Our Team
The people behind Duwadi LNG's engineering, project management and field work.
President & CEO
Mr. Duwadi is an accomplished Registered Professional Engineer with more than 35 years of experience building LNG plants and storage facilities. He was Supervising Engineer at the Newport LNG Peak Shaving Plant and led a comprehensive upgrade of the Portland LNG Plant, and served as lead engineer for the storage and compressor station project at Mist Underground Storage and Base Loading Facility. His project history also includes landfill-gas, stranded-gas, coal mine methane, and natural gas vehicle LNG plants across the U.S. and Poland.
Project Manager
Mrs. Duwadi-Smith is the Project Coordinator for the West Africa LNG Group and also serves as an Environmental Health and Safety Manager for Siemens Smart Infrastructure. She previously worked as a Project Coordinator for Siemens Building Technologies and Applied LNG, helping build two new liquefaction facilities in Topock, Arizona and Midlothian, Texas. She holds a degree from Oregon State University, an MBA from West Texas A&M, and OSHA safety certifications.
Technical Writer
Jonathan Duwadi-Smith is the Technical Writer for the West Africa LNG Group. He is also employed with Sunfinity Renewable Energy as an Analyst Manager, where he manages a team of proposal writers and analysts in the residential sector.
Designer / Drafter
Demitri Duwadi has contributed solid model designs, layouts, and visuals that helped secure one of the largest USTDA grants ever awarded. He traveled to Guinea to survey the land reserved for the West Africa LNG project and met with the U.S. Ambassador and the President of Guinea. His background spans design and drafting roles at Midlothian LNG and Arizona LNG — site layouts, P&IDs, piping isometrics, 3D modeling and plant commissioning — and he is proficient in AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and 3D printing. He holds a Railroad Commission of Texas certification for LNG installation and is pursuing an Associate's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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