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Syska Hennessy promotes 21

New York, NY Syska Hennessy Group has promoted five professionals to associate partner; eight to senior associate; and eight to associate.

The new associate partners are:

  • Maricela Alejandre, LEED AP BD+C, who has over 15 years of engineering experience (NYC);
  • Matthew Brady, PE, LEED AP BD+C, who has over 15 years of experience in mechanical engineering (NYC);
  • Kenneth Duncan, PE, who has over 27 years of experience in the engineering of electrical systems (Dallas);
  • Sami El Khoury, PE, who has 14 years of international experience in HVAC and plumbing systems (San Francisco);
  • Nickolas Patsios, PE, who has over 12 years of experience as a life safety/fire protection engineer (NYC).

The new senior associates are:

  • Craig Brandt, PE, LEED AP (Washington, D.C.);
  • Cody Little, CPD (Dallas);
  • George Miroshnikov, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP (NYC);
  • Yesha Modi (NYC);
  • Yosief Philipos, PE (San Francisco);
  • Moni Solomonov, LEED AP BD+C (NYC);
  • Lauren Wesson (San Francisco);
  • Jason Yang (NYC);

The new associates are:

  • Brian Fields, RCDD, CTS (Raleigh);
  • Patrick LeGassic (San Diego);
  • Kyle McBride, PE (Richmond);
  • Ilya Polyakov, RCDD (Los Angeles);
  • Daniel Reuter, PE, LEED AP (Jacksonville);
  • Kiarash Shirani (Los Angeles);
  • Joseph Spath, PE (San Diego);
  • Xuechao Xu, PE (New York).

“The challenges of the past two years did not faze this cohort of associate partners, senior associates, and associates,” said Syska co-president Gary Brennen. “They demonstrated leadership and commitment during difficult times for the A/E/C industry.”

Co-president Cyrus Izzo said, “Their unflagging dedication to Syska played a major role in our ability to weather the pandemic. We congratulate them–and thank them.”

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