Davis & Floyd, Inc. Hires Marion Bull as Director of Business Development

Member Submission • September 6, 2023

His experience and leadership will be instrumental in helping us drive strategic initiatives while continuing to focus on client service.

CHARLESTON, SC (September 5, 2023) – Davis & Floyd, Inc., a leading engineering, planning, and

landscape architecture firm, has hired Marion Bull as Director of Business Development. Bull will promote

the firm’s strategic plan of focusing on client service and growing its brand across the Southeast. He is

based in the firm’s Charleston, SC, office.

According to Davis & Floyd President Josh Fowler, PE, “We are excited to add a business development

professional of Marion’s caliber. His experience and leadership will be instrumental in helping us drive

strategic initiatives while continuing to focus on client service. Additionally, he brings with him energy,

creativity, and a collaborative spirit that will permeate throughout our entire organization.”

Bull joins Davis & Floyd with 30+ years of business development and marketing experience recruiting

port-dependent clients to South Carolina. While working for the South Carolina Ports Authority, he played

a key role in making the Port of Charleston the fastest-growing port in the US over the last 10 years.

Instrumental in developing and communicating the unique SC Ports brand of port service, he recruited

Fortune 100 and household brand name firms to South Carolina with an emphasis on automotive

manufacturing, consumer goods distribution, and cold chain facilities. He was actively involved in

recruiting industrial capital to the state for the development of industrial parks and speculative buildings.

He also coordinated SC Ports’ economic development efforts with the SC Department of Commerce, regional

and county allies, and private stakeholders.

Bull served on the SC Economic Developers’ Association Board of Directors. He has decades of

involvement with and is past chairman of the SC International Trade Conference. He holds a bachelor’s

degree in advertising/PR from the University of South Carolina and is a 2002 graduate of Leadership

South Carolina.

“I am honored to join the Davis & Floyd family, especially at this time”, said Bull. “Energy, manufacturing,

distribution, infrastructure, residential – it is all changing so fast and it is thrilling to be part of this decisive

moment. I am all-in on the vision that Stephen Davis, Davis & Floyd Chairman and CEO, and this

leadership team has developed to build on the firm’s legacy to drive the innovative, breakthrough

solutions our clients need in this new era.”

About Davis & Floyd:

At Davis & Floyd, we design + engineer innovative solutions that enrich the world around us. We work

with our clients to solve complex engineering, planning, and landscape architecture problems to improve

communities where we live, work, and play. We focus on community development, transportation, and

water resources projects through our offices in Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenwood,

and Greenville, South Carolina. Learn more about us at davisfloyd.com.

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