Rohan A. Freeman, PE, LS
Founder & President
Rohan A. Freeman, PE, LS is Founder and President of Freeman Companies, LLC, an award-winning, multi-disciplinary site development, engineering design, and construction services enterprise. Mr. Freeman, an accomplished mountaineer, founded the company in 2009 shortly after summiting Mount Everest with a promise to clients to “Elevate Your Expectations”. This promise and Mr. Freeman’s career-long inquiry of economic development and urban design have led to the firm’s involvement in several large-scale, transformative public projects. Mr. Freeman, who grew up in Jamaica, is the first African American to climb the Seven Summits. Mr. Freeman is a popular motivational speaker, and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, U.S. Green Building Council, Construction Institute, Greater New England Minority Supplier Diversity Council and board member of several regional children’s charities including Camp Courant and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford. In 2014 he established the University of Connecticut School of Engineering “Freeman Companies BRIDGE Endowed Engineering Scholarship” to support minority students with an interest in civil engineering who have overcome obstacles such as socioeconomic or educational disadvantage. He is included among a select group of alumni to be nominated to the UCONN School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Engineers.
Diana Colcord
Director of Strategy and Business Development
As the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Freeman Companies, Diana Colcord leverages over 35 years of experience in the design, engineering, and construction industries to elevate the company's strategic position. With a robust professional network and profound industry knowledge, she provides clients and partners with critical resources and insights that significantly enhance their success rates. Diana’s commitment extends beyond mere transactions; she focuses on building enduring relationships and ensuring client satisfaction from initial contact through project completion. Her journey started with a Liberal Arts degree from Northern Illinois University, followed by roles in marketing and business development in Chicago's architectural scene and a stint in environmental consulting in Denver, before finding her niche in Connecticut. At Freeman Companies, she integrates her passion for art history and architecture with practical outcomes in both engineering and construction, guiding the company with a strategic approach that ensures Freeman thrives under her leadership.
Dennis Goderre, PLA, AICP, CUD
Director of Land Development, Project Manager, Planning & Landscape Architecture Studio
Mr. Goderre offers nearly three decades of experience in the fields of planning, landscape architecture, and engineering, with expertise in the areas of municipal government, management and budgeting, long range planning, public policy, site development, sustainability, permitting, urban design, and project management. Mr. Goderre has served as planning and economic development director for various Connecticut Municipalities in such a capacity that required his close collaboration with local leadership. This includes CEOs, city councils and subcommittees, boards and commissions and volunteer organizations. His responsibilities also included the review of site plans for consistency with Plans of Conservation and Development, municipal and state codes, regulations.
As a Project Manager, Mr. Goderre leads teams in the development of plans and designs that respond to clients’ specific programmatic goals while being actively involved in the planning and design process. He enjoys working closely with clients and staff to ensure a successful project is achieved and understands the need for thorough assessments to assist towns and cities in creating capital plans and annual budgets.
Tristan Wallace, PE
Manager of Civil Engineering
Tristan Wallace has over 11 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering. His role includes managing and designing land development and redevelopment projects, handling schematic planning, design development, contract documentation, permitting (local, state, federal), and overseeing construction administration and general engineering. As the Manager of the Civil Engineering department at Freeman Companies, he ensures that all projects meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency.
Yuyang Lin, PE, PTOE
Manager of Traffic and Transportation/Safety Engineering
Mr. Lin offers nearly 24 years of engineering and inspection experience in municipal and Department of Transportation projects. He has a thorough understanding of the design guidelines and expertise in design procedures, and is proficient in state-of-the-art traffic application and computer aided design software. His work includes traffic signal design, traffic impact studies, highway/roadway design, signing and pavement marking plans, construction inspection, hydraulic, hydrologic and stage construction plans to maintain traffic during construction under jurisdictional requirements. Mr. Lin is a UCONN graduate having earned a Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering and he has also earned the designation PTOE (Professional Traffic Operations Engineer) from the Transportation Professional Certification Board Inc. He is a member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE).
Daniel White, LEP
Manager of Environmental, Licensed Environmental Professional
Mr. White is a Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) in Connecticut with over 32 years of experience in environmental program management of large, complex sites and has extensive experience in remedial investigation/feasibility study programs, and hazardous waste site investigations. He has been project manager on multi-site due diligence investigations. His technical expertise is in program management, geological/geophysical studies, and site characterization. While an Environmental Analyst at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Mr. White oversaw the investigation, remediation, and verification of numerous complex projects in the Property Transfer and Voluntary Remediation Programs.
Chris Tonzi, PE
Manager of Geotechnical Engineering & Contractor Support Services
Mr. Tonzi is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Freeman Companies’ Manager of Instrumentation and Contractor Support Services. Mr. Tonzi offers a depth of experience working on both geotechnical and environmental projects. Instrumentation has been the core of Mr. Tonzi’s work focus over the past five years in support of several contractors working on the MDC’s Clean Water Project. Geotechnical experience includes designing and directing subsurface investigations, determining allowable bearing capacities for shallow foundations and pile capacities of deep foundations, estimating settlements, designing MSE retaining walls and preparing design-phase reports, as well as overseeing construction monitoring.
Lennox Keen
Manager of Land Surveying
Mr. Lennox Keen has over 24 years of specialized experience in land surveying and currently serves as the Manager of Land Surveying at Freeman Companies. His expertise encompasses preparing detailed proposals, establishing precise legal property boundaries, computing accurate geodetic measurements, and interpreting complex survey data. Mr. Keen is proficient in conducting ground surveys and has a deep understanding of conventional and GPS methods, data collection processes, and construction stakeout. He is also highly skilled in using Civil3D, LDD, LGO/TGO, and techniques such as differential, trigonometric, and digital leveling to ensure the highest accuracy in survey results. Additionally, he is well-versed in preparing comprehensive data sets, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents essential to land surveying projects.
