The SUDA Team

Mr. Chen serves as a key contributor to SUDA, LLC through his role as legal counsel and advisor in general business and technical matters for the company. Mr. Chen’s technical expertise has contributed to company success, including in the areas of corporate strategic planning, technical analysis, legal analysis, and project program management, and environmental, and renewable energy projects. Mr. Chen’s past work experience includes roles as, Vice-President of Engineering, ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc and CEO of Foothill Electric and Shawnee Company, a subsidiary of Kaiser Engineers. He also served as the Director of Physical Plant for the Peralta Community College District, where he oversaw development of the Vista College. His duties at Peralta also included oversight of all maintenance, ground facilities and personnel for four college campuses, utilizing a $153M bond measure. Mr. Chen holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree of Science in Electrical Engineering, from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University, School of Law. Mr. Chen is a member of the California Bar.

Bruce Moen is a project and construction management specialist with experience working for owner, contractor and consultant organizations. Experience includes management of engineering and construction projects in the building, highway, food, hospitality, industrial and general construction sectors. He has been responsible for coordination and control of engineering, procurement and construction activities on a variety of projects. Several unique projects involved historic renovation, seismic upgrade, and performing construction while maintaining owner’s existing operations. Mr. Moen is a specialist in the selection of organizational and contracting approaches, and the implementation of the project control systems including planning, estimating, scheduling, cost engineering and earned value progress reporting. He is knowledgeable in the preparation and analysis of contract claims, and an experienced instructor of project management and construction related subjects. He is also experienced in computer applications in project management and a specialist in construction scheduling techniques. Mr. Moen earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, Stanford CA and an MS, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Stanford University. He has been is registered since 1980 in the State of California as a Civil Engineer Reg. #31974.

Prior to joining the SUDA team, Richard Stern has operated as an independent consultant since January 2001. During that time he has undertaken several assignments including: Managing Director of EMP Financial Advisers, working with Paramount and the City of Tianjin, China, to develop a major theme park, Vice President of Waterstandard LLC, which specializes in the provision of large scale ship based water desalination plants, assisting a new IT company to introduce state-of-the-art traffic management systems in China and the provision of consulting services to the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, the Development Bank of South Africa, the Development Finance Resource Center of the Southern African Community, the World Bank, the Ningbo Hi-Tech Park in China and the Japanese Bank for International Corporation. From 1970 to 2000 Richard Stern worked for the World Bank in a variety of positions. This included more than ten years working as an economist on East Africa, directing the World Bank’s programs in Indonesia, managing the institutions activities in the finance, telecommunications, energy, mining and industry sectors in China, and directing the World Bank’s global programs in the telecommunications, information technology, energy, mining and industry. The latter assignment, during the first half of the 1990’s, involved a major realignment of World Bank policies and assistance programs towards the promotion of competition, privatization and outsourcing of infrastructure services, which had previously been the exclusive domain of government. In 1997 Richard Stern was appointed vice president of Human Resources where he was responsible for a major overhaul of the Bank Group’s (including IFC and MIGA), personnel, compensation and pension policies and the design and implementation of a program to decentralize, restructure and upgrade the skills mix of the Bank’s staff. The later involved the separation and recruitment of more than 3000 staff.

Sylvie Castonguay, was previously a principal at SUDA and served as the Chief Communications Officer for international projects. Ms. Castonguay joined SUDA in June 2010 and is responsible for customer relations with the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and other business relationships with potential project partners. Ms. Castonguay also serves as Editor of Communications and Public Affairs for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and resides in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining SUDA and the WMO, Sylvie was Editor-in-Chief of the Communications Division for ten years at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Switzerland. Under her leadership the WIPO Magazine evolved from a mundane UN newsletter into a relevant and responsive periodical that discussed cutting-edge intellectual property issues and reflects the concerns of its ever-increasing readership. Hardcopy subscriptions multiplied fourfold during her tenure as editor. Ms. Castonguay holds a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the International University in Geneva (IUG).

Mr. Aidoo brings to SUDA 35 years of experience in the design, construction management and maintenance of port, harbor and airport facilities. Mr. Aidoo has served for over 10 years as Chief Engineer for the Port of Oakland, the fourth largest container port in the United States. Prior to assuming the duties of Chief Engineer, he served the Port of Oakland as maritime and airport designer; manager of design, construction and maintenance of port infrastructure. He has also served as manager for procurement, construction management and maintenance of container cranes. As Chief Engineer, he has been responsible for the design and construction of the port’s intermodal rail facilities which allow for quick and relatively seamless transfer and movement of container cargo from Oakland, on the west coast, to cities in the eastern section of the United States. Mr. Aidoo is a registered Civil Engineer in the State of California, and received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of San Francisco. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the Permanent International Association of Navigational Congresses (PIANC).