Principal, Chief Executive Officer
Jay Guerra
President
Gibbens Drake Scott, Inc.
With GDS Since 1996
BSEE from University of Missouri – Kansas City 1988
Office: 816.358.1790
Mobile: 816.914.8650
Email: Jay Guerra
Linkedin: Profile
Titles: PE, LEED AP, Principal, President, Chief Executive Officer, blah blah blah.
The titles sound more impressive than they really are. Reality is, I pass along design questions and information for projects, and emails to connect clients with our awesome design professionals – to resolve their Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing engineering needs. I try to make a way for them to do what they do best, and I then I try to get out of the way.
I really like helping non-technical people understand technical concepts. I am fascinated with the art of science and the science of art; and I want others to be as fascinated as well. Homeschooling my daughters in Algebra was a delightful challenge. I love describing – in the language of images, words and numbers – how air, water, light, power and digital information all intertwine to serve our clients and meet their needs.
I have worked at Burns and McDonnell, Engineering Associates of America, and Smith & Boucher. I was ready for a change, and someone suggested I talk to Tom Gibbens – and the rest is history. The culture and character of the people of Gibbens Drake Scott, Inc. is what Tom created here, what I love the most and endeavor to preserve.
I am convinced there is a God – Creator of all Heaven and Earth, and for reasons for which I have no earthly clue – He loves me, and He has communicated that to me in many ways, and certainly through all the relationships I have been given. So grateful am I.
What accomplishment or award you are most proud of?
So many (just kidding)… honestly nearly 40 years of marriage is really the best ‘experience’ I have. Hard to say ‘accomplishment’ in light of my response above. I really have little, to be ‘proud of’. Like I can take credit for anything? Especially since I married an Angel.
Professional Project of Which I’m Proud and Found Exceptionally Rewarding:
Sprint World Headquarters Campus – where I learned how a project could be run so collaboratively, so successfully where everyone still remains friends to this day.
