Raymond Daddazio, President and CEO
Weidlinger Associates

Speaker Bio
Raymond Daddazio is President and CEO of Weidlinger Associates, Inc. In this role, he provides strategic and operational leadership across business lines and geographies. Ray joined Weidlinger in 1979 and progressed through various professional roles within the firm’s Applied Science business unit. In 1996, he was named director of this group and was responsible for all advanced technology initiatives of the firm. Ray was named President and CEO in January 2006. He serves on the board of directors of the New York Building Congress and is Vice Chairman of the Metro Region of ACEC New York. Ray is committed to science and engineering education in America and is the current Chairman of the Board of Visitors at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and a member of the Industry Advisory Committee of Columbia’s Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.

Simon McPherson (SJB Urban), Christian Hanley (OLIN), and Ray Daddazio (Weidlinger Associates) talk about building a research function.