KEY PERSONNELK&M’s unique accomplishments in the infrastructure arena are largely attributable to the firm’s highly qualified and diverse personnel. K&M’s professional staff of over 200 talented individuals represents 16 unique disciplines and capabilities in 20 languages. Among K&M’s professionals are electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, and environmental
engineers; financial analysts and economists; regulatory and international legal experts; project and construction managers; procurement professionals; and privatization and public policy experts. This spectrum of capabilities affords K&M a well-rounded resource base with sufficient depth to address the diverse infrastructure challenges in the developing world. Having the capability to draw upon this broad mix of skills provides innovative and well orchestrated solutions for K&M’s clients. K&M’s employees are the firm’s most valuable asset and K&M prides itself on having some of the world’s most renowned experts in their respective fields available to serve client needs.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael H. Kappaz
In a career spanning over 35 years of senior-level executive experience in both engineering and finance, including his tenure as Vice President of International Operations at Bechtel Power Corporation, Mr. Kappaz has managed and developed both private and public infrastructure projects. As a founder of K&M, Mr. Kappaz has led the company in the structuring of over $10 billion worth of private power projects throughout the world. He has acted as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of several subordinate project consortia in the development of over 10,000 MW of power worldwide. He is an internationally recognized authority in the areas of privatization, private project development, and infrastructure project finance in the energy, telecommunications and environmental sectors. Mr. Kappaz is a frequent consultant to multilateral development and commercial banks, foreign and domestic government agencies, and the private sector. Fluent in five languages, Mr. Kappaz holds a B.S.I.E. from Polytechnic Institute of New York, an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and has completed post-graduate studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and at Stanford University.
Senior Vice President
William C. Drotleff
As K&M’s Senior Vice President, Mr. Drotleff is responsible for consulting and project development activities. He applies over 30 years of senior executive experience in directing projects in the areas of development and structuring of international competitive bids, project agreements, financial models and tariff structures for private power projects. He supervises feasibility studies, due diligence reviews and technical assessments. Mr. Drotleff negotiates project agreements between developers, utilities, governments and contractors. Throughout his career, has managed the implementation of over 10,000 MW of generation capacity worldwide. Prior to joining K&M, he served as President and CEO of Cogeneration Partners of America where he developed over $200 million in domestic non-recourse financed private power projects. Earlier in his career, Mr. Drotleff served as Vice President of Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. B.S., U.S. Naval Academy; Business Management certificate, Northeastern University. Registered Professional Engineer.
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
William Kappaz
Mr. Kappaz has over 11 years experience in financial services. He is responsible for controller and accounting activities, as well as management information and information technology. Moreover, Mr. Kappaz is leading K&M E-ventures, a new firm initiative to hold investments in high technology and internet ventures. He formerly headed K&M’s Financial Advisory Services Group where he was responsible for structuring, developing and arranging financing for a variety of infrastructure projects in the power, telecommunications and water/wastewater sectors. Through use of innovative financing structurings, K&M has delivered a consistent track record of pioneering private projects that achieve financial close. Mr. Kappaz structured and arranged over $3 billion in commercial (non-recourse/limited-recourse) financings in the developing world. He managed K&M’s consulting assignments which included development of tariff, financial and economic models, analysis of regulatory and legal frameworks for private sector participation. B.S. in Finance, and graduate coursework in Technical Management, University of Maryland.
Corporate Counsel
Cindy Shepard
Ms. Shepard has over 12 years experience in the international legal sector. She serves as K&M’s Corporate Counsel and Project Legal Advisor providing legal advice on corporate governance, foreign company registration, and risk management, particularly on construction and construction management issues. Ms. Shepard has served as legal advisor for a number of first-ever private power projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In countries undergoing power sector privatization, Ms. Shepard reviews host country regulatory and legal frameworks and advises government and utility officials on related issues. She structures key legal agreements and project documents in cooperation with local counsel. She also oversees development of international tender documents and participates in evaluation of international competitive bids. Prior to joining K&M, Ms. Shepard practiced law in the corporate and international trade groups at Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro. J.D., Law, University of California; M.A. and B.A., College of William and Mary.
Director, Engineering and Construction
William Gay
Mr. Gay heads K&M’s Engineering and Construction unit. As such, he is responsible for the firm’s engineering, construction management and EPC services. He joined K&M in 2001 after a distinguished career spanning 35 years of successful domestic and international corporate and project management. As an expert in team building and start-up of new business units, he will manage K&M’s corporate alliances and consortiums with other firms. Moreover, Mr. Gay has extensive experience in infrastructure project supervision, contract administration, and project control systems for both lump-sum and cost-reimbursable contracts. Prior to joining K&M, Mr. Gay was a senior executive for two large international contracting firms.
Director, Engineering Services
Martin T. Tormey
Over 34 years experience in technical, engineering and management roles. Oversees daily activities of K&M’s engineering services division. Supports technical and engineering components of consulting assignments . Expertise in engineering, design, construction management, project structuring, contract negotiation, due diligence assessments and feasibility studies. Leadership role for numerous complex project structurings introducing private power concepts to new international markets, including international competitive bid preparation, evaluation, tender and negotiation. Previously, Chief Mechanical Engineer for Stone & Webster where he managed a variety of infrastructure, power and industrial projects. Earlier, was Project Engineer for numerous thermal and nuclear power projects throughout the United States. BS, Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, MS, Engineering Management, Northeastern University. Registered Professional Engineer.
Director, Business Development
Engineering and Construction
Frank Staszesky, Jr.
Mr. Staszesky has over 30 years domestic and international experience in infrastructure project development and implementation. Representative projects include thermal and nuclear power facilities, airports, technology parks, commercial buildings and retail centers implemented in the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe (Western, Central and Eastern) and Russia. He is an expert in all aspects of major project development, finance, structuring and negotiation. Moreover, he has extensive experience in power plant design, construction, start-up and commissioning. Prior to joining K&M, he was a senior executive with Bechtel Power Corporation and Bovis International.
Manager, Consulting
Henry "Rick" Sandri
Dr. Sandri is a specialist in strategic planning, business development, financial evaluation, mergers and acquisitions, project financing, asset valuation, and operational management. He has experience in project financing and financial advisory services, energy and mineral economics, cost-benefit studies, due diligence reviews and independent engineering assessments. His work focuses on primary industries (resources, utilities, transport and manufacturing), with additional projects for environmental, R&D, technology and internet businesses. He has held senior management positions with Behre Dolbear & Co., a natural resource consulting firm, Inco Ltd., an international mining and material processing company, and Burlington Northern, a major transportation and resource conglomerate. His early career included positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton, American Iron & Steel Institute, and the World Bank. He holds a B.S., Foreign Service (International Trade & Transportation), Georgetown Univ., M.A., Applied Economics, American Univ., and Ph.D., Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines.
Manager, Project Development
Philip Hetzner
Mr. Hetzner is an experienced infrastructure project developer and financial analyst with a strong background in domestic and international project structuring and non-recourse financing. He is an expert in project finance, structuring and development, debt solititation/evaluation and asset valuation. He has negotiated large-value infrastructure financing packages with local/host governments as well as international banking, power, and accounting firms. His experience includes due diligence reviews and extensive analyses and negotiation of power supply and purchase agreements in emerging markets in Asia. He served as K&M’s Senior Project Finance Manager assisting the Indonesian state-owned utility to renegotiate its 27 IPPs following the Asian finanancial crisis. Previously he held senior positions with Kafus Industries, Stone & Webster Development Corp. and Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. He holds an MBA in Business Administration from Boston University and a BS in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.
