Kyle Hoover

Vice President of Engineering

Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Apr 2026 - Current (5 months)

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning electrical, power, mechanical, and civil scopes, with accountability for 3.4 GW+ of design development across a multi-state portfolio of project sites. Own overall design delivery for a portfolio and project pipeline representing +/-$5B in value, ensuring engineering execution aligned with business objectives, customer commitments, and delivery milestones. Lead corporate leadership for sustainability practices, process development, implementation, and scalable operating standards across engineering and development initiatives.

Senior Director - Engineering

Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Apr 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Scaled the engineering organization from 2 to 20 team members across multiple disciplines over three years, establishing a full-stack design capability responsible for delivering 1.2 GW+ of contracted capacity. Serve as geotechnical, environmental, and water/wastewater SME for team.

Director of Engineering

Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Apr 2024 - Apr 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Played a key role on the execution team during the company’s start-up phase, owned and executed design leadership for three data center campuses for the first hyperscale customer totaling 626 MW of contracted capacity and representing ~$3B in portfolio value.

Senior Manager - Civil Engineering

Rowan Digital Infrastructure

May 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year)

Lead civil engineering efforts as part of the Rowan team to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions to hyperscale clients fast, safely, and sustainably. SME for geotechnical, environmental, and water resource engineering disciplines.

Director - Engineering, Environmental, and Quality

Charah Solutions Inc

Jan 2020 - May 2023 (3 years 5 months)

orchestrate the strategic planning and operational execution of environmental, engineering, and quality programs across Charah Solutions and associated LLC companies. I establish best practices and engage technical and project leaders to drive quality across all project phases. • Partnered proactively with executive, management, and operational-level teams to ensure zero NOVs and reduce operational risk incidents. • Spearheaded initiative to align business practices for ISO 9001 and 140001 conformance. • Created business processes for electronic data handling across project sites. • Enabled team growth from four to ten staff during COVID-19 through hands-on leadership. • Served as technical and compliance subject matter expert (SME) for com

Engineering Manager

Charah Solutions Inc

Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 (3 years 1 month)

In this capacity, I led all engineering, sustainability, and environmental risk-related projects at Charah Solutions. To that end, I ensured the quality and safety of third-party engineering and environmental vendors providing SPCC, waste management, and regulatory-mandated air and water sampling. • Created new training programs to ensure compliance with federal CCR rule requirements for operational teams within customer and regulatory-required directives. • Provided technical design and project bid support that unlocked three major project awards in excess of $400M revenue. • Drove oversight, reporting, and regulatory interfacing for multiple mining, solid waste, and wastewater discharge permits with multiple state and federal environmenta

Environmental Protection Specialist III

Charah Solutions Inc

Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years 1 month)

During my first role with Charah, I acted as the SME to deliver internal corporate-level technical support of engineering and regulatory compliance for 12 product sites across United States. • Spearheaded identification, development, and implementation of cost-effective industrial pretreatment system for removal of low-level Molybdate from industrial leachate to meet permit requirements on aggressive 12-week timeline. • Designed proprietary leachate treatment system using Sulfur Modified Iron (SMI) media to remove low-level aqueous-phase chemical constituents and meet federal effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for coal power generation facilities. • Designed internal direct-injection flocculation process for treatment of over 100 million

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Water Technologies Consultant

Equip International

Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year 1 month)

At Equip International, I provided professional-level hydrogeological and engineering consulting services to international non-profit developmental organizations providing clean water projects in developing countries. • Worked virtually and on-site with clients in East Africa, Central America, and East and Southeast Asia to address water quality issues affecting personal and community health. Continue to do volunteer work as requested through virtual means.

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Environmental Project Manager

Shield Engineering Inc

Jan 2011 - Jan 2013 (2 years 1 month)

At Shield, I leveraged agile principles to drive efficient project management as a manager/doer across environmental permitting and remediation initiatives ranging from $2K - $150K in professional services, with total project values of $25K - $500K. Completed over 1,000 hours of field work including groundwater sampling, soil sampling, remediation system operations monitoring & maintenance, and excavation oversight. Compiled data into tables, figures, and reports for clients and/or government agencies. Completed work within the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Field Operations Manager

EQUIP Liberia

Nov 2010 - Aug 2011 (10 months)

Coordinated Ganta field office operations, working closely with program managers, finance, and administrative staff to ensure the smooth running of the field office

WATSAN and Infrastrucure Program Manager

EQUIP Liberia

Jul 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 2 months)

Prepared and secured a proposal for $156,794 for sustainable water and sanitation implementations from a major US donor for a one year WASH program in Nimba County, Liberia. Secured a three month $99,174 grant from a major Stake Holder for emergency water and sanitation implementations due to refugee crisis in Nimba county, Liberia. Managed the implementation of the grant over three month period working with the stake holder through various changes in the workplan Served as field level information focal point and manager in support of major stake holders and national government during Ivorian Refugee emergency WASH activities Supervised team of infrastructure specialists in completing necessary renovations and repairs at 23 rural health

Technical Consultant

EQUIP Liberia

Jan 2010 - Jan 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Provided technical consulting services to development NGOs and government stakeholders. Conducted hydrogeological and georesistivity field survey to locate well sites for a refugee camp in rural Nimba County. Working on a contract basis with a large international development and relief agency, I located 10 favorable well sites using georesistivity methods that met client's water supply requirements. Collected and synthesized field GIS data from multiple sources for field-level mapping of WASH interventions in Liberia Produced GIS-based maps for biweekly and monthly WASH interventions during the Ivory Coast refugee crisis in 2011.

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Environmental Project Manager

Brooks Engineering Associates

Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 (4 years 1 month)

Specialized in medium to large scale hydrogeologic evaluations in accordance with NCDENR DEH and DWQ regulations as part of large wastewater permitting programs. Actively manage all aspects of hydrogeologic evaluations including driller bidding and oversight, data collection and analysis, aquifer testing procedures and interpretation, and regional/local numerical groundwater modeling. Multi-tasked in design of small to medium size on-site single family and community wastewater systems. Managed and conducted environmental services including storm water, groundwater, and soil sampling for commercial and industrial clients, Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I/II), and other transaction based environmental services.

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