Hal Pontez is owner and founder of HPI, LLC. The company was launched in 2002 when Hal recognized the need for a new business model offering turbine controls. Since its founding, HPI has expanded into turn-key power plant design and construction, the nuclear industry, and mechanical field services. Hal’sthirty two years of corporate experience encompasses company ownership, executive management, and business development of turbine engineering projects. Throughout it all, he has successfully implemented a unique blend of enterprise and strategic selling across the defense, industrial, and government industries. Hal has demonstrated how creativity, discipline, and determination allowed for mutual success to be achieved across both sides of the table. Hal and HPI have received numerous awards. Selected awards include nomination as a finalist for the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, four-time winner of the Houston Business Journal’s FastTech 50 award, and World’s Best Dad. To view the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur video on YouTube, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCwjxlqGaM.

President & Owner @ From 2002 to Present (13 years)

BSME, Mechanical Engineering @ Syracuse University From 1975 to 1979 Hal Pontez is skilled in: Energy, Power Plants, Power Generation, Engineering, Project Engineering, Turbines, Commissioning, Petroleum, Gas, Instrumentation, Contract Management, Construction, Factory, DCS, Project Planning