Curt Haselton, PhD, PE
Co-Founder and CEO Curt is a leader in structural earthquake engineering, with recent work on building code development, building collapse safety assessments, and earthquake damage and loss estimation. In addition to his role as Co-Founder and CEO of HB Risk, he is a Professor in Civil Engineering at California State University, Chico . He received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University. Among his awards, Curt received the Shah Family Innovation Prize for creativity, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit in earthquake risk mitigation and management, and the Helmut Krawinkler Award for leadership in implementing state-of-the-art research into practice.
Jack Baker, PhD
Co-FounderJack is a leader in structural reliability and earthquake loss estimation. In addition to his role as Co-Founder of HB Risk, he is a Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University, where he also earned M.S. degrees in Statistics and Structural Engineering. He has industry experience in seismic hazard assessment, ground motion selection, probabilistic risk assessment, and modeling of catastrophe losses for insurance and reinsurance companies. He is also the author of a textbook on Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis. Among his awards, Jack has also received the Shah Family Innovation Prize and Helmut Krawinkler Award.
Ed Almeter
Senior Research Engineer Ed has been with HB-Risk since 2017. He supports the development of SP3 and has been part of numerous HB-Risk consulting projects involving seismic risk assessment and non-linear structural modeling. He has a bachelor's in Civil Engineering from the University at Buffalo and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering awarded jointly from IUSS Pavia (Italy) and the University of Patras (Greece).
D. Jared DeBock, PhD, PE
Senior AssociateJared has been with Haselton Baker Risk Group since 2015 and is also an Assistant Professor at California State University, Chico. His areas of expertise include performance-based earthquake engineering, nonlinear structural modeling, and application of probabilistic methods to solving engineering problems and gauging risk.
Shaunt Kojabashian
CTOShaunt has been with Haselton Baker Risk Group since the 2018. He brings over 15 years of experience building and leading software development teams across multiple industries. He’s passionate about applying software development best practices to meet the growing needs of our customers.
Mike McGlone, PhD
Senior Software EngineerMike enjoys finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Prior to working in software, he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Princeton University.
David P. Welch, PhD
Senior Research EngineerDavid joined Haselton Baker Risk Group in 2020 after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University. His areas of expertise include nonlinear analysis of structures, assessment of wood-frame structures, and application of probabilistic performance-based engineering frameworks.
Laxman Dahal
Research Engineer ConsultantLaxman has been with Haselton Baker Risk Group since June 2022 and initially joined the SP3 team as a summer intern. He is a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA where he is also working toward a master’s degree in Statistics. His Ph.D. research is in conjunction with earthquake engineering and statistics where he leverages data-driven statistical approaches to quantify seismic risk and resilience of wood-frame buildings at a community scale. His areas of expertise include performance-based earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification, and the application of statistical methods and machine learning in risk quantification.
Deion Hernandez
Research Engineer InternDeion joined Haselton Baker Risk Group in the Summer of 2021 while participating in the CSC² Undergraduate Research Program at California State University, Chico. He hopes to pursue a Master's degree in Structural Engineering in the Fall of 2022.