Vatsal’s experience spans the banner of civil engineering and infrastructure, with his prior role as a leader of geotechnical services for an ENR Top 20 international design firm.

Vatsal has been responsible as geotechnical practice leader for all energy projects, as well as a variety of geotechnical services across the east and south, and managed a geotechnical department consisting of 30 geotechnical staff located across the US. Vatsal is currently responsible for managing and maintaining ANS Geo’s operations and growth across the US, as well as oversight of civil, structural, and geotechnical professionals who conduct geotechnical investigation programs, evaluate laboratory test results, and provide geotechnical recommendations for foundations, structures, retaining walls, slope stability, and other infrastructure improvements.

In addition to geotechnical engineering, throughout his career, Vatsal has maintained an emphasis on the energy sector, including extensive experience in solar, wind, battery storage, and natural gas developments. He has also prepared designs, site plans, specifications, permit applications, and cost estimates for numerous, high-profile energy projects across the US including large interstate pipelines with substantial geologic complexity. Vatsal has also provided geotechnical and civil engineering specialty services such as forensic evaluation of solid waste landfills, slope instability, expert witness testimony to support erosion control related to post-construction restoration, and identification and emergency response to geohazards such as karst and sinkholes, former mined areas, landslides, and structural failures. He has served as an expert on ground-borne vibrations, including blasting and impact-driving construction equipment vibration assessments and evaluation toward nearby receptors.

Vatsal has been nationally recognized by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as one of the Top 20 under 40 for the New York Metropolitan Region, the American Society of Civil Engineers as the “Face of Civil Engineering” for 2013, and as “Young Engineer of the Year” by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 2019. He also maintains active faculty positions at both NYU Tandon School of Engineering (Brooklyn, NY) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ) as an Adjunct Professor teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering.

Vatsal is a third-generation civil engineer, alongside his father and great-grandfather. Vatsal enjoys spending time with his wife and family, enjoys cooking, and the great outdoors. You can catch him in the summer on his inflatable kayak in the Hudson River, taking a weekend hike at High Tor and Low Tor, and exploring new breweries in his area. In the winter, Vatsal is an avid skier and enjoys winter sports.