DALLAS, TX Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) announces that Michael Jones joins the firm as the Director of Business Development for ECS Texas, LLP. Jones has more than 17 years of experience with business management and development. He has significant experience with the security, recruiting, staffing, and service industries. Jones also has expertise in profit and loss management; short- and long-term goal management to achieve necessary results; maximizing productivity, communications and team building; staff enhancement, building customer loyalty; and multi-branch responsibility.

In his new role, Jones is responsible for improving the subsidiary's strategic market orientation, providing business development leadership, and further diversifying market opportunities consistent with the firm's strategic initiatives. In so doing, he brings together all facets of the business, including facility assessments, environmental services, geotechnical engineering and consulting, and construction materials testing services. Jones performs marketplace research and analyses, formulates the Business Development and client retention plans, develops client relationships, and implements business development strategies that will tie together the strengths and successes of the ECS Texas offices. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Sam Houston State University.