John Latimer is a professional Mechanical Engineer with approximately 18 years of consulting engineering experience, and is a certified API 510 pressure vessel inspector. During his career, Mr. Latimer has worked in a technical role on various projects in hydroelectric and thermal power generation, oil and gas, and mining industries. Mr. Latimer has a wide range of experience with various types of static equipment (penstocks, vessels, piping, heat exchangers, boilers, etc.), rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, fans, etc.), and is familiar with numerous codes, standards, and a number of engineering software. He also has extensive experience with pressure equipment design and repair, welding procedures, construction support, equipment troubleshooting, inspections and evaluation of NDE specifications and reports. Mr. Latimer has accumulated a large amount of field experience during his career and has experience in all phases of project execution.