David Schaarsmith

Chief Executive Officer

Larson Design Group

Jan 2026 - Current (7 months)

Board Member

Larson Design Group

Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 7 months)

Chief Operating Officer

Larson Design Group

Jun 2020 - Jan 2026 (5 years 8 months)

Responsible for working with Senior Leadershp and the Board of Directors to establish short- and long-range operational development goals, strategies, and plans to implement our internal growth and acquisition vision.

Vice President - Infrastucture Group

Larson Design Group

Apr 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Oversees the Water/Wastewater, Geospatial, Energy and Planning teams and is responsible for overall performance of the group, ensuring that goals for sales, profitability and sustainable growth are met.

Pittsburgh Transportation Practice Executive

Michael Baker International

Oct 2018 - Apr 2019 (7 months)

Northern California Area Executive

Michael Baker International

Mar 2018 - Oct 2018 (8 months)

Operational responsibility for Planning, GIT, Survey, Structures and Highway Design, Water/Wastewater, and Surface Water Practices across eight offices in Rancho Cordova, Walnut Creek, Oakland, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Chico, Reno and Seattle.

Pittsburgh Planning Practice Executive

Michael Baker International

May 2014 - Mar 2018 (3 years 11 months)

Operational responsibility for the Pittsburgh Planning Practice with a focus on Federal Planning, Urban Design, NEPA, Archaeology, and Historic Preservation.

Defense Planning Program Manager

Michael Baker International

Jan 2012 - Apr 2014 (2 years 4 months)

Overall responsibility for Defense Planning program objectives including delivering program task orders, achieving program financial objectives, coordinating with practice areas for project execution and working with staff to develop new business opportunities.

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Project Manager

Aug 2010 - Jan 2012 (1 year 6 months)

• Serve as Deputy Program Manager for a 5 year, $30 million worldwide planning and geographic information system services contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers – Sacramento District. • Coordinate operations for the Baker-AECOM Joint Venture formed to implement the Sacramento District services contract. • Maintain current and develop new client relationships to sell Baker’s planning services. • Lead the planning department’s sustainability initiative to identify new opportunities in this field and develop a model for incorporating sustainable practices into existing projects. • Manage multiple projects including military master plans, sustainability assessments and development planning for military installations. • Account

Senior Planner

Michael Baker International

Aug 2008 - Aug 2010 (2 years 1 month)

• Manage multiple projects totaling more than $1 million in fees. • Direct projects including information technology master planning, capital investment strategies, environmental impact assessments, military master plans and facility condition assessments. • Perform Installation Sustainability Assessments at multiple military facilities including evaluating current energy use, water use, wastewater generation, waste generation and land use; and making recommendations to meet existing federal guidelines. • Conduct quality assurance and quality control activities for multiple ongoing contracts. • Execute scope and budget development tasks for various aspects of a $2 billion international construction opportunity. • Develop qualifications, cos

Planner

Michael Baker International

Jun 2005 - Aug 2008 (3 years 3 months)

• Applied expertise in decision modeling, cost estimating and statistical and geographic analysis to facilitate client decisions. • Employed process-improvement techniques (such as CMMI) to develop and enhance organizational procedures. • Compiled, analyzed and reported on data on economic, social and physical factors affecting land use. • Provided master planning, cost estimating and program verification services for a mixed-use development in the Middle East. • Facilitated the development of office evacuation and hazard mitigation plans through stakeholder collaboration. • Researched governmental measures affecting land use, community and military facilities to control and guide development. • Assisted military facilities in space utiliza

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Environmental Policy Director

New Hampshire Lakes Association

Jan 2000 - Aug 2003 (3 years 8 months)

• Helped shape legislation regulating airborne pollutants from fossil fuel power plants. • Advocated for protection of New Hampshire’s lakes through direct lobbying within state and federal government. • Managed efforts to regulate personal watercraft and out-of-state boats, obtain funds for invasive aquatic plant research and prevention and strengthen New Hampshire’s Shoreland Protection Act.

High School Science Teacher

Peace Corps

Jun 1996 - Aug 1998 (2 years 3 months)

• Taught general science and elective chemistry classes at the secondary level. • Raised funds and built a school library and science storeroom.

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