Resident Manager, Egypt
Joseph Shanley
Mr. Shanley is Resident Manager for K&M-Egypt responsible for a variety of USAID-funded modernization projects in the power, telecommunications, water/wastewater sectors, including parallel institutional support assignments. He has over 25 years experience in engineering economics, accounting, marketing, and law. He specializes in telecommunications construction management, outside plant engineering management and local area network design and operation. His responsibilities include preparation of outside plant design schematics and work plans (placing, splicing, structural); and cable assignment records for large and small projects. Mr. Shanley has experience in fiber-optic cable projects utilizing digital subscriber loop electronic equipment, developing guidelines for all underground construction projects; and review and approval of all contracts for conduit and buried cable construction. Graduate work in progress towards M.S., Management, Univ. of Maryland, B.A., Liberal Arts, College of the Holy Cross.
Resident Manager, Americas
José Kappaz
Mr. Kappaz serves as K&M’s Latin America regional representative. He is an expert in project management and quality control. Previously, he was responsible for day-to-day management of three major power projects in Colombia developed, constructed, owned and operated by a former K&M affiliated company. Moreover, he managed the Colombia side of activities leading to financial close of those transactions, provided logistical support for construction activities, served as in-country liaison during start up and operation, and provided oversight for the operation and management contracts. In addition, Mr. Kappaz served as legal representative to KMTel, assisting the company to develop a new private digital telecommunications system in Cartagena. Prior to joining K&M, he was a senior corporate executive, private practice attorney, independent businessman and professor. J.D., Law, University of Cartagena.
Resident Manager, Philippines
Jules LaMontagne
Mr. LaMontagne is Resident Manager for K&M-Philippines. As such, he is responsible for day-to-day operations supervising K&M’s Owner’s Engineer/Technical Services contract for the 1,200 MW Ilijan Power Project on behalf of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the project owner. Mr. LaMontagne has over 28 years of increasingly responsible positions in the power and petrochemical construction industry. He is an expert in project management, construction management, planning and scheduling, start-up and operational services. B.A., Business Administration, National University, course work in Project Management, George Washington University, and Naval Nuclear Power Training Program, U.S. Navy
Senior Advisor
Ibrahim Khalifa
Mr. Khalifa has over 40 years executive management, project development and international finance experience in the power and industrial sectors. Mr. Khalifa specializes in marketing engineering services, establishing foreign manufacturing operations, arranging financial packages, and negotiating contracts. He is an expert in tender document preparation, proposal evaluation, feasibility studies, tariff structuring and energy conservation. Mr. Khalifa has worked extensively with private financial institutions and multilateral/bilateral development banks in the United States, United Kingdom and Middle East. B.S., Electrical Engineering, Cairo University; Certificate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School.
Senior Project /Construction Manager
Worth Edwards
Mr. Edwards has extensive international project and construction management experience having worked in varied positions over a 30 year career ranging from field engineer, site construction manager, to project manager on over 7,000 MW of power generation capacity. His responsibilities include technical assistance for plants in design, under construction and in operation. He has implemented projects from site development through testing and commercial operation, and has worked closely with plant operating and maintenance personnel during initial plant start-up. Earlier in his career, Mr. Edwards served as Construction Manager for Bechtel Eastern Power’s domestic and international power station engineering and construction management assignments. M.B.A,. Business Administration, Golden Gate University; B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma; post-graduate studies in Construction Management and Project Management, Stanford University. Registered Professional Engineer.
Project Manager
Paul Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell has over 35 years experience in the thermal and nuclear power sector. His expertise includes engineering, construction management, startup, testing and operations, procurement, planning, scheduling, job status/progress monitoring for compliance with cost, schedule and contractual requirements. Served as K&M-Egypt Project Manager/Resident Manager with oversight responsibilities for a variety of power, water/wastewater and telecommunications projects. In addition, completed power project and due diligence asignments in Latin America and Asia. Prior to joining K&M, held numerous senior executive positions at Bechtel Power Corporation including Vice President and Manager of International Business Development and Operations, Cost and Schedule Supervisor, Manager of Construction and Site Project Manager. Responsible for construction of power projects in the Middle East, Africa and United States. B.S., Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick; M.S. in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Registered Professional Engineer.
