Siva Sivathasan

Senior Vice President/Managing Officer/Principal Engineer for Converse Consultants
Dr. Sivathasan is a registered civil and geotechnical engineer in California, with 25 years of geotechnical and construction experience. He is skilled at analyzing complex geotechnical problems and has prepared comprehensive reports with detailed recommendations. He also has extensive knowledge of construction projects from managing geotechnical observation and testing, special inspection and material testing, and Caltrans source inspection services. He has been providing source inspection for major transportation projects in Southern California. He is a subject matter expert for the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists for geotechnical engineering exam development. Dr. Sivathasan has been teaching several civil engineering undergraduate and graduate classes at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton on a part-time basis. He also taught civil engineering classes at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; the University of California at Davis and Irvine; and Cal State Northridge. He teaches geotechnical engineering and engineering surveying sections for the California Professional Engineer Exam. He is the past chair of the ASCE Los Angeles Section Geotechnical Group and has published several papers in journals and for international and national conferences.