Jonathan Glassman

About Jonathan Glassman

I am an executive technical leader with deep expertise across engineering, software, and data-driven risk systems. I specialize in helping organizations make high-consequence decisions involving critical infrastructure, complex technology platforms, and operational risk where reliability, defensibility, and performance matter.My work focuses on architecting and governing validated, enterprise-scale decision-support systems that integrate engineering judgment, advanced analytics, and rigorous quality frameworks. I am often brought in to serve as a technical authority and trusted advisor when organizations need to assess risk, evaluate system readiness, or converge quickly on technically sound solutions under uncertainty.With a background spanning civil engineering, reliability engineering, software quality, and analytics, I bridge engineering rigor with modern data systems to deliver solutions that are scalable, resilient, and fit for regulated or safety-critical environments. My experience includes technical governance, failure and risk analysis, software validation, and cross-functional leadership across engineering, data science, and software teams.In parallel with industry work, I serve as a university lecturer, teaching and mentoring engineers on applied analysis, systems thinking, and professional judgment. I am also a member of FEMA Urban Search & Rescue, where I contribute technical and planning leadership during nationally significant disaster response operations, experience that directly informs my approach to decision-making under pressure.I thrive at the intersection of engineering authority, advanced analytics, and executive leadership, helping organizations reduce risk, improve reliability, and translate complex technical insight into confident decisions.Core Expertise• Engineering Governance & Technical Authority• Reliability, Risk, and Failure Analysis (FMEA / FTA / QRA)• Data-Driven Decision Support Systems• Software Quality, Validation, and Assurance• Infrastructure & Asset Risk Management• Crisis Response & Resilience Engineering• Executive Technical Strategy & Advisory

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Exponent

   Aug 2015 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Executive technical authority responsible for the architecture, validation, and governance of enterprise-scale, data-driven decision-support systems used by senior leadership to manage operational and asset risk.• Serve as principal technical authority for complex engineering and analytics platforms supporting risk-based operational and asset-management decisions.• Lead and govern cross-functional teams across engineering, data science, and software development, ensuring technical rigor, reliability, and defensibility.• Architect quantitative risk and reliability frameworks integrating physics-based engineering models, probabilistic analysis, and operational data.• Chair formal technical design, milestone, and readiness reviews, providing independent engineering judgment and final go/no-go recommendations.• Oversee software quality assurance, validation, verification, and lifecycle documentation in regulated and safety-critical environments.• Advise executives and clients on technical strategy, system readiness, and risk posture in high-liability contexts.• Provide litigation support and expert analysis related to engineering failures, software reliability, and infrastructure performance.• Led delivery of enterprise analytics and risk platforms from requirements definition through deployment and operationalization.• Governed technical integration across engineering analysis, data pipelines, and software platforms.• Provided technical leadership for failure analysis, risk assessment, and asset health modeling initiatives.• Partnered with senior leadership to define technical roadmaps, review system readiness, and mature development and governance processes.• Mentored engineers and data scientists on engineering judgment, validation practices, and quality standards.• Performed engineering analysis, failure mode evaluation, and technical reporting for regulated, legal, and insurance contexts.

Education

• Princeton University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Structural Engineering

  2010 — 2015

• Stanford University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Civil Engineering

  2008 — 2009

• UC Irvine

  Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering

  2004 — 2008