Instructors

Dr. Brian J. Galli works as an Assistant Professor of Project Management and Management Engineering at Long Island University – Post. He holds a PhD in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. He also holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Binghamton University (SUNY Binghamton), as well as MS in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science & Technology. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York state and holds a certification as a Lean Bronze, Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt, Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional in Engineering Management (PEM), and an Improvement Advisor (IHI).

Mr. Galli's  work has been published in a variety of publications, and it has been presented at several venues and professional organizations including Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE), American Society for Quality (ASQ), American Quality Institute (AQI), Society for Health Systems (SHS), American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), Project Management Institute (PMI).

Mr. George holds a BS in Applied Science and Technology (Electrical Technology major), a MS in Electrical Engineering (Power Specialty) and a MA in Management. He has over 35 years of experience that includes maintenance, engineering, and project management in the following industries: power utilities, steel making, telecommunication, and railway transportation. Mr. George is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Currently, he works Senior Substation Engineer supporting the Maintenance and Operations departments for Exelon.

Trent is an adjunct professor teaching oilfield midstream courses at the Colorado School of Mines. Additionally, Trent is a managing director of a domestic upstream oil and gas operator and a senior production advisor for a private Delaware Basin operator. Prior experience includes Vice President of Production for Matador Resources, Chief Operating Officer for NGH, LLC (now HEYCO Energy Group), Rocky Mountain Division Manager for BOPCO, L.P., and Division Manager for Pinnacle Technologies. Prior to Pinnacle, Trent owned and operated his own oilfield service business that provided specialized in-situ reservoir testing services world-wide to coalbed methane and shale operators. Prior to forming his own business, Trent was the Rocky Mountain Division Manager for S.A. Holditch & Associates, Inc. He also worked seven years for Amerada Hess performing many production, reservoir and completion engineering duties throughout North America.

Trent is a registered professional engineer in Colorado who earned his B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana in 1989 and an MBA from the University of Denver in 2007. Trent is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers serving as chairman for several different chapters. He is also active in the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver Geophysical Society, Denver Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists and Rocky Mountain Chapter of GPA Midstream. Trent has authored and co-authored many technical papers and articles for various industry periodicals on the topics of production enhancement and optimization. Trent lectured extensively and taught professional education courses such as hydraulic fracturing, NODAL Analysis, well testing, production operations, decline curve analysis, and various other topics for NExT, LLC, an industry training company.

Hobbies include woodworking, fishing (fly, deep sea and ice), high altitude outdoor activities, golf, and boxing.

Mr. Oyatayo is a licensed professional engineer and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering, an MS in Systems Engineering, and an MBA. He has ten years experience working across different industries such as petroleum, aerospace and defense, and theme park entertainment. At School of PE, Mr. Oyatayo has proven teaching experience in multiple subjects.

Dr. Proctor is a graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana with BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering. In his 19 year tenure as professor at the University of Florida, Dr. Proctor taught thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, gas dynamics, heat and mass transfer, combustion, instrumentation, finite element methods, vibrations, mechanical design, biometrics, codes and standards, analytical methods, and machine analysis and design. At UF, Dr. Proctor performed research in laser ignition, holography, flame structure and emission analysis, and biomechanics. Dr. Proctor served the state of Florida as member of the Board of Directors for the Florida Engineers Management Corporation. Dr. Proctor is Past-Vice President of Professional Practice for ASME, and he currently serves as Commissioner to ABET representing SAE and has been involved in the review of over 30 programs. Dr. Proctor was an ex-officio member of the NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers, and member of the NCEES Task force on Engineering Licensure Qualifications. Dr. Proctor is currently a forensic engineering consultant with 30 years of testifying experience. Dr. Proctor’s has proven teaching experience in Hydraulics and Fluids, and Mechanical Systems and Materials at School of PE.

Mr. Tumu has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has over 33 years of significant and successful experience in pharmaceutical production management, plant start-up, project management, engineering field, operations, chemical process development, process scale-up, technology transfer from pilot plant to bulk production and trouble shooting, sales support, customer relations, design and implementation. He also has several years of experience in developing, teaching, coaching and training Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, and Chemical Operators in custom Pharmaceutical/Chemical Manufacturing from Pilot scale to Bulk production. Mr. Tumu has proven teaching experience in Plant Design and Operations at School of PE.