Tom Roche Lifetime Achievement Award

The Tom Roche Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual for their long-term commitment to the consulting engineering profession and to the community. Tom Roche was instrumental in establishing ACEC/MN. Not only was he a primary force behind the formation of ACEC, he was also instrumental in establishing chapters in other states. His passion for engineering was unparalleled, and his passion for ACEC was a close second, which is why we continue to bestow this career achievement award in his name.

Ed Studniski, PE of Ayres Associates was honored with this year’s Tom Roche Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to an individual who has contributed significantly during their career to the engineering profession, ACEC/MN, and the greater community.

Ed is a passionate champion of Ayres’ longstanding commitment to serving clients as partners – the same mantra he lived by as president of Gausman & Moore before its merger with Ayres in 2021. His management philosophy is built on a foundation of trust, accountability, and execution. He had been a member of the North Central Electrical League’s board of directors and is a past president of the North Central Electrical Engineering Society. He is also a past trustee of the ACEC Retirement Trust and a current member of the Rotary Club of Roseville and the Roseville Area Optimist Club. Ed has specialized during much of his 35-year career in electrical engineering for the retail sector, delivering appropriate, sustainable solutions within each client's budget. His experience also has spanned the education, institutional, commercial, and healthcare sectors. In a job that's filled with deadlines, Ed's favorite aspects of the work have always been delivering great designs on time and nurturing fellow professionals' growth and progress in their careers and watching them thrive.

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