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Key Personnel

Vinaya (Vinny) Sharma Ph.D., P.E.
Charmain & CEO
Ph: (708) 588 9871 x201
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Vinny founded Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA) in 1995 and has steadily
grown SA and established it as one of the premier engineering consulting
firms in the transportation industry.
Vinny has over 50 years of engineering experience, including 37 in the
railroad industry (24 years with the Association of American Railroads
(AAR)), specializing in railway bridge and equipment engineering, structural
analysis, fatigue analysis, design of test, and expert witness services
for arbitration and litigation.
Vinny is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Illinois
and Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University
of California-Davis. Vinny has a Master of Science degree from Marquette
University, Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Science degree from Jodhpur
Engineering College, India.
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Anand Prabhakaran is President at SA and has
been with SA since its founding. Anand oversees the engineering, research,
design and testing activities at SA.
Anand has over 24 years of experience in the railroad industry and
has led and worked on many, diverse rail car and locomotive projects,
as well as rail infrastructure projects.
Anand holds a Master’s degree in engineering from Iowa State University,
Ames, Iowa and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from Birla Institute
of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India.
Anand’s experience and expertise include: Structural engineering (rail
vehicles & bridges), product development, vehicle dynamics, crashworthiness,
reliability analysis and testing.
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Anand Prabhakaran
President
Ph: (708) 588 9871 x202
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David C. Brabb
Vice President - Business Development & Technical Services
Ph: (708) 588 9871 x203
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David is responsible for the direction and management of SA’s marketing
department, including materials and collateral, many of SA's projects, and the company’s
technical/test services lab and personnel. He has been with SA since June 2001.
David has over 30 years of research and development experience in the railroad
industry. He worked for the AAR from 1989 to 1995 in various capacities
including project engineer for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison project
at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado. He finished
with the AAR as Senior Research Engineer working with the AAR’s Track
Loading Vehicle. David spent almost 6 years with Cardwell Westinghouse,
a division of Wabtec, and ended his tenure there as manager of their
R&D laboratory. David holds and shares a number of rail car component
related patents.
David holds a Masters in Business Administration from DePaul University
in Chicago and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
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Sōm directs the engineering analysis and development activities
at SA .
He has over 48 years of professional experience including 40 years in
the railroad transportation research (AAR) and 8 years of product management
experience in the telecommunications industry.
Sōm has extensive experience in the fields of vehicle dynamics, train
simulation and engineering analysis. He has published and presented
numerous technical papers in national and international journals and
conferences. He has also authored and co-authored a large number of
technical reports.
Sōm received his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees from University
of Illinois, Chicago. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree
from Punjab University, India.
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Sōm P. Singh, PhD.
Vice President - Research & Development
Ph: (708) 588 9871 x210
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