The Owners' Manual | Issue 24 | Spring 2022

Robert Boyer, EIT Warwick | Transportation (Sports & Rec) October 2021

What is a favorite vacation or dream destination? The south coast of Algarve, Portugal is my favorite place on the planet. My grandfather is from the port city of Faro, which is considered “the Southern Florida of Europe” and a big vacation destination. My family and I (we total 24 people) have planned a trip to go there in June 2023.

What made you decide to come to BL Companies?

The ESOP environment, which I’ve been a part of before at another company. People care more here and want to help as much as possible. Tell us about yourself! I live in Riverside, RI with my wife of 5 years. I went to school at Umass Dartmouth where I got my Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (2009). I also played 2 years of college hockey during my tenure. What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I help run a growing online poker league, which was a brainchild of the pandemic, but is still going strong. I also play competitive hockey and golf whenever I can. I’m also a big fan of the hometown sports teams, especially the Bruins. Try to be self-aware as much as possible and whenever you receive constructive criticism you use it as fuel to challenge yourself to become a better engineer and person. Do you have a talent or hobby? I’m in my 30’s and I am still playing hockey and competing with the college age players. I’m not ready to pass the torch yet. I’m also a moderately low handicap on the golf course. What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was really young, I wanted to be a professional hockey player and as I matured, What is a good piece of advice you’ve received?

What is one of your favorite quotes?? “To be the best you have to be around and work with the best” (thought I was going to say something else, right?).

I turned my attention to Limnology (It’s like a marine biologist except the study is exclusive to the freshwater biome).