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Adriana’s experience focusses on complex engineering claims, both onshore and offshore, with particular involvement in well control losses in North and South America. She has a Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering and is fluent in English and Spanish. Before beginning her adjusting career with MatthewsDaniel in 2009, Adriana spent eight years working in the Gulf of Mexico as an offshore cementing engineering specialist, in both the US Continental Shelf and deepwater environments.

David joined MatthewsDaniel in 2015 with extensive marine and offshore experience. His seagoing career started in 1989 as a naval mechanical engineer on different types of offshore support vessels, then moving onshore as port engineer and head of maintenance for Mexican and Chilean companies. He was also senior marine surveyor, ISM/ISPS auditor and MLC inspector for a major classification society, leading numerous projects and performing safety inspections and security audits on behalf of Flag Administrations. David is an accredited OVID and CMID inspector, bi-lingual Spanish and English and a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the National Fire Protection Association.

Dave has responsibility for the performance of foundation analyses that support MatthewsDaniel jack-up rig location, marine project and loss groups. With BS and MSCE degrees from the University of Houston and a Texas Professional Engineering (PE) licence, 30 years of offshore experience and hundreds of studies undertaken, Dave is a recognised industry expert in the interpretation of soil conditions and jack-up rig spudcan penetration analyses. He has worked in most offshore international regions with different types of soil conditions and rigs. A member of several ISO jack-up rig committees, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Marine Technology Society, he has authored numerous publications on soil characterisation and jack-up performance.

Don joined MatthewsDaniel in 2008 and currently manages technical review for major projects with a focus on Latin America. He also performs technical and procedural reviews of heavy-transport, dry transport and general marine cargo loading, securing and transports, as well as major offshore installation projects both in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide. Don is a graduate in Marine Engineering Systems Design and is a member of the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors, IADC Jack-up Rig Committee and Marine Technology Society.

Duane joined MatthewsDaniel in 2013 and in his current role, he carries out marine warranty surveys and performs technical and procedural reviews of heavy-transport, dry transport and general marine cargo loading, securing and transports, as well as major offshore installation projects both in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2004, he spent his early career as a hull engineer for ship construction, ship conversion and ship repair in Singapore shipyards. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Marine Technology Society.