Ryan Cathey, P.E., ENV-SP

Ryan Cathey, P.E., ENV-SP

Ryan serves as Principal-in-Charge for each of Talisman’s projects. He leads our project teams through the oversight of project decisions to ensure the achievement of project requirements and our clients’ most ambitious of goals. Ryan continually monitors...
Dan Bourque, P.E., ENV SP

Dan Bourque, P.E., ENV SP

As Director of Civil Engineering at Talisman, Dan oversees some of our largest-scale civil engineering design projects throughout the region. His diverse background includes site design and permitting for ground-up and redevelopment projects for residential and...
James Backman

James Backman

James returned to Talisman at the start of 2022 after having a long tenure of experience working as a former member of our team. He was on staff with the NV5 Salt Lake City office and also transitioned to Talisman Civil Consultants when the firm was launched. With his...
Jefferson Bell, P.E.

Jefferson Bell, P.E.

Since joining the Talisman team years ago, Jefferson worked his way from an engineer in training to a fully licensed Project Engineer. He has had the chance to play steadily growing roles on our project assignments, serving as a talented leader on some of our...
Cory Franzwa

Cory Franzwa

Cory joined the Talisman team in 2022 after several years of experience in CAD design with small engineering firms in Utah and in the Portland, Oregon region. He earned his associate degree in CAD Technology at Lake Superior College in Minnesota, where he was born and...