• Chartered Engineer with Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), having 27 years of experience in Civil, Mining & Environmental Engineering including academic, design and consulting, with expertise in geomechanical and geotechnical design;• Ph.D. & B.Sc. in Mining Engineering and M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering;• Project management and engineering experience with increasing responsibilities and stature;• Tunnel engineering design, including TBM tunnels in hard rock and soft ground conditions;• Lead tunnel projects and coordinate other engineering disciplines;• Oversee the production of design deliverables including drawings, specifications and reports;• Involvement in geotechnical and tunnel engineering risk assessments;• Geomechanical and geotechnical design, including numerical methods (finite elements, finite differences, boundary elements) and probabilistic approaches of underground structures, in various ground conditions – from jointed rock masses to frozen grounds; used various rock mechanics and geotechnical software packages, inclusive of ITASCA - FLAC2D/ 3D, UDEC, PLAXIS 2D/ 3D, ROCSCIENCE - RS2, RS3, Examine2D, Examine3D, SALOME MECA/ CODE ASTER;• Implementation of Discrete Fracture Networks in Computational Geomechanics (FLAC3D) using FracMan;• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to work with a team from diverse disciplines, companies and nationalities;• Confident to work autonomously and have exceptional time management and organizational skills;• Competent and effective in various senior roles within project management;• Can demonstrate a strong “Old School engineering discipline” with astute commercial awareness and good negotiation and communication skills that achieve and maintain project standards and a successful end-result;• Manage and support junior members of the group;• Identify new business opportunities;• More than 60 publications and scientific communications in Romania and abroad.Responsible for serving directly as Project Manager/ Design Manager for some of the engineering projects to be undertaken by the company:• Slope stability analysis and stabilization in rock masses and soils;• Geotechnical studies and site investigations, inclusive of laboratory analysis;• Blast design and mining optimization;• Environmental studies for permitting in Romania.Research Associate – Scientific Coordinator for the project Artificial Intelligence and Combined Survey Techniques for Stone Quarries Optimization http://ai-costsqo-project.com/