Meet The Team

Combining decades of experience in consulting, development, and technology.
ROBIN
Robin Laine
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CEO and Co-founder, Robin Laine, has spent over 14 years managing natural resources compliance and permitting projects across the U.S. Along with channeling her scientific expertise and navigating federal, state, and local permits for her clients, Robin established in-house natural resource compliance processes for oil and gas companies and gave presentations across the U.S. educating various industries on how to best manage federal and state environmental regulations. After serving as field biologist, then project manager, division director, and finally national program manager for local, regional, and national firms, Robin is now directing her passion towards Transect and our mission to revolutionize how environmental data is consumed.

Robin has successfully navigated the NEPA environmental review process for numerous projects involving federal actions and funding. Robin has proven knowledge of the NEPA process, the ability to identify project-specific environmental constraints, an understanding of the agency coordination process, and the ability to manage the schedule to meet project timeline and budget needs. Robin has served as project manager, lead field scientist, and lead author for numerous NEPA documents.  She has vast experience with wetlands delineations, species habitat assessments, permitting, and avoidance/minimization strategies.

Robin has conducted many ASTM E1527 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in coordination with professional geologists. Robin is experienced in conducting the necessary field investigations and background research to identify potential for releases of hazardous substances or petroleum products that could lead to liability issues if not properly managed.
SAM
Sam Laine
CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

Chief Growth Officer and co-founder, Sam is involved in all aspects of the company including business development, fundraising, client relations, and strategy. Previous to his role at Transect, Sam was the managing partner of Redrock, an investment, development, leasing, and management company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Sam previously spent 8.5 years with Riverside Resources. In his role as development partner, he was responsible for all aspects of development and acquisitions including site selection, financial underwriting, entitlement and design work, consultant and construction coordination, project financing, asset management, leasing, and dispositions. In addition to his commercial real estate background, Sam has provided private equity and management consulting services to startups in healthcare, technology, publishing, consumer products, and music entertainment. Sam started his first company at age 18 selling advertisement space for PPC Racing’s Nesquik car in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Sam attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied accounting with a minor in real estate finance and achieved a Masters in Professional Accounting with a concentration in business law. Prior to transferring to UT, Sam also completed an Associate’s degree in Business Administration from Austin Community College. He is a frequent guest lecturer at McCombs School of Business MBA program for the real estate finance classes.

Sam is a member of the American Enterprise Institutes enterprise club and a board member of Isaiah 55 ministries in Reynosa, Mexico. He is a founding member of the San Antonio Angel Network and is the Executive Producer of Live at Jazz TX, a public radio broadcast. Sam is an Eagle Scout.
TIM
Tim Clark
CHIEF OF STAFF
MARG
Minxuan (Margaret) Wei
DATA ANALYST
PHIL
Phillip Hernandez
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
MONICA
Monica Howard
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
Matt
Matt Carter
HEAD OF ENGINEERING
Joe Montague
Joe Montague
SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE
Mike
Mike Iskandarani
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
MIGUELS
Miguel Segura
DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE MEDIA
JustinS
Justin Smith
DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS
MirandaT
Miranda Thomas
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Christian
Christian Gritte
GROWTH MANAGER
ALE-Z
Alejandra Zermeno
GIS ANALYST
Jenise
Jenise Jackson
MARKETING MANAGER
Carson
Carson Beatty
SALES
JackieD
Jacklyn Daniel
SOCIAL MEDIA
ROBM
Rob MacInnis
Interim CTO

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