Ben McWhorter, a Texas Tech alumni, is a Principal, senior engineer and project manager for Cardinal Strategies responsible for projects in both DFW and West Texas regions. He has over nine years of experience working in stormwater management and land development in the public and private sectors across Texas. He has extensive experience as a project engineer on a wide variety of drainage master plans and flood studies for riverine, closed system, and playa lake watersheds. Ben has completed numerous hydrologic and hydraulic studies using varying software types such HEC-1, HEC-2, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS (1D and 2D), ASAPP, and various versions of SWMM software including both 1D and 2D applications. He is very experienced in working with local municipalities and state and federal agencies such as TCEQ, FEMA, USACE, and others. Ben has helped navigate numerous projects through the process of obtaining local and FEMA approval for many different types of Letters of Map Change (LOMCs). He has a strong understanding of the unique drainage systems in the South and High Plains of Texas.