Project Manager
Riad Khalil
Mr. Khalil has over 20 years management experience in the thermal and nuclear power sector in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Asia. His background includes expertise in engineering, conceptual/detailed mechanical systems design, feasibility studies, due diligence reviews, operations and maintenance, and quality control. Responsible for bid document preparation, evaluation and award recommendation, project agreement reviews and compliance to security package agreements. Project Manager for K&M’s multi-task technical services contract on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory which provides independent technical assessments of new advanced power and clean coal technologies. Supervised K&M’s largest EPC turnkey contract to date, the 320 MW TermoCandelaria thermal plant constructed in Colombia, and was Project Engineer for two previous combined-cycle plants in Colombia. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York; B.S., Applied Science, St. John’s University.Registered Professional Engineer.
Senior Water Supply/Wastewater Engineer
Bob Rao
With over 35 years experience, Dr. Rao is K&M’s specialist in water supply, wastewater treatment, and desalination systems. In this capacity, Dr. Rao has been responsible for the design and procurement of power plant-related systems in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. He supervises engineering, design review, quality control, construction management aspects of these projects. Prior to joining K&M, Dr. Rao was responsible for the development of in-situ filtration equipment for cleaning the reactor core of the damaged Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor. Throughout his career, he has authored over a dozen technical publications and specifications on water treatment systems. Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Bombay University; M.B.A., Business Administration, Rutgers the State University.
Chief Mechanical Engineer
Leonid Golbin
Mr. Golbin has over 22 years experience in international power project implementation. He has expertise in conceptual engineering and design of gas, oil, and coal-fired power and cogeneration plants. Has performed cycle selection, conceptual design, option evaluation, contract negotiations, scheduling, overall project coordination, and technical guidance for major projects and feasibility studies. Additional experience in power plant heat and material balance calculations, combustion calculations and major equipment selection. Has performed all facets of mechanical design engineering including drafting and development of piping and instrument diagrams, equipment specification, performing mechanical calculations and supervising field installations. M.S., Thermal Power Plant Design and Maintenance, Polytechnic Institute, Minsk, Belarus. Registered Professional Engineer.
Chief Civil Engineer
Augusto Pagano
Mr. Pagano has 40 years of experience in the design and construction of power and industrial facilities worldwide. His expertise includes civil engineering, design, procurement and construction oversight, testing and commissioning. In addition, he provides independent project assessments and technical due diligence services, including analysis of schedule delays, cost overruns and failure to meet performance guarantees. He leads a multi-disciplined team of engineers, cost estimators, schedulers and speciality process engineers. As a power facility civil engineer for Bechtel Corporation for 30 years, he completed coal-, gas-, and oil-fired industrial and utility steam power plants in the United States, Egypt, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates and India; nuclear power plants in the United States; hydroelectric power plants in Canada; coal-based gasification complex in the United States; petrochemical and metal refineries in Canada, Mauritania, Ireland, Australia, and the United States. B.S. Civil Engineering, Messina Institute of Techonology, Messina, Italy. Registered Professional Engineer.
Chief Electrical Engineer
Prem P.C. Babu
Mr. Babu has over 30 years of experience in engineering. design, construction, start-up, commissioning, operation and maintenance for thermal power plants, including a variety of combined-cycle cogenration facilities using gas turbines and diesel engines. Substation and transmission components included MV, HV and EHV substations and significant lengths of underground and overhead transmission lines. He has completed projects in the United States, United Kingdom, Asia, and Latin America. Directed the successful commissioning of the 220 kV substation in conjunction K&M’s 314 MW thermal facility in Colombia..Previously, was responsible for identifying, developing and managing investment opportunities for greenfield power projects in developing economies. Served for ten years as Vice President, Electrical Engineering for Indeck Energy Services, and ten years as Senior Engineer for Harza Engineering where he developed a variety of hydro power projects throughout the United States. B.S., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Post-graduate coursework, Power Systems, Rutherford College of Technology, United Kingdom. Chartered Engineer.
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