Millard McElwee
Engineering executive driving performance, innovation, and equity in large-scale municipal and utility infrastructure systems.
- Role
- Physics Adjunct Professor at Southeastern Louisiana University
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Millard McElwee
As Vice President of Strategy and Operations at McCoy Group, I lead infrastructure improvement projects across Southeast Louisiana. McCoy Group is a licensed highway, street, and bridge contractor delivering concrete, drainage, and mid-scale civil infrastructure projects for public and institutional clients. I manage operations under one of Jefferson Parish’s two-year infrastructure contracts, coordinating about 1,600 annual work orders—sidewalk, driveway, ADA, and drainage restorations—often following water or sewer line repairs.McCoy Group’s portfolio also includes drainage upgrades in East Baton Rouge, emergency storm drain repairs in St. Tammany Parish, and campus drainage improvements for Tangipahoa Parish Schools. Through these projects, we’ve improved local flood resilience, reduced work-order turnaround time by more than 25 percent, and maintained a zero lost-time incident record since inception.My work also strengthens McCoy Group’s long-term capacity through vertical integration, research collaboration, and workforce advancement. Initiatives include piloting in-house concrete production that cuts material lead times by 30 percent and expanding paid training programs to raise crew certification rates and retention.Drawing from prior experience in systems engineering and risk modeling at RAND and Exponent, I apply data-driven decision frameworks and performance metrics to scale McCoy Group responsibly while maintaining technical excellence and compliance.I also teach Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and lead STEM instruction on AI and smart infrastructure at Rice University.Across construction management, research, and education, my work focuses on measurable, equitable, and adaptive infrastructure solutions that bridge design intent and field implementation.
Experience
Physics Adjunct Professor
Southeastern Louisiana University
Jan 2025 — Present · Hammond, LA, US
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering
2011 — 2015
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering
2017 — 2021
University of California, Berkeley
Master’s Degree, Systems Engineering
2015 — 2016
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