Leadership Team

Babur R. Mian, P.E.President and CEO

Babur R. Mian, P.E. is the President and CEO of the firm. Mr. Mian is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry. His focus is, and has always been, on finding innovative ways to meet client needs.

Peter W. BernatExecutive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Peter W. Bernat, Terra Constructs’ Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer joined the firm in early 2019. With more than 33 years of experience in the construction industry, he is a proven leader with vast experience in managing large infrastructure projects.

Geoff BambiniSenior Vice President

Geoff Bambini, Terra Constructs’ Senior Vice President of Federal Services joined the firm in 2020. He is responsible for Federal contract procurement and works closely with Terra’s executive management team to ensure Federal projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, while meeting all safety and compliance regulations.

Edward Joseph Harris Jr.Senior Project Manager

Edward Harris Jr is a proactive and results-focused management professional with proven expertise in lifecycle project management. His career and background are honed through 33 years of experience in the environmental and construction industries. Harris possesses proficiency in federal regulations concerning environmental compliance combined with familiarity with various types of contract vehicles.

Murad PanditDirector of Strategic Initiatives

Murad Pandit is the Director of Marketing & Business Development for Terra Constructs. Murad brings more than twenty years of private sector expertise in real estate development, finance and entrepreneurship, having worked as an owner/developer as well as a general contractor. His work experience spans real estate and financial services sectors with tenures in leadership positions from start-ups to functional lead roles in Fortune 500 companies.

Murad’s leadership ability, investment acumen, and operational knowledge has been developed on the buy-side in various asset classes, as an owner-developer in real estate, shareholder-manager in private equity as well as an analyst-fund manager for equity securities. He has a seasoned record of working internationally in India and UAE in real estate and related private equity opportunities. Murad was the Managing Partner for Bristow Commons, an upscale mixed-use development in the Washington DC suburb.

Previously, Murad served as the President of The Plan Source, a civil engineering consulting firm focused on land development planning, engineering and design with an operational office in Bangalore, India. Murad has been a founding member and active shareholder in Bristow Montessori School LLC that has been in operation for over a decade as a premier private school offering in its market as well as ABMS (sold in 2016), which was a facility management company based in Dubai, UAE with over $1
billion in assets under management (AUM) since starting in 2011.

Murad has successfully raised rounds of debt and equity funding in his investments by modeling, structuring, marketing, and closing transactions. He has created economic value for himself and his shareholders by generating 13x return on assets in his commercial real estate investments. Prior to his entrepreneurial roles, Murad co-managed a Morningstar four star rated Mid-Cap Growth Equity Fund with $250MM in assets under management and also a four star Large Cap Growth Fund with $1.4B in assets under management at MTB Investment Advisors. As a planner for the US region at ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing, Murad had the responsibility of an annual capital budget of $300MM. He has delivered over $300MM in assets at various stages of the development cycle and has managed through the real asset lifecycle: from land assemblage, entitlements, permitting, lease up, construction, property management to divestment.

Murad has an undergraduate degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech with Magna Cum Laude and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in Entrepreneurial Management & Marketing. Murad served as the Founder & former Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Bristow Montessori School, Advisory Board Member of Ascent Group in Kashmir, India, and former Board Member for the MCC Medical Clinic, Silver Spring, MD. He enjoys skiing, golf, squash, tennis, photography, motorsports and the outdoors.

Lisa KrowneBusiness Development Manager

Lisa Krowne is a strategic driver of business development and brand awareness. She has a plethora of experience optimizing revenue levels while expanding portfolios for new business growth. Throughout her professional career, her core responsibilities have been to facilitate senior management of new business development and maximization of existing accounts through strategic client growth.

William Potempa Vice President of Estimating

William “Bill” Potempa serves as Terra Constructs’s Vice President of Estimating with over 16 years of progressive work experience in project management and estimating. He specializes in estimating and bidding on new projects for the firm in addition to planning, scheduling, and change order management. He is responsible for leading the estimating team on Federal and Heavy Civil pursuits with diligence and accuracy.

Eric HilberathVice President of Sales

Eric Hilberath is a founding member Terra Constructs. He was instrumental in the successful pursuit of many early key projects including VDOT I-95 Hot Lanes – I-64 Capacity Sound Walls, Route 250 MSE Walls, Brambleton Substation Screen Walls and the Creighton Road Precast Arch project. As Vice President of Sales, Mr. Hilberath is responsible for the growth of the firm’s heavy civil pursuits. His deep understanding of the engineering construction industry lends itself to the development of innovative and effective solutions for our clients.