Tony, Manager of Facility Maintenance & Construction

Jumping in with both feet.

Tony likes a good challenge.

Tony likes a good challenge.

Tony manages a division of 160 tradespeople: carpenters, electrical technicians, instrument technicians, machinists, painters, gardeners, facility specialists, and janitors. The group maintains the operations of District facilities – keeping them reliable and operational and getting them back online quickly and efficiently when they fail. He welcomes the daily challenges – “I don’t call them problems” – because with well-qualified staff and the right equipment, EBMUD is able to take on and manage the wide variety of challenges that come with providing water to 1.4 million people.

Tony came to EBMUD from General Electric 15 years ago as an assistant engineer in EBMUD’s electrical design group. He admits he had heard some negative things about public employees, but was quickly impressed by his EBMUD colleagues – “great people who love their jobs” – in operations, engineering, field work, and throughout the organization.

“I jumped in with both feet and never looked back.”