SCS Engineers is excited to announce that Vice President Sowmya Bulusu, who currently runs our Atlanta, Georgia office, is replacing Dan Cooper as the Solid Waste Director for the Southeast US as Dan takes on his new role leading the firm’s Solid Waste Management practice.
Sowmya Bulusu, PE, is a registered professional and geo-environmental engineer with two decades of experience as a project manager and design engineer for numerous landfills, environmental and civil engineering projects. Her work focuses on waste disposal facilities, landfill gas collection operations, and utilization systems, including siting, design, permitting, construction, and monitoring and maintenance. Sowmya’s expertise includes air permitting and compliance, renewable energy projects, and construction quality management to provide successful turn-key solutions.
When asked about her promotion, Sowmya says, “My career in solid waste management has provided me with valuable experience in addressing complex challenges. I am grateful for the mentorship I have received at SCS, which has contributed significantly to my professional development. As a leader in this role, I am eager to mentor, guide, and inspire my team to achieve new levels of excellence.”
Sowmya also serves on the SCS Sustainability Steering Committee – to help make us all operate cleaner and greener and as the Director of the SWANA Georgia Chapter. She earned her Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering and her Master of Science in Geo-environmental Engineering.
She is a disciplined leader who shares what she learns with her colleagues and others, including her culture as a professional Kuchipudi dancer. This major classical dance involves extensive stage movements and exacting footwork. From age 7, she practiced five days a week for up to three hours daily. Sowmya says the regimen and dance tours throughout India and the US taught her valuable skills that she uses today: time management, discipline, responsibility, and cooperation.
Business Unit Director Carlo Lebron says, “I am very excited for Sowmya to take the reins of the solid waste program and build upon Dan Cooper’s legacy. We have full confidence in her ability to lead and look forward to the new levels to which she will take our program.”