Joe Kudritz is a co-founder and principal of AK Hydro.  Joe has a diverse experience background and has practiced in the dam safety engineering practice for the majority of his 16 year professional career. Early in his career, Joe led hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analyses for various water resources projects, where a majority of the projects focused on dam and levee rehabilitation and/or analysis. While serving as the H&H lead for multiple water resources projects, Joe transitioned to the assessment and technical design of dam rehabilitation projects; where he has worked on the design of replacement principal and auxiliary spillways, lake drain systems, earthen embankments. Most recently in his career, Joe has served as the project manager for the assessment and/or rehabilitation design of 13 dams across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Joe is passionate about dam safety engineering and has been active in Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) since 2013. Joe has authored or co-authored and has presented and authored seven technical proceedings at National and Regional Conferences. In addition, Joe was one of the lead authors of an instructional webinar for waterstop selection and installation in hydraulic structures. Joe has also co-authored an article of the complete reconstruction of the lower lake at Mt. Gilead State Park (owned by ODNR) in the 2017 Another Dam Newsletter published by Ohio Dam Safety Organization.