With a career centered on offshore oil and gas infrastructure development, this offshore oil and gas development expert brings more than 20 years of experience involving subsea engineering, LNG infrastructure, offshore production systems, and large-scale energy project execution. The expert specializes in offshore field development, subsea pipelines, umbilicals, riser systems, mooring and offloading operations, LNG terminals, floating LNG and regasification infrastructure, floating storage units, and small-scale LNG facilities. The expert has more than 10 years of experience providing independent technical analysis, case preparation, depositions, trial testimony, and techno-commercial investigations involving upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas infrastructure developments. Additional expertise includes integrity management, technology qualification, verification and certification processes, FEED, EPC execution, commissioning, engineering reliability and safety evaluations, failure investigation, and root cause analysis for large-CAPEX energy projects. This expert holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Marine Hydrodynamics, a Master of Science degree in Marine Technology, and a Bachelor of Technology degree with honors in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, along with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Executive and engineering leadership responsibilities currently include service as Managing Director of an LNG-focused energy company and Founder of an energy consulting and development organization. Previous appointments have included Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Capital Projects and Engineering, Director of Engineering, Global Engineering Manager, Engineering Manager, and Head of Department roles involving offshore production systems, LNG infrastructure development, subsea engineering, and international oil and gas projects. The expert has managed projects exceeding $1 billion in value while overseeing project managers, engineering teams, FEED consultants, environmental impact specialists, technical advisors, and EPC contractors across projects in the United States, Canada, Asia, and offshore operating environments. Additional technical and regulatory experience includes project verification, standards compliance analysis, regulatory reviews, code and standards committee participation, project monitoring, and third-party assessments involving offshore infrastructure systems, pipelines, terminals, floating production facilities, and gas infrastructure developments.

Complementing extensive engineering and project development experience, the expert has presented more than 20 technical papers, keynote speeches, peer-reviewed journal publications, and industry articles involving offshore engineering, LNG systems, marine hydrodynamics, and oil and gas infrastructure development. Professional organization involvement includes membership with the American Petroleum Institute Task Group and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Petroleum Division/Pipelines group. Additional committee leadership includes OTC Houston Conference Committee participation, OTC session chair responsibilities, and conference chair leadership for international LNG and FSRU conferences. The expert has also spearheaded joint industry projects and offshore technology development initiatives with organizations including NDP, DeepStar, and Demo 2000 in the United States and Norway.