Vanessa M. Malone, PE

Biography

Malone is the Owner/Founder of Preeminent Solutions, Inc. (also referenced as Preeminent Solutions Engineering), a forensic and design engineering firm based in Sanford, FL. She has almost 20 years of experience in civil/structural design, forensics, and expert-witness work. She holds a Master's degree in Computational Mechanics from Carnegie Mellon University. Career history includes positions at Thornton Tomasetti, Westinghouse Electric, Jacobs Technology, Amentum, Southern Nuclear, Bechtel, General Electric, and ANSYS, with collaboration on projects for NASA, the U.S. Navy, NIST, NOAA, and NESDIS. She is a licensed PE in at least 13 jurisdictions (FL, CA, TX, VA, MD, NY, NJ, LA, GA, MS, NC, TN, and Washington D.C.). Her stated specialties are industrial and nuclear structures, earthquake analysis, wind load analysis, and finite element analysis (FEA), with forensic focus on structural failure, building envelope failure, and water infiltration. She holds small-business certifications (DBE, SSBE, MWBE, MBE, LDE) with 8(a)/WOSB pending. She works primarily in Spanish and English.

Credentials & Certifications

• PE

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