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	Michael A. Jordan, SE CEO, Principal Mr. Jordan is an internationally recognized expert in the container crane industry. He has been involved in the container industry evolution since participating in the structural design of the first container crane for Matson in 1958. Since then, he has designed the structures of hundreds of duty cycle cranes, prepared numerous specifications for the design of duty cycle cranes, and investigated fatigue damage problems and major failures caused by fatigue crack growth and brittle fracture.
	Arun K. Bhimani, SE President, Principal Mr. Bhimani is an expert in all phases of container crane and wharf design. He has developed innovative solutions to container crane design problems, including a technique for combining analysis with heat straightening for repairing damaged container crane booms, the first seafastening design for transporting fully erected container cranes on barges, and a structural maintenance program used to periodically inspect cranes.
	Feroze R. Vazifdar, SE Vice President, Principal Mr. Vazifdar is an expert in the design of dockside container-handling equipment and marine wharf structures. He has special expertise in earthquake damage investigation and design, and repair and retrofit of marine wharves and other waterfront structures. He has participated in seismic investigations and wharf structure retrofit worldwide, including those in Oakland, Guam, Kobe, and Manzanillo. Mr. Vazifdar also developed repair and realignment procedures for damaged cranes, using a combination of structural analysis, heat straightening, and mechanical straightening.
	Catherine A. Morris, SE Vice President, Principal Ms. Morris has a wide range of experience in the design of container cranes, buildings, and special structures. She has worked on all facets of container crane design including the design of new cranes, review of crane designs, design of modifications, and voyage bracing. She has been involved in the design of one- to seven-story office, retail, commercial, and industrial buildings. She has also reviewed and designed reinforcing for barge structures for transport of various equipment, designed chassis storage racks, and analyzed and designed equipment to lift and replace steam generators in nuclear power plants.
	Erik Soderberg, SE Vice President, Principal Mr. Soderberg is experienced in the design, review, and modification of a variety of structures including container cranes, wharves, buildings, heavy lift equipment, and various rigging structures. He is also an experienced field engineer involved in the repair of damaged structures ranging from container cranes and bulk loaders to hydraulic excavators. Field skills include an understanding of heat straightening techniques and the ability to develop repair procedures on site.
	Jonathan Hsieh, SE Vice President, Principal Mr. Hsieh is experienced in design, review, analysis, and modification of container cranes, bulk handling cranes, and special structures. His expertise includes crane procurement, fatigue failure investigation and repair, and computer modeling and analysis. He has also worked on structural maintenance programs, seismic design of container cranes, crane instrumentation, and voyage bracing.
	Thomas Griswold, SE Principal Mr. Griswold has special expertise in the design of concrete wharf structures, buildings, and container cranes. He has worked on the design of new wharves and strengthening schemes for existing wharves, and analyzed container crane rail girders for several ports to determine actual wharf capacity. Mr. Griswold's experience also includes design and retrofit of a variety of building types.
	Sugiarto Loni, SE Principal Mr. Loni is an experienced project manager and designer. He has special expertise with marine terminal structures including buildings, wharves, gates, and site structures. As president of an architectural/engineering firm, and manager of architecture/engineering in a multi-national engineering firm, he was principal in charge of business management, contracts, technical oversight, and quality assurance. As project manager, he manages a variety of projects from small projects with short durations to large projects with multi-discipline coordination. As project engineer and designer, he performs civil and structural design of terminal facilities, and seismic retrofit for existing structures. Mr. Loni is LEED accredited.
	Kenton Lee, SE Principal Mr. Lee is experienced in design, analysis, and project management of container cranes, floating cranes, rigging, and special structures. Container and floating crane procurement projects and crane modification projects are his specialty, but he is also deeply involved in other types of engineering projects, such as the preparation of structural maintenance programs and project management of wharf projects and baffle/burner structures in power plant ducts. Some of the technical aspects of his work that are of special interest to him are steel connection design, wind effects on structures, wind tunnel testing, and structural fatigue of steel structures.
	Patrick McCarthy, PE Principal Mr. McCarthy is experienced in container crane procurement, modification, and design. His work includes project management, computer modeling and analysis, designing main member sizes and detailed connections, checking shop drawings, and writing specifications.
	Derrick Lind, SE Associate Mr. Lind is a structural engineer experienced in designing and evaluating existing industrial yard and marine structures. He has worked as project manager on several container crane procurement and modification projects, including dual hoist tandem lift and low profile container crane designs. He also has experience with the design of various structural systems for commercial, industrial, and transportation facilities, including buildings, foundations, seismic upgrades, and additions.
	Khoa Pham, PE Associate Mr. Pham is a registered professional engineer and an experienced designer and project manager. He is experienced in the design, analysis, review, and modification of container cranes, floating cranes, and container wharf structures. His work includes project management, computer modeling, and designing complex structures. Mr. Pham has special knowledge in finite element analysis and non-linear pushover analysis. He has experience in crane dynamic behavior and crane-wharf interaction of structures subjected to seismic events.
	Anna Dix, PE Associate Ms. Dix is a registered professional engineer. She is experienced in the design and analysis of various structures for commercial and industrial clients, including cranes, wharves, and container handling equipment. Her specialized experience includes designing ductile link tie-down systems for container cranes, studying crane-wharf interaction under earthquake loads, designing ductile frames for container cranes, and investigating fatigue cracking for various structures. She has co-authored several papers and presented some of them at a conference. Her work includes project management, structural analysis and design, and site inspection and reporting. Ms. Dix also coordinates the hiring process for new full-time engineers and engineering interns.
	Teresa Ferguson CFO, Associate Ms. Ferguson has experience in project controls and delivery specifically related to operation of intermodal shipping and rail terminals. Her most recent relevant work experience includes project controls of BNSF Railway’s capital improvement projects working as a liaison between the Railroad and the State of California Department of Transportation for budget and schedule monitoring. She is well versed in the use of scheduling software and detailed work breakdown structure elements to assist in overall project delivery.
	Yoshi Oritatsu, PE Mr. Oritatsu is a structural designer and registered professional engineer. He is experienced in design, analysis, and modification of container cranes, large derrick cranes, bulk loaders, and wharf structures. His specialized experience includes the seismic response of container cranes and similar structures on wharves. His work includes the analysis of crane and wharf response, including the effect of isolation and energy dissipation systems. He is involved in the design of a friction damper system integrated with the primary structure of a container crane that significantly improves seismic performance and reduces seismic loads on the wharf. Mr. Oritatsu is LEED accredited.
	Leah Olson, PE Ms. Olson is an experienced computer modeler. She has evaluated the behavior of various concrete and steel structures using finite element analysis computer software. She has participated in the design, analysis, and modification of container cranes, wharf structures, and other rigging structures. Her experience includes needs assessment, project updates, and cost-benefit analysis.
	Alvin Hoffpauir, Structural Drafter Mr. Hoffpauir is an experienced structural drafter, 3D modeler, and AutoCAD customizer. Alvin manages Liftech’s AutoCAD work and developed Liftech’s AutoCAD Standards Manual. His structural drafting and 3D modeling skills support Liftech’s engineers in the design, analysis, and modification of container cranes, wharf structures, and other rigging structures.