Our 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.
CFO
John W. 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.
Principal Emeritus
Anthony T. DiStefano, P.E.
Tony has over 50 years of experience in the industry. Upon joining R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 1962, he has been responsible for the production of engineering drawings and specifications for over 500 projects.
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.
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.
Principal
Edwin A. 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.
Principal
David S. 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.
Principal
Kevin J. 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.
Principal
Kevin T. Sheehan
Kevin joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 2008, after spending 30 years with a national level, Boston based consulting engineering firm.
Principal
Thomas C. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Associate Principal
Donald E. 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.
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.
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.
Associate Principal
Walid Nicolas
Walid joined R.W. Sullivan Engineering in 1999. He is a Senior Designer and has over 18 years’ experience in the design of Plumbing, Medical Gas, and Fire Protection systems.
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.
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.