Registered Engineers

Registered in 
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas.

President - Ryan J. Smoak, PE, MBA

Ryan Smoak is a graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and the University of South Carolina with a Masters of Business Administration. His main engineering focus has been on the preparation of long range engineering plans, construction work plans, as well as environmental reports and operations and maintenance surveys. Ryan is a member of numerous professional organizations including IEEE, Association of Communications Engineers, and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of South Carolina and North Carolina. Ryan currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors of McCall-Thomas Engineering.



Vice President - Shawn Higbe, PE

Shawn graduated from Clemson University with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and has been with McCall-Thomas Engineering since June of 2000. His area of expertise is electrical design for utility, municipal and industrial clients and ranges from electrical substations to industrial and commercial design and power quality. He is also responsible for wireless tower designs and has issued grounding specifications for FTTX Optical Network Terminals to solve lightning problems. In addition to his engineering duties and service as Vice President of McCall-Thomas Engineering, he is Director of the Electrical Engineering Division. Shawn is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as a registered Master Electrician in the state of South Carolina. Shawn has also obtained Level I Thermography Certification.

James (Andie) A. Hoff, PE

Andie graduated from the Citadel in 2000 with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining McCall-Thomas in 2007, he worked as a system engineer for Berkeley Electric Cooperative in Moncks Corner, SC in the area of system planning and SCADA maintenance. Since joining McCall-Thomas he has been primarily responsible for the preparation of long range engineering plans, construction work plans and financial forecasts. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of South Carolina.

Raymond W. Drause, PE

Ray graduated from Herzing Institute and has spent over 36 years in the telecommunications engineering field. His experience includes the design, installation, and operation of switching, fiber optic, wireless, video and power systems. He has held positions ranging from Assistant Engineer to Vice President of Engineering & Planning. His responsibilities ranged from detailed engineering of individual systems to the overall engineering management of entire multi-state networks. He has worked for large and well established companies - AT&T and SBC - and for cutting edge companies in the CLEC industry - NewSouth and NuVox Communications. Ray has recently designed and managed installation of radio systems to bring broadband voice and data services to businesses. He brings not only a pragmatic approach to network and project management, but also a strong theoretical understanding of the underlying principles of the technology. He is highly knowledgeable of both outside plant and inside plant components for fiber, copper, and wireless and has successfully managed customer premise installations, as well.

Joe Scruggs, Jr., PE, RCDD

Joe joined McCall-Thomas Engineering with 30 years experience with operating telephone companies in South Carolina. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Clemson University and a Business Administration degree from Erskine College. While at Hargray Telephone Company, he headed up a team to select a FTTH vendor and trial the product in a new subdivision in Bluffton, SC. The Alloptic product continues to be used at Hargray today to provide voice, data and RF video and has migrated to IPTV. During his tenure at Farmers Telephone Cooperative, he coordinated the selection of a new mapping system, CableCad, had the serving territory landbase digitized, and had all company outside plant records re-digitized to the new CableCad system. Joe has experience with CPR records at both Hargray Telephone and Farmers Telephone and has worked with John Staurulakis, Inc. (JSI) to improve record keeping at both companies. He is a BISCI Certified Registered Communications Distribution Designer.




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