Forum Leadership

The Forum Executive Committee & Board of Directors consist of industry and academic professionals who have many years of experience in the E&C industry. To read more about each of them, click on their name. Information regarding the structure of the organization is available here.  Adopted by-laws may be obtained here.

  • Forum Founding Director - Dr. Ahmad Durrani - Emeritus Faculty, Rice University and Vice Chancellor and Professor of Engineering at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan.

     

  • Executive Committee - Chairperson and Executive Director - Martin J. Van Sickels - President, MVS Consulting LLC

    • Finance Committee Chair - Mike Coffey - Foster Wheeler USA

    • Roundtable Committee Chair - James F. Davis, PE -  Director- Midstream Services, SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors, Inc.

    • Corporate Membership Sponsor Committee Chair - Patrick Campbell - Manager Process Engineering, AMEC Paragon

    • Annual Forum Committee Chair - Michael Hyland, PE - Hyland & Associates

    • Marketing Committee Chair - Steve Kersch - Manager Business Development, Corporate Systems, Mustang Engineering LP

    • University Liaison Director - Edmund P. Segner, III - Professor in the Practice of Civil Engineering Management,  Rice University

     

  • Board of Directors - Chairperson - Sarah Tucker - VP, Engineering & Projects, Aker Solutions

                                   Chairperson Elect - George Moore - Director of Operational Excellence, KBR

    • Paul Allen - CEO, Project Executive Group
    • Thomas R. Anderson - Vice President- Global Marketing, CB&I
    • Patrick Campbell - Manager Process Engineering, AMEC Paragon
    • J. P. Chevriere - President, Transmar Consulting
    • Mike Coffey - Foster Wheeler USA
    • Stan Cone - Director, Facility Engineering, Fluor Corporation
    • Jerrit Coward - President - Upstream Oil & Gas, Willbros USA, Inc.
    • James F. Davis, PE - Director- Midstream Services, SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors, Inc.
    • Ahmad Durrani - Emeritus Faculty, Rice University
    • Al Goethe - Technology Director, URS Washington Division
    • Kenichi Hatanaka - President, Toyo USA
    • Takehito Hidaka - President, JGC (USA)
    • Michael Hyland, PE - Hyland & Associates
    • Jim Loughead - Commercial Vice President, Technip
    • Ryuzo (Ricky) Nagaoka - Nagaoka & Associates
    • Tom Phalen - VP & Project Director, Fluor Corporation
    • Martin J. Rosetta - Black & Veatch Corporation
    • Edmund P. Segner, III - Professor in the Practice of Civil Engineering Management,  Rice University
    • David Timberlake - Director of Business Development, Kiewit Energy
    • Martin J. Van Sickels - President, MVS Consulting LLC
 
 
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