Making Clients More Successful, and Communities Better
Providing comprehensive Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, and Builder Services for 25 years.
A Proud History, A Promising Future
With strong client commitment, HRC has been helping residential, municipal, and commercial/industrial clients succeed for 25 years. The mission of its civil engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and support professionals is to deliver exceptionally high-quality services that meet unique needs of each project. Since its start, the company’s values of integrity, innovation, and collaboration have guided everything we do, and will continue to drive our success.
Leadership
Meet HRC’s talented leaders.
Howard B. Ray, PE
President and CEO
Howard heads the 35+ member team of Civil Engineers, Landscape
Architects, Land Surveyors and business services professionals. He inspires
them to put client needs first to assure each project is executed with precision. A Civil Engineer, Howard’s headed the business since 2000 with a focus on delivering value. He’s served on the boards of Tanner Health, the Carroll County Chamber, Douglas UnitE, and the Carroll Symphony, and he's also served as a board member and past chair of the Douglas County Chamber. A Georgia Institute of Technology graduate with a degree in Civil
Engineering, Howard has also mentored STEM students at a local high school.
Darryl D. Ray, RLA, ASLA
Vice President
Darryl is responsible for planning and design projects for HRC clients. A registered Landscape Architect in five states, Darryl joined the firm in 2005 and now leads a group of talented designers from conceptual master planning through project implementation to create the attractive, functional, and sustainable spaces for which HRC is known. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of designers and surveyors as they launch their professional journeys and define successful career paths, Darryl is also a board member of the Douglas Country Chamber of Commerce, and past Co-chair of the Leadership Douglas Program. He’s earned two bachelor’s and a master degree from Mississippi State University.
Aaron M. McCullough, RLS
Vice President
Aaron is a Registered Land Surveyor with more than 20 years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility in the land development arena, and now leads business development at HRC Engineers. He joined the firm in 2007 and since then his priority has been to create productive, long-lasting client relationships through delivery of customized, innovative solutions. Aaron earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University (now part of Kennesaw State) in Georgia.
Jonathan Tilenis, PE
Director of Design
Jonathan joined HRC Engineers in 2015 as an intern—and joined the team full-time a year later. Since then he’s taken on increasing responsibility for client projects, and now serves as Director of Design. He works closely with the firm’s civil engineers, landscape architects and surveyors to deliver the high-quality designs for which HRC is known. He’s a graduate of Kennesaw State University with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Aaron Studdard, RLS
Director of Survey
Aaron joined HRC in 2018. Since then, he’s taken on increasing responsibility for projects, and now serves as Director of Survey. He works closely with clients, contractors, and civil engineers to deliver the high-quality surveys for which HRC is known. He’s a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Agricultural Engineering Technology & Business with concentrations in Surveying & Geomatics, and is registered in Georgia and South Carolina.