Our Team

Jamel Banton

Managing Director

Jamel Banton is a Senior Coastal Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience. He has been at the forefront of coastline rehabilitation and protection and resort beach development in the Caribbean. With a strong knowledge of the natural processes that contribute to the geomorphology of the nearshore and a bank of extensive experience, he conceives practical, client-focused solutions that regulators approve. Working with architects and planners, Jamel is able to integrate sustainable shoreline protection and enhancement principles with development plans to satisfy environmental and functional constraints. His foresight and resourceful design approach allow for early-stage identification of cost-efficiencies, leading to a more streamlined design, approval, and implementation process. Jamel’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; BSc Civil Engineering (Hons); MSc Coastal Engineering and Port Development; MBA.

Christopher Hylton

Director of Projects

Christopher Hylton is a Senior Coastal Engineer with nearly 20 years’ experience in the industry. He is integral to the design and planning of coastal projects and leads the execution of construction-related projects and issues for the company. With his sound understanding of coastal engineering processes and in-depth knowledge of the marine construction industry, Chris is able to promote technical and economic optimisation at the design stage and to bring in projects on time, on budget, and to specification. Chris supervises Smith Warner’s construction projects throughout the Caribbean region. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; Registered Professional Engineer, St Lucia; BSc Civil Engineering (Hons), MSc Environmental and Coastal Engineering.

Philip Warner

Director of Operations

Philip Warner is an expert Professional Coastal Engineer with nearly 30 years experience in a wide variety of international and regional coastal and marine projects. He is a strategic and innovative problem solver, as well as an expert in numerical and physical modelling of coastal, marine, and hydrodynamic processes. Philip has worked closely with several numerical modelling systems for coastal process simulation and is able to specify the optimum numerical modelling platform to best solve a specific problem. His experience extends to program planning for oceanographic data collection missions. Philip serves as a mentor and guide for all junior engineers in the firm. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; Registered Professional Engineer, Ontario, Canada; Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (Dormant); Member Jamaica Institution of Engineers; Member Professional Engineers Ontario: BSc Civil Engineering (Hons); MSc Coastal Engineering.

David AY Smith

Director of Quality and Innovation

David Smith is an expert Professional Coastal Engineer with more than 30 years experience and an in-depth understanding of the unique coastal processes that exist in a tropical environment. He has been at the forefront of integrating climate change adaptation with traditional and eco-friendly coastline protection solutions. David’s experience has taught him to work in concert with natural coastal processes to retain the shoreline’s pristine beauty while transforming an eroded beach into an enhanced and stabilised environment. He has extensive experience at both international and regional engineering firms working on complex marine projects around the world. These include ports and marina designs, shoreline stabilisation projects, and national coastal zone management plans. David lectures part-time in the Faculty of Engineering, University of the West Indies, Mona, and has provided expert witness testimony. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; Registered Professional Engineer, Ontario, Canada; Member Jamaica Institution of Engineers; Member Professional Engineers Ontario: BSc Civil Engineering (Hons); MSc Civil Engineering Hydraulics; Dip. Imperial College in Civil Engineering Hydraulics; PhD Coastal Engineering.

Graham Jervis

Manager of Business Development

Graham Jervis is a Coastal Engineer well-versed in the numerical modelling of hydrodynamic phenomena and the execution of oceanographic data collection. Graham has expertise in the development of solutions for environmental problems experienced by the oil and gas and dredging industries. His extensive work requires deep understanding of the movements of waves, currents, tides, and sediments. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; Member Jamaica Institution of Engineers; BSc Civil Engineering (Hons); MSc Coastal Engineering Hydroinformatics.

Elisabeth Mondon

Manager of Operations

Elisabeth Mondon is a senior Coastal Engineer with experience in the design of coastal and marine structures, execution of oceanographic data collection programmes, and specification of 3-D physical modelling in a coastal laboratory. She excels in the set-up, verification, running, and interpretation of computer model simulations. Meticulous with data entry, model verification processes, and model execution, Elisabeth ensures our clients’ confidence in the results of her investigations. Her registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; Member Jamaica Institution of Engineers; Bachelor of Science (Hons); MSc Coastal and Offshore Engineering.

Danielle Dowding-Gooden

Manager of Consultancy Projects

Danielle Dowding-Gooden is a Coastal and Environmental Engineer who also is proficient in developing, running, and analyzing complex coastal and hydraulic models. She interprets the results of this modelling and clearly articulates the recommendations in her reports to government agencies, development banks, and property owners. The clarity of her explanations and the understandable manner in which she outlines project designs allow clients to make well-informed decisions and give regulators the confidence to approve the proposed solutions. Danielle manages projects with national policy implications, balancing stakeholder goals, the regulatory environment, coastal engineering possibilities, and site restrictions. Her registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Jamaica; BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering (Minor in Urban Planning); MSc Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management.

Corinne Smith

Proposal and Presentation Manager

Corinne Smith is a Communication Expert who consistently delivers high quality reporting and provides editorial document control. She has the unique ability to edit highly technical materials so that they are understandable for all stakeholders including non-technical audiences. In her role as Proposals Manager, she ensures that the all of the company’s proposals are fully executed from start to finish. This involves coordinating the proposal process, preparing the actual proposals and presenting them to clients. Corinne is responsible for managing the assembly of proposals, documents, and presentations. Her qualifications include an Associate Degree in Hospitality & Tourism, courses in Comprehensive Substantive Technical Editing, and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts.

This could be you!

Manager of Construction Resources

We are looking for someone to join our team as a full-time Construction Project Manager. We need someone with at least 10 years’ experience on civil engineering projects, experience in delivering construction projects on time and within budget, and experience in contract management and administration. You will need at least a BSc in Civil Engineering. We’d prefer someone with PMP certification, experience in coastal/marine construction, and training in FIDIC. Ideally, you are a Caribbean national, but we’ll consider applications from elsewhere.

Edward Albada

Principal

Edward Albada is a Senior Coastal Engineer and a Principal at Smith Warner. He has superb team and project management expertise, and smoothly directs consulting and infrastructure development projects to ensure completion on time and on budget. Edward’s strong working knowledge of contracts allows for management of risks and contractual issues to proactively avoid the potential for disputes. During his expansive career, Edward has worked with global engineering firms on numerous large scale and complex developments including ports and marinas and minimizing the coastal impact of oil and gas projects,He has been called as an expert witness to give testimony in coastal development cases. His registrations and qualifications include: Registered Professional Engineer, Trinidad and Tobago; Registered Professional Engineer, State of Florida, USA; Registered Professional Engineer, State of North Carolina (inactive); MCArb; MASCE; BSc Engineering Science (concentration in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering); MSc Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering; LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration (Distinction); Post Graduate Certificate in Construction Law and Arbitration; USCG Merchant Marine Officer.

Miles Harris

Manager of Research, Innovation and Brand

Miles Harris is a Coastal Engineer with the vision and skills to execute the complete coastal engineering projects from site visit, to modelling, to design, and construction. He specialises in prediction and analysis of winter storm waves that affect Caribbean coasts. Well-rounded and meticulous in numerical modelling, Miles develops the technical specifications for the design of marine and coastal structures. His qualifications include: BSc Civil Engineering (Hons); MSc in Coastal Engineering and Port Development; Certificate in Dredging Technology.