Meet the Experts Behind a Smarter Approach to Stormwater Compliance

Leadership

Stormwater compliance is too important to be managed by people who only understand software.

4RIVRS was founded and built by leaders who understand the realities of stormwater management — the regulations, the documentation, the inspections, and the challenges teams face every day trying to keep projects compliant.

Our software was born out of deep industry experience and designed to make SWPPP creation and compliance management simpler, faster, and more organized.

CHARLES PAYNE

Position: Founder
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Charles Payne founded 4RIVRS with a vision to transform the way stormwater compliance is created, managed, and maintained. With decades of experience in the stormwater industry, Charles recognized a major gap: while SWPPP plans are essential, the industry lacked a simple way to help teams execute those plans throughout the permit lifecycle. His experience working directly with stormwater requirements, compliance challenges, and industry professionals led to the creation of 4RIVRS — a platform designed to connect plan creation with ongoing compliance. Areas of Expertise:
  • Stormwater compliance
  • SWPPP development
  • Construction stormwater management
  • Industry workflows
  • Regulatory requirements

CHARLES PAYNE

Founder

20+ years in environmental compliance; national domain authority.

DAVE PAQUETTE

Position: CEO, Founder
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Dave Paquette is a systems and software architect with a record of turning complex and highly regulated processes into scalable and efficient systems. A USAF veteran, his field experience spans both military and industrial operations, where he applied a disciplined, detail-oriented approach to optimizing maintenance and documentation workflows in high-stakes environments. Tools and processes he developed eliminated repetitive tasks, uncovered procedural inefficiencies, and earned numerous IDEA awards for cost-saving innovations, while giving him firsthand insight into the critical role of documentation in safeguarding both operations and the environment.

With broad experience in finance and business operations, Dave has since specialized in building enterprise automation tools that free teams from low-value tasks to facilitate high-value organizational transformations. His work has been foundational in driving meaningful change across financial and operational domains, and he has set his mind to understand how well-designed technology can create lasting business impact.

At 4rivrs, Dave sets the strategic vision, guides product direction, and serves alongside a world-class founding team he considers the company’s greatest asset. He is deeply committed to fostering an environment where people can thrive and teams can achieve more together than any one individual could accomplish alone.

Dave holds a B.A. in Mathematics from UNC Chapel Hill and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and three sons.

DAVE PAQUETTE

CEO, Founder

Systems engineer, USAF veteran; enterprise automation & regulatory systems.

DAN RADEZ

Position: CTO, Founder
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Dan Radez serves as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at 4rivrs. With more than two decades of experience in cloud infrastructure and open source software, he drives technical innovation and platform scalability across the organization.

Prior to 4rivrs, Dan spent 17 years at Red Hat, where he led a lab team responsible for DevOps operations across OpenStack deployments, managed TryStack (a public cloud testing environment for the OpenStack project), and contributed to the development of OPNFV (an open platform for network function virtualization used in the telecommunications industry). His expertise spans cloud platform development, systems automation, DevOps, TELCO virtual networking, and container platform scale and performance testing.

In addition to his engineering leadership, Dan is the author of OpenStack Essentials and an international speaker who has helped shape industry understanding of cloud computing fundamentals. His presentations at global conferences have guided organizations worldwide in their adoption of cloud technologies.

At 4rivrs, Dan applies his proven track record in platform automation and scaling, as well as his experience leading high-performance engineering teams, to accelerate the company’s growth and position it as the industry leader in online EHS documentation.

DAN RADEZ

CTO, Founder

17 years at Red Hat; cloud scaling, automation, open-source infrastructure.

Why Our Experience Matters

Stormwater compliance impacts businesses, communities, and the environment.

That responsibility requires a platform built with a clear understanding of the work involved.

4RIVRS was not created to replace industry expertise. It was created to support it.

By combining proven stormwater knowledge with smarter technology, we help you spend less time managing complexity and more time focusing on successful compliance.

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Our Mission

Make stormwater compliance easier to create, easier to maintain, and easier to prove.
We believe compliance technology should simplify work — not add another layer of complexity.
4RIVRS helps connect:

Plans

Create structured, organized SWPPP documentation

People

Keep consultants, operators, contractors, and regulators aligned.

Processes

Turn compliance requirements into manageable actions

Proof

Maintain the records needed throughout the permit lifecycle.

Join the Future of Stormwater Compliance.

Stormwater requirements are not getting simpler. The teams responsible for compliance need better tools to manage increasing complexity while maintaining confidence in their processes.

4RIVRS is building the future of stormwater compliance — one where plans are not static documents, but active systems that help teams stay organized from creation through permit closure.

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