Sargent & Lundy, an industry-leading engineering design firm focused on the power and energy sector, is pleased to announce the following executive appointments, which became effective Jan. 1.
Senior Vice Presidents
Mehmet Arslan joined Sargent & Lundy in 2020 as a director for electric grid projects. He is experienced in engineering, project and program management, business development, and consulting services for the energy market. Throughout his 20-plus-year career, he has been involved with numerous transmission and distribution projects for a diverse portfolio of major domestic and international power and electric utility clients. Arslan earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and Master of Science in structural engineering from Cukurova University in Turkey. He also has a Master of Business Administration from Alvernia University.
Chris Blansit has been with Sargent & Lundy since 1997 and is a director for electric grid projects. He leads engineering, design, and administrative staff from the firm’s Chattanooga office. Blansit has served as project manager for several large-scale renewable energy and utilities projects. Additionally, he has extensive experience in transmission line and substation design and analysis. He currently directs substation, transmission line, and renewable energy projects for several large public power clients. He has a Bachelor of Science in engineering (mechanical mechanics and civil structural) from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Mike Breisch is a director for Sargent & Lundy’s nuclear power projects. Since joining the firm in 2001, he has successfully executed a number of projects for commercial nuclear power fleets. He is proficient in all phases of nuclear plant design, analysis, and modification. Currently, he leads an engineering team serving a major utility client’s commercial nuclear fleet. He is also responsible for the firm’s nuclear power-related data center initiatives. Breisch earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Connecticut, Delaware, and Virginia.
Curtis Cox is Sargent & Lundy’s director of engineering and innovation. He plays a key role in identifying modernization opportunities and drives continuous improvement across the company. He joined the firm in 2004 as an electrical engineer and quickly advanced to electrical lead, managing projects and supporting business development for conventional power and electric grid projects. He is heavily involved in the firm’s community involvement initiatives. Cox holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois.
Mike Flanagan joined Sargent & Lundy in 2006 and is a director for nuclear power projects. As part of the nuclear instrumentation and controls strategic digital team, Flanagan has led several significant projects for key Southeast nuclear clients’ digital modernization efforts. He successfully directed a main turbine and feedpump turbine control system digital upgrade project and a nuclear steam supply system controls digital upgrade project. Flanagan earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University and Master of Science in engineering management from Northwestern University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Steve Fogarty is a director responsible for the firm’s government services operations in New Mexico. He joined Sargent & Lundy in 2019 and has 30 years of experience in risk management, quantitative risk assessment, and safety. His career has focused on national security and high-hazard complex engineered systems. He oversees the firm’s offices in Albuquerque and Los Alamos and leads preliminary and definitive design work for specialty equipment, including hotcells and gloveboxes, and for facilities projects such as those for high-security entry control and research and production laboratories. Fogarty has a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from Idaho State University.
Nelson Rosado joined Sargent & Lundy in 2001 and is a director for a wide range of energy and industrial projects. Rosado has broad experience in technology deployment, new generation, large-scale retrofits, and environmental compliance. In recent years, he has supported the implementation of flexible generation across several utility clients. He has also been instrumental to the firm’s growth in Puerto Rico. He earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Chicago and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois, Arizona, Montana, and Puerto Rico.
Stephen Wylie has been with the firm since 2000 and is responsible for a wide variety of energy and industrial projects, including gas-fired simple and combined cycle, solar photovoltaic, desalination water treatment, carbon capture and sequestration, waste-to-energy, and geothermal. He also possesses expertise in power plant controls systems. Wylie has extensive international experience, having directed projects in Brazil, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan. Wylie earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Bradley University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Arkansas, Illinois, and Michigan.
Vice Presidents
Scott Bartz joined Sargent & Lundy in 2020 and leads the firm’s construction management and commissioning operations. In addition to providing construction management, outage management, and commissioning oversight for conventional, renewable, nuclear, and carbon capture projects, Bartz manages field staffing for multiple sites across the U.S. and internationally. He has extensive experience across all construction disciplines and, under his direction, the firm expanded its construction management and commissioning service offerings across multiple business areas within the power industry. Bartz has more than 40 years of experience in project management, including planning, construction, and start-up testing of power and petrochemical projects.
Tom Galos joined Sargent & Lundy in 2001 and is a director for Sargent & Lundy’s electric grid projects. Galos has over 20 years of experience with transmission, distribution, and electric generating projects and currently manages several engineering, procurement, and construction projects for several of the firm’s utility clients. Galos also has expertise in construction, contract, project management, and testing and commissioning services, successfully implementing these skills on multiple transmission line, distribution, substation, and renewable energy projects. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Jeff Prendergast joined the firm in 2008 and is a director for Sargent & Lundy’s nuclear power projects. He manages traditional nuclear services, subsequent license renewal, nuclear life extension, and risk-informed projects for a nuclear fleet. He also oversees owner’s engineer work, including the environmental reports, licensing, and geotechnical engineering tasks. Additionally, he has extensive leadership experience, serving as program manager, mechanical group supervisor, and project manager for various projects. Prendergast holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama and Illinois.
Mark A. Przybylski joined Sargent & Lundy in 2019 and is the chief engineer for the firm’s government services projects in Richland, Washington. He manages multidiscipline engineering and design teams for first-of-a kind specialty equipment and provides technical oversight for multiple government projects, notably leading the engineering design and testing for projects with challenging performance specifications and requirements. Przybylski also supports various nuclear power initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Washington State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington.
Jared Scott joined Sargent & Lundy in 2008 and currently leads the firm’s support for a wide range of new nuclear design projects. He has served in various system engineering, program, and project management roles for several nuclear power plants and projects and is well-versed in leading large project teams. Additionally, he is highly regarded for his technical knowledge of nuclear power plant systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in energy engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Scott is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington.