cars and traveling to Las Vegas.

Roger has 23 years of experience in the engineering consulting field, with an emphasis on electrical, fire alarm, and telecom building systems. His education as an Architectural Engineer allows him to expand his expertise into the mechanical and plumbing disciplines enabling him to work in and design all systems within a building. Roger possesses the unique ability to visualize a project from start to finish; meaning difficult building system problems become very clear and concise.

Roger has been happily married to his wife Carla for over twenty-three years. They have two wonderful children, Jessica and David.

With over 20 years of experience, Theresa Santos has joined MEP Engineering specializing in electrical design. Santos operates within MEP’s tenant improvement team, focusing on new-build and office renovations throughout Denver. As a highly-skilled designer, Theresa ‘wows’ MEP clients with her technical ability, but her warm personality ensures they return.Santos graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and received her Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado Denver. She specializes in tenant improvement, new-build, renovations, mixed-use, and high-rise office buildings.

Tim came to MEP June of 2018 with nearly a decade of industry experience. As part of MEP’s survey team, Tim uses advanced 3D laser scanning technology to document existing conditions for the many remodel and renovation projects our design teams work on. Before MEP, Tim was the Owner and Project Manager of a local contracting company since 2009.

Travis joined our Engineering team as an Electrical Project Engineer in November of 2012. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Architectural Engineering and Construction Management. Travis brings six years of previous experience to the company and is currently a registered Engineer Intern with the State of Colorado. His specialties include electrical design on a variety of project types including: Major League Sports and Event Venues, K-12 Educational Facilities, and Multi-Family Residential Complexes. Travis brings knowledge of construction project management and understands project delivery from start to finish.

Travis’ main interests are snowboarding, golf, yoga, and hiking. He likes to travel and thinks the best vacation spots have a beach – Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Key West are some notable destinations. Travis was born in Houston, Texas, moved to Denver when he was 7 years old, and has lived in the Colorado front range area since. He and his wife Kristin have two young boys Parker and Brady.

As a founding Principal of MEP Engineering combined with over thirty-five years of experience in engineering, Tom contributes a high level of quality design as well as a strong desire for building and maintaining long-term client relationships. He sets an example by providing great customer service, paying attention to detail, providing internal quality control and developing new business. Tom has held management positions in engineering, marketing, and business development. His strong background and diverse knowledge of mechanical systems, plumbing and fire protection systems has allowed him to deliver design excellence and add value to projects, resulting in a high level of client satisfaction.

Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time in the sunshine and hanging out with his family and especially is son Connor who is fourteen years old. Tom also enjoys golf, even when the game isn’t always “nice to him.” If you ever visit Tom’s office, you will find all sorts of purple gear that represents the Kansas State University Wildcats; he is a huge fan! Tom has an outgoing and fun personality. He encourages laughter in the office which helps create our great working environment

Tom Tarrant joined the Engineering team as a Mechanical Project Engineer in May 2013. Tom brings over 30 years of experience in the Mechanical Engineering industry. His specialties in recent years include educational and medical facilities—he takes a great interest in both. Tom coordinates, produces and designs of all mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems including production of construction plans, system specifications and cost analyses while maintaining building code requirements.

Tom’s hobbies include mountain biking, surfing and golf. He also enjoys traveling and he tries to go to Hawaii or someplace tropical at least once a year. As far as sports are concerned, Tom really likes motocross, flatrack, road racing, and basically anything with two or more wheels. Tom has been married to his wonderful wife Stacie for 23 years and they have a son, Nate who is attending college at Colorado State University.