JOHN A. CONNOR, P.E., P.G., B.C.E.E.:

Mr. Connor is President of GSI Environmental Inc. (GSI). He received an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and has over 30 years of experience in environmental engineering, with specialization in environmental site investigation, human health and ecological risk assessment, and corrective action design. Mr. Connor is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Licensed Professional Geoscientist, and a Diplomate in the American Academy of Environmental Engineering. He has served as an instructor in Groundwater Hydrology at the University of Houston, a Certified Trainer for the USEPA/ASTM Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) Training Initiative, and is a technical consultant for development of risk-based regulatory programs in approximately 15 states across the U.S., as well as in Canada and Latin America. He has extensive experience regarding environmental management practices, environmental conditions, and applicable remediation technologies for upstream oilfield operations in North America and abroad.

He is the principal author of the “RBCA Tool Kit for Chemical Releases,” the most widely used software program for evaluation of soil and groundwater remediation sites. In addition, he has authored numerous technical publications regarding natural attenuation, chemical fate and transport modeling, environmental risk assessment, and remediation technologies, and has developed and presented technical training programs on these topics in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and overseas. Mr. Connor has been designated as an expert witness for numerous cases involving forensic analysis of environmental impacts, natural resource damage assessment, remediation of soil, groundwater, and surface water pollution problems, and allocation of liability for projects in the U.S., Latin America, and the Middle East.