Executive Profile
Tuesday, June 8, 1999
Name: Russell Figueiroa
R. M. Towill Corp., a consulting engineering firm, has promoted Russell Figueiroa to senior vice president and manager of the firm's photogrammetry and surveying department. Getting a bird's-eye
view at R. M. TowillPhotogrammetry is the science of creating maps from aerial photo surveys, at up to 20,000 feet.
"We will be deliverying an asset data base inventory of everything on 340 miles of Big Island roadways," Figueiroa said. "That includes reflectors, culverts, pavement -- everything. It's the first time the state has done it. The information will help in highway maintenance (decisions)."
He said the job will start in a month and take a year to complete.
Figueiroa has been with R. M. Towill for 20 years and is a registered land surveyor and land court surveyor.
He also worked 10 years for Austin Tsutsumi & Associates Inc., managing its Hilo office, and worked seven years for an engineering firm in Guam.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
