PROFESSIONALS & SUPPORT STAFF
Meet our team, we are dedicated to our work and provide high quality services.
We believe you will find no better team than ours and we look forward
to the opportunity to advise you.
Bryant Buchner, P.E.
President and Chief Engineer
Shane Remy, P.E.
Senior Engineer
Mr. Buchner is the firm's president and chief engineer. He is registered as a Professional Engineer and recognized in the states Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Graduating with a Masters degree from Auburn University, his studies emphasized failure analysis and accident reconstruction. He worked for an engineering consulting firm specializing in automotive and general accident reconstruction before founding Quest Engineering & Failure Analysis, Inc. in 1998.
Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 112
Shane is a licensed Professional Engineer who graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. For 14 years he worked in the Aviation Division of General Electric specializing in jet engine control and black box software design. At the end of his tenure with GE, Shane was responsible for analyzing jet engine black box data and regularly reporting to the FAA and NTSB. In 2014 Shane left GE and joined the Quest team working in the field of traffic accident reconstruction. His expertise is concentrated around the retrieval and analysis of digital data related to accidents. Shane's testimony has been qualified in court as in expert witness in automobile, commercial vehicle, and train accident reconstruction.
Tristan Kirby-Kopczynski
Forensic Engineer
Kim Cowart
Business Manager
Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 104
Kim joined the Quest team the year of its founding in 1998 and represents the company in all business matters. She has an Associate of Applied Science degree in Accounting. She is also our central coordinator and key contact for everything from emergency/rapid response investigation through trial coordination. She is even a certified CDR download technician.
Kyle Anderson
Business Manager
Joseph Shulla
Forensic Engineer
Jacob Breman
Forensic Engineer
Melanie Porter
Forensic Engineer
Kieran Lee
Forensic Engineer
Connor Mosley
Forensic Engineer
James Fries
Forensic Technician
Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 116
James joined the Quest team in 2016. He had seven years of experience in the automotive industry before becoming a Forensic Technician. He excels at accident scene and vehicle investigation and documentation. He is a FAA certified drone pilot, certified CDR download technician, and has completed coursework in accident investigation.
Dane Capogna
Fieldwork Engineer
Henry Cook
Fieldwork Engineer
Sadia Awan
CAD
Kristian Sapien
Engineering Graphics
Nicole Martin
Project Coordinator
Kelli Mitchell
Administrative Assistant