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Batrack joined our predecessor in 1980 and was named Chairman in January 2008. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a director since November 2005 and as our President since October 2008. Batrack has served in numerous capacities over the last 30 years, including project scientist, project manager, operations manager, senior vice president, and president of an operating unit. He has managed complex programs for many small and Fortune 500 clients, both in the United States and internationally. Batrack holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Bret Moffett is a Chief Executive Officer at POWER Engineers. He has worked as Chief Administrative Officer at POWER Engineers and President at POWER Engineers. Bret works or has worked as Exec VP:Operations at POWER Engineers.

Scott Cattran is a Chief Operating Officer at Woolpert; SVP and Director of Infrastructure Management at Woolpert; and Chairman Of The Board, President and CEO at Woolpert and is based in Chesapeak, Virginia. He has worked as Director of Enterprise Information Management Services at Woolpert and Phase/Project/Group Manager at Woolpert. Scott studied at Queen's University between 1991 and 1996; University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1996 and 1997; and Fuqua School of Business between 2016 and 2017.

Jonathon Held has been associated with the company for 34 years. During that period he has overseen the growth of the firm from a small regional two man consulting company into an internationally respected organization with global reach. Held has consulted on many of the largest and most complex catastrophic insurance claims in history, including the 1993 and 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in NY, the litigation between Firestone/Bridgestone and its insurers for damages sustained to the Harbel Rubber plantation during the Liberian Civil War, the AOL Time Warner Center fire in NY, and many of the worlds most visible claims. He is widely considered the expert of choice in large complex “bet the farm” cases. Held has testified in numerous courts throughout the United States. He also has an unparalleled reputation in the dispute resolution arena, having been an appraiser, arbitrator and umpire. He was the party appointed appraiser in the four largest claims ever to be resolved in the appraisal process. Held is also widely sought as both an industry educator and author, having spoken at numerous conferences, and written a number of published papers in his areas of expertise.