Professional Summary:
• 20+ years of structural engineering and seismic risk consulting experience
• Technical expertise in structural design for new and existing buildings, seismic risk assessments, structural/forensic investigations and litigation consulting, construction engineering, and corporate business continuity planning
• Thought leader who has developed seismic risk national standards, lender policy, and scopes of work for the commercial real estate industry
Selected Project Experience:
- Lead engineer on 7,000+ site-specific and portfolio seismic risk assessments, including seismic risk evaluations, probabilistic and scenario losses, multi-hazard analyses, and business disruption and loss mitigation assessments
- Lead engineer on 13-story high-rise facility, including nonlinear dynamic seismic evaluation of a moment-resisting steel frame tower with supplemental passive viscous damping retrofit solution
- Project engineer for new 4-story telecom collocation facility, involving precast, mild reinforced concrete construction, mat foundations, and performance-based seismic design criteria utilized for business continuity
- Directed the seismic risk evaluation of the acquisition of a 104-site industrial portfolio, scattered throughout seismically active states
- Project engineer for a $125M water intrusion and structural defect litigation, investigating curtain wall failures, mold intrusion and structural system Code violations, and defective welded steel construction
Education And Professional Credentials:
- BS—Architectural Engineering, California Polytechnic University
- MS—Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials (SEMM), University of California, Berkeley
- Licensed engineer in California (C63016) and Washington (C53089)
- Certified by Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB) and National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- American Society of Testing and Standards (ASTM), E2026/E2557 Seismic Due Diligence Task Group Co-Chair
