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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
GBB
SMR

 

 

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@quest-engineering.com

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.

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Tristan Kirby-Kopczynski
Forensic Engineer
TKK
Kim Cowart
Business Manager
KBC

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 110

tristan@quest-engineering.com

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 104

kim@quest-engineering.com

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. 

 

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Kyle Anderson
Business Manager
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Joseph Shulla
Forensic Engineer
KEA
JJS

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 

kanderson@quest-engineering.com

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 107

jshulla@quest-engineering.com

JOB
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Jacob Breman
Forensic Engineer
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Melanie Porter
Forensic Engineer
MAP

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 111

mporter@quest-engineering.com

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 101

jbreman@quest-engineering.com

KSL
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Kieran Lee
Forensic Engineer
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Connor Mosley
Forensic Engineer
CMM

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 Ext. 109

klee@quest-engineering.com

 

 

Direct: 850.531.0007  

cmosley@quest-engineering.com

 

James Fries
Forensic Technician

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 116

james@quest-engineering.com

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.

 

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Dane Capogna
Fieldwork Engineer

 

Direct: 772.257.5476

dcapogna@quest-engineering.com

 

JVF
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Henry Cook
Fieldwork Engineer
Support Staff
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Sadia Awan
CAD
HJC
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Kristian Sapien
Engineering Graphics

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 115

ksapien@quest-engineering.com

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Nicole Martin
Project Coordinator

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 105

nmartin@quest-engineering.com

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 Ext. 105

sawan@quest-engineering.com

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Kelli Mitchell
Administrative Assistant

 

Direct: 850.531.0007 ext. 100

kelli@quest-engineering.com

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Jamie Burns
Project Coordinator

 

Direct: 850.531.0007

jburns@quest-engineering.com

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1937 Raymond Diehl Road l Tallahassee, FL l 32308

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