SBI CONSULTANTS - Key Persons


Akram Atallah

With 40 years of experience, Akram provides Leadership and Advisory Solutions to our clients and manages our team in the planning and risk mitigation of projects.

Aldo Pozo

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Providing Technical Solution to Our Clients. He Supports Our Clients on Projects Involving Healthcare, Infrastructure, Hospitality and Build - to - Suit

Alex Lachaud

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Director of Technical Solution, He Is Experienced in All Disciplines on Projects Involving Healthcare, Infrastructure, Hospitality and Build - to - Suit

Arsh Punjabi

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer

Avery Toland

Avery's experience extends to the US, Europe, and Asia. She supports our senior team in providing Leadership and Technical Solutions on cultural and healthcare projects.

Elias Choueiri

Elias's Engineering and Finance background inform his skill in supporting our team providing Leadership and Technical Solutions on assignments involving commercial, infrastructure and healthcare projects.

Gillian Smith

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Joshua Guez

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer

Linda Donofrio

Linda ensures that SBI team members are apprised of activities within the Company and is responsible for coordinating our Leadership's schedules.

Luke Johns

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
A seasoned Project Manager, Luke delivers exceptional Leadership Solutions on commercial, hospitality and cultural projects.

Maddali Paci

By applying her expertise in mathematics and computer science to the construction field, Maddali leads the harnessing of data from historical and ongoing projects and the analysis of trends for future forecasting.

Michelle Grossman

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Director of Leadership Solutions, Michelle
Partner and Director of Leadership Solutions, Michelle is a licensed Professional Engineer with strong site planning and civil engineering background. She provides invaluable support on educational, healthcare and infrastructure projects.

Natalia Petricek

Careful financial planning is essential to the success of SBI. Natalia leverages her skill in finance and project management to guide the growth of SBI.

Paul Marino

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Providing Leadership Solution to Our Clients. He Supports Our Clients on Projects Involving Restoration and Risk Mitigation

Peter Iovanella

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager, Delivers Exceptional Leadership and Advisory Solutions on Large Scale Commercial, Hospitality and Infrastructure Projects

Qinyang Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer

Qiong Wu

Qiong has degrees and hands-on experience in both architecture and construction management. She provides Leadership and Technical Solutions on projects across various disciplines and sectors including commercial, infrastructure and residential.

Rehan Jamadar

Rehan combines his Civil Engineering and Project Management degrees and skills to deliver Leadership and Technical Solutions on multi-use, healthcare, and commercial projects.

Robert Kubler

Robert is responsible for apprising our clients of the account status of our agreements as well as ensuring that our service providers are paid timely.

Wajdi Atallah - President

Job Titles:
  • President
For more than 30 years, Wajdi Atallah has collaborated on complex projects in the public and private sectors across the United States, Canada and the Middle East. His portfolio includes transportation hubs, hotels, multi-use buildings, cultural institutions, historic landmarks and state-of-the-art research and health care facilities. In 1998, Wajdi established SBI Consultants, a strategic advisory firm of engineers, planners and construction management professionals, to help developers manage cost, mitigate risk and successfully achieve their goals. Today, Wajdi's expertise is regularly sought by project owners, investors, mediators and colleagues who need to ensure that a project is delivered on time and within budget. Wajdi's deep understanding of the field, and his highly focused style of evaluation, was established prior to SBI, while he worked for a world-renowned construction leader as a Project Engineer, Scheduler, Cost Engineer, Project Manager, and Superintendent. In these early roles, Wajdi developed a rigorous approach to problem-solving that considers the totality of the project lifecycle, and the myriad ways that precise details connect with the big picture. Wajdi holds advanced and undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He serves on the External Advisory Board to the Mechanical Engineering Department of Columbia University and has been a member of AACE International, the Urban Land Institute, the Grant Monument Association and other civic organizations. In 2024, Michelle Grossman and Alexandre Lachaud joined Wajdi Atallah as partners to usher the firm into a new stage of growth and innovation.