Bill Stout, CDP, PE

Former SDP President, Bill Stout is the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Gannett Fleming, Inc., an international planning, design, and construction management firm which has been providing quality, multi-disciplinary engineering services in the United States and abroad since 1915. The firm employs over 2,500 engineers, architects, planners, and allied professionals in more than 70 offices throughout the United States. He was a member of the firm’s parent company Board of Directors 1996 - 2016. 

As President of Gannett Fleming’s Valuation and Rate Division 1994 - 2007, Bill was responsible for the conduct of studies for public utility and railroad management that supported regulatory, tax, and operating decisions. Bill started as a valuation engineer, conducting studies related to utility plant depreciation for utility and railroad clients. He has appeared as an expert witness in over 120 proceedings related to utility regulation and tax litigation. 

He has presented papers on depreciation to the Iowa State Regulatory Conference, the AGA-EEI Depreciation Committee, and the SDP. Bill has been a trainer for Depreciation Programs, Inc. Bill received a B.S. in Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.