about us

Through exceptional service, our vision is to provide innovative and tailored solutions to serve our communities.
American is a multidisciplinary firm specializing in planning, design, and construction services for transportation facilities. We are headquartered in Wesley Chapel, Florida and maintain branch offices in Florida and Georgia. American employees value teamwork, honesty, integrity, innovation, and personal accountability.
about us

Our Leadership Team

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Jeff Novotny, PE, AICP

Managing Partner / Principal

Jeff is a founding partner of American Consulting Engineers with over 33 years of experience in planning, design, and construction of transportation facilities. His professional experience includes an extensive background in public involvement, roadway and drainage design, project development and environment (PD&E) studies, traffic planning and engineering, land acquisition maps and documents, preparation of construction plans specifications and cost estimates, and coordination of personnel and implementation of corporate CADD development. He has also led more than 40 public meetings/hearings, 20 project advisory committees, and 50 small group meetings.

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E. Gayle Grady, PE

Managing Partner / Principal

Gayle has strong leadership principles and practices and has over 29 years of experience in the transportation industry. Her experience in heavy civil transportation includes design-build, alternate delivery and contract administration on complex, multidisciplinary projects. Project experience includes movable bridge construction, high level bridges over navigable waterways, interstate road and bridge construction as well as urban roadway experience.  She is a collaborative communicator continually focused on building and leading top-performing teams and promoting cooperation among project stakeholders to drive positive change and comprehensive business approaches for enhanced profitability.

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Scott Korpi, PE, SE, PEng

Managing Partner / Principal

Scott is a founding partner of American Consulting Engineers and has led the design of over 200 bridges in his 30 year career. These bridges range from simple short span bridges to high level interchanges with long span steel plate and tub girders up to span lengths of 335’ in complex geometric and tight horizontally curved alignments. He has been the Engineer of Record on major high level bridges over Intracoastal waterways to withstand large extreme event ship impact forces as well as high level continuous steel truss bridges with span lengths up to 1050’. He has conducted specialized research on the lateral torsional buckling and structural stability of thin walled structural shapes and employs these academic experiences into practical real world design solutions.

Employee-Owned Firm

American is 100% owned by members actively working for the company. Having an employee-owned firm gives owners the unique opportunity to act as professionals who manage our projects. This structure helps us maintain our focus on client services, offers stability among projects, and gives us the ability to react to client needs.

Community Involvement

Since American’s inception, we have dedicated resources to build partnerships within the communities we live and work. We believe that community involvement is not only a civic duty, but that we are accountable to our communities and the environment. Our concept of serving our communities isn’t limited to transportation and infrastructure needs – we believe in being actively involved in the social and cultural fabric of the area. Our employees actively participate in numerous community organizations and help to raise awareness for social causes through donations, fundraising, and volunteering. For more information on American’s involvement in the community, follow us on Facebook.