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
Equity Leadership
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Valerie Magyari
President & CEO
A leader who brings expertise in strategic planning, 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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Theresa Riley
Vice President & Head of Human Resources
An HR leader and Board member with 25 years of experience in organizational leadership, employee relations, workplace culture, and benefits strategy.
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Brian Macejko, P.E.
Senior Vice President of Engineering
A principal engineer with 22 years of experience in fitness-for-service, fracture mechanics, and ASME/API code compliance.
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Shannon McDermott
General Counsel
An experienced attorney with strong business acumen who specializes in ESOP compliance, corporate governance, and board administration.
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David Osage, P.E., ASME Fellow
Technical Fellow
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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Branden Stucky
Vice President of CorrSolutions
A chemical engineer who solves mechanical integrity issues using risk-based inspection (RBI) and inspection planning.
Business Development & Client Success
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Gregory Alvarado
Vice President, Asset Integrity Business Development
A senior consultant and business development strategist with 45 years of experience across RBI, mechanical integrity, and materials engineering.
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Juliet Calleton
Vice President of Client Strategy & Solutions
A champion for Equity Software clients who strengthens relationships and optimizes use of FFS and asset management software products.
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Kevin Cosper
Vice President of Business Development
A leader in international business development specializing in key account management and asset integrity strategies across petrochemical and petroleum sectors.
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Quinn Holub
Software Sales Director
A field-experienced software sales director specializing in SaaS strategy, digital transformation, and asset reliability automation.
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Darrell Meinen
Vice President of Engineering Services; Principal Engineer II
A principal engineer and client relationship expert with extensive experience in fired heater design, thermal processes, turnarounds, and FFS.
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Christine Nardelli
Director of Business Development
A business development director with decades of experience in client relations and contract negotiations across engineering and professional services.
Technical Leaders
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Kevin LoCascio, P.E.
Consulting Engineer I
A mechanical engineer who specializes in FFS, steam methane reforming furnaces, integrity management, and turnaround support.
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Josh Yoakam
Principal Engineer II
A principal engineer with 40 years of experience in materials and their degradation in refinery processes who chairs the API RP 573 Task Group on inspection of fired boilers and heaters.
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Ben Hare, P.Eng.
Director of Engineering & Field Services, Canada
An asset integrity specialist with over 20 years of experience overseeing the delivery of specialized engineering solutions for critical assets and leading multidiscipline teams.
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Philip Henry, P.E.
Principal Engineer II
A technical advisor in pressure relieving systems and RBI who led the re-write of API 581 and has chaired the API Task Force on API 520 for the last 28 years.
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Kraig Shipley, P.E.
Piping & Fired Heaters SME; Principal Engineer II
A piping and fired heater specialist who applies non-linear finite element analysis and API 579 FFS methodology to extend equipment run times.
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Maria Rennillo
Associate Operations Manager; Staff Engineer II
A chemical engineer with experience in risk-based inspection, tube rupture credibility assessments, and the systemization and circuitization of facilities.
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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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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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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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Jim Sowinski, P.E., ASME Fellow
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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Susie Szymanski
Vice President of Practices
A process improvement expert who directs and maintains the Equity Engineering Practices.