My training is in civil engineering. I earned a degree in civil engineering in 2006 and a technical degree in civil construction in 2001, and I spent 17 years applying that work to public infrastructure. Early on I served as a works administrator and public works inspector, verifying that hospitals, schools, and other public buildings were built to specification and actually safe to occupy. Later I coordinated roughly 200 technical, trade, and administrative personnel at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant at Guri, responsible for the maintenance of buildings, workshops, housing, and the service systems that kept a strategic facility running. Work plans, critical path scheduling, materials control, contractor oversight, contingency planning — that was the job.
That background changes how I look at a house. An engineer is taught to think in load paths and failure modes: what is carrying weight, where is water going, what happens over 20 years if this detail is wrong. So when I'm in your attic or at your foundation, I'm not just noting a crack. I'm asking what produced it, whether it's still moving, and what it means for the rest of the structure. Most of the expensive problems in a home are the visible end of something that started somewhere else.
I'm a Florida licensed home inspector, HI-18341, and I inspect throughout the Tampa Bay area. I use thermal imaging and moisture meters to find water intrusion before it shows on a wall, and I document everything with photographic evidence in reports built in Spectora. Alongside buyer and seller inspections, I handle wind mitigation and insurance inspections — accurate documentation that can lower what a Florida homeowner pays for coverage, which for a lot of families right now is the difference between affordable and not.
Here's what I care about. A report is worthless if you can't understand it, and technical language is often used to sound authoritative rather than to inform. So I write findings in plain terms, I separate what needs attention now from what's normal wear, and I stay on the phone until you're clear on what you're buying. Precision, integrity, and clear communication — I'd rather show you those than claim them.