Leadership

Our Leadership

Under President Paul D. Sullivan, PE, LEED AP, the firm has maintained the tradition of high quality technical engineering that the firm has represented for seven decades. Our continued commitment to quality and our dedication to each project have enabled R.W. Sullivan Engineering to build enduring relationships with our valued clients.

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Paul Sullivan, PE, LEED AP
President
Paul Sullivan, PE, LEED AP
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John Keegan
CFO
John Keegan

John joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2004 as the CFO. As CFO, John is responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the firm.

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Quy Vu, P.E., LEED AP
Principal
Quy Vu, P.E., LEED AP

Quy joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2005. Her experience is as varied as it is prolific in the area of design of HVAC systems. These represent a variety of academic, biotech, commercial, healthcare, institutional, municipal, and mixed-use projects.

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Dorian Alba, P.E., LEED AP
Principal
Dorian Alba, P.E., LEED AP

Dorian joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2009 preceded by over 12 years of experience in HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection engineering design. His experience has been in the roles of both a Project Engineer and Project Manager.

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Edwin Kotak, Jr., P.E.
Principal
Edwin Kotak, Jr., P.E.

Ed joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 1992 as a Senior Fire Protection Engineer with twenty-two years of experience in the fire protection discipline.

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David Lee, CPD
Principal
David Lee, CPD

David joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 1997 after graduating from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has been responsible for the engineering design of a broad range of projects.

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Kevin Pelton
Principal
Kevin Pelton

Kevin joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2001 as a member of our Construction Administration team with over 30 years of practical field experience managing the installation of MEP/FP systems.

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Kevin Sheehan
Principal
Kevin Sheehan

Kevin joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2008, after spending 30 years with a national level, Boston based consulting engineering firm.

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Thomas Secondo, P.E., LEED AP, CPHC
Principal
Thomas Secondo, P.E., LEED AP, CPHC

Tom has over 17 years’ experience in the design and specification of HVAC systems for a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional facilities, with responsibilities ranging from project manager to lead HVAC engineer.

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Alireza Heidari, P.E., RCDD, LEED AP
Principal - Department Director
Alireza Heidari, P.E., RCDD, LEED AP

Alireza serves as a Department Director at R.W. Sullivan with over 33 years of experience in Electrical Engineering. He manages staff, technical design knowledge, and skills improvement.

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John Tan, P.E., RCDD, ESS, LEED AP
Principal
John Tan, P.E., RCDD, ESS, LEED AP

John joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2006 and has 29 years of progressive and diverse engineering and project management experience in a wide variety of public and private sector industrial, commercial, institutional and residential facilities.

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Ralph Mulcahy, P.E.
Principal
Ralph Mulcahy, P.E.

Ralph is the director of our Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineering and has over 14 years of experience in Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineering on a variety of project types including academic, laboratory, healthcare, residential and commercial.

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Shane Wise, CPD
Principal
Shane Wise, CPD

Shane is a Massachusetts licensed plumber and has over 24 years of experience in the design and installation of plumbing and fire protection systems for architecturally oriented building projects.

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Donald Contois III, P.E.
Associate Principal
Donald Contois III, P.E.

Don joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2001. Presently, he is director of the code group and associate principal. He specializes in code evaluation, code appeals, existing building surveys, fire hazard evaluations, and fire investigations.

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Kenneth Fairneny, CPD
Associate Principal
Kenneth Fairneny, CPD

Ken has over Twenty-Nine years’ experience in the Plumbing and Fire Protection consulting engineering industry. He has been a project engineer and a project manager at R.W. Sullivan Engineering for the last five years.

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Michael O'Rourke
Associate Principal
Michael O’Rourke

Mike has over 30 years’ experience in the design of Mechanical/HVAC Engineering systems for architecturally oriented building projects. He has been responsible for the HVAC engineering design system upgrades and feasibility studies on a broad range of projects.

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Walid Nicolas
Associate Principal
Walid Nicolas

Walid joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 1999. He has over 25 years of experience in the design of Plumbing, Medical Gas, and Fire Protection systems.

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Edward Estabrook, LEED AP
Associate Principal
Edward Estabrook, LEED AP

Ed has over 20 years of experience in the design of HVAC engineering systems for architecturally oriented building projects. He has been responsible for overseeing and accomplishing the HVAC design of numerous facilities.

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Aaron Roy
Associate Principal
Aaron Roy

Aaron has 20 years of experience in the design of electrical engineering systems for new and renovation building projects. He has been responsible for the electrical engineering design on a broad range of projects, including numerous healthcare, laboratory, research, educational, office, residential and restaurant facilities.

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