Geotechnical Consulting
for Complex Challenges

Pooya Dastpak is an Engineering Associate at Geocomp. His expertise includes the probabilistic design of geotechnical systems, data analysis and visualization in geotechnics, risk assessment, and decision-making. Pooya’s experience has been applied to both academic and industry projects involving slope stability, retaining structures, earth dams, and soil reinforcement.

Hala El Fil is a Project Engineer at Geocomp with over 8 years of experience in geotechnical engineering. Her expertise spans site characterization, forensic evaluations, and the analysis of geotechnical systems. Dr. El Fil has contributed to projects across renewable energy, transportation, construction, and environmental sectors. She has a strong background in addressing complex challenges involving foundations, retaining walls, slopes, and geotechnical instrumentation, applying innovative solutions to improve safety and performance across various infrastructure systems.

Seda Gokyer Erbis is a Senior Project Manager at Geocomp with 15 years of experience in geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Her expertise includes advanced field and laboratory methods, soil behavior and characterization, and seismic assessments of geostructures. Seda has led innovative research and consulting projects, addressing complex challenges in soil mechanics and seismic risk.

Gail Lollis is a Project Manager specializing in geotechnical engineering with over 12 years of experience in both geotechnical engineering and civil and environmental engineering. Her geotechnical expertise spans across shallow and deep foundation design, slope stability analysis, retaining wall design, pavement design, expansive soil remediation and forensic engineering. Gail provides tailored solutions for large-scale geotechnical projects. She also has hands-on field experience in construction monitoring and testing as well as geotechnical drilling.

Masoud Mousavi is a Managing Engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, transportation geotechnics, unsaturated soil mechanics, and advanced soil testing. He has provided forensic investigations for geotechnical systems, including the assessment of geotechnical failures, construction defects, differing site conditions, and natural hazards. With over a decade of experience, Dr. Mousavi has delivered professional geotechnical services for the design, evaluation, and risk management of various building types, ground improvement systems, transportation systems, tailings facilities, earth dams, and retaining walls.

Adrian Peña-Iguaran is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with 20+ years of expertise in managing complex geotechnical projects. His skills include advanced field instrumentation, soft-ground conditions, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and finite element analysis. Adrian excels at identifying geotechnical risks, implementing mitigation strategies, and delivering solutions that meet both technical and commercial objectives.

Alejandro Sepulveda is an Engineering Associate at Geocomp with expertise in geotechnical earthquake engineering and uncertainty quantification. He has contributed to international research projects, including the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP). Alejandro specializes in soil liquefaction, probabilistic analysis, and advanced soil modeling techniques.

Andrew Yeskoo is a Senior Engineer with expertise in advanced instrumentation and monitoring for infrastructure projects. He has managed large-scale urban monitoring systems from design to data interpretation, in addition to research primarily focused on geotechnical and geostructural applications of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS). Andrew has also provided construction administration support for major infrastructure projects in the San Francisco Bay Area.