Leadership Team

A|I|DATA encourages everyone to practice positive, influential leadership. A|I|DATA’s senior leaders bring a wide variety of experience to their roles. They have learned on the job as well as through structured training. The combination of experience and training has resulted in a seasoned team of practitioners who have merged into a unified force. The leadership philosophy is simple:  we build confidence. For A|I|DATA’s clients, we understand their needs and deliver what is promised on time and within budget. Staff members are engaged with that philosophy and practice to ensure the entire effort of the company is aligned and focused. The result is satisfied clients who repeatedly request the services of A|I|DATA.

Carrie C. Nicholson, P.E. – President; responsible for the overall management of the firm including operational quality management. Company strategy including staff development is based on her planning-phase, design, and construction experience with varied infrastructure projects. She is also involved in engineering professional societies’ leadership and STEM and infrastructure-related volunteering.

John P. Berrettini – Senior Vice President; responsible for the technical performance of the field and office staff based on his more than 30 years of diverse experience in all aspects of underground utility investigation and mapping. He is adept at creating custom approaches to unique and difficult utility detection scenarios.

Ken C. Kerr, PE – Vice President; bringing over 30 years of experience in engineering design, planning, project management, and subsurface utility engineering services, he leads client collaboration and implements A|I|DATA’s critical thinking and proven solutions across the Mid-Atlantic. He serves on the ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute’s Board of Governors.

John and Ken were contributing authors to ASCE/UESI/CI 38-22.

Special thanks go to Michael T. Maguire, L.S., cofounder of A|I|DATA, now retired.

What our customers say:

A|I|Data has been a trusted partner on our civil and structural projects. They provide quality utility locating services in a professional and responsive manner. I would recommend them to anyone who needs reliable utility designation or location services.

– Blaine Linkous, P.E., P.H., LEED AP, Kimley-Horn

Staff Qualifications

  • Our staff is licensed in Professional Engineering and land surveying disciplines.
  • Field and office personnel are cross trained in technical skills. This drives greater field efficiency and product quality.
  • We incorporate technological improvements in processes and methods in order to bring the greatest value possible to our customers.
  • Our technical leaders average 10+ years of service-specific experience and additional experience in related fields.
  • We invest in personnel development with training in various areas including:
    • State of the art survey and remote sensing equipment and procedures
    • Accepted and proven Subsurface Utility Engineering methodologies
    • Communication
    • Temporary traffic control
    • First Aid and CPR
    • HAZWOPER training
    • Confined Space Training
AID team in 2023

A|I|DATA works in many diverse settings. This gives us the experience to perform well in these types of environments:

  • School sites and academic campuses
  • Medical campuses
  • Military installations
  • Both open and highly secured government facilities
  • Commercial properties
  • Residential settings
  • Urban, suburban, and rural settings
  • Industrial settings
  • Highways and surface streets
  • Parks and stadiums
  • Active construction sites