David started Structural Focus in 2001 after 15 years in San Francisco with Degenkolb Engineers, and another five years founding and managing their Los Angeles office. While at Degenkolb, David worked on notable historic projects such as the EQ repairs to the SF Ferry Building, several quad buildings at Stanford, and the Hotel del Coronado. At Structural Focus, David has worked on the design of new buildings including a 400,000+ s.f. new Amazon Studios campus, and the evaluation and retrofit of hundreds of buildings including film studio facilities, university buildings, the Red Bull Headquarters, Google LA Headquarters and historic buildings ranging from some historic barns at Rancho Los Alamitos to the adaptive reuse of a 1930’s concrete sound stage at Sony Studios. Some other significant recent projects include the restoration of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the new Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills and a 15-story historic hotel in Los Angeles. He has served as an Alternate Structural Member on the State Historical Building Safety Board since 2007 and is currently on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Conservancy. He has served on the California Preservation Foundation Board, on the Board Pasadena Heritage, and President of the USC Architectural Guild. In addition to his work in preservation, David has served on the Board of Directors of the Structural Engineers Association of both SEAONC and SEAOSC, as well as SEAOC. He is also immediate Past-President of the Board of Governors of the Structural Engineers Institute (SEI) of ASCE. David is now the President-Elect of the EERI and will serve from 2021 to 2023.