The SP3 team

Curt Haselton, PhD, PE

Co-Founder and CEO

Curt is a leader in structural earthquake engineering, with recent work on performance-based and resilience-based earthquake engineering, with focuses on resilient design for functional recovery, damage and loss estimation, building code development, collapse safety assessment, ground motion selection and scaling, and the treatment of uncertainties. Dr. Haselton also chaired the Building Seismic Safety Council team to rewrite Chapter 16 of the ASCE 7 building code. Among his awards, Dr. Haselton 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. 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.

Jack Baker, PhD

Co-Founder

Jack 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 nonlinear 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 Associate

Jared has been with Haselton Baker Risk Group since 2015, is recipient of the 2022-23 Hayden Homes-Dennis P. Murphy Endowment, and is a Professor at California State University, Chico where he is currently serving as the Civil Engineering Department Chair. Jared's areas of expertise include performance-based earthquake engineering, nonlinear structural modeling, and application of probabilistic methods to solving engineering problems and gauging risk.

Mike McGlone, PhD

Senior Software Engineer

Mike 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 Engineer

David 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.

Katie Wade, PE

Senior Consulting Research Engineer

Katie was a member of the SP3 team from the start in the summer of 2014. Katie was with the team full time from 2014-2020, and now is a part-time consultant with the team. Katie has a master's degree from Stanford University, and has a wealth of experience and knowledge regarding SP3 development. In addition to her role on the SP3 team, Katie also lectures for engineering courses at CSU Chico and Butte College.

Spencer Burke

Sales and Operations Manager

Spencer is a business operations professional with a background in customer service leadership and systems improvement. As a former Manager at In-N-Out Burger, he led teams in fast-paced environments while maintaining high standards for operational efficiency and customer experience. He is currently completing a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing, and is passionate about helping organizations improve processes, scale effectively, and deliver consistent value to their customers.