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Dr. Daniel Wong

President & CEO

2021 - Dr. Wong was appointed by TX Governor Greg Abbott to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The board provides leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system.


2005 - Dr. Wong was appointed by TX Governor Rick Perry to serve on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, and in 2013, he was appointed to be its chairman. Dr. Wong continued to serve as chairman by TX Governor Greg Abbott’s 2015 appointment.
1993 - Dr. Daniel O. Wong co-founded Tolunay-Wong Engineers and serves as the company’s President and CEO.

 

  • Board member on the University of Houston Civil Engineering Department Advisory Board and is a member of its academy. He is an adjunct professor in the university’s civil engineering department.
  • Board member of the Greater Houston Partnership
  • Nominated as a "Most Admired CEO" by the Houston Business Journal and was named as Houston's Engineer of the Year.
  • Board of the Houston Council of Engineering Companies (formerly ACME) and as president of Asian-American Engineers/Architects.
  • Dr. Wong brings a deep understanding of local and state government to TWE. He was elected and served as an at-large city councilman in the City of Sugar Land from 2002–2008. He was the president of Region 14 of the Texas Municipal League from 2007–2008.
  • Board member of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council.
  • The Sam Houston Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers recognized Dr. Wong as the Young Engineer of the Year in 1993. He was named the Distinguished Young Engineering Alumnus in 1998 and the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus is 2009 by the UH Engineering Alumni Association.

 

Dr. Daniel O. Wong is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Louisiana. After arriving from Macau (a former Portuguese colony in China) in 1980, Daniel Wong graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S.C.E. in 1983, an M.S.C.E. in 1985, and a Ph.D. in 1988.