Ash Paranthaman, RICK | 2025 Emerging Leaders

Ash Paranthaman discusses his career path, industry involvement and more.
May 29, 2025

Ash Paranthaman, an associate project engineer/manager at RICK, discusses his career path and goals as one of the 2025 SWS Emerging Leaders. At 28, he became the youngest project engineer at RICK. In addition to his role at RICK, Paranthaman is the vice president of community service for ASCE San Diego Section’s Younger Member Forum, and he shares how industry involvement has shaped his career. 

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Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].

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