The Beginning of Verina Consulting Group, LLC in Environmental Management, Engineering, and Science Business

October 18, 2011

Verina Consulting Group, LLC (VERINA) was registered on September 26, 2011 as a limited liability company in the State of New Jersey.  The formation of the company was to provide professional services in environmental management, engineering, and science to the Northeast US market place.

 

On October 18, 2011, VERINA opened its office at 220 Davidson Avenue, Suite 105, Somerset, New Jersey 08873.  Three staff members joined the operation:

Robert Gan, Ph.D., P.E., Managing Principal – Dr. Gan brings in more than 27 years of professional experience in the civil and environmental engineering field to VERINA. As a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states, his areas of expertise include business management; leadership development; merger and acquisition support; marketing strategy development; environmental liability management; litigation support; water and wastewater characterization, treatment, discharge permit applications and engineering design; soil and groundwater remedial investigations/feasibility studies (RI/FS) and remedial design/remedial action (RD/RA); environmental and regulatory compliance assessment and audits; environmental support to property transaction activities; and air dispersion modeling, emission evaluation, and permit application.

 

Michael R. Fontana, LSRP, Principal – With more than 30 years of professional experience, Mr. Fontana oversees technical studies and offers consulting services for soil and groundwater assessment, investigation and remediation.  Mr. Fontana specializes in complex hazardous site investigation and remediation, underground storage tank (UST) investigations, litigation support, regulatory compliance and the environmental aspects of real estate transactions.   In addition, Mr. Fontana directs project and case file research, prepares expert reports, and consults on a wide variety of environmental litigation matters.  During his career, Mr. Fontana has been qualified as an expert witness in state court and provided successful expert testimony on numerous environmental technical issues including groundwater contamination timing, corrosion rates of USTs, appropriateness of remedial action selection and historic hazardous material usage in industry-specific applications.

 

Jack Koczan, C.P.G., Senior Consultant – Mr. Koczan is a Certified Professional Geologist and Registered Environmental Professional with over 30 years of professional experience in the applied earth and environmental sciences.  Mr. Koczan has assisted private sector clients on major capital project development, industrial and commercial facility environmental compliance, mergers and acquisitions, environmental liability management, and environmental litigation nationwide. Mr. Koczan also leads renewable energy project development, feasibility and permitting services for nationwide developers.

 

For more information contact: Robert Gan of VERINA at 732.412.7576 Ext. 101 or e-mail at rgan@vcg-llc.com.

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