Francis Ayan

Office:

New York

Credentials:

CPEng, CMEngNZ, and MIEAust

Title:

Senior Associate

With over 20 years of experience specializing in tall buildings, seismic engineering, and major mixed-use developments across global markets, Francis Ayan currently leads the superstructure design for a major confidential development in the Middle East.

A Senior Associate based in DeSimone’s NYC headquarters, Francis brings to our clients a strong focus and expertise in complex, non-linear, and seismic analysis of structures, as well as base isolation design and over-station developments above metro stations.

Project experience prior to joining DeSimone includes One Za’abeel Tower in Dubai, a mixed-use development with two towers connected by The Link, the world's longest cantilever in a structure, the forensic investigation of the Pyne Gould Corporation Building collapse after the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand, and the Sydney Metro in Australia, a precinct development integrated with a train station below.

Education:

Executive MBA, Australian Graduate School of Management – Sydney, Australia
BS in Civil Engineering, Saint Louis University Baguio City, Philippines
LEAD Program Completion, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California
Certificates in Leading, Finance, Strategy Execution, Management Essentials, Harvard Business School, Harvard University