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Mehran Pourzanjani is a Principal, of Saiful/Bouquet Structural Engineers. He has over 30 years of experience in designing buildings. His experience spans a wide spectrum of structures varying from institutional and public projects to healthcare, regional malls, high rise structures, and evaluation and strengthening of existing structures. Mr. Pourzanjani is the past president of the SEAOC Seismology Committee and continues to serve on that commi ttee. Additionally he is currently serving on the SEAOC Standards, and the SEAOC Evaluation Services Committees as well as, ACI 318H, Seismic Provisions subcommittee. Mr. Pourzanjani has participated in university research through codification for the design and seismic performance of concrete elements and also served on the "PEER Tall Buildings Initiative" task group towards developing guidelines for the seismic analysis of tall buildings.