Daniel Schaefer

Daniel Schaefer is a BKF principal and outdoor devotee. In addition to mountain and road cycling, Dan also enjoys backpacking as a trained assistant scoutmaster and hike master for his teenage son’s Boy Scout troop.

He was hired as an entry-level engineer shortly after graduation from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and since then, has worked in four different BKF offices. He now leads the staff at Walnut Creek. Over the years, his operating method has mainly been based on service.

One thing he appreciates about BKF’s culture is that there is a diversity of services and resources available to each team to accomplish a diversity of projects. Initially, in high school Dan considered architecture, but after looking through a course catalog, he found that the civil engineering classes were the most appealing to him. Plus, his dad’s love of archeology seemed to rub off on him and pair well with engineering.