Career

I am a licensed Civil and Structural Engineer in the State of California. I work for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). I have worked at MWD for 18 years. I have 25 years of structural engineering experience.

At MWD, I am the Engineering Manager of the Facilities and Pipeline Team. There are 23 staff members on my team. My main responsibilities are:

I am the engineering manager responsible for all of the structural engineers and structural designers.
I am the engineering manager responsible supervising and directing the civil engineers who design new pipelines, service connections or repair existing pipelines.
I am responsible for the overall design of all pipeline repair and pipeline relocation projects.
I am responsible for overall design of projects that are primarily structural in nature.
My team works is responsible for projects such as:

Design of new structures made of concrete, steel or masonry
Modification of existing structures
Design of new pipelines or relocations of existing pipelines
Repair of existing pipelines (primarily prestressed concrete pipe)
Seismic Retrofit of Existing Structures

My expertise is in the design and construction of large diameter pipelines (4 feet to 12 feet in diameter). I have also designed steel and concrete structures.