Daniel Zepeda received his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and is a licensed Structural Engineer in California and a Principal with Degenkolb Engineers.

With 20 years of experience in seismic evaluation and seismic strengthening of existing buildings, Daniel’s project breadth spans large medical centers, civic buildings and privately owned structures. He is the co-chair of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC)’s Existing Buildings Committee and is helping cities in the Los Angeles area including the Cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Culver City, Torrance and West Hollywood with their seismic programs. Daniel was a member of Degenkolb’s post-earthquake reconnaissance team that surveyed both the 2010 Chile Earthquake, the 2010 Baja California Earthquake and the 2016 Tainan Taiwan Earthquake. More recently he led a reconnaissance team to observe the 2017 Mexico City Earthquake. He is also participating in the update of the latest version of ASCE 41

Degenkolb Engineers was founded by Henry J. Degenkolb 75 years ago. Degenkolb is one of the leading seismic engineering firms in the world with over 10,000 seismic building evaluations and retrofits in their history. Degenkolb Engineers has sent a team of engineers to every significant earthquake in the world since it was founded. Degenkolb Engineers has also held leadership level positions on every generation of national consensus existing building evaluation and upgrade guidelines or standards including ATC-14, ATC-21, FEMA 178, FEMA 273, FEMA 356, and each generation of ASCE 31 and 41.