Sequoia Engineering
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OUR CULTURE
Sequoia’s leadership takes great pride in supporting an unbiased culture that is focused on equality, true cohesion, interpersonal kindness, and advancement based on achievement.
Our employees are encouraged to leverage their expertise and imaginations to inspire each other to reach progressively higher levels of professional service.
OUR TEAM
Tarek Khoury, P.E
Principal, with more than 22 years of multi-disciplinary experience and track record of building profitable, strong engineering organizations, managing multiple, difficult large-scale projects from concept to delivery. Specialist in power, industrial process, and utility scale renewable power and storage. Skilled in providing innovative approaches and qualified technical expertise business development, process improvement, engineering and construction.
Tarek is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and is registered Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineer in California, New York, and electrical in Massachusetts.
Eli Yagor, P.E.
Principal and founder, brings more than 34 years of electrical power and control systems engineering expertise, and worldwide project engineering and management experience. A graduate of Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his expertise covers industrial power distribution, generation and control systems, utility generation, transmission and distribution systems, control systems in the oil & gas sector, and electrical systems for institutional facilities.
Eli is a registered electrical engineer in California, Texas, Hawaii, Washington and New Jersey.
Gary Carr, P.E.
Brings over 40 years of diversified experience in the design of electrical power, control, and mechanical systems, testing and commissioning, and operation and maintenance of process and production facilities. A graduate of the US Naval Nuclear Power and Nuclear Submarine Program, his skills development and scope of knowledge have been enriched by working in a variety of industries, including petroleum production and refining, power and cogeneration plants, mining and minerals processing, chemical plants, bio-technology plants, agricultural-biotechnology facilities, and nuclear power plants.
Gary is a registered electrical engineer in California.
Marisa Zuzga, PMP
Engineering Project Manager Marisa has over 25 years of engineering and project management experience in power generation, industrial processes and aerospace working with client companies such as Boeing Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, PG&E, and Chevron. She has start up company experience in engineering product design and project management to develop clean/green on site power production systems.
Marisa received a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT and is a Project- Management-Institute-certified Project Management Professional.
OUR CORE VALUES
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Equitable
Diverse skills, perspectives and experiences
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Cohesive
A positive, collaborative, and inclusive environment
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Kind
Respect for the dignity of the individual
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Humble
Valuing perspectives and input from others
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Committed
A problem-solving attitude
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Trusting
Hard-working, responsive, and follow-through
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Inspirational
Entrepreneurial passion for sustainable engineering practices
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Curious
Continuous professional growth and development
OUR KEYS TO SUCCESS
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Unwavering commitment to the Safety of our Clients and Employees
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Consistently-high professional service that exceeds expectations
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Uniquely motivated team of experts
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Rigorous, holistic, and disciplined approach to engineering practices
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Creative, cost-effective, best-in-class sustainability solutions
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Modern technologies in all strategies
Commitment to
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
In order to accelerate our services ahead of the competition, we invest in our own research and development efforts.
Our internally-funded initiatives often lead to creative new analytical and facilitative methods. Tools that we develop represent innovative new options for our clients' optimized project outcomes.
