Eddie M. Guerra

About Eddie M. Guerra

Eddie M. Guerra is a licensed engineer with over a decade of leadership and management experience in civil and energy infrastructure projects across the globe. Eddie\'s project experience spans multiple countries including the U.S, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, South Korea, China, Japan, Peru, Argentina and Canada.Eddie\'s engineering experience involves high-profile projects including the design of the first wind farm in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, the design of the first Westinghouse nuclear reactor in China, the risk assessment of many nuclear plants in the U.S. after the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the design certification of the first Small Modular Reactor in the U.S. and the first U.S. DOE-sponsored feasibility study of advanced reactors in Puerto Rico.Eddie has co-founded non-profit organizations including The Voluntariado of Engineers of Puerto Rico and The Nuclear Alternative Project. Eddie has led emergency response and reconstruction recovery efforts in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Earthquakes in 2020.He is a recognized leader in the U.S. energy sector - Eddie served as the youngest member of the of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC) which advices the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on the Competitiveness of the U.S. nuclear industry, he serves in committees for standards of the American Nuclear Society and he also serves as industry practice advisor for graduate students at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.Coupling his passion for engineering and community, Eddie is also an avid landscape oil and acrylic artist and a public speaker.

Experience

1. Vice President, Civil Infrastructure Development

   Rizzo International

   May 2022 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

Education

• Lehigh University

  M.Eng., Structural Engineering

  2009 — 2010

• University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

  B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), Civil Engineering

  2003 — 2008

• University of Oxford

  Oxford MBA Fundamentals Programme, Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Structural Analysis
• Structural Engineering
• Steel Design
• Earthquake Engineering
• Reinforced Concrete
• Civil Engineering
• Seismic Design
• Foundation Design
• Structural Dynamics
• Seismology
• Concrete
• Structural Mechanics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Sap2000
• Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering