Our Team
Meet Equity’s Leadership Team
For over 20 years, Equity has earned the reputation as a company that delivers practical solutions prioritizing safety, reliability, and performance. Our multi-disciplinary consulting services, inspection and asset management, software, corporate standards, and training have solved some of the toughest industrial asset reliability challenges for oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, and related industrial processing sectors. We believe in investing our time in advancing the safety and reliability across the industries we work in.
- Active members and/or volunteers on 44 API Code Committees or Sub-Committees
- Active members and/or volunteers on 20 ASME Code Committees or Subgroups
- Primary Authors of WRC 528, WRC 562, WRC 488, WRC 489, and WRC 490
- Lead Investigators on API 579, API 571, and API 581
- Active members and/or volunteers on AMPP, ASCE, ISA, MTI, NBIC, and NFPA
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David Osage, P.E., ASME Fellow
President & CEO; Corporate Principal Engineer
An industry leader in FFS assessments, fracture mechanics, and pressure vessel integrity. He is the architect and principal investigator for the API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 standard.
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Valerie Magyari
Executive Vice President
A leader who brings expertise in asset integrity management, risk-based inspection, and other technology-focused solutions to Equity’s clients.
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Joel Andreani, P.E.
Senior Vice President of Knowledge Management
A pressure-containment and structural expert who specializes in mechanical integrity, FFS, and storage tank assessment and design.
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Michael Bifano, Ph.D., P.E.
Rotating Equipment, Vibration, & Dynamics Team Leader
A certified Category IV vibration analyst who specializes in piping system vibration analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and fracture mechanics.
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Kristi Brooks, P.E., SMIEEE
Process, Automation, Controls, & Electrical Team Leader
An electrical engineer who specializes in electrical safety and reliability audits, control system design, and NFPA code compliance.
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Lenin Elorza
Materials & Corrosion Team Leader
A mechanical integrity and reliability expert who applies API 580/581 principles to fixed equipment, storage tanks, and heat exchangers.
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David Evans
Senior Vice President of Software Technology
An accomplished hands-on software and system engineering leader with extensive experience leading enterprise-scale projects.
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Kevin Haley, P.E.
Mechanical & Structural Engineering Team Leader
A mechanical engineer who specializes in FFS evaluations, ASME code compliance, and turnaround maintenance support.
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Mark Harmody
Vice President of Training
An RBI technical authority who leads the Equity Technical Institute (ETI) to develop industry-relevant training courses for mechanical integrity, FFS, RBI, and other specialized topics.
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Kevin LoCascio, P.E.
Director of Mechanical Services, Gulf Coast
A mechanical engineer who specializes in FFS, steam methane reforming furnaces, integrity management, and turnaround support.
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Jim Sowinski, P.E.
Vice President of Codes & Standards
A principal engineer who oversees Equity’s codes and standards programs and is actively involved with ASME B&PV Code Section VIII, ASME B31.3, and API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 committees.
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Daniel Spring, Ph.D.
Engineering Software Team Leader
A civil engineer who applies computational fracture mechanics and finite element analysis to the development of Equity Software products and tools.
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Aaron Stenta, Ph.D.
Innovative Technology for Asset Intelligence Team Leader
A mathematician who integrates advanced mathematics, corrosion modeling, and Bayesian AI methods into current software and emerging technologies.
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Branden Stucky
Vice President of CorrSolutions
A chemical engineer who solves mechanical integrity issues using risk-based inspection (RBI) and inspection planning.
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Susie Szymanski
Vice President of Practices
A process improvement expert who directs and maintains the Equity Engineering Practices.