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Samer Shalaby graduated from George Washington University in 1987 with a BA in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science from George Washington University in 1989. Samer Shalaby is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Virginia and Maryland.

From 1989 – 1994 Mr. Shalaby served as the Regional Manager for GMT Stafford, Inc, a geotechnical engineering company, where he was responsible for overall planning, marketing and office operations as well as all of their engineering services.

Prior to creating DCS, Mr. Shalaby was Director of Engineering and Construction for the Fredericksburg area’s largest developer, the Silver Companies. He managed the construction of site infrastructure for the largest power-shopping complex on the East Coast, the largest new retail complex in Stafford County, and the construction of nearly 2.5 million sq. ft. of retail space. He also supervised several large-scale renovations, including a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse into multi-tenant retail space and complete conversion of the 200-room Fredericksburg Sheraton Hotel to a Holiday Inn Select.

Mr. Shalaby has significant and successful experience with identifying, creating, and developing large and small scale commercial and residential property throughout the Fredericksburg area as well as several projects nationwide.

Kristen Johnson graduated in 1990 from Virginia Commonwealth University with honors and a Bachelors Degree in Marketing. She spent 11 years with Columbia Gas of Virginia specializing in human recourses, safety compliance, sales and marketing, and residential and commercial land development. She also provided scheduling, budgeting and value engineering for the company and her projects. Kristen worked closely with company CEO's and front line employees to successfully meet both company and customer goals. In this venue, she established and maintained excellent relationships with local and state government agencies.

Kristen began her new career as a project manager with DCS in 2001. As such, she worked with clients and local and state government agencies to rezone property and obtain condition use permits, site and building plan approvals, and ultimately occupancy permits and finished lots. She has maintained company and client budgets, worked with financial institutions, as well as provided value engineering. Kristen was promoted to her current position as Vice President of Operations in 2004. In her new position, Kristen assists the project managers with their projects and clients, assists team with tenant leasing and land acquisition, establishes company budgets and financing, acclimates new clients to DCS, researches property and completes special projects.

Bryon Counsell is a Civil Engineer, with 18 years of engineering and construction experience. His career responsibilities have ranged from simple engineering design to complex construction risk management and dispute resolution for large construction projects throughout the world.

With DCS, Bryon has been involved with retail/commercial development, residential development, Conditional/Special Use Permits, property rezoning, project scheduling and estimating, and tenant space build-out. Bryon has specific experience with the development of more than 120,000 square feet of retail space in Stafford County, Virginia and Richmond, Virginia. His responsibilities have also included a large tract rezoning in King George County, Virginia, as well as managing the development of nearly 800 residential lots within four different residential developments. Current projects include managing portions of the 1,000,000 square foot Quantico Corporate Center near Quantico Marine Corps Base.

Joe is a graduate of Virginia Tech with over fourteen years experience in the construction industry. Before coming to DCS, Joe was the tenant construction manager for a Northern Virginia developer where he managed the construction of over 600,000 SF of construction for tenants such as Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Linton/Task, MRL Pharmaceuticals and Fed-Ex.

Since coming to DCS in 2004, Joe has managed numerous projects, both residential and commercial. His projects include various commercial base buildings, interior office fit-ups and retail construction projects as a general contractor for Development Construction Services. Recent projects include MTCSC, a 37,000 SF office build-out; Pancho Villa Restaurant; Unitech, a 8,600 SF office build-out; Eagle Eye Vision, a 5,000 SF base building and interior build-out; Almost Home Daycare a 7,800 SF daycare building; and Plantation Commons, a 16,000 SF medical building; three (3) build-outs for Neibauer Dental, including their new 4,800 SF corporate and dental office at Harrison Crossing; Virginia Urgent Care, a 3,400 SF medical office; and Capital AV, a 12,000 SF warehouse building. In 2008, Joe was promoted to his current position of Vice President of Construction.

Richard Beland has 32 years in residential and commercial development. In his career, he has developed numerous residential developments in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Richard has worked in Washington, DC where he managed, estimated and developed multiple retail, condominium high rise buildings and commercial restaurants, ranging from 1 to 20 million in operational budgets.

Since coming to DCS in 2007, Richard has managed and developed multiple residential developments including Hills at Aquia and the Glens in Stafford, The Oaks at Chancellor in Spotsylvania and Cardinal View in Culpeper. Currently he is overseeing Carters crossing, a 18,000 SF retail building, and developing Berea Market, which has approximately 5.42 acres for multiple retail use.

Michael Snow has a solid background in both environmental and civil engineering. He has worked for over 8 years in the regulatory field of land development, construction, and design, as well as the private sector for both land developers and site contractors. He has worked on projects ranging from small retail buildings and stream restoration projects, to large residential subdivisions and airport/highway construction. Michael backs this experience up with an education in engineering and having served in the Army as a combat engineer.

Having joined DCS in 2007, Michael has worked on various projects, including: residential subdivisions, retail/commercial site development and building construction, and County and VDOT bond release. In addition, he has used his expertise in research to provide due diligence on new or potential developments. Michael's current projects include Dahlgren Business Center, River Club Car Wash and The Preserve at Smith Run I and II.