About Our Founder   Michael J. Tiry grew up on a small family

farm in western Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of

Wisconsin–Madison in 1970 with a degree in agricultural

engineering and then worked for the USDA Soil Conservation

Service (SCS) for 25 years serving extensively in the fields of

erosion control and animal waste management. His duties at

the SCS included supervising engineering work in a 15-county area as area engineer; providing training in engineering

practices to county, state, and federal employees; and providing

technical assistance to landowners. After leaving governmental

service in 1994, he entered private enterprise and founded Tiry

Engineering.