Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that Robert “Skip” Notte, PE, LEED AP, has been promoted to senior vice president and southeast operations unit manager. Notte also serves as business unit manager for the firms Charlotte, North Carolina, office and market sector leader for Dewberry’s education practice.
Notte has nearly 30 years of experience and joined Dewberry in 1999 in its Richmond, Virginia, office. To support the firm’s growth in the southeast, Notte transitioned to Charlotte in 2010 to lead its operations. Under his leadership, the Charlotte team has more than doubled the number of employees and seen revenue grow by nearly 300%. The Charlotte-based team provides engineering, design, and surveying services for clients in the transportation, water, community facilities, real estate and commercial development, energy, and education market sectors.
In his new role as southeast operations unit manager, Notte will be responsible for growing the firm’s client base across each of its market sectors and supporting overall operations and client management. Dewberry has been operating in the southeast since 1975 and offers solutions to clients across the commercial, federal, and state/local markets. With nearly 240 staff throughout Georgia, North Carolina, and southern Virginia, Dewberry offers architecture, construction, engineering, environmental, geospatial, landscape architecture, mapping, survey, planning, consulting, advisory, and technology services to its clients.
“Skip’s tenure with our organization is a testament to his dedication to Dewberry’s clients, communities, and employees,” says Dewberry President Dave Maxwell, PE. “I’m thrilled to see Skip step into this role as he continues to support our southeast teams in using their expertise to deliver targeted solutions on the issues that matter most to our clients and communities.”
Some of Dewberry’s marquee projects in the region include the Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill, Davidson College Football Stadium, the North Carolina State Rail Plan Update, and the Louisiana Watershed Initiative.
Notte earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech (1997). He is the current chair of the Virginia Tech Land Development Design Industry Executive Board and an emeritus member of the Virginia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Alumni Board. Notte was inducted into the Virginia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni in 2025.